The chart illustrates the current record of Nathan’s hot dog eating contest which is 68 hot dogs and buns consumed in 15 minutes. This contest is held in Brooklyn’s coney island every 4th of July by American Joey Chestnut, where Takeru of Japan won 6 years in a row.
Overall, the US citizens won most of the contests held in a given time period. In contrast, the people of Mexico and Germany showed least interest in these contests throughout the period while Japan won titles for a few years compared to the US.
In 1980, the US won the contest by eating about 9 hot dogs and buns consumed in 15 minutes. For the next 2 years, the US won these contests by a similar figure, while in 1983, Mexico won this contest by the figure of 19.5. In the next year, Birgit Felden of Germany won this title by eating about 9 hot dogs and buns.
Between 1987 to 1995, the US won all the titles of this contest by various figures each year, in which 21 was the highest in 1996. In contrast, Japan joins the chart by winning in 1997 and the following year eating 22.25 and 20 hot dogs and buns respectively. Furthermore, Japan won the contests of the years between 2000-2006 by a leading figure of 53.75 before a win by the US in 1999. Eventually, in 2007, the US came back and won the titles of next three years by eating 68 hot dogs and buns till 2010 by a highest figure throughout the period.