{"id":4939,"date":"2026-07-04T09:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4939"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T09:03:59","slug":"hot-dog-eating-champs-seek-to-repeat-in-nathans-famous-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4939","title":{"rendered":"Hot dog eating champs seek to repeat in Nathan\u2019s Famous contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Nathan\u2019s Famous hot dog eating contest marks the United States\u2019 250th birthday with chomp and circumstance Saturday after an eventful year for the annual wiener showdown and one of its stars.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4937\">Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contest sponsor Nathan\u2019s Famous was sold in January to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods. A few months later, reigning men\u2019s champ and record-holder Joey Chestnut was accused of slapping a man in an Indiana bar and pleaded guilty in April to a misdemeanor battery charge. <\/p>\n<p>But the frankfurter fest rolls on, with Chestnut and Miki Sudo set to defend last year\u2019s wins in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s divisions, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Competitors consume as many hot dogs and buns as possible in 10 minutes, usually dunking the wieners in water first to make them easier to swallow. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4935\">Extreme heat impacts central North Carolina for the holiday weekend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sudo is an 11-time winner and holds the women\u2019s record of 51 dogs. <\/p>\n<p>Chestnut has taken the so-called Mustard Belt 17 times and notched the men\u2019s record: 76 franks. He\u2019s still on probation in the battery case but is allowed to travel outside Indiana. His lawyer has said that what happened in the bar was a misunderstanding and that Chestnut accepted responsibility for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Hot dog contest organizer Major League Eating, which oversees the Nathan\u2019s Famous contest, said the criminal case didn\u2019t affect Chestnut\u2019s eligibility for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which dates to 1972, is held in front of the original Nathan\u2019s Famous\u2019 restaurant in New York\u2019s Coney Island. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4929\">Iran begins dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Nathan\u2019s Famous hot dog eating contest marks the United States\u2019&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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