Blue Jays fans break record by eating 61,111 hot dogs in a single game
The baseball world has been eyeing the unrelenting rate at which Jays fans are eating hot dogs on ‘Loonie Dogs Night'
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The hot dog-consuming madness at Blue Jays games is continuing at a record-breaking pace this year.
The baseball world has been eyeing, with some consternation, the unrelenting rate at which Jays fans are eating hot dogs on ‘Loonie Dogs Night,’ as Sportsnet columnist Shi David pointed out.
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The somewhat unsettling stats were perhaps best highlighted in the game against the White Sox on April 25, when the stadium counter showed fans had already consumed more than 25,000 hot dogs in the first 20 minutes of the game.
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Attendants consumed 51,629 hot dogs that game, or an average of 1.79 dogs per fan (DPF). During the game against the Yankees on May 16, Jays fans broke their own record for the number of hot dogs consumed in a single game, with chart-topping 61,111 dogs devoured.
Jays fans put away a total of 444,854 Loonie Dogs last year. With 8 games still left to go this season and almost 113,000 hot dogs already demolished, it feels like they’re just getting started. DPF averages have already climbed much higher, from 1.18 last year to 1.76 in the first two games.
Those numbers are quite something, considering some of the fans are children and the elderly, who are still reaching—or just past—their “eating peak,” according to SB Nation.
Started in 2019, the Schneider’s Loonie Dog promotion returned in full-force last year after a brief COVID-related hiatus. The dollar dogs are available every Tuesday home game at the Roger’s Centre.
