NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- Defending Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Joey Chestnut says he practiced hard to successfully retain his crown Saturday in New York.
PINELLAS PARK, Fla., May 31 (UPI) -- Hall Hunt of Jacksonville, Fla., says a stomach full of confidence and not much else helped him set a state hot dog eating record.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The world's hot dog eating champ picked up a new title by winning the pizza eating competition in New York's Times Square.
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- The holder of the world record for hot dog eating has won his second consecutive title at a New York competition.
BOSSIER, La., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A professional chef from Chicago won this year’s World Grits-Eating Championship in Louisiana.
LINCOLN CITY, Ore., July 16 (UPI) -- Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, the world's top competitive eater, downed 7.65 pounds of barbecued pork rib meat in 12 minutes at a Lincoln City, Ore., competition.
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- California native Joey Chestnut won the annual hot dog eating contest at New York's Nathan's Famous Wednesday, setting an event record with 66 hot dogs.
TEMPE, Ariz., June 3 (UPI) -- The world record for the most hot dogs eaten by one person in 12 minutes fell in Arizona this weekend.
MIAMI, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Joey "Jaws" Chestnut gobbled 21 pretzels in 10 minutes to win the 2007 Pretzel Twister World Pretzel-Eating Championship in Miami.
NEW YORK, July 5 (UPI) -- Takeru Kobayashi, the Lance Armstrong of eating champions, has won his fifth consecutive Nathan's hot-dog eating contest at New York's Coney Island.
