Hot dog eating champions Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi have “Unfinished Beef” to settle. The two competitive eaters, who have faced off before at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, will battle it out on Labor Day to prove which one of them is the better hot dog eating champion. The live Netflix 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 competitors have cooked up an intense rivalry over the years, which they discussed during an appearance on TODAY on Aug.
19. "We're going to push each other. The rules are going to be a little bit different.
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I think we're going to make world records," Chestnut said. Kobayashi noted that he will be facing off against Chestnut for the first time in 15 years. "Literally I'm back for one day," he said.
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.
Chestnut had been victorious at the Nathan’s contest for eight consecutive years prior to 2024 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 a Netflix press release. Now,.
