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The pinnacle of competitive eating in the U.S. is undoubtedly the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, which takes place annually on the Fourth of July on Coney Island, New York. Last year, Joey Chestnut won the contest for the fifteenth time when he downed 63 dogs in 10 minutes, taking home $10,000 in prize money.
Now, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR), Wyoming, will host its own hot dog eating contest, only this contest will be much different. The contest dubbed the “Bear Fight” will take place at the Bear Flats Snack Shack located mid-mountain on Saturday, March 9, at noon. The hot dogs involved are not your normal ballpark franks either. Contestants will be eating the Shack’s all-new “Bear Dogs,” and they are huge.
The prize for the winners in both the men’s and women’s categories will be a pair of new skis. There is a $25 entry fee, and you can sign up here.
The Bear Flats Snack Shack is located at the base of the Sublette chairlift and there will be a small jump near the base of the lift for riders to showcase some hot dog tricks.
Rules of the competition:
- Contestants must be 18 years or older to participate in the competition.
- Contestants will have 12 minutes to eat as many Bear Dogs as possible.
- Contestants cannot touch the Bear Dogs until the start of the competition.
- Bear Dogs must be eaten with all hot dogs and bun included.
- Water is provided, and contestants can have a drink of choice for competition at their own expense.
- Utensils cannot be used.
- Partially eaten Bear Dogs will be counted in quarters.
