1. ^Mcfadden, Robert D. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E7DD113DF936A35754C0A96F958260 "Holiday Parades March By, But the Heat Is Just Settling In"], The New York Times, July 5, 1999. Accessed December 20, 2007. "As a crowd wavering between nausea and fascination watched for 12 minutes, Steve Keiner, 50, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., downed 20 and one-quarter hot dogs to defeat the reigning Hirofumi Nakajima, a 134-pound former noodle-eating champ from Japan, who managed only 19 franks."
2. ^{{cite web|author=Beth J. Harpaz|date=July 5, 1999|title=Champ of frank-eating contest: The hot dog was one with me|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZsUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2683%2C390932|work=Moscow (Idaho)-Pullman (Wash.) Daily News (sec. A, p. 5)}}
3. ^{{cite web|author=Jason Fagone|date=2006|title=Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Y7fSMRrkUEC&pg=PT283&lpg=PT283&dq=steve+ralph+keiner&source=bl&ots=g6LDHkKWZU&sig=aUlZtiOqpgufr4AjM2y51dghIYk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjiwtilverNAhUGSiYKHaZqDbgQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=steve%20ralph%20keiner&f=false|work=Crown/Archetype}}
4. ^{{cite web|author=Gersh Kuntzman|date=July 6, 1999|title=Tape Shows Hot-Dog Champ Jumped The Bun|url=https://nypost.com/1999/07/06/tape-shows-hot-dog-champ-jumped-the-bun/|work=New York Post}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Japanese Challenger Has a New World Record to Relish|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jul/05/news/mn-47856|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 5, 2000}}
6. ^{{cite web|author=Frank Dougherty|date=July 7, 1999|title=A Beef Mars Terminator's Dog-eating Triumph|url=http://articles.philly.com/1999-07-07/news/25523612_1_mustard-yellow-international-belt-steve-keiner-hirofumi-nakajima|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}