Joey Chestnut

Here's the Rangers' $26 Hot Dog

Remember when Oscar Mayer came out with the "bun-length" hot dog? They ran a series of commercials featuring white-bread Americans at cook outs wondering what to do with that bit of bun remained after they'd taken the last hot dog bite. This will not be a problem with the new Champion Dog, recentl ... More >>

Kobayashi Breaks Hot Dog Eating Record. Also, Jesse Hughey Eats 19 Corn Dogs at Brass Knuckle Beatdown

Bud PorembskiHophead Jesse Hughey through a haze of Americana. Jesse battled 17 other folks. Kobayashi totally didn't. ​Competing against no one, the great wiener swallower Kobayashi wolfed 69 hot dogs in New York City. It was a world record and personal best for Kobayashi on July Fourth, and he s ... More >>

Winstar Hosts Another Nathan's Qualifying Contest This Weekend, Now With a Prize for Top Women's Finisher

Patrick MichelsThis weekend, Adrian "the Rabbit" Morgan looks to improve on his 20.5 hot dog performance at Winstar last year. With less than a month left before this year's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating championships at Coney Island, just a handful of qualifying contests remain for big eaters hop ... More >>

Pat Bertoletti Claims Major League Eating's Wingstop Title With, Officials Say, 288 Wings

Photos by Patrick MichelsTop-ranked eater in the world Joey Chestnut ate 8 pounds of wings in 12 minutes last night -- good enough for third place.​Last night at Victory Plaza, Major League Eating finally made good on its promise to bring the country's top eating talent to Dallas for a wing-eating ... More >>

Wing Eating Challenge Rescheduled for April

The Wingstop World Wing-Eating Challenge, iced-out during Super Bowl week, has been rescheduled for Apr. 13. ​The contest at American Airlines Center's AT&T Plaza will coincide with another sporting event, although one of considerably less significance than the Super Bowl: The Challenge will ... More >>

The Biggest Sports Event in Dallas Next Month: Major League Eaters Are Headed to Wingstop

Patrick MichelsAt a tamale eating contest in 2006, Joey Chestnut reacts predictably to spending any time at all in The Woodlands.​Maybe you've heard: Dallas is going to be crawling next month with fans, good-timin' party lovers and the elitest of the elite pro athletes the country has to offer.Not ... More >>

Competitive eater “Nasty” Nate Biller chases the dream of athletic glory, one distended stomach at a time.

In the Battle Between Jimmy John's and the World's Toughest Eaters, the Sandwiches Have Already Won

Photos by Patrick MichelsNate Biller, left, and Pat Bertoletti do their best to keep up with the local sandwich assembly talent.​As we mentioned last week, if you're headed to the fair looking for a corny dog contest this year, you'd better be ready to find your own challengers and drop nine ticke ... More >>

The State Fair Eighty-Sixes Its Corny Dog Contest, But the Pros Are Coming for a Sandwich Race on Sunday

Patrick MichelsThird-ranked Pat Bertoletti claimed the world waffle eating title at the State Fair of Texas back in 2007. He's back eating sandwiches this Sunday afternoon.​It's tough to know just how to feel about this year's competitive eating lineup at the State Fair of Texas. On one hand, on t ... More >>

Sean "Flash" Gordon Wins Big at the Nathan's Famous Contest in Oklahoma, Where Even the Hot Dogs Are Tougher

Photos by Patrick Michels.Sean "Flash" Gordon puts away another dog at the WinStar World Casino yesterday. In 10 minutes, he ate 23.5 dogs and buns. Check out our slideshow for more shots from the contest.The beer may run a little weaker in Oklahoma, but yesterday's big eating contest at WinStar Wor ... More >>

At WinStar's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Qualifier This Weekend, Crazy Legs Conti is the Man To Beat

Patrick MichelsCrazy Legs Conti in 2007 at a blueberry pie eating contest in Brownsville, Ore. Competitive eating is a hard-hearted mistress, courted by many but gracing few with even a moment of her fickle affection. Most who enter a contest never do so again, and even those who do usually manage ... More >>

Kolaches, Klobase and 'Cue: A Brave Combo at Ennis' National Polka Festival

Photos by Patrick MichelsAmanda Johnston, right, claimed the first girls' kolache eating title at Ennis' National Polka Festival over the weekend.Sam and Bradley Chmelar, hulking twin terrors of the Ennis eating world, were ready to dominate the National Polka Festival's team kolache eating contest ... More >>

Queso By the Pound: At Cinco de Mattito's, the First Bob Armstrong Dip Champion

Photos by Patrick MichelsTeresa Fullen downed 2 pounds, 14 ounces of queso to claim the first Mattito's Bob Armstrong title.This year's Cinco de Mattito's party featured a mechanical bull, a live band that played "Smooth" at least twice in 20 minutes, and the first annual Bob Armstrong queso eating ... More >>

Breakfast of Champions: Wednesday Morning Hot Wing Challenge

All photos by Danny FulgencioRudy "the Civilian" Almaguer, who trained for the event with a visit to Plucker's last weekend.​ When we got word that WFAA's Good Morning Texas was looking for suckers contestants to enter a televised wing eating contest, it sounded like the right time to reshuffle th ... More >>

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Is baseball's youngest general manager man enough to rebuild the Rangers?