Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi renewed their competitive eating rivalry on Monday in the Netflix special “Unfinished Beef,” with Chestnut winning 83-66. Chestnut’s 83 hot dogs broke the world record for most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes without submerging them in water in competitive eating history. Chestnut won $100,000 in prize money.

“I’ve been trying to do 80 hot dogs for years, and I never could have done it without Kobayashi,” Chestnut said after the competition. “He pushes me. We haven’t always been nice to each other, but we encourage each other to do our best.”

Chestnut was the clear favorite at most betting sites in what was arguably the most anticipated hot dog eating contest in sports history. The special renewed a legendary rivalry in the sport, as the two competitors, known as the two greatest hot dog eaters, last faced off in 2009.

Chestnut first entered the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2005. In 2007, he won his first title by eating 66 hot dogs, dethroning Kobayashi, who had already won six titles, and marking the beginning of the rivalry.

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Joey Chestnut sits with the trophy and belt after winning first place at the 2022 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, eating 63 hot dogs in 10 minutes on July 4, 2022. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Kobayashi lost to Chestnut again in 2008 and 2009. Then a contract dispute meant Kobayashi was no longer allowed to compete at Coney Island, so Chestnut had to win the next 16 times. But this year, Chestnut was also banned from the famous competition because of an endorsement deal. Chestnut signed a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods, which specializes in plant-based alternatives to meat products. Major League Eating has since lifted the ban, but Chestnut chose to do so.

Instead, Chestnut attended his Fourth of July celebration at Fort Bliss, Texas, and competed against Army soldiers. Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs and buns, beating four competitors who ate a total of 49 hot dogs and buns.

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Joey Chestnut, winner of the 2021 Nathan’s Famous International Fourth of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest, poses for photos at Maimonides Park on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York on July 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

Eating competitions are particularly popular in the United States, and have also faced criticism in countries such as Canada, Germany and Japan, but they were banned in China in 2021.

Meanwhile, Kobayashi revealed in the Netflix documentary “Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut” in May that he was retiring from competitive eating after no longer feeling hungry and wondering “what damage I was doing to my body” after estimating he had eaten 10,000 hot dogs in his career.

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Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi attend the press conference for LIVE Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished Beef at Hyper X Arena at Luxor on September 1, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (David Becker/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)

But after not competing in competitive eating contests for the past five years, he told “TODAY” that the opportunity to devour hot dogs with Chestnut again meant “a lot” to him because he was retired.

In the direct comparison between the two competitors, Chestnut currently leads 4:2.

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