Every year without fail, crowds gather to watch a mass consumption of meat at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Here's why.

Every year, the Nathan’s Famous 4th of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest draws nearly 25,000 people to Coney Island, N.Y., while over a million viewers tune in to ESPNs ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Another Fourth of July means another round of competitive hot dog eating — and lots of calories consumed. After stormy weather ...

Nathan’s Famous may be in the hot dog business, but for decades they’ve been peddling a whopper. Showmen behind Nathan’s annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest have long claimed the tradition ...

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Takeru Kobayashi, the Japanese eating champion who sat out this year's Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, apparently couldn't resist the temptation to hotdog ...

Joey Chestnut ate 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win the men’s division of the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest for a record 16th time, and Miki Sudo downed 39.5 dogs to win the women’s competition for ...

Some world-champion speed eaters attended a weigh-in Tuesday in the run-up to New York's annual July Fourth hot dog contest. Defending champions Joey Chestnut and Sonya ''The Black Widow'' Thomas ...

Nathan’s Famous has been gobbled up by Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, which is owned by China’s WH Group—and the new owner says the iconic Fourth of July hot dog eating contest will continue. The ...