What's Beef: The Past, Present, and Future of Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi
Briefly

The shift from Coney Island to Las Vegas represents a significant evolution in competitive eating, with streaming and substantial cash prizes reshaping the landscape of the sport.
Joey Chestnut's partnership with Impossible Foods and the buzz around his face-off with Takeru Kobayashi highlights the transformation of competitive eating into a mainstream, recognized sport.
While the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July contest built a legacy of competitive eating, this new event marks a radical departure that poses challenging questions about its future.
The upcoming Labor Day competition signifies both a culmination of years of rivalry and a new chapter for competitive eating on a global streaming platform.
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