CHESTNUT FIRST MADE A SPLASH IN THE 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BY DOING SOMETHING NO AMERICAN EATER HAD EVER DONE. HE CHALLENGED THE GREAT KOBAYASHI, LEADING FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MINUTES OF THE EIGHT-MINUTE CONTEST. KOBAYASHI PULLED AHEAD IN THE LAST MINUTE AND CLAIMED A 67-62 VICTORY, BUT JOEY PROVED THAT HE WAS HERE TO STAY.
JOEY PROVED THAT 2005 WAS NOT A FLUKE IN THE 2006 CHAMPIONSHIP. HE AGAIN MATCHED KOBAYASHI KRYSTAL FOR KRYSTAL THROUGHOUT THE CONTEST, FINISHING WITH AN UNBELIEVABLE 91 KRYSTALS. KOBAYASHI WAS ABLE TO OUT EAT CHESTNUT AGAIN, AND FINISHED WITH 97 KRYSTALS.
2007 WAS THE YEAR CHESTNUT EARNED HIS FIRST KRYSTAL SQUARE OFF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, AND DID SO IN CONVINCING FASHION. DESPITE MISSING OUT ON THE CHANCE TO BEAT KOBAYASHI HEAD TO HEAD DUE TO AN INJURY TO THE JAPANESE EATER'S JAW, CHESTNUT CLAIMED THE TITLE OF GREATEST KRYSTAL EATER OF ALL TIME, BY EATING AN UNPRECEDENTED 103 KRYSTALS, BESTING THE PREVIOUS RECORD BY 6 BURGERS.
