Patrick Bertoletti wins Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest with 58 as Miki Sudo sets new women’s division record with 51

NEW YORK – It’s the break of day of a unused presen on the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago received the lads’s section with 58 hot dogs and buns. 

“I’m in the greatest country in the world, the greatest eating contest in the world and it’s perfect, perfection,” Bertoletti mentioned.

For the primary presen in years, the lads’s pageant was wide open, with Joey Chestnut not competing.   

The contest was once tight from the beginning in Chestnut’s absence. 

Bertoletti, the #9 ranked eater on this planet consistent with Main League Consuming, jumped out to an early top, adopted intently by way of Geoffrey Esper of Oxford, Massachusetts and Nick Wehry of Tampa, Florida. In the course of the competition, James Webb of Australia in brief took the top. Bertoletti got here rallying again, and held onto the top till the tip. 

Esper got here in 2nd with 53. Webb got here in 3rd with 52.

Check out the complete list of male and female competitors.     

Why Joey Chestnut didn’t compete this occasion

Chestnut, the 16-time champion didn’t seem this occasion on account of his partnership with a rival corporate that makes plant-based sizzling canine. He’s showing in lieu this occasion at Citadel Leisure in Texas, the place he’ll compete in opposition to 4 provider participants at 5 p.m. 

Chestnut holds the best-ever checklist which he i’m ready in 2021 by way of consuming 76 sizzling canine and buns. 

Miki Sudo units unused checklist in ladies’s section 

Miki Sudo i’m ready a unused checklist within the ladies’s section on the 2024 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest with 51 sizzling canine and buns. 

Sudo, 38, has received each occasion since 2014 except for 2021 – she sat that occasion out because of being pregnant. Her private highest had prior to now been 48.5 sizzling canine and buns, which she shattered this occasion with 51. 

“I think what this means for the women’s contest is that, first of all, our personal bests are just gonna keep going up, the record’s gonna keep increasing. After 10 years, I still have more to give, and you’re not done with me just yet,” she mentioned.

Sudo effectively defended her identify for the 10th presen. As Main League Consuming’s top-ranked feminine eater on this planet, Sudo fended off a stiff problem from Mayoi Ebihara of Japan, who ate 37.   

Sudo thanked Ebihara for “pushing me so much.” 

Sudo mentioned she was once “getting emotional” and “really wanted to win.” 

Sudo is married to fellow competitor Nicholas Wehry. With 51, she has now bested his overall, which is 48. 

Michelle Lesco got here in 3rd within the ladies’s section with 23 sizzling canine and buns. 

Hundreds of spectators attended the once a year spectacle at Nathan’s Well-known flagship eating place at Surf and Stillwell Avenues. The display additionally incorporated dance and song performances.  

The Fourth of July custom dates again to 1916. 

Along with profitable the coveted Mustard Yellow Belt, there’s a  $20,000 money prize. 

At Thursday’s tournament, Eric “Badlands” Booker i’m ready a unused checklist within the Nathan’s lemonade chugging pageant, eating a gallon in 21 seconds. 

And, as consistent with custom, Nathan’s Well-known is donating 100,000 sizzling canine to the Meals Locker for Unused York Town.