JackFMVegas uploaded a video of the finals of the Las Vegas Wing Bowl which announced Travis Fowler as the winner. (An uncaptioned picture)
BakeryProduction reports that Saoheng Young won last Thursday's Boston-area Wing Bowl.
Westword reports that three Denver-area Taste of Philly locations have started a five pound cheesesteak sandwich challenge.
News10 reports that Fagundes Meats in Manteca, California constructed a 250 pound burger, believed to be the largest ever in California.
Will Millender has uploaded his appearance on MTV's Silent Library to youtube.
NJ.com has a report and video from yesterday's Oyster Bowl XI contest held in Princeton, NJ won by Bill Forrest with 93 oysters in 2 minutes.
Hawaii Five-O - Snark-O has a report on an eating contest held at a Honolulu mall where an 80 year old woman named Minnie almost advanced to the final round.
Was Crazy Legs Conti's "Popcorn Sarcophagus" the inspiration for this Super Bowl Doritos commercial?
The AICE facebook page reports that Ian Hickman won yesterday's Food Court Eating Championships in Madison, Wisconsin. update The Daily Page has a contest report.
Will Millender was the first to finish the 18 inch pancake challenge at the Windsor Diner in Clark, New Jersey.
Joe Wait has uploaded a video of him completing the Fritatta Challenge at Mother's Cupboard Fish Fry and Diner in Syracuse, NY with reportedly a record time.
Virgilio's Pizzeria challenge page has been updated to announce that Patrick Vandam was the first finisher of a challenge pizza (via dogsarefunyes)
Krispy Kreme Challenge 2010 results
Results for today’s running of the Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, NC are available on the event website. Eric Mack’s time of 27:48 won the contest, which entails running 2 miles to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts and running 2 miles back. TechnicianOnline has a race diary by a competitor which reports that light snow flurries fell during the event.
Webcastr has a video from a 13 pound steamed cheeseburger eating event at Sarah J's in Connecticut.
ESPN.com has a video of Adam Richman's appearance on SportsCenter Thursday to talk about Super Bowl foods.
The MLE facebook has the field for the Atlantic City king cake contest: Pat Bertoletti, Bob Shoudt, Sonya Thomas, Tim Janus, Juliet Lee, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Pete Davekos & Dave "US Male" Goldstein.
AT Marketing reports that Natsuko "Gal" Sone will appear at the Royal Hawaiian Center on February 17 to record a program for TV Tokyo. The recording will be open to the public and start at 3pm.
The Arena Tavern in Duluth Georgia (North Atlanta area) will hold a the Yuengling Wing Bowl tomorrow.
Jon Squibb misses Wing Bowl record by 3 wings
Wing Bowl 18 Final 5
1 238 Jon Squibb, 3 off Joey Chestnut’s Wing Bowl record
2 145 Not Rich, 2nd runner-up in a row
3 138 Cheesecake Beefcake
4 132 Hot Pockets
DQ Lights Out, reversed between second & final round
Other second round qualifiers and their first round amounts:
Tiger Wing 98 wings
Farmer Bob 85 wings
Obi Wing & Big Bambino 81 wings
Snack Jack & Freak of Nature, 80 wings
update #3 Feb 6 Courier-Post article | Morning Call column mentioning “Wild” Bill Myers | DelCo Times article | PhillyBurbs article #1 | article #2 | video of a fight between a Wing Bowl fan and a security guard
Philly.com reports that pros will be allowed in Wing Bowl 19, but it was originally announced that pros would compete in Wing Bowl 18.
update #2 More links: MyPhl17 article & gallery | PhillyBurbs gallery | DelCo Times article | Deadspin blog entry | Philebrity slideshow
update 12:28 Wing Bowl 18 coverage: 610WIP galleries & videos | Philly.com galleries & videos | CBS3 article & video | 6 ABC gallery | Deadspin gallery (NSFW)
Bill “El Wingador” Simmons mentioned he just started a new facebook fan page. Simmons noted that Squibb’s 93 wing margin was greater than the total amount of 90 wings “Tollman Joe” Paul ate to win Wing Bowl 8.
djms200 has a video of Snooki flipping the bird live on Fox 29 after being booed.
The live blog is available after the jump. Philly.com | 6ABC | csnphilly and BustedCoverage also have live blogs
“Throw up on the Ground” Wing Bowl parody video
The Bad Rapper has produced a parody video of “Pants on the Ground” for Wing Bowl 18 called “Throw up on the Ground” featuring footage of famous Wing Bowl reversals including “Sloth”’s regurgitation inundation from Wing Bowl 9. Captures of “Sloth” can be viewed after the jump.
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985TheSportsHub has some galleries of tonight's Boston area Wing Bowl held at the Saugus Hooters. The winner is not listed.
All four "Babe vs. Food" videos are available on TravelChannel.com
The finals for the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl have been postponed to February 12 due to an expected Mid-Atlantic snowstorm.
The odds for Wing Bowl 18 have been added to the list of competitors. Defending champion John Squibb is the favorite at 2-1. The Wing Bowl weigh-in will take place at Chickie & Pete's starting at 5 pm this evening.
Youtube has a video of Natsuko "Gal" Sone eating a 5kg meal while dining with sumo wrestlers.
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