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Hot Dog Contest Vet Geoff Esper Says Win Would Have Asterisk If Chestnut Not Competing

Published: 06/12/2024

Joey Chestnut's absence from the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest would have a major impact on whoever ends up winning the event this year ... so says 2023 runner-up Geoff Esper, who tells TMZ Sports the victory would be tainted if it's not over Jaws. We caught up with the competitive eater -- and new…

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Major League Eating Wants To Devour Knickers, the 2,800-Pound Steer

Published: 11/29/2018

You know that big ass steer in Australia that went viral for being the biggest freakin' thing you've ever seen? Major League Eating -- the competitive eating org that brought you food-guzzling superstars like Joey Chestnut, Matt Stonie and Takeru Kobayashi -- wants to eat him. "Knickers" has…

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BBQ Rib War -- 76-Year-Old Mows Down Racks ... Edged Out By Joey Chestnut (VIDEO)

Published: 09/01/2016

Old people can EAT -- just ask the 76-YEAR-OLD MAN who came shockingly close to catching Joey Chestnut at one of the BIGGEST rib competitions in the world!! It all went down at the Nugget World Rib-Eating Championship near Reno, NV -- where Chestnut chomped through 9.6 POUNDS of spare ribs in 12…

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Joey Chestnut -- Pumped For Vegas Fight Night ... 'Blackout Chestnut' Time

Published: 07/09/2016

Vegas, THE (eating) CHAMP IS (almost) HERE ... and he's ready to eat wings, check out chicks in bikinis, and party hard!! TMZ Sports talked to hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut less than a week after his dominating 70 dog performance at the Nathan's Famous competition on July 4th in NYC ...…

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Joey Chestnut DEFENDS RIB TITLE -- Rebounds After Crushing Gyoza Loss

Published: 09/04/2013

JOEY CHESTNUT IS BACK!!! The greatest competitive eater on the face of the planet returned to form this weekend at the rib cook-off in Reno, NV and took FIRST PLACE ... edging out the guy who beat him in the Gyoza championships last month. Like Magic vs. Bird or Ali vs. Frazier ... Chestnut…

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Eating Champion Joey Chestnut -- Getting Dethroned Is Hard to Swallow

Published: 08/20/2013

Competitive eating superstar Joey Chestnut shockingly lost a battle against newcomer Matt Stonie -- but by inhaling a few less gyoza he might actually win a war ... on heart disease. Now serving silver linings!

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Joey Chestnut TASTES DEFEAT -- Out-Eaten In World Gyoza Championships

Published: 08/19/2013

Joey Chestnut -- perhaps the greatest competitive eater in the history of food -- had a giant helping of DEFEAT at the World Gyoza Eating Championships this weekend ... and TMZ was there for the whole thing. Chestnut -- the reigning Gyoza eating champion (266 in 2012) -- was chewed up and spit out…

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Joey Chestnut DEFENDS RIB TITLE -- Rebounds After Crushing Gyoza Loss

The greatest competitive eater on the face of the planet returned to form this weekend at the rib cook-off in Reno, NV and took FIRST PLACE ... edging out the guy who beat him in the Gyoza championships last month.

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Joey Chestnut TASTES DEFEAT -- Out-Eaten In World Gyoza Championships

Joey Chestnut -- perhaps the greatest competitive eater in the history of food -- had a giant helping of DEFEAT at the World Gyoza Eating Championships this weekend ... and TMZ was there for the whole thing.

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Joey Chestnut Tastes Defeat

The champ was out-eaten at the World Gyoza Championships.

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