We Have A Weiner In Netflix’s Joey Chestnut vs. Kobayashi Hot Dog Eating Contest
deadline.comNothing like the human drama of athletic-ish competition. A career rivalry was revived today as Netflix hosted a live hot-dog-eating contest pitting two of the pseudo-sport’s legends — and the result was a world record.
Joey Chestnut finished off Takeru Kobayashi in the streamer’s Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef, choking down a record-smashing 83 hot dogs and buns to Kobayashi’s 66 during the 10-minute chowdown.
The previous mark was 76. Chestnut pocketed the $100,000 prize in the first time the two longtime adversaries had squared off against each other in 15 years. RELATED: Is Netflix The New ‘Ocho’ Of Live Pseudo-Sports?
Chestnut Vs. Kobayashi Will Settle The Beef On Who Can Inhale The Most Hot Dogs “I’ve been trying to hit 80 hot dogs for years, and without Kobayashi I was never able to do it,’’ Chestnut said the feast feat. “He drives me.
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