Washington woman takes part in Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
A local woman will represent Washington when she competes in the 2024 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest this week.
Katie Prettyman, 41, of Marysville is one of the participants who will eat dozens of hot dogs in Coney Island on Thursday.
Prettyman is part of Major League Eating, but works as a Regional Volunteer Services Officer for the Red Cross NW Region,
She is one of nine women competing in this year’s competition. Miki Sudo of Tampa, Florida, holds the women’s record of 48.5 in 10 minutes. Miki won her ninth title last year at the Nathan’s Famous competition by eating 39.5 hot dogs and buns.
The field has shifted this year as Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, the competition’s reigning champion, will not participate in Thursday’s event after signing a deal with a rival brand.
Instead, Chestnut will take his hot dog skills to a military base in Texas for American Independence Day. Chestnut, from Indiana, will compete in a 5-minute hot dog eating contest against soldiers at Fort Bliss in El Paso. In 2021, Chestnut set the current record of 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
The 2022 Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest is held at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, USA, on July 4, 2022. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
With Chestnut out, those who have battled for second place in Brooklyn in the past may have new hope of earning the win this year.
Last year’s second place went to Geoffrey Esper of Oxford, Massachusetts, who killed 49 dogs, while Chestnut killed 62. Third place went to Australian James Webb with 47.
The winners of the hot dog eating contest will receive a cash prize of $20,000. The 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest will take place on Thursday, July 4th from 11:00 a.m. ET to 1:00 p.m. ET at Coney Island in New York City.
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 4: A plate full of hot dogs is seen during the 2022 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2022 in New York City. The contest, which has been held every year since 1972, will be held again this year in front of Nathan’s Famous on Surf Avenue. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
The annual hot dog fight has been held since 1972. Large crowds of fans wearing foam hot dog hats gather outside the original Nathan’s Famous restaurant in Coney Island, Brooklyn, to cheer on the contestants as they eat. Contestants are allowed to dunk the hot dogs in cups of water to soften them, making for a stomach-churning spectacle.
If you can’t make it to Coney Island, ESPN will broadcast and stream the competition. Coverage of the women’s competition begins at 7:45 a.m. PT on ESPN3. The men’s competition will air at 9 a.m. PT on ESPN2, with replays at 3 p.m. PT and 6 p.m. PT on ESPN.
FOX Digital and Associated Press contributed to this report.
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