Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle returned to competitive eating at a pizza eating contest in Maplewood, NJ, his first competition in four years.
Newsday's LI Works has a video about Eric "Badlands" Booker.
The Ohio University web site has an article about Jack Legath, who is a student in the doctor of physical therapy program.
ESPN PR reports that an average of 1.62 million viewers watched the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4, the highest total since 2014.
Tacho Chinoz and Bar in Sterling, VA will hold a taco eating contest on July 26 awarding $500 to the winner. Raina Huang and former Washington Redskin Clinton Portis are expected to compete. Entrants need to submit a video.
BBC Hereford & Worcester has an interview with Leah Shutkever.
The OC Foodie & Fun Fest will hold a pizza eating contest in Santa Ana, CA on July 12 awarding $300 to the winner.
Fall River, MA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 17 awarding $500 to the winner.
Raina Huang ate 65 wings in 5 minutes to win the first prize of $1000 and a spot in the 2026 Wing Bowl in yesterday's eating contest at the Plaza in Las Vegas. update Moh Motion received the big check, so apparently he was
Mary Bowers announced her retirement from competitive eating after a 13 year career.
2025 Nathan’s men’s final
ESPN coverage of introductions and contest
| 1st | 70.5 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 46.5 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | |
| 3rd | 45.5 | James Webb | |
| 4th | 43.875 | Geoffrey Esper | |
| 5th | 41.75 | Nick Wehry | |
| 6th | 40 | Ricardo Corbucci | |
| 7th | 36.5 | Max Stanford | |
| 8th | 31.17 | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 30.5 | Radim Dvoracek | |
| 10th | 30 | Derek Hendrickson | |
| 11th | 29.5 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas | |
| 12th | 25 | George Chiger | |
| 13th | 23.5 | Jerome Burns | |
| 14th | 23 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | |
| 15th | 20.75 | Cameron Meade |
2025 Nathan’s Famous women’s finals
ESPN has the contest coverage on youtube
USA Today has an article about the disqualification of Madison Barone
| 1st | 33 | Miki Sudo | 11th women’s victory |
| 2nd | 22.75 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | |
| 3rd | 21.5 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee | |
| 4th | 16 | Tandra Childress | |
| 5th | 13.125 | Katie Prettyman | |
| 6th | 13 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 7th | 10 | Kelly Lewis | |
| 8th | 9 | Jocelyn Young | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Laura Beitel | |
| 9th | 7.25 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman | |
| 11th | 6.5 | Camille O’Brien | |
| 12th | 6 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
Live Walking NYC has started a live video from Coney Island
Dutchmazz also plans to do a live video
Molly Schuyler sets Z-burger eating contest record
Fox 5 article and news video
Announced results from Fox 5 live video
1 Molly Schuyler 40 burgers, contest record
2 Dan Kennedy 39
3 Sean Yeager 27
4 David Brunelli 21
5 Robert McGee 18
ABC7 is doing a live video of today's "weigh-in" for Nathan's Famous competitors. update ABC's video has stopped, but the NY Posts's is going.
July 4 weekend contests awarding prizes
Here is a list of contests this weekend awarding prizes. Values in parentheses are gift cards or listed values of non-cash prizes.
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Eddie Rocket's in Dublin, Ireland will hold a Supernova burger eating contest on July 12 awarding €3,000 cash to the winner
Red Dog Saloon in England has started its month-long burger eating contest. The competitor who eats the most burgers in a 10 minute session in July will receive £5000 if he or she beat's Leah Shutkever's record of 13 burgers. Anyone with competitive eating experience must pre-book.
2025 Nathan’s men’s field statistics
Here are some statistics for the 2025 Nathan’s field. Explanation of the columns:
# Finals – number of Nathan’s finals appearances
Best – best finish in a Nathan’s final
Max – personal best Nathan’s result (finals and qualifiers)
Total – total number of hot dogs eaten in finals and qualifiers
Avg – average number of hot dogs (finals and qualifiers)
| # Finals | Best | Max | Total | Avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | 76 | 1344 | 61.09 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 10 | 1 | 58 | 797.5 | 39.88 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| 10 | 2 | 53 | 779.75 | 43.32 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 4 | 3 | 52 | 229.5 | 45.90 | James Webb |
| 8 | 3 | 48 | 523.25 | 40.25 | Nick Wehry |
| 2 | 6 | 43 | 43 | 43.00 | Ricardo Corbucci |
| 12 | 5 | 39 | 790.75 | 30.41 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan |
| 10 | 4 | 38 | 555.25 | 30.85 | Gideon Oji |
| 2 | 9 | 37 | 103 | 34.33 | Max Stanford |
| 4 | 9 | 34.5 | 286.5 | 22.04 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas |
| 5 | 7 | 33.5 | 322.5 | 26.88 | Derek Hendrickson |
| 7 | 4 | 32.5 | 537 | 26.85 | George Chiger |
| 2 | 14 | 29.5 | 74 | 24.67 | Radim Dvoracek |
| 1 | – | 25 | 25 | 25.00 | Cameron Meade |
| 1 | – | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | Jerome Burns |
All previous finals results for the field
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2025 Nathan’s women’s field statistics
Here are some statistics for the 2025 Nathan’s women’s field. Explanation of the columns:
# Finals – number of Nathan’s finals appearances
Best – best finish in a Nathan’s final
Max – personal best Nathan’s result (finals and qualifiers)
Total – total number of hot dogs eaten in finals and qualifiers
Avg – average number of hot dogs (finals and qualifiers)
| # Finals | Best | Max | Total | Avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | 51 | 478.50 | 39.88 | Miki Sudo |
| 14 | 1 | 32 | 583.25 | 26.51 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco |
| 1 | – | 23.5 | 23.50 | 23.50 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee |
| 15 | 2 | 21.25 | 487.00 | 15.71 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele |
| 8 | 3 | 16 | 174.25 | 13.40 | Katie Prettyman |
| 2 | 5 | 16 | 41.00 | 13.67 | Tandra Childress |
| 1 | – | 11.5 | 11.50 | 11.50 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman |
| 7 | 6 | 11.25 | 110.50 | 10.05 | Jocelyn Young |
| 1 | – | 10.5 | 10.50 | 10.50 | Kelly Lewis |
| 3 | 9 | 10 | 40.90 | 8.18 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
| 3 | 14 | 8.75 | 33.00 | 6.60 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado |
| 1 | – | 8.5 | 8.50 | 8.50 | Madison Barone |
| 1 | – | 8.5 | 8.50 | 8.50 | Camille O’Brien |
| 1 | – | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 | Laura Beitel |
All previous finals results for the field:
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Today mark's the fifth anniversary of former governor Andrew Cuomo's requirement that travelers from 16 states must self quarantine for 14 days after arriving in New York. The edict prevented Matt Stonie (CA), MIchelle Lesco (AZ) and Gideon Oji (GA) from competing in the 2020 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
George Shea, Badlands Booker, Crazy Legs Conti and Miki Sudo appeared on CUNY-TV's "A Slice of New York" program to discuss Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest.
The Smoking Gun in San Diego will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Coney Island in West Monroe, LA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 5 awarding $1000 to the winner.
Kyle Can Eat ate 14.5 hot dogs in 6 minutes to win Dogs for Charity Hot Dog Eating Competition in Jackson, MI on Friday.
Crossing Broad has an article about the Las Vegas Wing Bowl, which is leasing the trademark from the original contest held in Philadelphia. The February 7, 2026 competition at the Plaza will award $5000 to the winner.
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