without a live audience. The competition will take place this Sunday, July 4, as it has every year since the late 1960s. According to a Nathan’s-promoted legend, however, the contest has been happening since 1916, when four European immigrants held an impromptu hot dog eating contest to settle a patriotism-related argument.
The women’s contest was only begun in 2011. Last year, Joey Chestnut set a new world record, eating 75 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. “I’m happy we’re able to put on a contest,” he told The Post last year ahead of the big day. “There’s been years where I break a personal best on the Fourth of July, and I think it’s purely because the crowd pushed me.
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