Patrick Bertoletti, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Just last week, Chicagoan Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti took home the crown at this year's Fourth of July Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

6: Consecutive victories for Japanese legend Takeru Kobayashi (2001-2006). 8: Consecutive Hot Dog Eating Contest wins for the 33-year-old Chestnut (2007-2014) before Stonie won in 2015 ...

Controversy and the international hot dog eating contest actually go hand-and-hand ... In 1997, when the first of three Japanese champions came on the scene at Coney Island, Shea said competitors ...

For the third consecutive year, the event was no contest as Kobayashi dominated ... t suspect any foul play with the reigning hot dog eating champion. "He told me about the aloe vera, but I ...

Joey Chestnut captured his second Siegel’s Bagelmania bagel-eating contest, winning $5K, a belt and bagel-related “bragging ...

Joey Chestnut scarfed down 61 hot dogs in 10 minutes to win his eighth consecutive championship, barely beating Matt Stonie at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney ...

A contestant in a hot-dog-eating contest choked and became unconscious during Lake Mills' Knickerbocker Ice Festival, ...

The President of Major League Eating is talking about the annual Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest ... qualified for the next world championship men's and women's contests ...

And one of the most recognizable things about Nathan's is the hot-dog-eating contest on the Fourth of July. How did that get started? Bruce Miller: Well, it's a funny story. You know, he wanted to ...