Joey Chestnut trounced Takeru Kobayashi in their showdown Monday on Netflix, with Chestnut eating a record-breaking 83 hot dogs and buns. Chestnut shattered his previous record of 76 hot dogs to earn ...

Once upon a time, Takeru Kobayashi was the top dog. Japan has had many great cultural exports in its history: Pokémon, Godzilla, sushi and Nintendo amongst them. Then there are the athletes that have ...

Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi once defined Independence Day in the United States, the faces of the annual July 4th Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. No longer associated with that contest, the ...

Takeru Kobayashi is done hot doggin' it. The Japanese competitive eater dominated the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in the early 2000s. His reign launched the event's popularity into an entirely new ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2022 and has been updated. Once a staple of the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest -- from his record-setting debut in 2001 until his final ...

Netflix on Thursday announced rules for the hot dog eating showdown between Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi. None of them will improve the relationship between the competitive eating rivals who ...

Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi‘s highly anticipated Labor Day face-off is finally taking shape. The champions will be competing against each other for the first time in 15 years on Sept. 2 for the ...