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AICE News reports that Ian Hickman has retired from competitive eating. Good luck to Ian in his future endeavours.
update No mention of Ian’s retirement appears on his myspace page, which has not been logged into since December 28.
A wing eating contest will be held at the Atlantic City boat show on February 7. The first prize will be a flat screen TV. Call The Shark 103.7 FM to register.
TheTVAddict reports that Alyson Hannigan’s real life pregnancy will be used to simulate a post hot dog eating contest state on How I Met Your Mother. TV.com has additional pictures
The program will be broadcast on February 9 at 8:30 pm, the same night as the competitive eating episode of Will Work for Food
A list of DelawareOnline’s 8 most intriguing people of 2008 details the thwarting of Jeff “The Natural” Olson’s plans to compete in Wing Bowl 17:
At this year’s WIP Wingbowl, Jeff planned on qualifying with his stunt of eating three pounds of cottage cheese in three minutes. WIP rejected the stunt, however, saying it was a drinking stunt and not an eating stunt. (I’m not sure how the people at WIP consume their cottage cheese, but I certainly consider that a food.)
Apparently WIP had no such problems with the brand of cottage cheese Jon Squibb used, as he qualified by eating 6 pounds in 3 minutes after failing at his initial attempt
Other Wing Bowl links
NBCPhiladelphia credits the small size of the wings with the high total and has some additional Wing Bowl content
Yahoo has 2 videos and 15 photos, including a picture of Frank DeFraud’s disqualification
Here is a list of the contests this weekend in the eatfeats calendar:
| 2009 Jan 31 | Glendale, AZ | Bommer’s Slider Eating Contest | ||||
| 2009 Jan 31 | Chicago, IL | Chili Eating Contest | ||||
| 2009 Jan 31 | Tampa, FL | Cholula Wing Bowl | ||||
| 2009 Jan 31 | Delran, NJ | Delran High School Charity Wing Bowl | ||||
| 2009 Jan 31 | Statesboro, GA | wing eating competition | ||||
| 2009 Feb 1 | Clovis, CA | 1st Annual Halftime Rack Attack Rib Eating Contest | ||||
| 2009 Feb 1 | Princeton, NJ | Oyster Bowl X | ||||
| 2009 Feb 1 | Bethesda, MD | Slider Eating Contest | ||||
| 2009 Feb 1 | Aberdeen / Freehold, NJ | Two Minute Wing Warning finals |
The Oyster Bowl will award a Trip to Cancun or Punta Cana, the first prize in the Bethesda slider contest is a flat screen TV and $500 will be awarded in the rib contest in Clovis.
The WBCN website has a gallery of last night’s Boston-area Wing Bowl. It is surprising that Joe Menchetti did not compete (assuming professionals were not banned) given that the first prize was $3,000.
WPLR.com has pictures of last Saturday’s “Eat the Meat” Wing Eating contest.
“Furious” Pete Czerwinski reports in a bodybuilding.com forum thread that he traveled to the United States to record a program for the National Geographic Network today. Customs agents did not believe his job description of competitive eater. Will Millender says in his twitter that he will also appear on the program. The working title of the program is Science Impossible.
Pete also says that his Value Meal charity stunt might appear on the Canadian network Global TV.
update Will Millender has uploaded a picture from the filming
update #2Philly.com has video – CBS3 has a slideshow and an interview with boxer Bernard Hopkins and El Wingador along with some soundless footage
Google Trends currently has “Wing Bowl 2009″ as #10 in the list of hot trends and “Angelo Cataldi” and “610 WIP” are also in the top 20.
update CourierPostOnline.com has the official top 5:
Jon “Super” Squibb – 203 wings – his facebook page
Not Rich 180
Hank the Tank 153
Da Disposal 153
Cadillac Corrigan 132
Other 5 semi-finalists (results are from end of first round)
Officer Beast 90
Frank de Fraud 87
Stormin Norman 83
Obi Wing 83 (disqualified for vomiting in the second round)
Gluteus Maximus 79
The live blog of the radio feed follows after the jump:
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A list of the Wing Bowl 17 field along with their performances in previous Wing Bowls from the eatfeats database is available after the jump:
Philly.com has galleries of Wing Bowls 11 through 16
A posting on craigslist has the following request:
If you have ever competed in a professional eating contest… we might want to book you on our new show.
The only other information is that no compensation will be provided. The name or other details about the show are not listed.
The South Philly location of Chickie’s & Pete’s Crab House & Sports Bar will host the Wing Bowl weigh in at 5 pm today. The restaurant will also have a post Wing Bowl party at 9 am tomorrow.
Philly.com has an interview with Adam Gertler, host of the new Food Network show Will Work for Food who has the following comments about his participation in the Famous Famiglia pizza contest in October:
Asked which of the taped episodes he likes best, he said, “They are kind of like all of my children. I think, though, I really like the competitive-eating segment.”
That one, airing Feb. 9, has Gertler gobbling pizza alongside some professional competitive eaters on a stage in Times Square in Manhattan. He downed 16 slices before throwing in the towel.
The episode will be televised at 8:30 pm eastern time.
A emailed press release announces a March 1 contest at Salvador Molly’s in Portland, OR, the challenge restaurant in next week’s Man vs. Food:
So get out your habanero barbells and train your tongue…and your stomach…for this event, which pits contestants against each other to eat as many Great Balls of Fire as possible. The contest takes over Salvador Molly’s, 1523 S.W. Sunset Blvd., in Hillsdale on March 1st, 2009, and the winner gets a prize package from Salvador Molly’s, including a party for a table of 10 at the restaurant.
Diners who complete 5 “Balls of Fire” between January 31 and March 1 will qualify for this contest.
