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- Joey Chestnut won't compete in Nathan's hot-dog-eating contest this year.
- Major League Eating, the event overseer, cited Chestnut's partnership with a rival brand.
- "Meat eaters shouldn't have to be exclusive to just one wiener," Impossible Foods told BI.
The competitive-eating champ Joey Chestnut has been kicked out of an upcoming contest over a beef between him and the Coney Island hot-dog-eating competition he's won a whopping 16 times.
Chestnut, 40, won't participate in this year's Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4 — an event he won last year after pounding 62 hot dogs.