The crowd yelling, American flag regalia and red, white and blue painting the scene, hot dogs being smashed and thrown down ...

The legend behind the first Nathan's hot dog eating contest has a storybook ring to it. The tale goes, four immigrants from mostly unspecified countries just happened to be sitting down to enjoy a ...

6: Consecutive victories for Japanese legend Takeru Kobayashi (2001-2006). 8: Consecutive Hot Dog Eating Contest wins for the 33-year-old Chestnut (2007-2014) before Stonie won in 2015 ...

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Hong Kong's Chris Lam won China's inaugural hot dog-eating contest, shoving down 16 Nathan's Famous dogs and buns in ten minutes, but he was to put to shame by Nathan's reigning world champion Joey ...

Controversy and the international hot dog eating contest actually go hand-and-hand. Last year, there was another controversy surrounding Kobayashi. "These (American) guys last year were yelling ...

Editor's Note: Takeru Kobayashi won the world hot dog eating contest on the Fourth of July, breaking his own world record with 50½ hot dogs -- but the victory did not come without controversy.

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And one of the most recognizable things about Nathan's is the hot-dog-eating contest on the Fourth of July. How did that get started? Bruce Miller: Well, it's a funny story. You know, he wanted to ...

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Miki Sudo – Most wins of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest (female), (10); Most hot dogs eaten at the contest (female), (51); Most hot dogs eaten in one minute, (6); Fastest time to eat a ...