What is Joey Chestnut's net worth? Eating champ wolfs down 63 HOT DOGS and 1 protester at July 4 contest
American competitive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who resides in Westfield, Indiana, devoured his way to the 15th win on Monday, July 4 at the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, powering down 63 hot dogs and buns at the annual exhibition of excess. Chestnut has won the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, an annual Independence Day tradition on Coney Island 14 times and has only lost once in 2015. The 38-year-old is currently ranked first in the world by Major League Eating - an organization that organizes professional competitive eating events and television specials.
Chestnut's first Nathan's Hot Dog Eating championship came in 2007 when he beat six-time defending champ Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi. At the time, Chestnut consumed a record-breaking 66 hot dogs and buns. In July 2009, he set a new world record by downing 68 hot dogs and went on to break his record again in 2013 after consuming 69. In 2020, Chestnut again broke his own contest record by consuming 75 hot dogs. This year, despite having a leg injury Chestnut beat his competitors and took home the title of the Fourth of July Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
