Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest returns next month, with 17-time defending champion Joey Chestnut returning to Coney Island, ...

Joey Chestnut will officially participate in the 2026 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the promotion announced Thursday.

Joey Chestnut will defend his Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest title on July 4 despite being on probation for a misdemeanor battery charge in Indiana.

Joey Chestnut, the 17-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery. The ...

Joey Chestnut eats hot dogs during the 2025 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, ...

Joey Chestnut’s Return to Nathan’s Contest Moves Forward Despite Indiana Battery Conviction Indianapolis, IN — Joey “Jaws” Chestnut will still take center ...

Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island has officially crowned a new winner after former champion Joey Chestnut was barred from competing. Contestants from around the world gathered in ...

Hot dog eating champ Joey Chestnut was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to battery for drunkenly slapping a man at an Indiana bar.

The 41-year-old from Indiana relished the moment by eating 70.5 hot dogs in the 10-minute event — during which contestants chow down as many hot dogs and buns as possible, often soaking them in water ...

Joey “Jaws” Chestnut downed 69 franks and beat his own record in the annual Coney Island hot dog eating contest. He ate the dogs and buns in 10 minutes to win the men’s contest on the 4th of July. He ...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, the reigning champion and 17-time winner of Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest, will compete in the July 4 spectacle ...