Every July 4th since 2009, a group of mostly amateur eaters has gathered at a bar on Greenville Avenue, sat down in front of a basket of corn dogs, and spent fifteen minutes regretting every decision that led them to that table. The crowd packs in around them, the screaming starts, and somewhere around the eight-minute mark the contestants’ faces take on the specific expression of a person who has made a terrible mistake and cannot stop making it. This is the Brass Knuckle Corn Dog Beatdown, and it is the best July 4th tradition in Dallas.
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