How to Watch the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Today

The competition for the Mustard Belt is fierce this year. Nathan’s Hotdog Eating Contest. The ten-minute all-you-can-eat hot dog eating contest features some of the world’s best eaters competing for a championship. 16-time Mustard Belt champion Joey Chestnut will not be participating in the eat-off today, meaning a new winner will be crowned. Read on to find out how to win the annual Fourth of July eating contest.

How and When to Watch the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

This year’s Hot Dog Eating Contest will take place on Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 10:45 a.m. ET (7:45 a.m. PT) for the women’s competition and 12 p.m. ET (9 p.m. PT) for the men’s competition. The men’s competition will replay at 5 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET.

You can watch the women’s competition on ESPN3 and the men’s competition live on ESPN2 and rebroadcast on ESPN. You can stream the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Content on Sling TV and the platforms shown below.

How to Watch Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Without Cable

If your cable subscription does not include the ESPN channels, or if you cut the wire With cable, you can still watch all of today’s hot dog eating moments. You can even watch Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest for free without cable.

Save 50% on Sling TV: The Most Cost-Effective Way to Stream the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

One of the most cost-effective ways to stream today’s match is via a subscription to Sling TV. To watch today’s hot dog eating contest and all top sports and content broadcast this summer, you will need an Orange + Blue level subscription.

Sling’s Orange + Blue tier costs $60 per month, but the platform is currently offering 50% off the first month of each pricing tier, making the Orange + Blue tier $30 for the first month. You can cancel at any time.

Please note: Because Sling TV doesn’t carry CBS, you won’t be able to watch CBS-broadcast programming, such as next year’s NFL games on CBS. To watch these games, plus PGA golf, UEFA Champions League, and more live sports, we recommend also subscribing to Paramount+ with Showtime. Paramount+ with Showtime costs $12 per month after a one-week free trial.

CBS Essentials and Paramount+ with Showtime are both subsidiaries of Paramount.

Key Features of Sling TV Orange + Blue Tier:

• Sling TV is also our top pick for streaming network broadcasted Olympic events in Paris.
• There are a total of 46 channels to watch, including ABC, NBC, and Fox (where available).
• You’ll get access to NHL games aired on TNT and TBS, but Fubo won’t air them.
• All plans include 50 hours of cloud-based DVR storage.

Watch Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest for Free with Fubo

You can watch today’s match on Fubo, a sports-focused streaming service that offers access to local network affiliates, ESPN, and more. To watch Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest for free, start a seven-day free trial of Fubo. You can start watching immediately on your TV, phone, tablet, or computer. In addition to today’s game, you’ll have access to NFL football, MLB, NBA, NASCARMLS and international soccer matches. Fubo’s Pro Tier costs $80 per month after your seven-day free trial.

Sports fans will want to consider adding the $7.99-per-month Fubo Extra package, which includes MLB Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, Tennis Channel, SEC Network, and more channels with live games. Or upgrade to the Fubo Elite tier and get all the Fubo Extra channels, plus the ability to stream in 4K, starting at $90 per month ($70 for the first month).

Key Features of FuboTV Pro Tier:

• There are no contracts with Fubo, you can cancel at any time.
• The Pro subscription includes over 180 channels, so there’s something for everyone.
• Fubo has most of the channels you need to watch live sports, including CBS (not available on Sling TV).
• All plans include 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR recordings.
• Stream on your TV, phone, tablet and other devices.

Watch Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Hulu + Live TV

You can watch today’s game, plus many other top sports coverage, including NFL Network, with Hulu + Live TV. The bundle includes access to 90 channels, including the Golf Channel. Unlimited DVR storage is also included. Watch Olympic events airing on the network, every NFL game on every network next season with Hulu + Live TV, plus exclusive live NFL regular season games, popular studio shows (including NFL Total Access and the Emmy-nominated Good Morning Football), and much more.

Hulu + Live TV comes with ESPN+ and Disney+ for $77 per month.

How do you order Nathan’s hotdogs online?

If all this talk of hot dog eating contests has gotten your competitive juices flowing, or you’re just craving a hot dog, you can order Nathan’s Hot Dogs and have them delivered straight to your door with Amazon Fresh. Apologies in advance for the inevitable ketchup vs. mustard hot dog debate. We’re Team Mustard, by the way, but do what you want.

Why isn’t Joey Chestnut entering the 2024 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest?

The name of 16-time Mustard Belt winner Joey Chestnut is nearly synonymous with the famed eating contest, but this year Chestnut is eating at home. In a case of weiner takes all, Chestnut has been sidelined from this year’s contest after signing a partnership with Impossible Foods, a rival to Nathan’s that makes plant-based hot dogs.

Chestnut will take on rival and former champion Takeru Kobayashi in another hot dog eating contest airing live on Netflix on Labor Day.

How long is the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest?

Today’s hot dog eating contest will last about ten minutes.

How many hot dogs does the winner usually eat?

The 2023 men’s champion, Joey Chestnut, ate (gulp) a whopping 62 hot dogs in his bid to win the Mustard Belt last year. The women’s champion, Miki Sudo, ate 39.5 hot dogs to win last year, including buns.

Sudo, who is competing to defend her title this year, holds the women’s world record at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, having consumed 48.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes in 2020.

What does the winner of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest win?

The winners of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest will each win $20,000 cash and hopefully some antacids.