Competitive eater Joey Chestnut celebrates after winning the 2025 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in Coney Island, Thursday, July 4, 2025. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/AP ...

The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is a July 4th tradition that draws the attention and fascination of everyone over the holiday annually. Watching Major League Eating, Joey Chestnut (except in ...

Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held in Coney Island every 4th of July since 1916, the year Nathan Handwerker opened the legendary restaurant, according to Major League Eating ...

This was Chestnut's his fourth time consuming over 70 dogs, and last year, he set a record by eating 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes. "I feel like I should eat a couple more," he said afterwards.

People wait for the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) ...

Miki Sudo, the number-one-ranked woman in the hot dog-eating world, set the women's record in 2020 with 48 hot dogs and buns. She missed the contest the following year due to her pregnancy.

The exceptionally American tradition: History of Nathan's 4th of July hot dog eating contest Joey Chestnut broke his own record in 2021, downing 76 hot dogs and buns; Miki Sudo is the contest's ...

Joey Chestnut is set to defend his crown as Nathan's Famous holds its 2020 Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island on July 4, but without a crowd!

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 ...