Citing health issues, Joey Chestnut announced his withdrawal from Friday's Jack’s Donuts World Donut Hole Eating Championship in New Castle, IN. This will extend his winless streak to about six months and sets up the possibility that he will enter Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest with no 2022 victories. update IndyStar reports a positive COVID test was responsible for the withdrawal.

May 26, 2022 at 12:52 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Indianapolis, Joey Chestnut | Permalink * Comments (20)

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  1. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 8:46 am

    Very interesting. I wonder what his health issues are. Will he be ready for Nathan’s? I imagine, in spite of advice to the contrary, he would do Nathan’s. Otherwise he would, in effect, be retired.

  2. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 12:46 pm

    If he doesn’t do Nathan’s
    Molly should do it. I’d wager she has the highest number. Anyone else notice the ONLY qualifier is in Dc? I doubt it’s coincidence.

  3. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 1:05 pm

    Imagine no Joey at nathan’s… the upset for MLE and the opportunity for others would be huge

  4. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 2:58 pm

    Where did you see a qualifier in DC 12:46?

  5. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 4:13 pm

    So it would be Geoff Esper vs Matt Stonie vs Pat Bertoletti vs Darron Eats vs Nick Wehry for the title?

  6. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 4:45 pm

    There is no qualifier in DC.

  7. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 4:52 pm

    Here in China ???????? we hope Joey is ok. We need him to win so our Chinese owned Nathan’s can continue to feed Americans our Wuhan weiners.

  8. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 4:57 pm

    Esper would win Nathan’s for sure. Too bad Molly can’t compete in that, she’d do really well

  9. Anonymous said

    May 26, 2022 @ 7:49 pm

    Saw online Joey is in Covid protocol. So that’s the health concern.

  10. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    May 27, 2022 @ 2:06 am

    A press release said BBQ in DC will hold a Nathan’s qualifier but it might not be accurate

    https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/568719757/america-s-food-music-festival-kicks-off-summer-in-our-nation-s-capital-june-25th-26th-in-washington-dc

    It is still on the schedule

    https://bbqindc.com/monster-energy-stage/

  11. Anonymous said

    May 27, 2022 @ 12:31 pm

    Nathan’s wuhan hot dogs. Owned by the commys

  12. Anonymous said

    May 27, 2022 @ 6:42 pm

    Pat could win, maybe Nick, Darron’s eaten 50 before. Stonie who knows. Geoff is really good

  13. Anonymous said

    May 27, 2022 @ 10:10 pm

    weird… but did they not say no qualifiers?

  14. Anonymous said

    May 28, 2022 @ 2:43 am

    after pats donut performance he is a serious contender… i thought darron wasnt competing?

  15. Anonymous said

    May 29, 2022 @ 4:27 am

    Pat is good , but not in the league of Esper .

  16. Anonymous said

    May 29, 2022 @ 5:35 pm

    I wander if the Nathan’s are smaller now because of the Chinese ownership. They do look smaller than other brands

  17. Anonymous said

    May 29, 2022 @ 5:50 pm

    I think Chinatown should hold all qualifiers since they own Nathan’s. Have Chinese New Year champion

  18. Anonymous said

    May 30, 2022 @ 10:03 am

    Your right plus Nathan’s has a weird aftertaste

  19. Anonymous said

    June 5, 2022 @ 9:33 pm

    Has Joey even been competing this year?

  20. ojrifkin said (Registered July 27, 2005)

    June 5, 2022 @ 11:57 pm

    Joey’s only competition this year was the Wings for Wishes contest in Miami where he finished 4th. It appears likely his most recent victory going into July 4 will be the St. Elmo’s shrimp cocktail contest from early December.

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