HUDSON YARDS, Manhattan (WABC) -- Some of the world's elite eaters gathered today for the official weigh-in ceremony for the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating-Contest.

Nathan’s Famous, which opened as a 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged ...

Joey Chestnut returned to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest after a one-year ban and, well, you can guess the rest. He performed like the GOAT he is. Chestnut, 41, won his 17th title, with an ...

CONEY ISLAND, NY (Associated Press) -- Famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest after skipping last year’s ...

Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut won the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, consuming nearly 71 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Since 1972, the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest ...

The contest, formal or otherwise, have been going on for decades.

The famed contest began in 1972 and will continue as an Independence Day tradition.

Nathan’s Famous, the Coney Island hot dog institution that grew from a single stand into a global brand, has been sold to ...

Famed competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest after skipping last year’s gastronomic battle in New York for the ...