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World report holder Joey Chestnut might not be competing at Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Scorching Canine Consuming Contest this 12 months, however now followers will be capable to watch Chestnut face off along with his rival Takeru Kobayashi on Netflix on Labor Day.
The 2 skilled aggressive eaters will face off in a Netflix particular titled “CHESTNUT VS. KOBAYASHI: UNFINISHED BEEF,” which the streaming firm marketed as a willpower of the last word scorching canine consuming champion.
Netflix’s announcement comes only a day after Chestnut was banned from competing in Nathan’s scorching canine consuming contest as a result of he signed a take care of rival plant-based meals firm Inconceivable Meals.
Chestnut is a scorching canine champ. He’s received the “Mustard Yellow Belt” 16 instances, ate a world report 76 scorching canines and buns in 10 minutes in 2021 and has reportedly made a whole lot of 1000’s, if not thousands and thousands, of {dollars} for his aggressive consuming of scorching canines and different meals.
Kobayashi is Chestnut’s “fiercest rival,” he mentioned in a Netflix press launch.
Kobayashi — who popularized aggressive consuming as a sport in 2001 when he virtually doubled the earlier report for many scorching canines eaten within the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Championship — mentioned he would postpone retiring till he takes down Chestnut “one final time” within the launch.
Netflix mentioned the final time the 2 confronted off was in 2009, when Chestnut edged previous Kobayashi.
Just like Chestnut, Kobayashi was banned from competing within the Nathan’s Competitors on account of a contract dispute in 2010.
“We’re devastated to be taught that Joey Chestnut has chosen to characterize a rival model that sells plant-based scorching canines relatively than competing within the 2024 Nathan’s Well-known Fourth of July Scorching Canine Consuming Contest,” the Main League Consuming group, which oversees the Nathan’s occasion, mentioned in a press release Tuesday.
CNN’s Erika Tulfo contributed to this report.