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Competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut reacts to funeral potatoes

By Lottie Elizabeth Johnson, Deseret News | Posted - May 26, 2025 at 11:24 a.m.

 
Joey Chestnut enters the 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, July. 4, 2023.

Joey Chestnut enters the 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, July. 4, 2023. (Yuki Iwamura, Associated Press)

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One of his most notable records is downing 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes — buns included.

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