So you want to become a competitive eater? You better start strengthening that tongue. When Takeru Kobayashi entered the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in 2001, competitors and attendees had no idea ...

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 ...

Watch someone put down 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes and your first instinct is to assume they must have an extraordinary metabolism, or some genetic quirk that lets them process calories differently than ...

As I’ve previously announced, I’m training our own Cienna Madrid and the Hugo House’s Brian McGuigan to compete in this year’s SCIDpda Spring Roll Eating Contest. Last night, we did a test run at ...

Every rule Major League Eating has for the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest that fans and viewers need to know. When you look at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, the first instinct is probably that ...

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 ...

On the 240th anniversary of his country's independence, American Joey Chestnut ate 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes. A new record. "Jaws," as Chestnut is known, put down a summer's worth of cased meats at ...

Long ago, I learned speed-eating to fit junior high yearbook editing into my lunch break. My first two dates with my wife featured the Bonanza Steakhouse buffet. I’ve gone “plague of locusts” on ...

There are all kinds of competitive eating events. On March 29th in Indiana, we’ll find out who can eat the most fudge in eight minutes. West Palm Beach is hosting the National Sweet Corn Eating ...