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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.

July 9, 2025 at 7:32 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN | Permalink * Comments (2)

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.

July 9, 2025 at 8:46 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Northern Virginia, Prizes, Raina Huang, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The OC Foodie & Fun Fest will hold a pizza eating contest in Santa Ana, CA on July 12 awarding $300 to the winner.

July 7, 2025 at 10:59 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Orange County, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (1)

Fall River, MA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 17 awarding $500 to the winner.

July 7, 2025 at 12:58 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cape Cod, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (7)

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

July 5, 2025 at 8:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Mo Mbengue, Raina Huang, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments (20)

2025 Nathan’s men’s final

July 4, 2025 at 1:00 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Contest Results, Joey Chestnut, New York City

ESPN coverage of introductions and contest

Official results

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

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2025 Nathan’s Famous women’s finals

July 4, 2025 at 10:33 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Miki Sudo, New York City, Women

ESPN has the contest coverage on youtube
USA Today has an article about the disqualification of Madison Barone

Official results

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

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Molly Schuyler sets Z-burger eating contest record

July 3, 2025 at 12:50 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, District of Columbia, Molly Schuyler, Unafilliated Contests

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

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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 3, 2025 at 12:04 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City, Videos | Permalink * Comments

July 4 weekend contests awarding prizes

July 3, 2025 at 10:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about: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

July 2, 2025 at 8:03 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Dublin, Prizes | Permalink * Comments (2)

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.

July 1, 2025 at 9:42 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:England, Leah Shutkever, Prizes | Permalink * Comments (1)

2025 Nathan’s men’s field statistics

July 1, 2025 at 9:21 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, 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

July 1, 2025 at 9:11 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Statistics, Women

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.

June 30, 2025 at 11:12 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2020 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, New York City | Permalink * Comments

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.

June 30, 2025 at 10:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Crazy Legs Conti, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Miki Sudo, Television | Permalink * Comments

The Smoking Gun in San Diego will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.

June 30, 2025 at 3:56 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, San Diego, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (2)

Coney Island in West Monroe, LA will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 5 awarding $1000 to the winner.

June 29, 2025 at 8:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Louisiana, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

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.

June 29, 2025 at 3:09 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Lansing, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments (25)

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.

June 28, 2025 at 11:43 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Las Vegas, Wing Bowl | Permalink * Comments

Fish Tales in Ocean City, MD will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $1000 to the winner.

June 28, 2025 at 11:31 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Ocean City, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The New York Post has an interview with Joey Chestnut about his return to Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest. He also discusses his fiancee Brie, but says he has yet to set a wedding date. He says a guy from Montreal (most likely Australian James Webb) is his only threat.

June 28, 2025 at 11:20 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Joey Chestnut, New York City | Permalink * Comments (2)

Hurricane, WV will hold a hot dog eating contest on July 4 awarding $500/$250/$100 to the top three.

June 27, 2025 at 11:46 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charleston, WV, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

2025 ESPN Nathan’s schedule

June 26, 2025 at 6:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, ESPN

The ESPN schedule for the men’s and women’s 2025 Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest is finally out. Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo will have personal cameras. The documentary, “The Good, The Bad, The Hungry will also be rerun three times.

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The New York Times reports that Mortimer Matz, co-founder of the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest, has passed away at the age of 100.

June 26, 2025 at 6:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Nathan's History, New York City | Permalink * Comments (1)

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