Hot dog eating champions Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi have “Unfinished Beef” to settle. On June 12, Netflix announced that the two competitive eaters, who have faced off before at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, will battle it out to prove which one of them is the better hot dog eating champion. The live event will be called “Chestnut vs.
Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef.” For the upcoming showdown, Chestnut, a 16-time Nathan's hot dog eating champion, and Kobayashi, a six-time winner, will see which one can scarf down the most hot dogs, the streamer announced in a press release. The competitors have cooked up an intense rivalry over the years.
They became adversaries after facing off at the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest held on July 4. But the two haven’t competed against each other since 2009. At that time, Chestnut bested Kobayashi in a five hot dog sudden-death event that determined the winner, the press release said.
Chestnut has been victorious at the Nathan’s contest for the past eight years and currently holds a . Kobayashi dominated the event from 2001 to 2006, but he was banned in 2010 due to a contract dispute, according to the Netflix press release. Now, 15 years after their last battle, the two are ready to put their impressive eating skills on display once again.
The news of the event comes after Chestnut claimed he has also been and recent reports that Kobayashi retired from competitive eating. Read on to learn more about t.