Sponsor a HOE at This Saturday's Home Slice Carnival O' Pizza [Benefits]

One of the highlights of the yearly festival is the Hands on an Eggplant Sub competition, which pits contestants against one another in a marathon contest to see who can keep their grubby paws on said sandwich for the longest. The winner scores a year of free Home Slice pizza—former champ Seth Mazow went so far as to blog about his experience. This year, they're letting folks sponsor one of the five chosen participants, and with Mazow having relocated to California, it's anyone's guess which of these challengers will end up sticking around the longest.

In addition to the day’s events listed below, the Carnival features game booths, dancers, minstrels, live graffiti art, beer and, naturally, pizza—the schedule of events is as follows:

12:00 PM Midway Opens
12:30 PM Wino Vino (gypsy minstrel band)
1:15 PM Little Stolen Moments (award winning dance troupe)
1:30 PM Pizza Box Folding Competition
2:00 PM Big Don (hip hop for kids)
2:45 PM Pizza Dough Tossing Competition - Size
3:30 PM Little Stolen Moments
3:45 PM Pizza Dough Tossing Competition - Speed
4:00 PM Hand on an Eggplant Sub competition starts
4:50 PM Pizza Dough Tossing Competition - Endurance
5:15 PM Pizza Eating Contest
6:05 PM Grand Prize Raffle
7:00 PM Team Fabrication DJ Set @ More Home Slice
10:00 PM Parking lot double feature screening of Hands on a Hard Body and The Jerk (Free)

The Gigantic Raffle features goods and services donated by local businesses including Hotel St. Cecilia, Collings Guitars, Hotel Havana, Wood House Day Spa, and Home Slice itself—they're raffling off the ability for one winner to be the first and only person on Earth (ever) to be able to make reservations at the restaurant for the next year.

Austinist is a proud media sponsor of Home Slice Pizza's Carnival O' Pizza.