Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest 2024: TV schedule, start time, odds, records, past winners

Red, white and blue – and lots of hot dogs.

On Thursday, July 4, Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest will take place in Coney Island. While several competitors will make the annual trip to New York, Joey Chestnut, the reigning men’s champion, will not be in attendance.

Chestnut was barred from competing this year after signing a sponsorship deal with vegan food company Impossible Foods. The 16-time Mustard Belt winner announced he would instead travel to Texas and compete against four soldiers in a special competition at Fort Bliss.

So here’s the big question: who will be crowned the new champion if Chestnut is out?

On the women’s side, Miki Sudo will look to continue her dominance. She has never lost on the Coney Island stage, so it would be a huge surprise if her name wasn’t at the top of the leaderboard.

Here’s how to watch Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 2024 while cooking your own hot dogs on the grill.

When is Nathan’s hot dog eating contest?

• Date: Thursday, July 4
• Time: 10:45 a.m. ET (women) | 12:00 p.m. ET (men)

The 2024 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest begins on Thursday, July 4th at 10:45 a.m. ET with the women’s competition. The men’s competition begins at 12:00 p.m. ET.

What channel is Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on?

• TV channel: ESPN2 (Men)
• Live broadcast: ESPN3 (Women) | Fubo

The 2024 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest will be broadcast exclusively on the ESPN family of networks. ESPN owns the broadcast rights through 2029.

The women’s competition can be viewed on ESPN3, the men’s competition on ESPN2. ESPN will show replays of the men’s competition later in the day (5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. ET).

For those looking to stream the event, Fubo offers the ESPN family of networks so you can watch live and replay broadcasts throughout the day. Fubo also offers a free trial.

Odds of winning Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Since Chestnut did not participate in Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, Geoffrey Esper has emerged as the favorite to eat the most hot dogs on July 4th.

Here are the odds (via DraftKings):

• Geoffrey Esper -120
• James Webb +200
• Nick Wehry +550
• Patrick Bertoletti +800
• Field +2500
• Gideon Oji +4000
• Derek Hendrickson +7500
• Darrien Thomas +7500
• Max Stanford +7500
• George Chiger +7500

In the women’s competition, Sudo is again expected to crush the rest of the field.

• Miki Sudo -1600
• Mayoi Ebihara +700
• Michelle Lesco +2000
• Field +5000
• Katie Prettyman +7500
• Larell Marie Mele +10000

Previous Winners of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

With Chestnut absent, a new winner will be crowned in the men’s competition. Chestnut had won the men’s competition 16 times since 2007, with Matt Stonie pulling off the surprise in 2015.

Sudo has won the competition every year she has participated in it. Lesco won in 2021 after Sudo skipped the event.

Here is the list of winners since 2000:

Hot dog eating records

Men

Chestnut set the competition record in 2021 by eating 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues. Chestnut’s name is all over the competitive eating record book.

*Chestnut’s 2016 record was set at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle nine days before the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Women

Sudo holds the women’s record for eating 48.5 hot dogs at the 2020 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.