Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest: Time, TV info for Fourth of July competition
Jace Evans USA TODAYThe Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest will in fact be held Saturday, but the annual Fourth of July event at Coney Island will look significantly different this year.
For starters, there will be no fans in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition will still take place in New York, but in "a private location with COVID-19 safety measures in place," rather than at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Brooklyn.
One thing that is expected to be normal? The victors: Joey Chestnut is the heavy favorite to win for the fifth straight year and 13th time overall, while on the women's side, Miki Sudo is also expected to dominate en route to a seventh straight Mustard Yellow Belt. Both Chestnut and Sudo were staggering -1112 favorites vs. the field as of Saturday night, per BetMGM.
Time: noon ET
TV: ESPN
Rules/Records: Ten minutes to eat as many Nathan's Famous hot dogs and buns as you can. Joey Chestnut ate an astounding 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes to set the men's record in 2018. Sonya Thomas holds the women's record with 45 hot dogs, set in 2012.
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