Ever wondered why Nathan's started its iconic hot dog eating contest? Learn about the event's origins and the strange history of competitive eating.

Watch the 2023 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on ESPN app and ESPN 2. Tuesday, July 4, 2023 NEW YORK -- Joey Chestnut has won Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 16th time after ...

The Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest this year came with a footnote. One of the eaters was disqualified. The women’s standings shown on a graphic on the event organizer's social media site listed ...

Madison Barone, disqualified at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday, July 4 because she couldn’t keep the food down, said she feels no embarrassment about what happened. “Nope,’’ Barone, 24, ...

The champions for this year’s annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest have been crowned. Joey Chestnut delivered a dominating performance in his return to the competition. With 70.5 hot dogs and buns ...

Another 4th of July has passed, and another Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in the books. And as history seems to repeat itself, another Joey Chestnut win. The man who goes by "Jaws" consumed 70 1/2 ...

How many hot dogs can you eat? Ten? Twenty? Sorry, pal. You don’t cut the mustard, but I’m betting a mustard-belt or two that there are a few Phoenicians who do ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn -- Devouring an impressive 71 hot dogs in 10 minutes, defending champion Joey "Jaws" Chestnut won the coveted Mustard Belt for the 12th time Thursday afternoon at the annual ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Hot dogs are synonymous with the Fourth of July, and ultimately, so are hot dog eating contests. That was certainly the case this year at the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta.