
Joey Chestnut led from the start and dominated his much-hyped hot dog-eating matchup with Takeru Kobayashi on Labor Day. The 16-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion blitzed his his most famous competitor in a one-on-one matchup years in the making.
Chestnut finished with a world record 83 hot dogs, while Kobayashi set his own personal best record with 66. The two biggest names in competitive eating lived up to the hype.