Joey Chestnut

[Moliphino]

Those people can CHOOSE to not attend. Just as those who want to attend, eat or watch can also CHOOSE to do so.

The era of cancel culture - where a loud group gets to 100% cancel something is slowly coming to an end, as people see LOUD and INSISTENT doesn't necessarily speak for everyone. And sometimes it's inappropriate or just stupid. People need to have SELF-Accountability. If it's a trigger for some, they can simply not attend and watch.

The Nathan's Hot Dog eating contest is put on by the Nathan's Hot Dog company. They don't hide what what they make and represent, (meat hot dogs,) or what the contest is about. The title of the contest is as clear as day.

If Impossible Burgers wants to do their own contest, or a non-eating/fasting company, or a healthy eating company wants a booth to put out their own info and event, they can get a permit to put on their own event TOO.

I think they were referring to food insecurity, not offended vegans.

 

[Disneylover99]

The process isn’t as gross as what it’s done to his face. He may have been a decent looking guy decades ago.

He’s always looked the same to me. Kinda cute in a quirky way. Lol.

 

[ronandannette]

You can choose to be cancelled or not. Your choice. No one can cancel you. Jordan B Peterson has been cancelled millions of times. It hasn't impacted him at all. I admire people like him who refuse the refusers.

I wonder what he’d say about this topic. I’ve heard him discuss several times that disgust is the most visceral and strongest compelling human emotion. Gluttony at this level is just straight-up gross.

 

[Mysterian]

Here's the nearly 12 minute video. Not for the faint of stomach.

Watch what you can, skip a lot, go to the end, etc.

ESPN covers hotdog competitions??!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

What the F duck?!

 

[starvenger]

I'm more interested in finding out how KarissaEats is able to scarf down all of the food she eats on her videos.

I remember seeing a video from KatinaEatsKilos explaining her process for taking on eating challenges. To summarize:

- she "offsets" the high cal eating with low cal meals. So lots of salad.
- she also works out as a way to burn off the calories eaten.

The second point makes sense to me. I've forced myself to the gym a few hours after eating a huge meal and I did feel much better after doing 30 minutes on an elliptical. Emphasis on "forced myself" - hardest part of going to the gym is going to the gym.

 

[WEDWDW]

I heard an interview with Joey yesterday about how he was preparing for today's competition. The day before, he ate an apple, a salad and drank lots of water. He approaches the competition with an empty stomach and makes sure he's well-hydrated. He has "trained" his stomach to stretch enough to accommodate that amount of food. Soaking the buns helps them go down easier and take up less room in his stomach because they're more compact. He said he will "feel like garbage" for about 4 days after the competition, then his body will return to normal. According to him, the discomfort is worth it. Personally, I think it sounds gross!

So he does let the "natutal process" take place.

Not trying to be gross but I bet that takes A LOT of "trips"!

TOUGH way to make a living!!!!lol

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

So he does let the "natutal process" take place.

Not trying to be gross but I bet that takes A LOT of "trips"!

TOUGH way to make a living!!!!lol

Well I have exclusive footage of Joey's back yard after a contest.

 

[Imzadi]

I think they were referring to food insecurity, not offended vegans.

Oh!

That makes more sense. Some people look for things to be offended over. I really thought, "Vegans can't look away?"

Hopefully, Nathan's Hot Dogs donates excess food to food banks. Yet, as a business, the annual hot dog eating contest is a huge advertisement for them. They have a restaurant down there at Coney Island. Restaurants have a right to advertise for their business.

Although, watching people scarf down several hot dogs, one after another, does not make me want to eat one any time soon.

 

[leebee]

I don't watch the hot dog eating contest; I find it SO off-putting. To ME, it screams "gross excess." So many people in this country live with food insecurity but here we have people gorging themselves for amusement. I also think it kind-of glorifies the "binge and purge" concept, and too many people struggle with eating disorders for me to be comfortable with celebrating the idea of eating like this (and while nobody discusses purging, I've also read that after the contest, there is a fair amount of that going on). I just think it's unnecessary and unbecoming; what kind of impression does this give of Americans, what stereotypes does it reinforce? However, as I said, I don't like it, so I don't watch it. End of story.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

One of my co-workers was talking about this yesterday. People are welcome to do what they want, but OMG why would anybody want to do this to themselves?

 

[Disneylover99]

One of my co-workers was talking about this yesterday. People are welcome to do what they want, but OMG why would anybody want to do this to themselves?

Prize Money. Lucrative brand deals if you‘re good at it.
Joey made over $500 000 last year.

 

[Imzadi]

I don't watch the hot dog eating contest; I find it SO off-putting. To ME, it screams "gross excess." So many people in this country live with food insecurity but here we have people gorging themselves for amusement. I also think it kind-of glorifies the "binge and purge" concept, and too many people struggle with eating disorders for me to be comfortable with celebrating the idea of eating like this (and while nobody discusses purging, I've also read that after the contest, there is a fair amount of that going on). I just think it's unnecessary and unbecoming; what kind of impression does this give of Americans, what stereotypes does it reinforce? However, as I said, I don't like it, so I don't watch it. End of story.

