Joey Chestnut will return to Coney Island for the 2025 Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest after being barred from final yr’s occasion.
One of many legends of aggressive consuming, Chesnut gained the occasion for the primary time all the best way again in 2007.
What can we anticipate from the Main League Consuming star?
Let’s check out the chances at DraftKings Sportsbook as of June 30.
2025 Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest winner
Joey Chestnut: -2500 (wager $100 to win $10.40 complete)
Patrick Bertoletti: +1500 (wager $10 to win $160 complete)
James Webb: +2500 (wager $10 to win $260 complete)
Geoffrey Esper: +2500 (wager $10 to win $260 complete)
Nick Wehry: +3500 (wager $10 to win $360 complete)
Subject (any participant not listed): +6500 (wager $10 to win $760 complete)
Oddsmakers see Chestnut because the overwhelming favourite at -2500 to win the Mustard Belt. The opposite prime contenders — Patrick Bertoletti, James Webb, Geoffrey Esper and Nick Wehry — all have odds totals ranging between +1500 to +3500, drastically decrease than Chestnut’s.
12 months after yr, Chestnut has dominated the competitors. The 16-time Nathan’s Sizzling Canine Consuming Contest champion achieved a formidable streak by profitable the occasion eight consecutive years from 2007 to 2014, and after shedding in 2015, he bounced again to win eight straight titles.
Nonetheless, Chestnut encountered a setback in 2024 when he was banned for accepting a sponsorship cope with Unattainable Meals, a competitor of Nathan’s.
In Chestnut’s absence, Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti seized the chance and gained the 2024 competitors, consuming 58 scorching canine and buns, turning into the primary males’s champion apart from Chestnut since 2015. With +1500 odds, Bertoletti sits second on the board.
Subsequent up is Geoffrey Esper, who entered final yr’s contest as a favourite however misplaced to Bertoletti with 53 scorching canine eaten. Esper has had three consecutive runner-up finishes to Chestnut.
Chestnut turned the all-time winningest hot-dog eater, setting a private greatest and world file by devouring 83 scorching canine throughout a matchup with Takeru Kobayashi on September 2, 2024.
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