# If I teamed up with 2nd place we STILL wouldn't have beaten Joey Chestnut

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**Created:** [July 4, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-teamed-up-with-2nd-place-we-still-wouldnt-have-beaten-joey-chestnut/1020493 "2025-07-04T17:33:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-teamed-up-with-2nd-place-we-still-wouldnt-have-beaten-joey-chestnut/1020493/21 "2025-07-07T11:13:45Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> (Wait, were you making a joke that went over my head?)

Of course he wasn’t. It’s Nathan’s - absolutely no pork was involved.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-teamed-up-with-2nd-place-we-still-wouldnt-have-beaten-joey-chestnut/1020493/22 "2025-07-08T17:09:33Z")

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I think for all the huge, really fast eaten meals we see, Joey isn’t eating anywhere like this in his regular life. We see 5% or something of his meals.

BeardMeetsFood has a Youtube channel where he takes on timed challenges and he is able to win most of them. He is thin and often fasts(green tea only) after he eats a huge amount.

It’s a fun channel. I do get tired of it over time, though. I mean, I can only see him eat huge quantities of food so many times before I feel like I’ve seen it all.

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-teamed-up-with-2nd-place-we-still-wouldnt-have-beaten-joey-chestnut/1020493/23 "2026-07-05T01:56:07Z")

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He does it again! In the 100°+ degree heat Joey Chestnut _only_ ate 66 today to second place’s 51 While Miki Sudo continued her absolute reign of dominance in the women’s competition with her 12th victory since a women’s contest was split off from the men’s in 2014 with a 38¾ to 22 victory.

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