A top food blogger has taken on her lengthiest challenge to date - Britain's biggest hotdog, measuring a whopping three feet long.
Social media star Kate Ovens demolished the oversized hotdog - which was topped with cheese and five types of bacon - in only 25 minutes, despite it needing two men to carry to her table.
The blogger, famed for taking on and conquering giant food challenges, thought she had bitten off more than she could chew with the estimated 5,000-calorie feast - enough to feed a family-of-four.
The specially-made pork, beef and bacon bockwurst was slathered in bacon jam and bacon mayonnaise, and topped with smoked pancetta lardons - with crushed Frazzle bacon-flavoured crisps sprinkled on top.
But the 25-year-old managed to devour the £45 treat, dubbed the 'BFD', at Oh My Dog at their restaurant in Four Pure Brewery, in Bermondsey, south east London.
Kate, who has more than 400,000 web followers and subscribers, regularly gets millions of views for her Kate Ovens Facebook videos.
She said: "This was certainly one of my longest challenges.
"Last year I ate a three-feet-long sausage roll, but the BFD was far thicker.
"Normally when I get half way though, I get nervous about whether or not I'll finish.
"But the BFD was so delicious, I knew I could keep on going' ."
In order to accommodate the giant sausage, staff at Oh My Dog needed to make new utensils to steam the giant dog.
Founder and head chef Joel Bowen created the challenge specifically for Kate, but is hoping to add it to his menus in the coming months.
He said: "It was pretty fun, even though we had a few hurdles along the way.
"We had to custom make a basting lid by welding together some baking trays - but they were so thin they kept catching fire when we were welding them.
"For years I've wanted to make the ultimate hotdog, and I think we achieved that.
"I've seen a few of Kate's videos, so I knew she would give it a good go, but I had my doubts."
Joel reckons the sausage alone weighed about 3lbs, and the entire feast tipped the scales at an eye-watering 5-and-a-half lbs.
It is thought to be the largest hotdog in the country regularly available to customers.
Kate added: "It was absolutely delicious. Hotdogs are one of my favourite foods, if they're done right, and this one was brilliant.
"There was lots of bacon in every bite, and everybody knows that every meal is better with bacon.
"It was one of my longest challenges by far, but to be fair, I think it's pretty cool.
"I have been wanting to do this challenge for ages.
"I had never seen one so big, and afterwards I was completely stuffed.
"It was pretty messy too - I ended up with sauce all over myself."
University of Newcastle graduate Kate has more than 170,000 subscribers on her 'Kate Ovens' Facebook page and her eating challenges videos regularly rack-up millions of views.
