Remember the classic Simpsons episode where Homer and Flanders become best friends and go to a football game together, and Ned gets Homer a “nacho hat” - a sombrero made of tortilla chip with nacho cheese poured into the crown?
Have you ever wanted to have one of those yourself, only to despairingly realize that they’re terribly impractical and no stadium concessionaire in their right mind would ever sell one?
Well, if you’re a Texas Rangers fan, your prayers have now been answered!
The most ludicrous new food sold at Globe Life Field in 2026 is the 9th Inning Rally Sombrero, a fried tortilla in the shape of a 26-inch diameter edible hat. It’s filled with nine-layer dip. Because seven-layer dip isn’t big enough in Texas.
Now before you ask how many people can gorge on a savory, supersize sombrero, just chill, calorie counters. This mammoth meal is vegetarian. It’s made with layers of tortilla, refried beans, cheddar cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo, black olives, jalapeños, shredded lettuce and sour cream.
This veg-forward consumable cap costs $39.99.
I haven’t been to a baseball game in decades, and $40 is a lot even by stadium standards, but it looks big enough to be shareable, so if I were at a game with friends I might be willing to get one for the novelty of it.
Thanks loads for the earworm. There’s a new canine supplement out called Quattro that uses that song: Quattro, Quattro doooog, I’ve got to be a Quattro dog. AAARGH!
There are countless videos out there of someone trying to juggle food, drink, &/or child when a fly ball comes their way; sometimes with amazing skill but other times to comically bad ending; this would help solve that problem other than that, one sneeze or loud noise in the concourse & you’re food’s on the ground, undoubtedly upside down. Also, the wearer better like everything in the nacho tray otherwise you’re just dipping blindly.
That nacho sombrero looks awkward to eat from for the person wearing it. (You can’t see where you’re dipping, for one thing.) I think you’d have to swap the job of wearing the thing periodically, perhaps inning by inning.
No, because I usually prefer my nachos on a plate rather than on my head. I don’t want nacho cheese and tortilla chip crumbs in my hair, nor do I like hair in my food.
T-Mobile Park (where the Mariners play) has an awesome kind of nachos that is new this year, and later this month I should have a chance to try them myself. They are nachos with crab meat, a cream cheese with sweet chili sauce, black sesame seeds and green onions on chips made from wontons. Sort of like Crab Rangoon inside-out. (Crab Rangoon is my favorite Chinese-American dish of all time.) It is even served in a ferry.
A better look at the nachos themselves.
You can also get fish and chips in the same vessel.
You can also get chicken strips, or the crab nacho stuff on fries instead of wonton chips.
I want to see a Bananas game someday. So fun. And those nachos are crazy.
I’ve gone to a BBQ joint called Famous Dave’s and it was served on a trash can lid (though not as big as that one).
The reason it’s served on a trash can lid is because the founder of the chain (Dave) originally started out cooking with a smoker he made from a trash can back in Chicago. So their “feasts” are served on a trash can lid in honor of that humble start.
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