Joey Chestnut and his longtime nemesis Takeru Kobayashi are going head-to-head in a scorching canine consuming contest as quickly as as soon as extra — but it surely absolutely won’t be part of the identical outdated Fourth of July event … it’s a Labor Day extravaganza!!

The showdown is 15 years inside the making — the two remaining went at it in 2009 on the standard Nathan’s opponents in Coney Island … when Jaws beat Kobayashi to defend his mustard belt.

The timing of the announcement is pretty attention-grabbing — on Tuesday, Fundamental League Consuming launched Chestnut was OUT of the Independence Day contest on account of an endorsement deal he inked with a rival meals agency.

Merely weeks previously, Kobayashi — who’s 0-3 in the direction of Chestnut — claimed he was retired from aggressive consuming … nevertheless he outlined in a press launch there’s some unfinished enterprise to maintain sooner than hanging up his gut for good.

“Retiring for me will solely happen after I take him down one remaining time,” Kobayashi said on Wednesday. “This rivalry has been brewing for a really very long time.”

Chestnut — the 16-time Nathan’s contest champ with 8-straight scorching canine victories — moreover weighed in … saying, “By the use of all of my years in aggressive consuming, Kobayashi stands out as my fiercest rival.”

“Competing in the direction of him pushed me to be so considerably higher. I do know that followers have waited a really very long time for another chapter of our rivalry and I cannot look forward to our big showdown dwell on Netflix! It’s time to give the oldsters what they want!”

Chestnut and Kobayashi is prone to be big-time foes, nevertheless they’re every kinda within the equivalent boat now — finally, the latter had a highly-publicized spat with MLE once more in 2010 after the org. tried to get him to sign an distinctive contract … and he in no way competed inside the scorching canine contest as soon as extra.

Kobi famously attended in protest that exact same yr … and he was later arrested after he stormed the stage, no matter claiming he was solely attempting to congratulate Joey on his victory.