Joey Chestnuts Wins 2025 Nathan's Scorching Canine Consuming Contest, Claims seventeenth Title

[ad_1] Famed aggressive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday on the Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July sizzling canine consuming contest after skipping final yr’s gastronomic battle in New York for the coveted Mustard Belt.

Chestnut, 41, consumed 70 1/2 sizzling canine and buns in 10 minutes, falling wanting his 2021 report of 76 wieners and buns. It marked the seventeenth win in 20 appearances for the Westfield, Indiana, eater on the internationally televised competitors, which he missed final yr over a contract dispute.

"I want I ate a pair extra," a smiling Chestnut advised the group, many chanting his identify. "Sorry guys. I’ll be again subsequent yr."

Defending champion within the ladies’s division, Miki Sudo of Tampa, Florida, gained her eleventh title, downing 33 canine, besting a dozen opponents. Final yr, she ate a report 51 hyperlinks. She was additionally apologetic for her efficiency.

"I really feel like I let the followers down slightly bit," Sudo advised ESPN. "I heard folks within the crowd saying, ‘Go for 52.' Clearly, I’m all the time setting my objectives excessive, however the sizzling canine weren’t cooperating. For some purpose, the buns felt bigger in the present day."

A big crowd, peppered with foam sizzling canine hats, turned out to witness the annual eat-a-thon, held outdoors the unique Nathan’s Well-known restaurant in Coney Island, Brooklyn, since 1972. Many followers confirmed as much as see Chestnut’s much-awaited return to an occasion he has referred to as "a cherished custom, a celebration of American tradition, and an enormous a part of my life."

Chestnut bested 14 fellow opponents from throughout the U.S. and the world, together with Australia, the Czech Republic, Ontario, England and Brazil. Final yr’s winner, Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago, got here in second place after gobbling up 46 1/2 sizzling canine and buns, falling wanting the 58 he ate to earn the 2024 males’s title.

"I really like being right here," Chestnut advised ESPN after his win. "As quickly as I discovered I used to be coming, my physique — it was straightforward to coach. I really like doing it. And I really like pushing myself and beating the heck out of individuals."

Final yr, Main League Consuming occasion organizer George Shea stated Chestnut wouldn't be collaborating within the contest attributable to a contract dispute. Chestnut struck a take care of a competing model, the plant-based meat firm Unattainable Meals.

Chestnut advised The Related Press final month that he had by no means appeared in any commercials for the corporate’s vegan sizzling canine and that Nathan’s is the one sizzling canine firm he has labored with. However Chestnut acknowledged he "ought to have made that extra clear with Nathan’s."

Final yr, Chestnut ate 57 canine — in solely 5 minutes — in an exhibition with troopers at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. He stated the occasion was "wonderful" and that he was happy to nonetheless have an opportunity to eat sizzling canine — quite a lot of them — on July Fourth.

"I’m glad I did that, however I’m actually glad to be again at Coney Island," he stated.

Reporting by The Related Press.

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