"My birthday is always around Thanksgiving, and I always had to have turkey on my birthday. My mom wa..." — Joey Chestnut

It's addicting, beating the heck out of people and eating hot dogs and making people smile. I do feel like garbage afterwards, but so what? Most people feel like garbage after a long day of work.

Honoring our nation's heroes and their caregivers is a cause very important to me - especially on Independence Day.

There are times when I'm not eating buns if I'm on a low carb diet. I'll have hot dogs and romaine lettuce, but if I'm at a baseball game, I'm always eating a hot dog.