The idea that competitive eaters are athletes is as well accepted as the idea that hot dogs are healthy food. Take Eric "Badlands" Booker, one of the most popular figures in the history of the ...

Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage, and culture for over seven years. She is currently an editor at Food & Wine magazine, focusing on trends and ...

Along with barbecues, parades and fireworks, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island has long been a Fourth of July tradition. This year, 16-time champion Joey Chestnut will not be competing ...

PROFESSIONAL competitive eaters with beach-ball stomachs — they don't need a pillow to play Santa — and some unfathomably slender human garbage disposals will pig out in the Cinco de Mayo World Tamale ...

This Independence Day, competitors at Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest may gulp down as many as 76 wieners in about the time it takes to read this article. Like ultramarathoners hoofing 50 miles ...

These titans of caloric consumption aren’t signing deals or getting specials, but they form the backbone of an American tradition. Joey Chestnut set the record in the Nathan’s Famous International Hot ...

Thousands of people will gather at Coney Island on Tuesday to watch competitive eaters scarf down mountains of sausages and buns during the annual Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has announced his retirement from the sport due to rising health concerns. "I’ve decided to retire ...

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