16-time Champion, Joey Chestnut, has the top-5 hot dogs-eaten records at the famous July 4th Coney Island Brooklyn contest.
Cheers to Joey Chestnut for winning the 2025 Nathan's Hot Dog-Eating contest for the 17th time. Chestnut ate 70.5 hot dogs in Coney Island and reclaimed the Mustard Belt.
Cheers to Nathan's Famous Inc. on its acquisition by Smithfield Foods for $450 million. Nathan's was founded in 1916 by Polish immigrant Nathan Handwerker and his wife, Ida, on Coney Island, NYC.