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Joey Chestnut Wins First Banana Dog Eating Contest During Savannah Bananas Game

We all know Joey Chestnut as the hot dog eating champion of the world. He can now add banana dog eating champion to his historic resume.

Jake Brown

Joey Chestnut wings the banana dog eating contest at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA.
Joey Chestnut wings the banana dog eating contest at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA. / Savannah Bananas

We all know Joey Chestnut as the greatest hot dog eater to ever live. Chestnut has won the Mustard Yellow Belt a world record 17 times, chowing down more hot dogs than human being on the planet.

The competitive eating GOAT can now add banana dog eating champion to his hall of food resume.

Chestnut made a guest appearance Saturday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia for the Savannah Bananas soldout game against the Texas Tailgaters. Chestnut joined "Big Dom" and Shane Victorino as special guests for the evening. The fans in Philly get treated to quite the show from trick plays to fan catches to contests between inning.

One contest was the first ever Banana Dog eating content and Chestnut came down on to the field to take part in it on the right field grass as the game was going on. He went up against two members of the "Man-Nanas," the Savannah Bananas Dad Bod Cheerleading Squad. Chestnut devoured 14 of the banana dogs compared to their combined eight.

Now you're probably asking...what in the world is a banana dog?

The Bananas and Aramark collobarated this year on the banana dog, a playful culinary creation featuring a banana on a caramalized New England Roll with whipped cream, fresh sliced strawberries and chocolate syrup. It is available at select Aramark partner venues during the Bananas' 2025 summer tour.

Aramark Sports + Entertainment is the leading food and beverage provider for MLB and premier entertainment venues across North America. Aramark created the banana dog to match the team's fan-centric spirit.

Chestnut and I reviewed the banana dog at the end of the night, where he somehow had room for another. I gave it a 7.1 as I'm not a big banana eater, where Chestnut went with 7.9. The 41-year-old also gave a play-by-play of his strategy in order to consume 14 of them and just how difficult it was.

"Calm down. Relax. Use the water. Keep swallowing," Chestnut said. "They're delicious so it wasn't that hard. The hardest part was bananas...they're a little bit different size. They're not all uniform. When there's a little bit of changes, you gotta chew some of them a little bit more."

The approach? Forget pop, lock and drop it, like the twerking umpire...

"Palm it. Grab it. Squeeze it."

Put it on a t-shirt.

Hot dog eating champion. Banana dog eating champion. Living legend.

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JAKE BROWN

Jake Brown is a contributor for the Mets On SI, Fantasy Sports On SI and Savannah Bananas On SI sites. Jake has been covering the Mets over the past decade at various outlets. He currently hosts the "Mets Daily" show on YouTube. He also hosts live streams on his own social channels @jakebrownlive. Jake previously co-hosted the New York Post "Amazin' But True" Mets podcast with former pitcher Nelson Figueroa from 2020-2023 and the "Mets Magic" podcast in 2024. He also was a Mets columnist at WFAN from 2018-2020. Prior to that, Jake hosted several podcasts at CBS Radio and was a host on AM1240-WGBB on Long Island. He's made guest appearances on WFAN, PIX11, CBS Sports Radio/Infinity Sports Network, SiriusXM Radio, ESPN Radio and various other outlets around the country. You can find Jake at Citi Field often enjoying Mets baseball, while filming stadium food reviews. You can follow Jake on Twitter/X, Instagram and TikTok @jakebrownlive.

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