04-07-2025
2025 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest: Live updates, highlights as Joey Chestnut returns to Coney Island
Everyone's favorite Fourth of July tradition is back, with the 2025 Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest set to take place once again from Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The major players remain the same — Joey Chestnut for the men's competition, and Miki Sudo for the women's, who each hold the respective records for most hot dogs eaten in their respective events.
But last year's contest was an anomaly of sorts, as Major League Eating star Chestnut faced a one-year ban thanks to his partnership with Impossible Foods, a direct competitor with Nathan's Famous. Now, he'll make his return to the field and look to break his own record of 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual event. Technically, his own personal record is a bit higher, having eaten 83 hot dogs in a competition of his own last year while on the outskirts, head-to-head against Takeru Kobayashi. He is a heavy odds favorite to win the men's competition at -1800 at DraftKings Sportsbook.
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With Chestnut out of the field in 2024, Patrick Bertolette took home the win with 58 total hot dogs in 10 minutes. He holds the second-best odds to win this year's competition at +1000, though Chestnut, notably, has exceeded that total in all but one of his 16 wins at the event.
Sudo, headlining the women's competition, enters this contest seeking her 11th win, having won 10 of the last 11 years of the event. The only season she did not manage a win (2021), she was out due to pregnancy, and Michelle Lesco took home the mustard belt with 30 3/4 hot dogs eaten. Her own personal best came just last year with 51 hot dogs eaten, setting a new record in the women's competition.
Date: Friday, July 4
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Time: 10:45 a.m. ET (women's competition); 12 p.m. ET (men's)
Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY
TV channel: ESPN2
Read more on the 20252 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest from Yahoo Sports' Chris Cwik, and follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates, highlights and more here:
