Frank Porter

Frank Porter has an amazing gift.  He can eat hot dogs faster than any man or woman on this earth.  When people ask how he feels about his special gift, Frank's face gets a bit red, and he just shrugs his shoulders.  He thinks everyone has a special gift and hot dog eatin' happens to be his.  Frank has not entered any professional hot dog eating competitions.  Instead he prefers county fairs and the like.  He wants to hold on to his amateur status so that one day when hot dog eatin' is accepted as an Olympic sport he can win the gold medal for his country.  Frank thinks hot dog eatin' is most definitely a sport because it requires quite a bit of strategy and stretching.  He believes hot dog eatin' to be quite sophisticated actually, which is why he never competes without his bow tie.

I entered Frank into Etsy's handmade kids challenge.  He is waiting over there now---if you want to bring Frank into your home however, he still qualifies for the competition, so feel free to do so!  I'm a vegetarian, but I'll tell you, I miss hot dogs.  The Boca ones just don't do them justice, and it is such a quintessential American experience to eat one at a baseball game.