Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joey Chestnut, the number one ranked competitive eater in the world, visits WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about ...

PUEBLO, Colo. — The country's top-ranked competitive eaters will return to Colorado this Labor Day weekend. The World Slopper Eating Championship returns for a seventh year at the Colorado State Fair ...

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 ...

Fifty competitive eaters were flown in to take on one of the biggest buffet chains in the country. The goal was simple: eat ...

Coney Island serves as Joey Chestnut’s home court every summer. The Indiana native spends Independence Day at the Brooklyn amusement park as the favorite in the annual Nathan’s Famous International ...

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — Some of the world’s best competitive eaters made their way to Hersheypark on Saturday, June 21 for the Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier. The event was 18 ...

At 9 a.m. in Coney Island on the Fourth of July, a crowd was already snaking around the block of Nathan’s Famous original restaurant. They were, of course, waiting for the annual hot dog eating ...

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 ...

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 ...

The competitive eating world has been rocked by hard-to-swallow claims that a contender in this year’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest cheated to beef up his score. Nick Wehry — husband of ...

Ever wondered why Nathan's started its iconic hot dog eating contest? Learn about the event's origins and the strange history of competitive eating.

Joey Chestnut, the number one ranked competitive eater in the world, visits WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about competitive eating. How do competitive eaters train? What do ...