Hot Dog eating contest is back again

The Hot Dog Eating Contest is back for July 4th again this year, you may remember the fun time it was last year, right in the center courtyard at CocoWalk. Dennis Marchant, second from left, won last year's contest by eating 13 hot dogs in the 10 minute time period. Think you can do better? Sign up for this year's event.

This year, the rules are the same: participants will be allotted 10 minutes to eat as many hot dogs as they are able to. The hot dogs must be fully ingested to count in this competition. If there is a tie, there's a 5 Dog Overtime! This means there will be 5 hot dogs placed in front of each overtime competitor and the first competitor to finish all 5 hot dogs will be named champion.

1st place and runner up prizes will be awarded. Want to take part in this totally American tradition? The application is here.