Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest
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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest - Nathan's Famous Corporation hosts an annual hot dog eating contest at the site of their first restaurant at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. There are other hot dog contests but none are as famous or claim to have as long a ...
Joey Chestnut - Joseph Christian "Jaws" Chestnut (born November 25, 1983) is a competitive eater from San Jose, California, currently ranked second in the world by the International Federation of Competitive Eating. He set the American hot dog eating record on July 4, 2006 by eating an astounding 52 HDBs (hot dogs and buns) in 12 minutes at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Gutbusters - Gutbusters is a 2002 Discovery Channel documentary following the efforts of three competitive eaters seeking to gain entry into the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. The documentary, produced by Original Productions, features Ed Jarvis, Don Lerman and Kevin Lipsitz, three fervent members of the competitive eating community.
Takeru Kobayashi - Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林尊 Kobayashi Takeru, b. March 15 1978 in Nagano) is a Japanese competitive eater and a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating who holds the world record for hot dog eating as six time consecutive champion of Nathan's Famous hot dog eating competition.
