Hot Dog Eating Contest

Give each contestant an equal starting number of hot dogs with buns and a cup of water.

Set a fixed time limit for the contest, commonly ten minutes.

On the starting signal, contestants eat as many complete hot dogs and buns as possible within the time limit.

Contestants may dunk buns in water to soften them, a common technique to eat faster.

Judges or the contestants themselves keep a visible count of completed hot dogs as they go.

When time expires, the contestant with the highest confirmed count of fully eaten hot dogs wins.