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Topic: Competitive Eating

  
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Numerology: Hot Dog!

Want a wiener? Americans will eat about 2.3 billion -- a disgusting eight per person -- during National Hot Dog Month. National Hot Dog Day is July 18th, but the 4th is the biggest dog day. Here's a look inside the business of America's favorite sausage. READ»

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Be a Publicity Glutton! (Film at 11)

Two brothers are building bulging bellies into a burgeoning brand.READ»

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Steam Heat

File under: Friday Fun. First came competitive eating. Now there's extreme ironing. Sure, it's not as odd as, say, butter sculpting, but maybe, just maybe, sometimes hobbies would be better left... at home. Every avocation does not a ...READ»

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Fat Company

Today, after a nice light lunch of sushi, I was walking back to the office and happened upon the Zocalo Taco-Eating Contest, another event organized by the same guys who emceed the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, so adroitly ...READ»