The typical grownup consumes between 1,500 and three,000 energy throughout a typical day. Joey Chestnut consumes about 20,000 throughout the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest.
In 10 minutes.
That usually consists of over 70 scorching canines, and almost 1,500 grams of fats, and a couple of,000 grams of carbohydrates, and 55,000 grams of sodium, and what have to be one heck of a post-contest abdomen ache.
That, and maybe excessive ldl cholesterol, is the price of being the Michael Jordan, Tom Brady and Simone Biles of aggressive consuming.
The 41-year-old Chestnut, a 16-time champion, returns to the annual Fourth of July contest after being banned final 12 months as a consequence of a partnership with Unimaginable Meals, a plant-based rival of Nathan’s.
He returns trying to break his personal Nathan’s document of 76 scorching canines consumed throughout the 2021 contest — and add to his grand whole of 1,219 scorching canines consumed over 19 appearances within the competitors.
He’ll look to relish the second (pun meant) when he returns to the stage in Coney Island.
This is every part you have to know in regards to the 2025 Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest:
When is the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest 2025?
The competition is as a lot part of the Fourth of July as fireworks. Will probably be held on Friday, July 4 in Coney Island, New York — a brief stroll from Nathan’s flagship restaurant.
What time is the Scorching Canine Consuming Contest?
The ladies’s contest begins at 10:45 a.m. ET and the lads’s contest shall be at 12 p.m. ET.
Methods to watch the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest
The ladies’s contest shall be televised on ESPN3 with protection starting at 10:45 a.m. ET. The lads’s contest will air on ESPN2 at midday ET — with a devoted “Joey Chestnut cam” airing as an alternate broadcast on ESPN3.
Each contests will stream on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.
How does the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest work?
It’s easy: whoever eats probably the most scorching canines in 10 minutes is the winner.
Rivals, who have to be underneath contract with Main League Consuming, make it to Coney Island by means of regional qualifying occasions across the nation. Whereas on stage on the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest, which has taken place yearly since 1916, the new canine and bun might be consumed individually, with contestants dunking the bun in water to make it simpler to swallow.
Partially consumed scorching canines are tallied in eighths. Scorching canines which can be within the mouth when time runs out do depend so long as they’re subsequently totally consumed. Taking a drink is permitted as wanted throughout the contest.
Rivals might be penalized for “messy eating” and even disqualified for “reversal of fortune,” which within the competitive-eating world is a elaborate method of claiming “vomiting.”
Scorching canine consuming champ Joey Chestnut helped to subdue a protester that charged the annual Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest.
What does the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest winner get?
Winners are awarded $10,000 and the Mustard Belt, a WWE-like bedazzled championship belt with the Nathan’s brand on it.
Has Joey Chestnut ever misplaced?
Chestnut has gained 16 of the 19 Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contests he has competed in. He completed third in his 2005 debut with 32 scorching canines and second in 2006 with 52 scorching canines. He then gained eight consecutive contests earlier than getting upset in 2015 by Matt Stonie, who ate 62 scorching canines to Chestnut’s 60.
Chestnut gained one other eight straight contests between 2016 and 2023 earlier than being banned from the 2024 competitors.
Who’re the favorites within the 2025 Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest?
Chestnut’s prime opponent in 2025 would be the man who gained the competition final 12 months in his absence. Patrick Bertoletti returns to defend his throne after capturing the 2024 title by consuming 58 scorching canines.
Miki Sudo — winner of eight girls’s contests, together with the final three — returns because the heavy favourite within the girls’s Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest. Trying to finish Sudo’s dynasty shall be Domenica Dee, the 2021 champion, and Michelle Lesco.
What’s the document for warm canines eaten within the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest?
Chestnut set the document for warm canines eaten within the Nathan’s Scorching Canine Consuming Contest in 2021 with 76. He broke his earlier document of 75 set in 2020.
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