It looks like Joey Chestnut is going to have a "full" day ahead of him this July Fourth despite being excluded from the Nathan's hot dog eating contest at Coney Island.
Instead, the competitive eater – who downed a record-setting 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes during the 2021 event – is heading to an Army base in El Paso, Texas, to square off in a different hot dog eating contest: against soldiers.
"It means so much [to be with them]," he said while joining "Fox & Friends" on Independence Day.