Hvem vandt hotdog spisekonkurrencen sidste år?
Joey Chestnut
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
År
Vinder
Hotdogs inkl. boller
(HDB)
Konkurrencens varighed
Noter
2017
MEN'S
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
72
10 min.
KVINDER
 Miki Sudo
41
2016
MÆND
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
70
10 min.
Joey Chestnut vandt det sennepsfarvede bælte for niende gang ved at spise 70 hotdogs og boller. Den forsvarende mester Matt Stonie spiste 53 HDB. Sudo vandt sin tredje titel i træk hos kvinderne. Ved Giant National Capital BBQ Battle i Washington, D.C. den 25. juni satte Chestnut rekorden på 73 i en officiel kvalifikationskamp.
KVINDER
 Miki Sudo
381⁄2
2015
MEN'S
 Matt "Megatoad" Stonie
62
10 min.
Matt Stonie afsluttede Joey Chestnut's 8 år lange sejrsstime med 62 HDB mod Joeys 60.
KVINDER
 Miki Sudo
38
2014
MÆND
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
61
10 min.
Joey Chestnut havde hård konkurrence fra Matt Stonie, der sluttede på andenpladsen med 56 HDB. Tim "Eater X" Janus (44 HDB) sluttede på tredjepladsen. Dette blev Joeys 8. sejr i træk. Sudo detroniserede Thomas, hvilket var første gang i konkurrencens historie, at Thomas blev besejret siden starten af kvindeafdelingen. Sudo afsluttede også en lang tradition ved at blive den første mester i et kvart århundrede, der afviste at bruge et kælenavn under Nathans konkurrencer.
KVINDER
 Miki Sudo
34
2013
MÆND
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
69
10 min.
Joey Chestnut slog sin egen rekord med 69 HDB. Matt "Megatoad" Stonie (51HDB) blev nummer to. Tim "Eater X" Janus (50 HDB) sluttede på tredjepladsen.
KVINDER
 Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
363⁄4
2012
MÆND
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
68
10 min.
Chestnut tangerede sin tidligere rekord, der blev sat i 2009. Han blev også den anden person, der vandt seks titler i træk. Thomas satte en ny kvinderekord. Tim "Eater X" Janus (52,25) og Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (51) sluttede på anden og tredjepladsen endnu en gang, denne gang med Janus på kant til andenpladsen. Matt Stonie, som ville gå videre til at tage sejren i 2015, sluttede på fjerdepladsen med 46 HDB.
KVINDER
 Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
45
2011
MÆND
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
62
10 min.
For første gang afholdes der separate konkurrencer for kvinder og mænd. Chestnut dominerer på vej mod sin femte titel i træk. Sonya Thomas (40 HDB) vandt den første kvindekonkurrence. Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (53) og Tim "Eater X" Janus (45) slutter på anden og tredjepladsen for andet år i træk.
KVINDER
 Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
40
2010
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
54
10 min.
Chestnut (54), Tim "Eater X" Janus (45) og Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (37) fuldendte top tre.
2009
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
68
10 min.
Chestnut (68 HDB) slog sin tidligere rekord på ti minutter og satte nye rekorder i begivenhed, USA og verden. Kobayashi (641⁄2 HDB) satte en japansk rekord. Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (55 HDB) sluttede på tredjepladsen. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (41 HDB) slog den kvindelige rekord.
2008
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
59
(Eat-off: 5)
10 min.
(Eat-off: uden tidtagning; afsluttet på 50 sek.)
Rekorder i begivenhed, Japan, USA og verden er sat (59 HDB). Første begivenhed med ny tidsgrænse på ti minutter og første uafgjort og eat-off siden 1980. Chestnut & Kobayashi lå lige i første række med 59 i regulær tid. I overtid er Chestnut den første til at afslutte en plade med fem HDB på 50 sekunder. Kobayashi, der taber med syv sekunder, slutter på andenpladsen. Tim "Eater X" Janus slutter på tredjepladsen med 42.
2007
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
66
12 min.
Efter at have slået verdens- og USA-rekorderne med 591⁄2 HDB ved en kvalifikations-konkurrence den 2. juni 2007 slutter Chestnut (66 HDB) som nummer et og sætter nye rekorder i turneringen, USA og verden. Han besejrer Kobayashi (63 HDB) for første gang. Femtepladsen Sonya Thomas (39 HDB) sætter kvinderekord.
2006
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
533⁄4
12 min.
Vinder Kobayashi sætter rekord i begivenhed, japansk rekord og verdensrekord. Andenpladsen Joey Chestnut (52 HDB), sætter amerikansk rekord. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (37) slutter på tredjepladsen.
2005
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
49
12 min.
2.: Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (37) sætter amerikansk rekord, kvinderekord. Den kommende vinder Joey "Jaws" Chestnut slutter på tredjepladsen med 32.
2004
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
531⁄2
12 min.
Event, japanske og verdensrekorder sat. 2: Nobuyuki Shirota (38), Sonya Thomas (32 HDB) sætter kvinde- og USA-rekord.
2003
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
441⁄2
12 min.
Sonya Thomas (25 HDB) sætter kvinderekorden. 2: Ed "Cookie" Jarvis (301⁄2, amerikansk rekord), 3.: Eric "Badlands" Booker (29). Tyve deltagere og 3.000 tilskuere til stede. William "The Refrigerator" Perry deltager i konkurrencen, men spiser kun fire HDB og udgår efter fem minutter.
2002
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
501⁄2
12 min.
Event, japanske og verdensrekorder sat.
2001
 Takeru "The Prince"/"Tsunamien" Kobayashi
50
12 min.
20 deltagere i alt. Alle tiders verdensrekorder sat. 2: Eric "Badlands" Booker (26), 3: Oleg Zhornitskiy (25).
2000
 Kazutoyo "Kaninen" Arai
25+
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 32-årig 32-årig madrassesælger på 100 pund fra Saitama i Japan. Præmierne var "det eftertragtede sennepsgule internationale bælte, et stort rødt trofæ og 20 pund Nathan's hotdogs". Misao "The Big Banana" Fujita (også kendt som "Wild Beast") fra Japan blev nummer to og spiste 24 hotdogs. En kvinde, Takako "Armageddon"/"The Sweet Queen" Akasaka fra Japan, kom ind på tredjepladsen og spiste 22 hotdogs. Den 41-årige lokomotivmaskinist Steve Addicks fra Finksburg, Maryland, kom ind på fjerdepladsen og spiste 21 hotdogs. Den 35-årige 35-årige regerende mester Steve Keiner fra Atlantic City, New Jersey, på 391 pund, "sluttede midt i feltet" og spiste 15 hotdogs. Der deltog "dusinvis" af deltagere. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som en årlig konkurrence, der har været afholdt regelmæssigt siden 1916. En anden beskriver det som den 85. årlige konkurrence.
1999
 Steve "Ralph"/"The Terminator" Keiner
21 1/2
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 50-årig mand på 317 pund fra Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. Præmien var det sennepsfarvede bælte med juveler. Optagelser optaget af NY1 viste tilsyneladende, at han faktisk havde spist halvdelen af en hotdog, inden startskuddet blev affyret, og at dommerne burde være blevet diskvalificeret. Charles "Hungry" Hardy og Bartoszek Tadeusz, begge fra Brooklyn, kom på andenpladsen og spiste 20 hotdogs hver. Hardy hævdede, at han kunne have spist mere, hvis han havde fået endnu en tallerken hotdogs, inden tiden udløb. Den regerende mester i 134 pund, Hirofumi Nakajima fra Japan, spiste 19 hotdogs. Den tidligere mester Mike DeVito deltog også.
1998
 Hirofumi "Det sorte hul i Kōfu"/"Tokyo
Terror" Nakajima
19
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af den regerende mester, en 23-årig møbelleverandør fra Kōfu i Japan, der vejer 23 pund. Præmierne var "det eftertragtede sennepsgule internationale bælte, et stort rødt trofæ og 20 pund Nathan's hotdogs". 16 deltagere deltog. Andenplads: Dominic "Hot Dog" Vaccaro (17 år).
1997
 Hirofumi "Det sorte hul i Kōfu"/"Tokyo
Terror" Nakajima
241⁄2
12 min.
Selv om Nathan's forsøgte at udvide sin pulje af amerikanske deltagere ved at sponsorere "en række kvalifikationskonkurrencer op til den store finale den fjerde dag", fortsatte de japanske deltagere med at øge deres indflydelse. Konkurrencen blev vundet af den regerende mester, en 22-årig 22-årig møbeludbringningsarbejder på 135 pund fra Kōfu i Japan. Præmierne var "et stort trofæ af smaragd og messing, et sennepsgult internationalt bælte og en 20-pakke take-out-ordre med Nathan's hotdogs". Den 30-årige, 30-årige, kommende mester Kazutoyo Arai fra Saitama i Japan, der vejede 100 pund, blev nummer to og spiste 24 hotdogs. Den 34-årige tidligere mester Ed Krachie, der vejer 34 pund og er 34 år gammel, kom ind på tredjepladsen og spiste 20 hotdogs. Der deltog 23 deltagere. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som en årlig konkurrence, der har været afholdt regelmæssigt siden 1916.
1996
EN-MOD-EN-UDFORDRING MED JAPAN
 Hirofumi "The Black Hole of Kōfu"/"The Tokyo
Terror" Nakajima
4. december
231⁄4
12 min.
Kampen blev vundet af den regerende mester, en 300-pundsmand fra Queens. Præmierne omfattede tilsyneladende det sennepsgule bælte med juveler og et trofæ, hvis ikke mere. Den tidligere mester Mike DeVito blev nummer to og spiste 20 hotdogs. Den 42-årige Guardian Angels-stifter Curtis Sliwa, der vejer 200 pund, var også med i konkurrencen. Der deltog 20 deltagere. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som en årlig konkurrence, der har været afholdt regelmæssigt siden 1916, bortset fra 1939, 1940 og 1941 - denne gang under navnet "Battle of the Burroughs". Det skal bemærkes, at en senere konkurrence i 1996 også blev sponsoreret af Nathan's (og TV Tokyo), men den blev afholdt i Central Park i stedet for på det traditionelle sted. Den blev vundet af en 22-årig mand fra Japan, der vejede 22 pund og aldrig havde spist en hotdog før dagen før konkurrencen. Præmierne var et sennepsgult bælte med juveler og 2.000 dollars. Den 33-årige maskiningeniør Ed Krachie fra New York, der vejer 320 pund, blev nummer to. Kun disse 2 deltagere deltog.
 Ed "The Animal"/"Maspeth Monster"
Krachie
Uafhængighedsdag
22
12 min.
1995
 Ed "Dyret"/"Maspeth-uhyret" Krachie
Uafhængighedsdag
191⁄2
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 350 pund tung NYNEX-ingeniør fra Queens. Den 33-årige 33-årige Salomon Brothers-næstformand og regerende mester Mike DeVito fra Manalapan Township, New Jersey, på 205 pund, blev nummer to og spiste 19 hotdogs.
1994
 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
Uafhængighedsdag
20
Ukendt
Konkurrencen blev vundet af den regerende mester, en 32-årig revisor. Den kommende mester Ed Krachie blev nummer to. Den 40-årige grundlægger af Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa, kom ind på tredjepladsen og spiste 13 hotdogs.
1993
EN-MOD-EN-UDFORDRING MED JAPAN
 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
Ukendt dato
18
30 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en tidligere mester, en ansat i et børsmæglerfirma på Wall Street fra Manalapan Township, New Jersey. Præmien var 365 hotdogs. Joe Gotay fra Brooklyn blev nummer to og spiste 141⁄2 hotdogs. Willie Dykstra fra Brooklyn var den bedste kvindelige deltager og spiste 71⁄2 hotdogs. Der deltog 18 mænd og 2 kvinder. Den regerende mester, Frankie Dellarosa fra Brooklyn på 290 pund, "meldte afbud i sidste øjeblik på grund af en nødsituation i familien" og var ikke i stand til at forsvare sin titel. I stedet erklærede han, at han nu trak sig tilbage fra konkurrencerne og planlagde at forfølge en skuespillerkarriere, noget, som han senere skulle få en beskeden succes med. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som den 77. årlige konkurrence, der har været afholdt regelmæssigt siden 1916. Det skal bemærkes, at en senere konkurrence i 1993 også blev sponsoreret af Nathan's (og optaget af TV Tokyo), men den blev afholdt under Brooklyn Bridge i stedet for på det traditionelle sted. Den blev vundet af den regerende mester DeVito. Flere år senere blev det oplyst, at præmien var det sennepsfarvede bælte med juveler "skabt af Fabergés efterkommere", som stadig er i brug i dag, men som angiveligt havde været opbevaret i Japan i nogle år efter at være blevet vundet af en japansk deltager hos Nathan's (formentlig ved konkurrencen den 11. februar 1986); bæltets eksistens er dog tidligst dokumenteret i en presseberetning fra dengang i 1996. En kvinde, Orio Ito fra Japan, blev nummer to og spiste 16 hotdogs. Kun disse 2 deltagere deltog.
 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
Uafhængighedsdag
17
12 min.
1992
 Frankie "Hollywood"/"Large" Dellarosa
Uafhængighedsdag
19
Ukendt
Konkurrencen blev vundet af den regerende mester. Den tidligere og kommende mester Mike DeVito blev nummer to og spiste 17 hotdogs.
1991
 Frankie "Hollywood"/"Large" Dellarosa
Uafhængighedsdag
21
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 23-årig ingeniør på 23 pund og deltidsansat fodboldtræner fra Hofstra University i Queens. Præmien var "et tre fods trofæ, toppet med en atlet, en tallerken og en hotdog. Han modtog også hatte, kopper og et års forsyning af hotdogs." Der deltog 20 deltagere. En presseberetning fra dengang beskriver dette som den 75. årlige konkurrence, der denne gang blev afholdt under mottoet "No Guts, No Glory".
1990
 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
 Jay Green
Uafhængighedsdag
15
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev afgjort af den regerende mester fra Brooklyn (Green), som fik lov til at konkurrere igen på trods af tidligere regler, og en 28-årig fra Staten Island (DeVito). Der var tilsyneladende ikke noget afgørende eat-off. En presseberetning fra dengang beskriver dette som den 7. årlige konkurrence.
1989
 Jay Green
Uafhængighedsdag
151⁄2
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af den regerende mester, en 31-årig 31-årig tørvævsentreprenør på 215 pund, som i henhold til konkurrencereglerne blev erklæret "pensioneret" efter konkurrencen, fordi han havde vundet to gange. Der deltog 24 deltagere. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som den 73. årlige konkurrence.
1988
 Jay Green
Uafhængighedsdag
10
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 30-årig limousinechef fra Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Der deltog 13 deltagere. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som den 72. årlige konkurrence.
1987
 Don Wolfman
Uafhængighedsdag
131⁄2
10 min.
Den 29-årige kommende mester Jay Green blev nummer to og spiste 131⁄4 hotdogs. En presseberetning fra dengang beskriver dette som den 71. årlige konkurrence.
1986
 Mark Heller
Uafhængighedsdag
151⁄2
10 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en mand på 245 pund. Robert Gerber blev nummer to og spiste 13 hotdogs. 24 mænd deltog. En presseberetning fra dengang beskriver dette som den 70. årlige konkurrence, der er blevet afholdt regelmæssigt siden 1916. Det skal bemærkes, at en tidligere konkurrence fra 1986 også blev sponsoreret af Nathan's. Den blev vundet af en 21-årig studerende fra Tokyo, Japan, på 21 år, der vejede 264 pund. Den regerende mester Oscar Rodriguez blev nummer to og spiste 91⁄2 hotdogs. Kun disse 2 deltagere deltog.
EN-TIL-EN-UDFORDRING MED JAPAN
 Hiroaki Tominaga
11. februar
101⁄2
10 min.
1985
 Oscar Rodriguez
Independence Day
113⁄4
12 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 21-årig mand. Mere end 40 deltagere deltog.
1984
 Birgit Felden
Uafhængighedsdag
91⁄2
10 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 17-årig 17-årig vesttysk judokvinde fra Köln, der var 17 år og vejede 130 pund. Hun havde aldrig spist en hotdog før konkurrencen. Publicist Morty Matz beskrev hende som værende den anden kvinde, der nogensinde har vundet konkurrencen. Den 17-årige amerikanske judokvinde Jean Kanokogi (og datter af Ryohei og Rusty Kanokogi) fra Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, kom på andenpladsen og spiste 8 hotdogs. Der deltog 20 mænd og 4 kvinder. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som den 68. årlige konkurrence.
1983
 Emil Gomez
Uafhængighedsdag
101⁄2
10 min.
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 25-årig 25-årig revisor fra Bronx, der vejer 210 pund. Hans bror, Andre, blev nummer to og spiste 10 hotdogs. 11 deltagere deltog i konkurrencen. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som den 17. årlige konkurrence.
1982
 Steven Abrams
5. juli
11+
Ukendt
Konkurrencen blev afholdt den 5. juli, da uafhængighedsdagen faldt på en søndag, og den blev vundet af en 26-årig fra Queens. Han spiste en bid af en tolvte hotdog.
1981
 Thomas DeBerry
Uafhængighedsdag
11
Ukendt
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en 35-årig gartner fra Coney Island, Brooklyn. Han "spiste 11 hotdogs på fem minutter og skyndte sig derefter af sted med sin familie for at deltage i en grillfest". Det er ikke umiddelbart klart, om konkurrencen varede fem minutter, eller om han simpelthen holdt op med at spise på egen hånd efter fem minutter, fordi han havde travlt med at deltage i grillfesten.
1980
 Joe Baldini
 Paul Siederman
Uafhængighedsdag
93⁄4+
(Spis-af: 31⁄2)
10 min.
(Spis-af: 3 min.)
Konkurrencen blev afgjort af en 25-årig mand på 25 år på 190 pund (Baldini) og en 21-årig mand på 21 år på 260 pund (Siederman), begge arbejdsløse mænd fra Brooklyn. De stod derefter lige igen efter en afgørende eat-off. Præmierne var "to trofæer og et par gule plastikposer". Den regerende mester Jim Mattner kom på tredjepladsen og spiste ca. 9 hotdogs. Der deltog 28 deltagere. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som den 64. årlige konkurrence.
1979
 Jim Mattner
Uafhængighedsdag
14
Ukendt
Konkurrencen blev vundet af en børsmægler fra Queens. Han spiste "rekordmange" 14 hotdogs.
1978
 Manel Hollenback
 Kevin Sinclair
Uafhængighedsdag
10
61⁄2 min.
Konkurrencen blev afholdt på Memorial Day og blev afgjort af en 18-årig basketballspiller på 180 pund fra Newark, New Jersey (Hollenback) og en 10-årig elev på 75 pund (Sinclair). Der var tilsyneladende ikke noget afgørende eat-off. Der deltog 28 deltagere. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som en årlig konkurrence, der har været afholdt regelmæssigt siden 1917, undtagen i 1942 og 1944.
1975
KVINDER
 Martha Rosenbloom
Memorial Day
Ukendt
Ukendt
Der var planlagt en konkurrence udelukkende for kvinder på Memorial Day, hvor vinderen skulle udnævnes til "Miss Coney Island"; konkurrencen blev vundet af en 19-årig studerende fra Brooklyn College.
1974
 Roberto Muriel
Uafhængighedsdag
10
31⁄2 min.
Den første konkurrence i 1974 blev afholdt den 7. april (åbningsdagen for Coney Islands sommersæsonaktiviteter) og blev vundet af en 22-årig studerende fra Manhattan Community College i Astoria, Queens; præmien var et trofæ. Seks deltagere deltog i konkurrencen. Den anden konkurrence i 1974 blev afholdt på uafhængighedsdagen og blev vundet af en 24-årig mand på 185 pund fra Brooklyn; præmien var "et trofæ med en hotdog med emblem på". Det skal bemærkes, at en tredje konkurrence i 1974 også blev sponsoreret af Nathan's, men den blev afholdt i Atlantic City, New Jersey den 31. juli. Den blev vundet af en 18-årig Nathan's-ansat fra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ved navn Jay Tierney. Han spiste 19 hotdogs på 5 minutter, hvilket var "verdensrekord i hotdogspisning", og præmien var "en forhøjelse - alle de hotdogs, han kunne spise i løbet af sommeren". Den 30-årige Carmen Cordero fra Atlantic City blev nummer to.
 John Connolly
7. april
9
21⁄2 min.
1973
Ukendt
Uafhængighedsdag
Ukendt
Ukendt
Der var planlagt en konkurrence på uafhængighedsdagen (106-årsdagen for opfindelsen af hotdoggen), som skulle afholdes af "1973 Hot Dog Queen", men der er ikke blevet indsamlet og offentliggjort nogen resultater.
1972
 Melody Andorfer
Labor Day
12
5 min.
Den første konkurrence i 1972 blev afholdt på Memorial Day og blev vundet af en studerende fra Brooklyn College; præmien "var en bog med certifikater til fyrre hotdogs mere". Den anden konkurrence i 1972 blev afholdt på Labor Day og blev vundet af en 18-årig, 18-årig kvindelig aktivist fra Astoria, Queens. Den 19-årige Gary Silverman fra Brooklyn, der vejede 260 pund, blev nummer to og spiste 10 hotdogs. Otte mænd og otte kvinder deltog. I en presseberetning fra dengang beskrives det som den 23. årlige konkurrence.
 Jason Schechter
Memorial Day
14
31⁄2 min.
1967
 Walter Paul
30. juni
127*
Ukendt
Konkurrencen blev afholdt den 30. juni (100-årsdagen for opfindelsen af hotdoggen) og blev vundet af en 32-årig lastbilchauffør på 32 år, der vejede 400 pund. Præmien var "et trofæ, der udråbte ham til verdensmester i hotdogspisning". Han spiste hotdogs i løbet af "en time i løbet af en time". Det er ikke umiddelbart klart, om konkurrencen varede en time, eller om han simpelthen holdt op med at spise af sig selv efter en time, og det er heller ikke umiddelbart klart, om han spiste boller sammen med hotdogsene.
Joey Chestnut
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Year
Winner
Hot dogs incl. buns
(HDB)
Contest duration
Notes


