Every year, Nathan’s Famous sets up the tables and chairs for the contestants.
Trays of hot dogs and buns, and pitchers of water.
The crowd gathers, the contestants take their seats, and the judges set out the trays.
The crowd counts down from ten… nine… eight…
When they get to zero, the contestants peel out the hot dogs, swallow them, then dunk the buns in the pitchers and swallow the buns.
The judges keep tally… ten… twenty… thirty…
Some contestants stop… others vomit… but a few keep going.
The crowd counts down to zero, and the judges tally the winner.