update July 7 The MLE contest page has finally been updated with results

“The Hunter” from Canada and Elizabeth Salgado won today’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog qualifier at NY NY in Las Vegas. update The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery. Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins won the men’s division.

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Results from the MLE Instagram story

Unofficial results
1 Joey Chestnut 66
2 Pat Bertolett 52
3 James Webb 48

The ESPN2/ABC Nathan’s Famous appears to have been tabled. The livestream by Live Wallking is working.

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Here are the results from MLE’s Instagram story

update Miki Sudo appears to have defended her title. The last announced counts were 32 for Sudo, 21 for Michelle Lesco.

Live Walking NYC has started streaming from Coney Island and plans to show the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contests. The women’s division is expected to start at 10:45 am Eastern.

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All Nathan’s Famous hot dog results of 30 or more by women follows:

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All Nathan’s Famous hot dog results of 50 or more follows:
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Warning: This is a long, dark and disquieting post. Do not click “read the rest” unless you think you are in an optimal mindset.
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A listing of all Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest personal bests for females only of 10 hot dogs or greater follows:
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A listing of all Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest personal bests 10 hot dogs or greater follows:
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Here is a list of all winners of a hot dog eating contest held at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island in the database. Before 1980, competitions were held on various days throughout the summer. The first contest to receive news coverage was held on June 30, 1967 to commemorate the centennial of the hot dog. Walter Paul reportedly won that event with a reported total of 127 hot dogs in an hour.
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update What Heidi Sees has a video
Official results

Results via James Webb’s livestream 12 minutes

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The field for the 2026 Nathan’s Famous finals has been announced. There are no international byes other than competitors who have competed in a MLE contest in 2026. Crazy Legs Conti received a wild card spot despite a 6th place finish in his qualifier. His qualifier total of 10 hot dogs might be an all time low for a male finalist. Katie Prettyman received a spot despite not competing in a contest since Nathan’s 2025.
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update June 29 A press release announces that Jeremy Schapp, Rich Shea and Marion Crowder will be the announcers. This will be the first eating contest to be televised live on a national over-the-air network since the 2008 Collegiate Nationals, won by
Furious Pete, was broadcast by CBS.

Here is the current broadcast schedule for Nathan/s Famous hot dog eating contest on July 4. The men’s contest will be on ESPN2 and simulcast on ABC starting at 12:30 as part of its “Disney Celebrates America” marathon. The women’s contest will be streaming only. Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo will have individual cameras.

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Caesars Sportsbook has posted odds for 12 competitors in the upcoming men’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest. I am not sure if this is the official and final field. If it is final, there will be no Asian competitors for the second year in a row.
Champion byes:
Joey Chestnut -2500 (bet $2500 to win $100)
Pat Bertoletti +1100 (bet $100 to win $1100)
Qualifier winners:
Max Stanford +15000
George Chiger +15000
Top 12 byes:
James Webb +2800
Geoffrey Esper +2800
Nick Wehry +5000
Ricardo Corrbucci +15000
Derek Hendrickson +20000
Darrien Thomas +20000
Radim Dvoracek +20000
Gideon Oji +20000

For the women’s field, all I can find out is that Cherish Brown will receive a wild card spot, making the known field:
Miki Sudo
Michelle Lesco
Semora Kludy
Larell Marie Mele
Cherish Brown

update Draft Kings also has odds for Adrian Morgan +15000, Cameron Meade +20000 and Jerome Burns +20000

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Full results of today’s Strawberry Shortcake Eating Championship in Mattituck, NY. (8 minutes, results are in pounds)

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