Nathan's has been doing the hot dog contest since they first started recording the results in 1972. Way before the Internet and before food insecurity was the problem it is today. It has been a local tradition for them for at least 51 years. (Legend has it that their contest went back as far as 1916 when four immigrants gathered at the very first Nathan’s Famous hot dog stand in Coney Island and made eating the hot dogs a contest.)

Probably when they first started the contestants could only scarf down 5-6 hot dogs and call it a day. Joey Chestnut is extreme in how many he has been able to eat. It is because of him that this contest now has nationwide fame.

Even so, the Nathan's company is not going to end world hunger even if they didn't hold their contest. Should ALL restaurants stop advertising the food they sell due to food insecurity? What about the commercials when McDonalds shows a big mac on screen lest it trigger some people? Or when Olive Garden shows their endless soup bowls or whatever? Is Nathan's allowed to show their hot dogs in a commercial?

Sorry for those with food insecurity. I do hope that Nathan's does donate to food banks, etc., to help matters locally. (I know a local Trader Joe's donates their just expired and soon to be expired foods to a local food bank.) Yet, Nathan's didn't cause food insecurity. Correlation is not causation. Just because they are a food company doesn't mean they shouldn't hold a contest until every one with food issues is taken care of. Why should they be guilt tripped to be Mother Theresa? There ARE organizations which help out with food insecurity. Nathan's has a right to hold their local traditions and advertise to keep their business running without being tasked with the responsibility to not trigger people, in my opinion.

I loosely follow a FB group where people have to put trigger warnings for financial privilege at the top of their posts when they mention they bought something of $25 or more. Sometimes LESS. Yet the people reading their posts are on the Internet, on a phone or computer. Someone paid for those items. Even if they are reading free on the local library's computers, they have to know OTHER people will and do have more than them. How do people get out of bed in the morning when they are so triggered by what other people do and have? Must others constantly tiptoe around them?

 

[Imzadi]

Prize Money. Lucrative brand deals if you‘re good at it.
Joey made over $500 000 last year.

I hope he's saving some of that money for possible health problems he may have later on. I have to regulate my food every day to stay under the 1200 miligrams of sodium I'm allowed for my high blood pressure. That's probably 2-3 hot dogs. I can't imagine how much salt & fat and nitrates are in 62 hot dogs.

 

[WEDWDW]

Prize Money. Lucrative brand deals if you‘re good at it.
Joey made over $500 000 last year.

And it is estimated that comes out to $5.50 per "movement".lol

 

[soccerdad72]

I don't watch the hot dog eating contest; I find it SO off-putting. To ME, it screams "gross excess." So many people in this country live with food insecurity but here we have people gorging themselves for amusement. I also think it kind-of glorifies the "binge and purge" concept, and too many people struggle with eating disorders for me to be comfortable with celebrating the idea of eating like this (and while nobody discusses purging, I've also read that after the contest, there is a fair amount of that going on). I just think it's unnecessary and unbecoming; what kind of impression does this give of Americans, what stereotypes does it reinforce? However, as I said, I don't like it, so I don't watch it. End of story.

For what it's worth, while the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest is obviously an American tradition, competitive eating is an international thing. I mean, before there was Joey Chestnut, there was Kobayashi:

 

[Disneylover99]

I hope he's saving some of that money for possible health problems he may have later on. I have to regulate my food every day to stay under the 1200 miligrams of sodium I'm allowed for my high blood pressure. That's probably 2-3 hot dogs. I can't imagine how much salt & fat and nitrates are in 62 hot dogs.

Yeah. Eating contests have definitely become more competitive in the past 20 years or so. Many of the competitors are fit and train seriously for this, but I do wonder about their long term health as they age.

 

[MsChristy12]

Competitive eating is just...gross. Your body gets damaged in so many ways, and if they're not careful with their training and competition, they can die.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I'd like competitive eating more if it was like the pie eating contest at the fair. You can't use your hands at all and it's how fast you can eat a reasonable amount of pie, not about scarfing down the amounts of food they do. I'd love to watch a Nathan's contest where you had to eat a Chili Dog, a Chicago Dog, and a kraut dog or something with no hands. But watching these people dip the bread and shove em in isn't really my thing.

 

[Imzadi]

I'd love to watch a Nathan's contest where you had to eat a Chili Dog, a Chicago Dog, and a kraut dog or something with no hands. But watching these people dip the bread and shove em in isn't really my thing.

I was thinking I'd need my hot dogs to be smothered in ketchup in order to eat them.

 

[starvenger]

I was thinking I'd need my hot dogs to be smothered in ketchup in order to eat them.

Isn't that illegal in most states and provinces?