6th Annual Hot Dog Eating Competition
Sunday, July 5th
Competition at 2 pm
Soccer matches at 4 pm and 8 pm - inside with sound
Drinks: Crescent 9 THC Seltzer
Dogs: Frippers Hot Dogs
Master of Ceremonies: Caroline King of Bitch Beer Podcast
💰 We open at 12 pm with a GIVEAWAY 💰
Any beverage you purchase (even a can of coke!) between 12 - 2 pm enters you to win one of our “COLD BEER HOT DOGS” hats. Winner announced at 3 pm, must be present to win.
🇺🇸 Hot Dog Eating Competition at 2 pm 🇺🇸
In front of MILLIONS (of pieces of mulch), our 10 competitive eaters will stuff their faces for 10 minutes with 100% beef Frippers dogs.
RETURNING CHAMPS
Dan "The Dog Destroyer" Hosey
• 2025 Champion •
Hunter "Stogie Rick" Burke
• 2024 Champion •
Dale "The Mouth from the South" Boone
2021 • 2022 • 2023 Champion
The Dog Destroyer claimed the 2025 title after a dramatic two-minute eat-off to break a tie. Stogie Rick returns after capturing the 2024 championship and becoming the first competitor to dethrone The Mouth from the South. And The Mouth from the South - three-time Red’s champion and world-record holder for eating 274 Russian dumplings in six minutes - is flying in from the Philippines for his fifth year of competition.
Parking: check this out
Food: we’ll be on event menu for the competition
Rain plan: we'll watch the radar and delay if needed, but we won't reschedule!
Bluegrass: no bluegrass tonight, but back at it Sunday, July 19th from 5-8 pm!
Want to Compete?
ALL SPOTS FILLED - email red@redsbeergarden.com. We have ten spots available, and one of them is for YOU! Registration opens Tuesday, May 19th. Register to compete here.
Want to Volunteer?
All SPOTS FILLED - Want to volunteer under the hotdog tent and get a close up of EVERY BITE? We got ya! Register to volunteer here starting Tuesday, May 19th.
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We'll have our event food menu available, with the best hot dogs in town, and have over 200 types of beer, wine, cider, mead, hard kombucha & seltzer and non-alcoholic options for everyone.
Ample, free parking is available in the Grant Park Clinic and behind the church*, to the right of Red’s (south). You can also park in front of Red’s or street parking off Benteen Way (0.1 mile away). Do not park in front of Iglesia Pentecostal el Tabernaculo de Restauracion or off Warmbreeze Rd SE. You will be towed. Here’s a guide!
Love your pup? Dogs are not allowed inside but are welcome in the outdoor beer garden. There is direct access to the beer garden along the south side of our building. Follow the concrete path through the bamboo forest.