It wouldn't be Independence Day without cookouts, fireworks and dominance from Joey Chestnut. With Fourth of July weekend came the 2026 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, one of the ultimate events in ...

At only 23 years old, Takeru Kobayashi redefined what it means to be a hot dog eating champion. He nearly doubled the contest record of 25 1/8 by eating 50 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes in 2001, ...

New York (CNN) — Every Fourth of July, starting when she was 15, Jacqueline Lewis and her family come together to honor a great American tradition: the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating competition. “I ...

When it comes to competitive eating, there’s Joey Chestnut … and there’s everybody else. The annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest takes place Friday at Brooklyn’s Coney Island, and a 16-time ...

The sun grows warmer, and the summer wind blows. Carried on the heavy breeze is the familiar scent of cooked meat — a seasonal staple and a signature of the summer’s most bizarre and popular ...

Tim Janus, the world champion competitive eater known as “Eater X” who competed alongside Joey Chestnut, has died at age 49. Janus died on Sept. 16 following a long battle with cancer, per Major ...

The 4th of July traditional hotdog eating contest got us thinking about why food and the holiday are so intertwined. Some experts have gone deep on the subject of competitive eating. So today is one ...

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