2017
MEN'S
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
72
10 min.



WOMEN'S
 Miki Sudo
41


2016
MEN'S
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
70
10 min.
Joey Chestnut won the mustard-colored belt for the ninth time, eating 70 hot dogs and buns. Defending champion Matt Stonie consumed 53 HDB. Sudo won her third consecutive women's title. At the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle in Washington, D.C. on June 25, Chestnut set the record of 73 in an official qualifier.


WOMEN'S
 Miki Sudo
381⁄2


2015
MEN'S
 Matt "Megatoad" Stonie
62
10 min.
Matt Stonie ended the 8 year winning streak of Joey Chestnut, eating 62 HDB to Joey's 60.


WOMEN'S
 Miki Sudo
38


2014
MEN'S
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
61
10 min.
Joey Chestnut faced fierce competition from Matt Stonie, who finished second with 56 HDB. Tim "Eater X" Janus (44 HDB) finished in 3rd. This became Joey's 8th consecutive win. Sudo dethroned Thomas, the first time in the history of the competition that Thomas had been defeated since the inception of the women's division. Sudo also ended a long tradition by becoming the first champion in a quarter-century to decline to use a nickname during Nathan's competitions.


WOMEN'S
 Miki Sudo
34


2013
MEN'S
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
69
10 min.
Joey Chestnut beat his own record with 69 HDB. Matt "Megatoad" Stonie (51HDB) finished second. Tim "Eater X" Janus (50 HDB) finished in 3rd.


WOMEN'S
 Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
363⁄4


2012
MEN'S
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
68
10 min.
Chestnut tied his previous record, previously set in 2009. He also became the second person to win six consecutive titles. Thomas set a new women's record. Tim "Eater X" Janus (52.25) and Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (51) finish second and third once again, this time with Janus edging out for second place. Matt Stonie, who would go on to claim victory in 2015 finished fourth with 46 HDB.


WOMEN'S
 Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
45


2011
MEN'S
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
62
10 min.
Separate competitions are held for women and men for the first time. Chestnut dominates on his way to his fifth straight title. Sonya Thomas (40 HDB) won the inaugural women's event. Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (53) and Tim "Eater X" Janus (45) finish 2nd and 3rd for the second year in a row.


WOMEN'S
 Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas
40


2010
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
54
10 min.
Chestnut (54), Tim "Eater X" Janus (45), and Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (37) round out the top three.


2009
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
68
10 min.
Chestnut (68 HDB) beat his previous record in ten minutes, setting new event, U.S., and world records. Kobayashi (641⁄2 HDB) set a Japanese record. Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti (55 HDB) finished third. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (41 HDB) broke the female record.


