Miki Sudo and Patrick Bertoletti are the winners of Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

Miki Sudo and Patrick Bertoletti are the champions of Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest 2024.

Sudo, the defending women’s champion, claimed her tenth victory in the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest and set a world record in the process. She devoured 51 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, crushing her competitors. Mayoi Ebihara, a 28-year-old Japanese woman, took second place with 37 hot dogs and buns.

Bertoletti was crowned champion in the men’s competition, which was held without star Joey Chestnut. Bertoletti ate 58 hot dogs to win his first championship title. His total was still four behind Chestnut’s 2023 record, when he ate 62 hot dogs.

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Chestnut did not compete in the competition this year because Major League Eating, which partners with Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs to organize the event, said it could not reach an agreement with the competitive eater. Apparently there was a dispute over Chestnut’s recent partnership with Impossible Foods, which has developed a vegan hot dog.

Chestnut has won 17 of the last 18 Fourth of July hot dog eating contests. But all is not lost for his fans, as Chestnut will compete against soldiers in another hot dog eating contest at Fort Bliss, Texas. He said the contest would raise money for a military charity.

Chestnut could also start a new Labor Day tradition: He will compete against Takeru Kobayashi, the winner of six Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contests.

The event, which will be broadcast live on Netflix, brings the two competitive eaters together for a hot dog eating contest for the first time in 15 years. At the 2009 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, Chestnut defeated Kobayashi after eating 68 hot dogs while Kobayashi managed 64.5.