Danvers Man Is Topsfield Fair's Top Dog For 2021

DANVERS, MA — A Danvers man is officially the Topsfield Fair's top dog after Pete Davekos won the fair's third Topsfield Fair Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday.

Davekos downed 9½ quarter=pound hot dogs — the equivalent of 19 standard hot dogs — along with the buns in seven minutes. He beat out 15 other competitors on the Trianon Stage.

Davekos tied the record he set at the 2019 contest.

His prize was $203 to celebrate the 203red year of the Fair.

The Bnai Brith Booth sponsored the contest.

The Topsfield Fair is open through next Monday with altered hours for its 2021 return following a one-year hiatus because of the coronavirus health crisis.

This Monday, the Topsfield Fair will also hold a sensory sensitive day that will be much quieter for those who require that because of an autistic family member or one with a sensory processing disorder.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)