Tampa's Keegan Maloney won free shows for a year at the Crowbar after winning the sixth annual hot dog eating contest. Credit: Jessica Moore

Tampa’s Keegan Maloney won free shows for a year at the Crowbar after winning the sixth annual hot dog eating contest. Credit: Jessica Moore

Tampa’s Keegan Maloney won free shows for a year at the Crowbar after winning the sixth annual hot dog eating contest. Credit: Jessica Moore
  • Jessica Moore
  • Tampa's Keegan Maloney won free shows for a year at the Crowbar after winning the sixth annual hot dog eating contest.

What would it take to voluntarily consume as many hot dogs as possible in a matter of seven minutes?
A year's worth of free shows at the Crowbar and a $50 bar tab apparently.
That's what drove Tampa resident Keegan Maloney to join Crowbar's sixth annual hot dog eating contest only minutes before the competition began.

This article appears in Jul 5-11, 2012.