Joey Chestnut breaks world record in hot dog eating vs. Takeru Kobayashi 15 years after last meeting

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut joins 'Fox & Friends' to share details about his participation in an Army base eating contest.

Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi renewed the most competitive rivalry in competitive eating on Monday in Netflix's "Unfinished Beef" special, with Chestnut winning 83-66. Chestnut's 83 hot dogs broke the world record for most eaten in 10 minutes, without dunking them in water, in the history of competitive eating. Chestnut won $100,000 in prize money. 

"I've been trying to hit 80 hot dogs for years, and without Kobayashi I was never able to," Chestnut said after the contest. "He drives me, we weren't always nice to eachother, but we push eachother to be our best."

Chestnut was the heavy favorite across most betting sites in, arguably, the most highly-anticipated competitive eating contest in the sports' history. The special renewed a storied rivalry in the sport, as the two competitors, known as the two greatest competitive hot-dog eaters, last faced off in 2009. 

Chestnut first competed at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2005. In 2007, he won his first title, downing 66 hot dogs to dethrone Kobayashi, who had already won six titles, marking the start of the rivalry. 

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 Joey Chestnut sits with the trophy and belt after he won first place, eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes, during the 2022 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2022. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Kobayashi lost to Chestnut again in 2008 and 2009. Then a contractual dispute meant that Kobayashi was no longer able to compete at Coney Island, leaving Chestnut to win the next 16 times. But then this year, Chestnut was barred from the