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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 ...
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 ...
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]
The news comes a day after Coney Island’s iconic Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest banned Chestnut from this year’s competition after he signed a deal with vegan hot dog brand Impossible Foods.
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 ...
He drives me,” the 16-time Nathan’s Hot Dog champion said after the event. ... Kobayashi from Japan said via his interpreter. ... Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest due to ...
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 ...
Joey Chestnut holding the mustard belt after the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2007. On July 4, 2007, Chestnut and Kobayashi battled the field in a record-setting hot dog eating battle in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Chestnut knocked off Kobayashi 66–63, leading to the latter's first defeat in ...