Competitive eating is lucrative

[JEDI]

How hot dog champ Joey Chestnut became a multimillionaire as a competitive eater

Joey Chestnut is going for a record 16th belt at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on the Fourth of July. He's managed to put away some cash, too.

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Joey Chestnut has won Nathan's Hot Dog July 4th hot dog eating contest 15 times.
He made $500k in 2022 and His net worth is $4M.

I guess with anything, if there's sponsors, you can make alot of $.

and he could make more... LOTS more... if he did a competitive eating youtube channel.

Matt Stonie, the last man to beat Chestnut at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2015, now focuses on his lucrative YouTube Channel. He has more than 16 million subscribers and is widely believed to have made several million dollars for his food-eating exploits.

Chestnut said he has dabbled with his own YouTube channel, but it lacks what he loves most about competitive eating.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The hot dog eating contests are impressive. I eat 2 and I'm usually full. The bread is what is so filling. These people pound them in like they were just eating chips or something.

There is no way they feel great after they're done though. Probably takes a day or two to recover from that lol.

 

[RPD]

I get checking the stat sheets for results, but who the fuck wants to actually watch them DOING it?

 

[Muse]

I get checking the stat sheets for results, but who the fuck wants to actually watch them DOING it?

On TV news, they always seem to show a few seconds of Joey pounding them down. It's amazing he keeps on winning. Some of his competitors look much bigger than him. I wonder how he does it. Does he train? They say if you don't eat large meals you lose the capability to. I don't imagine I could eat more than 15 Coney Island hot dogs without feeling like I'm going to burst.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Notorious Bob, Dan Killer Kennedy & Brandon Da Garbage Disposal - all are interesting to watch. Geoff Esper has the personality of cardboard but that dude can consume.

Chestnut, I have to think, made his fortune on his line of sauces - licensing his name.
Stonie, has licensed his name to Stonie bowls

 

[sdifox]

She has 5M subscribers

I don't get how tiny people can gulf down so much food.

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[Zeze]

I read something about how skinny people can eat more because the stomach can stretch without fat in the way.

I mean Matt Stonie is like a 100 pounds.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I like "BeardMeetsFood" on YT.

 

[MrSquished]

I think competitive eating is just a disgusting concept all around.

 

[Captante]

I think competitive eating is just a disgusting concept all around.

Not if it provides a net-worth of 5 million plus lol.

*(ok it's a bit disgusting I must admit!)

 

[IBMJunkman]

 

[Greenman]

I've been training for the last 5 years preparing for my first competition.

 

[snoopy7548]

I read something about how skinny people can eat more because the stomach can stretch without fat in the way.

I mean Matt Stonie is like a 100 pounds.

Yep, I'm a skinny person and I can eat a lot. I don't gain weight either, which is pretty cool.