Nothing just like the human drama of athletic-ish competitors. A profession rivalry was revived immediately as Netflix hosted a sizzling dog-eating contest pitting two of the pseudo-sport’s legends — and the consequence was a world document.
Joey Chestnut completed off Takeru Kobayashi within the streamer’s live-airing Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef, choking down a record-smashing 83 sizzling canines and buns to Kobayashi’s 66 throughout the 10-minute chowdown. The earlier mark was 76.
Chestnut pocketed the $100,000 prize within the first time the 2 longtime adversaries had squared off in opposition to one another in 15 years. The occasion was hosted by Nikki Garcia and Rob Riggle.
“I’ve been attempting to hit 80 sizzling canines for years, and with out Kobayashi I used to be by no means capable of do it,’’ Chestnut mentioned the feast feat. “He drives me. We weren’t all the time good to one another, however I really like the way in which we push one another to be our greatest.”
Netflix introduced the competitors in June, a day after Chestnut was banned from the Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Scorching Canine Consuming Contest that he lengthy had dominated. That occurred as a result of he took a sponsorship with plant-based Unimaginable Meals, which turned the stomachs of brass at Main League Consuming, which runs the Nathan’s present.
Chestnut had received the coveted Mustard Belt — handed out to the one who eats essentially the most sizzling canines every July 4 on ESPN — for eight years operating and in 16 of the previous 17. He was out-grubbed solely as soon as, in 2015, when Matt Stonie took the title.
Chestnut makes an estimated $250,000 to $500,000 per 12 months in aggressive consuming challenges and by way of sponsorship offers. He additionally has his personal line of condiments for decent canines, brats, sausages, wings and sandwiches.
Right here’s the trailer for Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef:
