Joey Chestnut, the God king of competitive eating himself is one again aiming to shatter his own record at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut is the world’s greatest eater. He is the king of all of professional eating as he holds more competitive eating records than any other competitor in history, according to his site.. However, despite his total domination, Joey didn’t find competitive eating… it found him. RELATED: Joey Chestnut Is Risking His Life in the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Chestnut is not just the king of eating hot dogs. He holds more competitive eating records than any other athlete in history, by a wide margin. This is not an opinion but a statement of fact. That same year, during Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, he ate 32 HDB, placing third behind Takeru Kobayashi and Sonya Thomas. Chestnut, a San Jose State University student, entered the competitive eating scene in 2005 with a break-out performance in the deep-fried asparagus eating championship, in which he beat high-ranked eater Rich LeFevre by eating 6.3 pounds of asparagus in 11.5 minutes. Here is a list of all of Chestnut’s records, according to Major League Eating. Joey Chestnut, the world's hot-dog eating champ, set a new gut-busting record Sunday by downing 45 slices in 10 minutes at the Famous Famiglia pizza-eating contest in Times Square.