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Joey Chestnut bounces back from shrimp contest loss by pounding pierogis

Joey Chestnut at his pierogi-eating best.
Joey Chestnut at his pierogi-eating best. Photo by Screengrab /Twitter/Bleacher Report

One of the greats of the eating contest business is back in the game.

Joey Chestnut rebounded from a bad loss at the St. Elmo shrimp cocktail eating contest in Indianapolis on Saturday by putting on a pierogi eating show in Cleveland on Tuesday.

While the Cavaliers took a break from beating LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, Chestnut took on fans at halftime.

Joey Chestnut DOMINATED an eating competition during Cavs-Lakers đŸ€Ł

Chestnut: 47 pierogies đŸ„§


Everyone else combined: 33 pierogies đŸ„§

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 7, 2022

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Chestnut didn’t show he’d forgotten how to competitively eat at all, even though he’d just fallen for the first time in eight years at the shrimp fest. He wolfed down 47 pierogis, or 13 more than the three fans he was competing against managed combined.

Chestnut, 39, held up a belt with the Cavaliers’ mascot in celebration.

It seems hot dogs might be his specialty, but pierogis are no match for him either.

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