{"id":3806,"date":"2026-07-05T22:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T22:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2026-07-05T22:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T22:05:22","slug":"joey-chestnut-wins-18th-nathans-hot-dog-eating-title-miki-sudo-claims-12th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3806","title":{"rendered":"Joey Chestnut wins 18th Nathan\u2019s hot dog eating title; Miki Sudo claims 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Competitive eating stars Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo successfully defended their titles Saturday at the Nathan\u2019s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3804\">2 hurt after boater slams into bridge off Sugarloaf Key<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p>Chestnut captured his 18th men\u2019s title after eating 66 hot dogs and buns, while Sudo claimed her 12th women\u2019s championship by consuming 38.75 hot dogs and buns.<\/p>\n<p>Chestnut has won the iconic competition 18 times in the past 20 years. <\/p>\n<p>He entered the 2026 contest after missing the 2024 event and had previously won eight consecutive titles. His career record remains at 76 hot dogs and buns, while Sudo\u2019s record is 51.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3802\">Girl, 4, dies after drowning in Plantation lake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pat Bertoletti finished second in the men\u2019s competition with 50 hot dogs and buns. Michelle Lesco, the 2021 women\u2019s champion, placed second after eating 22 hot dogs and buns.<\/p>\n<p>The annual contest, held outside the original Nathan\u2019s Famous restaurant in Coney Island, New York, has been a Fourth of July tradition since 1972 and draws thousands of spectators each year as some of the world\u2019s top competitive eaters battle for the coveted Mustard Belt.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=3801\">Trump mixes patriotism with partisanship as he celebrates America\u2019s \u2018joyous\u2019 250th anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competitive eating stars Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo successfully defended their titles Saturday at the Nathan\u2019s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joey Chestnut wins 18th Nathan\u2019s hot dog eating title; 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