Hot Dog Eating Contest

On Saturday evening the contest was Hot Dogs at Olde Tyme Drafts & Dawgs in Englewood. But no one showed. I did, but nobody else. Even though there were a few RSVPs. Fuckers. Screw those people who joined the Meetup group but did not participate.

Since no one showed for the contest, I decided to try the "eat 20 hot dogs in two hours" so the patrons would have some entertainment.


Someone going for the 8/1hr or 20/2hrs gets this flag to put on their table. The 8/1 are chili dogs, while the 20/2 are just hot dog and bun.

The EMTs were there for the contest. No contest happened, but they decided to hang around and watch me eat the 20 in 2 hours.


I began a little after 7pm.

I was hungry and focused. I was not eating fast because I knew the time would not be a problem like it was for the big steak. After 10 1/2 down, this drunk girl saunters over.

I let my guard down and I let her shit got to me. I wasn't drinking, but she was definitely a buzzkill. Just take a look at these videos to see what I mean...

I have uploaded the videos to YouTube and I will post the links later. You gotta see these!

But even with her crap and me losing focus, I got through 4 more. And then:

Not too voluminous, and not too chunky - maybe only half a dog and some bunnage.

But it was enough.

My try at 20 in 2 hours was over. Why didn't I just pause when the drunk girl started bothering me? It's not like I had to worry about the time. I puked with well over an hour to go, so if I had paused and resumed when she either left or passed out I would have been golden. Damn.



I'll be back. I think this will be harder to finish than the big steak but it definitely can be done.