Bratwurst Eating Contest at Four Peaks Oktoberfest
Four Peaks Oktoberfest presented by BETMGM is back for its milestone 50th year at Tempe Town Lake! The three-day outdoor Bavarian themed festival kicks off Friday, October 13 through Sunday, October 15, 2023. It is open to all ages and features live music, food and drinks, games, carnival rides, dancing and more. This year, there will be thrilling rides, new food items including gourmet pretzels and strudels, and the return of the hilarious and energetic local celebrity bratwurst eating contest. The annual fundraiser benefits Tempe Sister Cities, an internationally recognized non-profit founded in 1970. The proceeds from Oktoberfest are used to send Tempe high school students to nine of Tempe’s sister cities. For more information, visit www.fourpeaksoktoberfest.com.
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00:00 Welcome back to the 50th anniversary of the Four Peaks Octoberfest here at
00:07 Tempe Town Lake. Very excited today is running of the brats but Bobby they got
00:13 to have brats to run right? They have to have brats and we do have brats we have
00:17 lots of brats we've got a California brat we got a jalapeno brat we got a
00:21 traditional brat. I love it and people have to realize that these brats just
00:25 don't make their selves. There's people actually are back here making and this
00:28 is behind the scenes that people don't get to see. This is the behind the scenes
00:32 look and this is open fire mesquite char broiled brats and man they come off
00:39 steaming hot and they are delicious. Yeah and so there goes our chef master right
00:44 there putting those brats together and so and this is a very interesting
00:47 technique that they do. Oh I never knew they did that right there. Yes so we can
00:51 do them in mass and keep the crowds happy we don't want anybody going home
00:55 hungry. Yeah and I know Bobby your job each year and I know it's one of the
00:58 thing that you love doing and that's counting how many brats are eaten each
01:02 year right? We do keep track and they're up to upwards in the 30,000 range. That's
01:09 amazing well we know also too there's a big brat eating contest this morning
01:12 that our very own stew is gonna be a part of. It starts at $2.45 so can people
01:17 still get in that competition or is it already closed? I think it's closed but
01:20 we could pick up a few stragglers if you're really ambitious. All right last
01:24 night kicked off so let's talk about what's gonna be going on today after the
01:27 race. After the race they get to have a free brat, a beverage but we also have
01:32 yoga in the park, we have the roving dancing devils, we have the wiener dog
01:39 races later on and we have the stein holding contest later on. I like that
01:44 okay what time's the gates open actually? The gates open at 10 a.m. and they stay
01:48 open until midnight. Midnight and then you come back on Sunday for more. And the
01:52 whole family can come in on Sunday and it's all free. Right now on Saturday
01:58 anybody over 21 is $20, anybody under 21 is free and on Sunday everybody is free.
02:05 I like that and there's new rides, new games, new things for everybody to come out and see.
02:09 So if you said oh I was here last year doesn't mean you were here last year.
02:13 We still have a great new Kinderfest, we've got lots of other, the wiener dog
02:19 races are very very popular. Yeah so Bobbi we also mentioned too this isn't
02:23 about really coming out and having fun but the real thing is
02:28 about the community and giving back and that's what this Oktoberfest is all
02:31 about. The Tempe Sister Cities is the producers of the Oktoberfest and we've
02:35 been doing it for 50 years. All the proceeds go back to our student, teacher
02:40 and professional exchange. We also have quite a humanitarian impact on some of
02:45 our sister cities. Yeah I'll tell you it's great. Why do you do it Bobbi? I do
02:49 it because I love giving back. My daughter was a beneficiary of the
02:53 program and now she's a pediatrician. It was a very impactful on her life and the
02:59 people involved, it's all these professional people from all different
03:03 walks of life coming together to grill rots, to serve beer. This is our grill
03:09 meister Brad is a totally different person in another life, in another day.
03:15 Yeah and people come out to volunteer that's also too. You want to thank all
03:18 those people who came out last minute volunteering because there was a time
03:21 you needed volunteers. Do you still need some more for tonight? I think we're
03:24 getting pretty close to capacity but you know if you want to sell a few brats I
03:29 got a place for you. I like it. Okay Kids Corner as we said family time for
03:34 everybody. Some really cool things over there right? The Kinderfest is one of our
03:37 highlights. You can get your face painted, you can take these rides. Oh the kids are
03:41 screaming over there. I love it this is awesome. Well I want to remind people it
03:45 is the 50th anniversary of the Four Peaks Oktoberfest and it's happening this
03:49 weekend, today and tomorrow. So come on out enjoy music, beer, there's something
03:55 for entire family to enjoy at the Tempe Town Lake. So grab your tickets at
03:58 fourpeaksoktoberfest.com and get out here people. It's a blast. The brats are ready to go.
04:04 Stew we've been working on for the brat eating contest. It'll be really good. I
04:08 know we're gonna be talking beer soon right? I hope so because I'm thirsty.
04:12 Yeah me too. All right hey come on back we got more of the weekend edition of
04:15 the Arizona Daily Mix from the Four Peaks Oktoberfest.
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