Even people who know little to nothing about competitive eating have heard of this famous contest. It’s held annually on the Fourth of July at Coney Island, outside New York City, where participants ...

Organized eating competitions are mesmerizing, leaving audiences slack-jawed at how quickly (and messily) contestants swallow buns and hotdogs. These events can get intense; some legendary eaters even ...

The competitive-eating champ Joey Chestnut is dealing with a beef with the Coney Island hot-dog-eating competition he's won 16 times.

The 4th of July traditional hotdog eating contest got us thinking about why food and the holiday are so intertwined. Some experts have gone deep on the subject of competitive eating. So today is one ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 25, before Joey Chestnut announced his return to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest this Fourth of July. Chestnut also did, in fact, defeat ...

Nov. 22, 2006 — -- Some people wear stretch pants on Thanksgiving in anticipation of stuffing themselves with turkey. But on the day before Thanksgiving at the International Federation of ...

Besides entertaining everyone with unapologetically raw content comprising high-energy streams, loud reactions, and unpredictable antics, YouTuber IShowSpeed has been making headlines with his new ...

TOP DOG: I knew this sport was for me when I was glued to the television screen watching Nathan's Famous July 4, 2002, hot dog eating contest on Coney Island, and Takeru Kobayashi devoured 50 hot dogs ...

Having a superhuman appetite, I’ve long clung to the illusion I could make it as a competitive eater. I'd travel the nation awash in grease, fame, women and Tums—garnering free T-shirts and dinner ...

Michelin-trained chef Sebastian Schwesinger, 37, had taken part in curry eating challenges in Bangkok, Thailand, for which he'd won over £700 in cash prizes. But the speed at which he was eating 6kg, ...

Hall Hunt, one of the world's top competitive eaters, can down 63 mini-burgers in eight minutes. So when Hunt recently got married, it seemed... At Competitive Eater's Wedding, Bride Triumphs RENEE ...

This fast-foodie refuses to get “supersized” by his dubious diet. While most people are cutting back on snacks in the New Year, competitive eater Zach Zona is undertaking an extreme McDonald’s eating ...