2008
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
59

(Eat-off: 5)
10 min.

(Eat-off: untimed; completed in 50 sec.)
Event, Japanese, U.S., and world records set (59 HDB). First event using new ten-minute time limit and first tie and eat-off since 1980. Chestnut & Kobayashi tied for first with 59 in regulation. In overtime Chestnut is the first to finish a plate of five HDB in 50 seconds. Kobayashi, losing by seven seconds, finishes second. Tim "Eater X" Janus finished third with 42.


2007
 Joey "Jaws" Chestnut
66
12 min.
Having broken the world and U.S. records with 591⁄2 HDB at a qualifier contest on June 2, 2007, Chestnut (66 HDB) finishes first, setting new event, U.S. and world records. Defeating Kobayashi (63 HDB) for the first time. Fifth place Sonya Thomas (39 HDB) sets female record.


2006
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
533⁄4
12 min.
Winner Kobayashi sets event, Japanese and world records. Second place Joey Chestnut (52 HDB), sets U.S. record. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (37) finishes third.


2005
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
49
12 min.
2nd: Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas (37) sets U.S. record, Women's record. Future winner Joey "Jaws" Chestnut finishes third with 32.


2004
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
531⁄2
12 min.
Event, Japanese and world records set. 2nd: Nobuyuki Shirota (38), Sonya Thomas (32 HDB) sets the female and U.S. records.


2003
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
441⁄2
12 min.
Sonya Thomas (25 HDB) sets the female record. 2nd: Ed "Cookie" Jarvis (301⁄2, American record), 3rd: Eric "Badlands" Booker (29). Twenty competitors and 3,000 spectators in attendance. William "The Refrigerator" Perry competes, but eats only four HDB and drops out after five minutes.


2002
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
501⁄2
12 min.
Event, Japanese and world records set.


2001
 Takeru "The Prince"/"The Tsunami" Kobayashi
50
12 min.
20 competitors total. All-time world records set. 2nd: Eric "Badlands" Booker (26), 3rd: Oleg Zhornitskiy (25).


2000
 Kazutoyo "The Rabbit" Arai
25+
12 min.
The contest was won by a 100-pound 32 year old mattress salesman from Saitama, Japan. The prizes were "the coveted mustard-yellow International Belt, a huge red trophy, and 20 pounds of Nathan’s hot dogs." Misao "The Big Banana" Fujita (also known as "Wild Beast") of Japan was the runner-up and consumed 24 hot dogs. A woman, Takako "Armageddon"/"The Sweet Queen" Akasaka of Japan, was the third-place finisher and consumed 22 hot dogs. 41 year old locomotive machinist Steve Addicks of Finksburg, Maryland was the fourth-place finisher and consumed 21 hot dogs. 391-pound, 35 year old reigning champion Steve Keiner of Atlantic City, New Jersey "finished in the middle of the pack" and consumed 15 hot dogs. "Dozens" of contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1916. Another describes this as the 85th annual contest.


1999
 Steve "Ralph"/"The Terminator" Keiner
21 1/2
12 min.
The contest was won by a 317-pound, 50-year-old man from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The prize was the bejeweled mustard-colored belt. Footage recorded by NY1 appeared to show that he actually consumed half of a hot dog before the starting gun was fired and should have been disqualified by the judges. Charles "Hungry" Hardy and Bartoszek Tadeusz, both of Brooklyn, were the runners-up and consumed 20 hot dogs each. Hardy charged that he could have consumed more had he been given another plate of hot dogs before time expired. 134-pound, reigning champion Hirofumi Nakajima of Japan consumed 19 hot dogs. Former champion Mike DeVito also participated.


1998
 Hirofumi "The Black Hole of Kōfu"/"The Tokyo
Terror" Nakajima
19
12 min.
The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 135-pound, 23 year old furniture delivery worker from Kōfu, Japan. The prizes were "the coveted mustard-yellow International Belt, a huge red trophy, and 20 pounds of Nathan's hot dogs." 16 contestants participated. Second place: Dominic "Hot Dog" Vaccaro (17).


1997
 Hirofumi "The Black Hole of Kōfu"/"The Tokyo
Terror" Nakajima
241⁄2
12 min.
Although Nathan's attempted to expand its pool of American contestants by sponsoring "a circuit of qualifying contests leading up to the grand finale on the Fourth," Japanese contestants continued to increase their influence. The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 135-pound, 22 year old furniture delivery worker from Kōfu, Japan. The prizes were "a large emerald and brass trophy, a Mustard-Yellow International Belt, and a 20-pack take-out order for Nathan's hot dogs." 100-pound, 30 year old future champion Kazutoyo Arai of Saitama, Japan was the runner-up and consumed 24 hot dogs. 330-pound, 34 year old former champion Ed Krachie was the third-place finisher and consumed 20 hot dogs. 23 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1916.


