It is essentially the most disgusting time of the yr.
Joey Chestnut marked Fourth of July with a return journey to Coney Island, New York, and the Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Competitors, which he gained by downing 70.5 weiners and buns in 10 minutes. However actually, who’s celebrating?
Actually not Chestnut.
The annual U.S. Independence Day competitors has all the time been an emblem of American extra, that includes grown adults stuffing their faces nicely previous the purpose that must be socially acceptable.
The 2025 occasion had the added fanfare of Chestnut’s return after a one-year absence.
The 17-time winner was barred from the 2024 competitors attributable to his sponsorship with Inconceivable Meals, a plant-based scorching canine various. Because of this, he agreed to a one-off Labor Day aggressive consuming Netflix particular in opposition to Takeru Kobayashi, which drew little curiosity from a world streaming viewers (Chestnut gained with 83 scorching canines in 10 minutes).
Whereas all the time a nauseating watch, the timing of this yr’s competitors made it harder to abdomen.
On Monday, Nature Medicine published a Burden of Proof research on the well being results related to consuming processed meat, discovering that any quantity results in the next danger of diabetes and most cancers.
Researchers expressed “the necessity for additional analysis,” whereas confirming “the benefit of constant to suggest limiting consumption of those meals.”
Coming in the future after U.S. Home Republicans voted by means of President Donald Trump’s mega $4.5 trillion tax bill, which places “greater than 5 million individuals … vulnerable to shedding no less than some meals help,” per Axios, the Nathan’s competitors is even tougher to dignify.
Following Friday’s win, Chestnut apologized for not ending extra scorching canines and pledged to do higher at subsequent yr’s gluttony fest.
After consuming 24 extra scorching canines than runner-up Patrick Bertoletti, Chestnut is his personal competitors for an 18th Mustard Belt in 2026. Maybe, as an alternative of holding the occasion subsequent yr, Nathan’s can simply ship the prize to Chestnut. All of our stomachs could be grateful.
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