American competitive eater Joey Chestnut suffered a rare defeat during a tater tot eating contest at a Lake Country DockHounds minor league baseball game near Milwaukee, part of his ongoing tour of minor league stadiums across the United States. Chestnut, widely regarded as one of the most dominant eaters in the sport's history, lost by a razor-thin margin of just one tenth of an ounce, making headlines given how rarely he is beaten in eating contests.

The result comes with a significant caveat: Chestnut was competing alone against a team of two fans, who combined their efforts to narrowly edge him out. Despite having two people share the eating load against him, his opponents still only won by a negligible fraction of an ounce, prompting commentary that the result should be viewed as a moral victory for Chestnut rather than a straightforward loss.