Category: Food

Here’s every winner of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest since 2000

A look back at every winner of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest over the last 20 years.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2021 and has been updated.

With the Fourth of July comes everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure: the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, an annual tradition featuring the art of consuming an absurd amount of processed meat in a short amount of time.

The competition rose to notoriety through the likes of Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi, who have each won the event multiple times.

For this year’s contest, Chestnut was not only the odds-on favorite to win his eighth consecutive and 15th victory in the last 16 years, but rarely does he face an actual contender looking to dethrone the reigning champion.

With that in mind, we’re taking a look back at every winner of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest since 2000, both men and women.

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A definitive ranking of every Girl Scout cookie flavor (and Thin Mints aren’t No. 1)

Girl Scout cookie season has begun.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: We published this in 2022, but we’ve updated it with the newest flavor!]

Girl Scout cookie season is HERE!

That’s right, time to start ordering all those boxes of delicious cookies to scarf down (or, pro tip, some are good out of the freezer!) in the coming weeks.

Speaking of which: It’s a good time as any to light the world on fire and give you the definitive ranking of the best flavors of cookies, at least as of 2023 per the Girl Scouts’ official website.

Let’s dive in, from worst to first (and sorry in advance, these are definitive, I don’t make the rules):