New Jersey native Madison Barone was disqualified for vomiting in a trash can while the final five contestants were being ...

The annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place Friday at Brooklyn’s Coney Island, and a 16-time champion returns to the scene to remind the world that he’s still the greatest ...

The Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest is held annually on July Fourth. Every year, people tune in to see competitive eating stars, like Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo.

The 2014 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest was won by Michelle Lesco, who was credited with 30 3/4 hot dogs. Sudo has consumed at least 31 hot dogs in each year she won the event.

Miki Sudo secured her 11th women’s championship at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog–eating contest, continuing her ...

Joey Chestnut recaptured the Mustard Belt in his return to the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday after a year away. Chestnut dominated the competition, eating 70.5 hot dogs and ...

A champion has emerged in the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Joey Chestnut handily secured the title during the Friday, July 4, competition in New York’s Coney Island, consuming ...

Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo won the men’s and women’s editions, respectively, of the 2025 Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut ate 70.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 ...

The champ is back. After a year away from the famed eating contest on the Coney Island boardwalk, Joey Chestnut returned to once again dominate at Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating ...

Joey Chestnut has chomped his way to glory once again, winning his 17th Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest. The 41-year-old shoveled 70.5 hot dogs and buns into his mouth in ...

Defending champion Joey Chestnut competes in the 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2023, at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Chestnut was banned from the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2024 because of a sponsorship deal he signed with Impossible Foods, which sells plant-based meat substitutes, including hot dogs.