May 12, 2008
Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs, Now With Calorie Info
Now that an appeals court has ruled that the city can start requiring chain restaurants to prominently display their calorie information, Nathan’s has begun tossing up their stats just in time for summer at Coney Island. Kinetic Carnival notes that the Nathan’s basic hot dog has just half the calories packed into a Big Mac from McDonald’s.
Consumed one or two at a sitting, the “Original Frankfurter” won’t do much damage to one’s waistline. But will the newly in-your-face calorie info give competitive eaters like Joey Chesnut pause? Last year he won Nathan’s July 4th hot dog eating contest by consuming 66 of the dogs. That’s a grand total of 19,602 calories in 12 minutes!
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Man, I can remember when you couldn't get any of that stuff on a hot dog from the Nathan's in Coney Island. Even sauerkraut was off-limits, just onions.
Most of those competitive eaters puke it back up after the fact, don't they? Kobayashi certainly did..
What about the chili cheese fries? That's gotta be topping 2000.
$3.65 for a hot dog is a bit much isn't it? It's not Yankee stadium.
66 plain hot dogs would cost $194.70 plus tax. That's pretty high cost eating for 12 minutes. And that's without wine or a desert. Plus tip.
Nathan's original frankfurters can definitely damage one's waistline--I googled the nutritional values: one Nathan's hot dog (free of condiments) has 20.1 grams of fat, or 31% of daily value for a 2000 calorie diet. Further, it has 7.8 grams of saturated fat, for 39% of daily value. Sodium clocks in at 684 milligrams, for 29% of daily value.
I expected the values to be up there, but these are shocking for a tiny hot dog.
Damn, I'm hungry.
I don't believe so #2. Definitely not during or immediately post competition, because that risks disqualification. Whether they go purging a few hours afterwards I'm unsure, but I believe they keep it all in.
Eating contests are grotesque.
I feel like a nerd saying this but my buddy's engaged to someone involved with the eating competition, anyway, he hung out with Joey post-66 and Chestnut held them down from the end of the competition through about 11 pm. Infact, they even went to dinner and Chestnut ate a little there as well.
I saw these signs the weekend before. A large chili cheese fries was about 1600 calories as I recall, but this wasn't remarkably higher than the plain fries.
Since I have the floor - Nathan's! Stop putting the Corn on the Cob in those Styrofoam™ sarcophagi! They take up too much space in the bag, and they're so damn bad for the planet! A hot dog box or even just wrapping them in paper will suffice.
I stand corrected, then.. Thanks.
Puking during the contest is automatic disqualification.
The question is, how many calories in the Chow Mein Sandwich? Or the frogs legs?
Kobayashi's too faggy to puke afterwards. He just discreetly spits it out into a Kleenex.
I had Nathan's hotdog before ... I was not impressed. Is it really 100% meat or something else like 50% lard or some sort of petroleum-based product?