1996
ONE-ON-ONE CHALLENGE WITH JAPAN
 Hirofumi "The Black Hole of Kōfu"/"The Tokyo
Terror" Nakajima
December 4
231⁄4
12 min.
The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 300-pound man from Queens. The prizes apparently included the bejeweled mustard-yellow belt and a trophy, if not more. Former champion Mike DeVito was the runner-up and consumed 20 hot dogs. 200-pound, 42 year old Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was also a contestant. 20 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1916, except for 1939, 1940, and 1941—this time held under the moniker "Battle of the Burroughs." It should be noted that a later 1996 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's (and TV Tokyo), but was held at Central Park instead of at its traditional location. It was won by a 144-pound, 22 year old man from Japan; he had never eaten a hot dog until the day before the competition. The prizes were the bejeweled mustard-yellow belt and $2,000. 320-pound, 33 year old mechanical engineer Ed Krachie of New York was the runner-up. Only those 2 contestants participated.


 Ed "The Animal"/"The Maspeth Monster"
Krachie
Independence Day
22
12 min.


1995
 Ed "The Animal"/"The Maspeth Monster" Krachie
Independence Day
191⁄2
12 min.
The contest was won by a 350-pound NYNEX engineer from Queens. 205-pound, 33 year old Salomon Brothers vice president and reigning champion Mike DeVito of Manalapan Township, New Jersey was the runner-up and consumed 19 hot dogs.


1994
 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
Independence Day
20
Unknown
The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 32 year old accountant. Future champion Ed Krachie was the runner-up. 40 year old Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was the third-place finisher and consumed 13 hot dogs.


1993
ONE-ON-ONE CHALLENGE WITH JAPAN
 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
Unknown date
18
30 min.
The contest was won by a former champion, a Wall Street brokerage firm worker from Manalapan Township, New Jersey. The prize was 365 hot dogs. Joe Gotay of Brooklyn was the runner-up and consumed 141⁄2 hot dogs. Willie Dykstra of Brooklyn was the top female contestant and consumed 71⁄2 hot dogs. 18 men and 2 women participated. The reigning champion, 290-pound Frankie Dellarosa of Brooklyn, "canceled out at the last minute due to a family emergency" and was unable to defend his title. Instead, he declared that he was now retired from competitions and planned to pursue an acting career, something that he would later have a modest success in. A press account from the time describes this as the 77th annual contest, held regularly since 1916. It should be noted that a later 1993 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's (and recorded by TV Tokyo), but was held under the Brooklyn Bridge instead of at its traditional location. It was won by reigning champion DeVito. Years later it was stated that the prize was the bejeweled mustard-colored belt "created by the descendants of Fabergé" that remains in use today but had supposedly been held in Japan for some years after having been won by a Japanese contestant at Nathan's (presumably at the February 11, 1986 competition); however, the earliest that the belt's existence is known to be documented in a press account from the time is 1996. A woman, Orio Ito of Japan, was the runner-up and consumed 16 hot dogs. Only those 2 contestants participated.


 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
Independence Day
17
12 min.


1992
 Frankie "Hollywood"/"Large" Dellarosa
Independence Day
19
Unknown
The contest was won by the reigning champion. Former and future champion Mike DeVito was the runner-up and consumed 17 hot dogs.


1991
 Frankie "Hollywood"/"Large" Dellarosa
Independence Day
21
12 min.
The contest was won by a 270-pound, 23 year old engineer and part-time Hofstra University football coach from Queens. The prize was "a 3-foot trophy, topped with an athlete, plate, and hot dog. He also received hats, cups, and a year's supply of hot dogs." 20 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 75th annual contest, this time held under the motto "No Guts, No Glory."


1990
 Mike "The Scholar" DeVito
 Jay Green
Independence Day
15
12 min.
The contest was tied by the reigning champion, from Brooklyn, (Green) who was allowed to compete again despite previous contest rules, and a 28 year old from Staten Island (DeVito). There was apparently no tie-breaking eat-off. A press account from the time describes this as the 7th annual contest.


1989
 Jay Green
Independence Day
151⁄2
12 min.
The contest was won by the reigning champion, a 215-pound, 31 year old dry wall contractor, who, as per contest rules, was declared "retired" after the competition for being a two-time winner. 24 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 73rd annual contest.


1988
 Jay Green
Independence Day
10
12 min.
The contest was won by a 30 year old limousine service manager from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. 13 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 72nd annual contest.


1987
 Don Wolfman
Independence Day
131⁄2
10 min.
29 year old future champion Jay Green was the runner-up and consumed 131⁄4 hot dogs. A press account from the time describes this as the 71st annual contest.


1986
 Mark Heller
Independence Day
151⁄2
10 min.
The contest was won by a 245-pound man. Robert Gerber was the runner-up and consumed 13 hot dogs. 24 men participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 70th annual contest, held regularly since 1916. It should be noted that an earlier 1986 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's. It was won by a 264-pound, 21 year old student from Tokyo, Japan. Reigning champion Oscar Rodriguez was the runner-up and consumed 91⁄2 hot dogs. Only those 2 contestants participated.


ONE-ON-ONE CHALLENGE WITH JAPAN
 Hiroaki Tominaga
February 11
101⁄2
10 min.


