Coverage for the 102nd annual event will begin with ESPN3.com's live coverage of the women's event at 10:45am EDT / 7:45am PDT, followed by the men's event on ESPN2 HD at 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT. Will previous three-time winner Sonya Thomas regain the Pepto Pink Belt from the reigning four-time winner Miki Sudo? Will Joey Chestnut successfully fend off current #2 ranked eater Carmen Cincotti, current #3 ranked eater (and fellow San José contestant) Matt Stonie and many others to win his eleventh Mustard Yellow International Belt title in the last twelve years and break the July 4th record of 72 hot dogs in ten minutes he set last year? -G
"Fourth of July: Joey Chestnut’s hot dog condiments now available" (San Jose Mercury News - Monday, 7/2/18) San Jose-based competitive eater Joey Chestnut’s line of hot dog condiments is now available. (Courtesy of Silver Spring Foods) -G
Miki Sudo won her fifth consecutive Pepto Pink Belt today by eating 37 hot dogs in ten minutes, edging out Michelle Lesco by nine hot dogs. Juliet Lee finished in third-place with 25 hot dogs. Joey Chestnut fended off Carmen Cincotti, Darron Breeden, Matt Stonie and other gastronomical gladiators to win the Mustard Yellow International Belt for the eleventh time in the last twelve years by eating a world record 74 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes, surpassing the previous world record set by himself last year of 72 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes. -G P.S. = Mmm... sideline-reporter Melanie Collins!