 Lifeguards have been on loudspeakers telling people to get back. Alex Stone, EBC News. Longtime champion of the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, Joey Chestnut, skipped this year's event but still managed to eat plenty of franks on the fourth. Competitive eater Joey Chestnut devoured the competition this year at Fort Bliss, Texas. He consumed 57 hot dogs in five minutes to beat out four U.S. service members who only managed to down 49 franks combined. Chestnut insists...