1985
 Oscar Rodriguez
Independence Day
113⁄4
12 min.
The contest was won by a 21 year old man. More than 40 contestants participated.


1984
 Birgit Felden
Independence Day
91⁄2
10 min.
The contest was won by a 130-pound, 17 year old West German women's judo team member from Cologne; she had never eaten a hot dog before the competition. Publicist Morty Matz described her as being only the second female to have ever won the contest. 17 year old U.S. women's judo team member Jean Kanokogi (and daughter of Ryohei and Rusty Kanokogi) of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn was the runner-up and consumed 8 hot dogs. 20 men and 4 women participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 68th annual contest.


1983
 Emil Gomez
Independence Day
101⁄2
10 min.
The contest was won by a 210-pound, 25 year old accountant from the Bronx. His brother, Andre, was the runner-up and consumed 10 hot dogs. 11 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 17th annual contest.


1982
 Steven Abrams
July 5
11+
Unknown
The contest was held on July 5 since Independence Day fell on a Sunday and was won by a 26 year old from Queens. He ate one bite of a twelfth hot dog.


1981
 Thomas DeBerry
Independence Day
11
Unknown
The contest was won by a 35 year old Housing Authority gardener from Coney Island, Brooklyn. He "downed 11 hot dogs in five minutes and then rushed off with his family to attend a barbecue." It is not immediately clear if the contest's duration was five minutes long or if he simply ceased eating on his own after five minutes, because he was in a hurry to attend the barbecue.


1980
 Joe Baldini
 Paul Siederman
Independence Day
93⁄4+

(Eat-off: 31⁄2)
10 min.

(Eat-off: 3 min.)
The contest was tied by a 190-pound, 25 year old (Baldini) and a 260-pound, 21 year old (Siederman), both unemployed men from Brooklyn. Each then tied again after a tie-breaking eat-off. The prizes were "two trophies and a pair of yellow plastic bags." Reigning champion Jim Mattner was the third-place finisher and consumed approximately 9 hot dogs. 28 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 64th annual contest.


1979
 Jim Mattner
Independence Day
14
Unknown
The contest was won by a stockbroker from Queens. He consumed a "record" 14 hot dogs.


1978
 Manel Hollenback
 Kevin Sinclair
Independence Day
10
61⁄2 min.
The contest was held on Memorial Day and was tied by a 180-pound, 18 year old basketball player from Newark, New Jersey (Hollenback) and a 75-pound, 10 year old student (Sinclair). There was apparently no tie-breaking eat-off. 28 contestants participated. A press account from the time describes this as an annual contest held regularly since 1917, except for 1942 and 1944.


1975
WOMEN'S
 Martha Rosenbloom
Memorial Day
Unknown
Unknown
An all-female contest was scheduled to be held on Memorial Day with the winner to be declared "Miss Coney Island;" the contest was won by a 19 year old Brooklyn College student.


1974
 Roberto Muriel
Independence Day
10
31⁄2 min.
The first 1974 contest was held on April 7 (opening day for Coney Island's summer season activities) and was won by a 22 year old Manhattan Community College student from Astoria, Queens; the prize was a trophy. Six contestants participated. The second 1974 contest was held on Independence Day and was won by a 185-pound, 24 year old from Brooklyn; the prize was "a trophy with an emblazoned hot dog on it." It should be noted that a third 1974 contest was also sponsored by Nathan's but was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 31. It was won by an 18 year old Nathan's employee from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania named Jay Tierney. He consumed a "world's hot dog eating record" 19 hot dogs in 5 minutes; the prize was "a raise—all the hot dogs he could eat throughout the summer." 30 year old Carmen Cordero of Atlantic City was the runner-up.


 John Connolly
April 7
9
21⁄2 min.


1973
Unknown
Independence Day
Unknown
Unknown
A contest was scheduled to be held on Independence Day (designated as the 106th anniversary of the invention of the hot dog) and refereed by the "1973 Hot Dog Queen," but no results are known to have been compiled and released to the public.


1972
 Melody Andorfer
Labor Day
12
5 min.
The first 1972 contest was held on Memorial Day and was won by a Brooklyn College student; the prize "was a book of certificates for forty more hot dogs." The second 1972 contest was held on Labor Day and was won by a 105-pound, 18-year-old female community activist from Astoria, Queens; 260-pound, 19 year old Gary Silverman of Brooklyn was the runner-up and consumed 10 hot dogs. Eight men and 8 women participated. A press account from the time describes this as the 23rd annual contest.


 Jason Schechter
Memorial Day
14
31⁄2 min.


1967
 Walter Paul
June 30
127*
Unknown
The contest was held on June 30 (designated as the 100th anniversary of the invention of the hot dog) and was won by a 400-pound, 32 year old truck driver. The prize was "a trophy proclaiming him the world's champion hot dog eater." He consumed the hot dogs over the period of "one hour flat." It is not immediately clear if the contest's duration was one hour long or if he simply ceased eating on his own after one hour, and it is also not immediately clear if he ate buns with the hot dogs.
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest