This Saturday’s H Street Festival will be the grossest one yet, thanks to the addition of a dunk tank filled with tomato sauce.
According to a release, Pizza Parts & Service will set up a “Marinara Dunk Tank” in front of their building near 13th and H. Two slices of pizza gets a person three throws. A successful dunking will earn said person a free pizza that, hopefully, they share with the person who they submerged in marinara sauce. A spokesperson told Young & Hungry that Pizza Parts went with the tank instead of a “boring and wasteful” eating contest.
But if you’re looking to gorge on some food for a prize, there are options. Po Boy Jim will host a po boy eating contest at 6:30 p.m. “The winner receives a trophy and the opportunity to customize and name a po boy to be on special the first week of October,” according to the eatery. Contestants must pay a $10 entrance fee.
The Ben’s Chili Bowl Fashion Stage at 10th and H streets will host three eating competitions — pie, chili and burrito — as well as a bad tattoo and arm wrestling competitions. Interested competitors can sign up at the stage before the contest.