Joey Chestnut, the 16-time champion of the Nathan's Fourth of July hot dog-eating contest, is not going to ... country on the 4th and I have been training to defend my title." ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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CONEY ISLAND, N.Y. -- Three minutes into the Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest, Japanese speed-eater Takeru Kobayashi had scarfed down 17 hot dogs and buns. There were nine minutes ...

And of course, hot dogs. Joey is the 12-time champion of Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, held every Fourth of July on Coney Island and broadcast worldwide. George Shea, Major League Eating ...

Miki Sudo – Most wins of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest (female), (10); Most ... was the hardest. My first training session was horrible. I could barely do a mile of lunging in an hour.” ...

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 ...