lola's coney island first annual hot dog eating championship
MARCH 22, 2020 from 12pm - 3pm; competition starts at 2pm.
CONTEST RULES
1. Entries will be limited to the first 15 contestants – first come, first serve type basis.
2. Contestants must be at least 18 years of age.
3. All contestants must be registered, checked in and at the Lolas Coney Island Stage by 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2020.
4. The object is to eat as many hot dogs and buns with water as the only beverage. Water will be provided to all contestants.
5. Each contestant will be given fifteen hot dogs to start.
6. Contestants will wait for the signal to start and a stopwatch will be used.
7. Dunking and crunching the hot dog and bun is allowed.
8. Separating the hot dog and bun to eat them individually is allowed.
9. Contestants must not touch any hot dogs until the starting signal.
10. Winner will be determined by whomever finishes within the best time OR whomever has eaten the most hot dogs within 10 minutes.
11. If contestant vomits, he/she will be disqualified.
12. Hot dogs still in a contestant's mouth after time runs out count as long as they are eventually swallowed.
13. If there is a tie, the contestants go to a 5-hot-dog eat-off to see who can eat that many more quickly.
14. The judges will determine the winner of the contest not the participants & the judges’ decision will be final.
15. Any contestant caught breaking any of the above rules will be disqualified.