Tres Bien bassist Cody Michael Wilson (pictured) won the hot dog eating contest at the Hot Dog Show Friday, July 3 at Crowbar in Ybor City.
Much to the crowd's amazement, he threw 16 wieners down the hatch. And then disappeared. People feared the worst.
Shortly before his band performed, Wilson puked up the tubed beef and $5 liters he'd consumed so recklessly earlier in the evening. His face was a whiter shade of pale shortly prior to taking the stage but he turned in a spirited performance nonetheless.
I was very impressed.
This article appears in Jul 2-8, 2008.