{"id":138026,"date":"2025-09-12T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138026\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:56:10","slug":"joey-chestnut-to-eat-99-chicken-nuggets-in-nine-innings-at-dodgers-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138026\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Chestnut to eat 99 chicken nuggets in nine innings at Dodgers-Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joey Chestnut is going back home on Friday, and he’s coming for a new food challenge.<\/p>\n

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The competitive eating legend will attempt to eat 99 Impossible Foods plant-based chicken nuggets in nine innings at the San Francisco Giants<\/a> and Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> showdown at Oracle Park. Chestnut will be joined at the Glove by a contest-winning fan who will compete with him.<\/p>\n

“I’ve done a lot of wild challenges over the years, but 99 nuggets in nine innings is a new one for me, and I’m fired up. Doing it back in the Bay where I grew up, at Oracle Park with the Giants, makes it even better,” Chestnut said. “I’m a big fan, and it feels like a home game! … I’ve been training, I’m feeling good, so 99 should go down no problem. Honestly, just talking about it is making me hungry. … I hope they’ve got a few extras ready.”<\/p>\n

Let us introduce you to the 99\/9 challenge – where @joeychestnut<\/a> will attempt to eat 99 @ImpossibleFoods<\/a> nuggets in 9 innings during tomorrow’s game. You don’t want to miss this \ud83d\udc40 pic.twitter.com\/biRm6NoM2H<\/a><\/p>\n

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Chestnut, 41, is widely regarded as the king of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, winning the event a record 17 times. However, his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 doesn’t end there.<\/p>\n

He holds over 50 world records, including devouring 182 chicken wings in 30 minutes, 141 hard-boiled eggs in eight minutes, 384 gyozas in 10 minutes and 102 tamales in 12 minutes. During halftime of a Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> game in March 2024, Chestnut competed in a pierogi eating contest<\/a> and promptly ate 39 in two minutes, beating the combined score (22) of three other contestants.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it feels safe to say that 99 chicken nuggets are going down on Friday.<\/p>\n