With all due respect to Guy Fieri, America’s most famous eater is Joey “Jaws” Chestnut. The 17-time winner of Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest will compete Saturday in Wings for Wishes.

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 meat giant Smithfield Foods in an all-cash $450 million deal, the companies ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Wichita Wind Surge announced on Wednesday that competitive hot dog eater Joey Chestnut will be at a game on April 17. Chestnut will be part of the Wind Surge’s Chili Buns ...

"I'm going to cheat on my diet today," Joey Chestnut said when presented with the pizza, adding that the white clam pies were "the best." ...

Nine different hot dog brands with Hebrew National in the middle - Sherri Gordon/Mashed There's nothing more iconic than enjoying a juicy hot dog at a ballpark, a Fourth of July picnic, or a backyard ...

Murray Handwerker, Nathan's son, helped the brand expand nationwide and into 21 countries. Nathan's Famous is also well-known as a Fourth of July institution for its hot dog-eating contest, which ...

Humans have long sought to turn gluttony into a virtue—leading to some remarkable episodes of competitive eating. Here are just a few: A hare-raising appetite: In the 17th century, an English farmer ...

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A three-foot-long burrito. A $40 chicken sandwich. A hamburger 10 patties tall. At these Kansas City restaurants, finishing a food challenge will bring eternal glory, and possibly a stomachache too.

Smithfield Foods’ $450M acquisition of Nathan’s Famous: deal timeline, $9M cost synergies, EPS impact, and licensing risks.

Taylor Lawrence, 26, was arrested last week after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. A Brown County dispatcher resigned Wednesday during a Public Safety Committee ...