Joey Chestnut went back home on Friday, conquering a new food challenge in the process.

The competitive eating legend attempted to eat 99 Impossible Foods plant-based chicken nuggets in nine innings at the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers showdown at Oracle Park -- and didn't have much trouble with his goal. Chestnut, who was joined at the giant glove by a contest-winning fan who competed with him, consumed 275 nuggets across the nine innings, according to the San Francisco Chronicle . He racked up 227 in five innings alone .

"I've done a lot of wild challenges over the years, but 99 nuggets in nine innings is a new one for me, and I'm fired up. Doing it back in the Bay where I grew up, at Oracle Park with the Giants, makes it even better," Chestnut said before the ev

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