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Chestnut, the American powerhouse, and Kobayashi, the Japanese legend, faced off five times on the Fourth of July at the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut won three of those ...
On July 4, 2011, Sonya Thomas became the champion of the first Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for Women. [13] Previously, women and men had competed against each other, except for one Memorial Day competition held in 1975. [5] Eating 40 hot dogs in 10 minutes, Thomas earned the inaugural Pepto-Bismol-sponsored pink belt and won $10,000. [14]
Kobayashi set his first world record in western culture in his rookie appearance on July 4, 2001, when he ate 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes at the Nathan's Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest, almost doubling the previous record of 25 + 1 ⁄ 8. The record was so unexpected that the organizers ran out of signs indicating how many hot dogs Kobayashi ...
Sixteen-time hot dog-eating champion Joey Chestnut will face off against his longtime rival, six-time hot dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi, in the live Netflix special Chestnut vs. Kobayashi ...
Twenty-three year-old Takeru Kobayashi of Japan raises his hands in victory July 4, 2001 at the 86th annual Nathan's Famous International 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in ...
With a $100,000 grand prize and bragging rights to become "Greatest of All Time" on the line, Chestnut inhaled 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes to Kobayashi's 66 — their first dog-to-dog faceoff in 15 ...
The 16-time Nathan's Contest champion will face his old rival Takeru Kobayashi, a six-time champion himself and the competition's original crossover star, in "Chestnut vs. Kobayashi: Unfinished ...
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest records. In 2021, Chestnut set the world record for hot dogs and buns eaten with 76. Chestnut set the world record twice in the prior three contests: In 2018, he ...