Since Joey Chestnut is not competing in the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest this year, he can now get the mustard yellow belt.
Chestnut, who was dropped from this year’s event after signing a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods, is the defending champion of the men’s competition and has won the last eight contests. Matt Stonie won the title in 2015, the last time Chestnut did not take home the belt. Chestnut is a 16-time champion overall.
With Chestnut out, Geoffrey Esper is the current betting favorite, followed by James Webb. Esper was second in this event in 2023 and ate 49 hot dogs. That’s a big number, but he was still 13 hot dogs behind Chestnut.
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There were four qualifiers for this year’s event. On May 11, Darrien Thomas ate 22 hot dogs in the qualifier in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Pat Bertoletti ate 48.25 in the qualifier in Cleveland, Derek Hendrickson ate 27.75 in Pleasanton, California, and Sean Yeager ate 36.75 hot dogs in Washington DC.
When is the 2024 hot dog eating contest?
You can watch Nathan’s famous hot dog eating contest on Thursday, July 4, 2024at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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The women’s competition takes place at 10:45 a.m. ET. The favorite to win is Miki Sudo.
Sudo has won for the past two years and has won nine of the last ten women’s titles overall. The only other winner during that time period was Michelle Lesco in 2021, who won because Sudo did not compete as she was pregnant at the time.
What channel airs Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest?
You can follow this year’s competition on ESPN2 on Thursday. Watch live with a free trial of Fubo.
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