For the fifteenth time in his profession, Joey Chestnut has caught the Mustard Belt on Fourth of July weekend

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Chestnut won the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest by eating 63 wieners and buns.

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Geoffrey Esper completed in runner up with 47½ wieners and buns

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While James Webb brought back home third spot with 41 sausages and buns.

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It likewise denoted the initial time starting around 2019 that the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is once again

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Its customary area at the intersection of Surf and Stillwell roads in Brooklyn.

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With the 2022 title close by, Chestnut has won 15 of the beyond 16 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contests tracing all the way back to 2007.

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Three minutes into the challenge, Chestnut ate 29 wieners and buns and hustled out to a lead of eight over any semblance of Geoffrey Esper and James Webb

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Notwithstanding being tottered with a leg injury, Chestnut kept a twofold digit lead all through the last six minutes of the opposition.

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Chestnut could have been impacted by the leg injury; he wrapped up with his least all out starting around 2015

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