Joey Chestnut Loses Shrimp Cocktail Eating Competition, First Time In 8 Years

The king of consuming has actually lost his crown — a minimum of when it concerns feasting on shrimps — ’cause Joey Chestnut was beat at a well-known seafood consuming contest this weekend … his very first L at the occasion in 8 YEARS.

Think it or not, the 39-year-old really wound up in 4th location at the world-famous St. Elmo shrimp mixed drink consuming contest in Indianapolis on Saturday, losing to a man who took in 16 pounds and 6 ounces of the meal in 8 minutes.

Chestnut — best understood for his capability to pound hot dogs — lost by a substantial margin … as he just put away 10 pounds and 9.6 ounces.

Geoffrey Esper — the runner-up to Chestnut in 2015 — was the one who eventually took house the title … making the first-place reward of $3,000, and, obviously, the bragging rights of beating the Michael Jordan of consuming contests.

It was a substantially down efficiency from Chestnut, who typically blows away the field at the occasion.

Simply in 2015, he housed 17 pounds and 1.6 ounces of the shrimp mixed drink — and in 2018, he chewed down a record 18 pounds and 9.6 ounces of the things.

He did confess to a local station a day prior to the occasion that he was not feeling one hundred percent, after fighting a leg injury this year.