The Fourth of July brings with it many traditions: fireworks, beach trips, cookouts, terrified dogs and, of course, the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. As usual, the competition will be ...

How many hot dogs did Joey Chestnut eat in 2025? Chestnut ate 70.5 hot dogs at the Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2025. The total was enough for him to win his 17th Mustard Belt, as he beat second ...

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest results Joey Chestnut – 70 1/2 Patrick Bertoletti – 46 1/2 James Webb – 45 1/2 Geoff Esper – 43 7/8 Nick Wehry – 41 3/4 Ricardo Corbucci – 40 Max ...

National Hot Dog Day in the U.S. brings special deals from Portillo's, Wienerschnitzel, 7-Eleven, Circle K and Sonic Drive-In on the popular handheld food.

National Hot Dog Day falls on the third Wednesday in July every year. A newspaper correction from the Courier-Journal about the "is a hot dog a sandwich?" debate made national news.