@theesportsgirl: This news may be hard to swallow. Joey Chestnut, the perennial winner of the annual July 4th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition, will not compete this year. Reports indicate that he made a deal with a different hot dog brand, Impossible Foods, which recently launched a vegan frankfurter made from plants. Before this decision, Chestnut had won the Nathan's event 16 times, including every year since 2016. Last year, he set a world record by consuming 76 hot dogs and retained his title by eating 62. #joeychestnut #fyp #fypage #nathanhotdogcontest #impossiblefoods #theesportsgirl