(from comments) IFOCE.com sketches out the schedule over the next three months. Three new events have been announced:
Other April contest sites are Myrtle Beach, SC (probably Broadway at the Beach), Stockton, CA (Asparagus Fest), West Palm Beach, FL (Sweet Corn Festival) and New Orleans (probably the Acme Oyster House)
The Denver Post has a report on the filming of a Man vs. Food episode in Colorado last week. One 7 pound burrito completed before Adam Richman started his challenge at Jack-n-Grill (from Skinnyboy).
Filming this week at the Roast Grill in Raleigh, NC has been moved to Friday and will apparently take place during normal business hours.
The Electric New Paper of Singapore has an interview with Mr. Effendi (no first name listed), who taught Barack Obama when he lived in Indonesia, which begins:
GENDUT loved his keropok. He even won a keropok eating contest.
Gendut or ‘chubby’ is now known all over the world as US president Barack Obama.
His former teacher, Mr Effendi S P D, 64, told The New Paper at his house in Jakarta that Mr Obama was the biggest boy in his class. Mr Obama lived in Indonesia with his mother Ann Dunham and step-father Lolo Soetoro from 1967 to 1971.
Keropok are deep fried crackers made from prawns and starch.
The Mayor Of Wingville has information about a Boston area Wing Bowl:
Join us Thursday, January 29th from 7-9PM at Hooters on Route 1 in Saugus. Ten BCN listeners will compete for a chance to win some serious CASH! The first place winner scores $3,000. 2nd: $1,500 and 3rd: $500! Listen to Toucher & Rich mornings from 6 to 10 for your chance to compete for a place in the tournament
If you are not a Toucher & Rich listener, a slot will be awarded tonight to the winner of a “Wing Off” at Dockside Restaurant in Wakefield, MA
610WIP.com has updated its Wing Bowl 17 page with the full list of competitors along with their odds. Damaging Doug is the favorite at 2-1 and Doug “Obi Wing” Petock is the long shot at ∞-1 odds. Damaging Doug is also the heaviest competitor with a listed weight of 504 pounds. Larry “Blow Me” Norris is the lightest at 160 lbs.
Dan Gross’ Wing Bowl column mentions the odds and catches up with Joey Chestnut’s former wingette, Tiffany Heller, who will sit out Wing Bowl 17. She says that she was secretly rooting for the underdog while she was assisting Joey Chestnut.
Gross also reports that Gentleman Jerry (listed odds: 3-1) says that this will be his final eating contest. The column says that Coughlan’s margin of defeat to Joey Chestnut in Wing Bowl 16 was 15 wings, which was the difference in Wing Bowl 15. The margin of defeat in last year’s Wing Bowl was over 100 wings
Tailgating information is provided at the end of the column:
The Wachovia Center has announced that parking lots open at 4 a.m. Friday and that tickets will be checked at the parking gates. Those without Wing Bowl tix will be turned away. FDR Park, across Broad Street from the sports complex, will be closed to tailgating, as will surrounding lots.
All patrons will be searched for contraband, and no outside food or beverages are permitted inside the Wachovia Center. Comcast-Spectacor has also asked that no fires be set in the parking lot.
The DelcoTimes has an article about “Gentleman Jerry” Coughlan and the PhillyBurbs blog has an entry about Nick “Chicken Caesar” Ventresca
Nittanydelphia has a preview of the Wing Bowl
VGF.com has a guide on how characters in the Major League Eating video game become available.
The new poll asks what you how many wings the winner of Wing Bowl 17 will eat. I think that Gentleman Jerry has the top personal best in the field at 167 wings in 2007.
update: commercial | gallery
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BeautifulBrian.com has some pictures from the 8 pound “Beast” pizza El Toro and an unnamed partner completed from Graziano’s Pizza in Las Vegas, which is the only Nevada pizza challenge offering an award I am aware of.
DowntownRaleigh.com reports that Man vs. Food will be filming at The Pit in Raleigh Wednesday evening from 6 to 9 pm. The restaurant will be serving customers during that time and will offer discounts on two BBQ meals in honor of the event. Adam Richman will not just be dining at the restaurant; he will also learn pork BBQ cooking techniques.
A page at http://twitter.com/eatfeats has been set up. The main purpose of the page is to provide status reports in case of eatfeats.com outages (Eatfeats was down from about 5am to 10am eastern on Friday due to server issues, three days after its web hosting account was extended ) I do not expect to make a twitter update for every eatfeats blog entry.
Loading ...| 2012 Feb 9 | Manhattan, KS | Will Ferrell burger eating contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 9 | Dallas, TX | Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 10 | Baltimore, MD | Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 10 | Cincinnati, OH | Slider Eating Qualifier | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Austin, TX | Burger & Fries Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | St. Petersburg, FL | Chocolate Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Palm Coast, FL | Dirty Bird Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Monument, CO | Food Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Los Angeles, CA | Hooters Wing Eating Contest | ||||
| 2012 Feb 11 | Idaho City, ID | Hot Dog Eating Contest |
| 2012 Jan 29 Greenville, NC
Food Eating Contest |
| 1st 3 14 min Nate Gwyn |
| 2nd 3 17 min Tom Thielen |
| 3rd 3 24 min James Stewart |
| 2012 Jan 29 Port St. Lucie, FL
Johnny V's Lasagna Eating Contest |
| 1st 3 min Michael Jenkins |
| 2012 Jan 29 Anaheim, CA
Stupid Hot Wing Challenge |
| 1st 3 5m25s Jimmy Lin |
| 2nd 3 6m09s Frank "The Tank" Paulin |
| 2012 Jan 29 Los Angeles, CA
Sushi Eating Contest |
| 1st 72 Kevin Ross |
| 2012 Jan 28 Lebanon, PA
Bologna Sandwich Eating Contest |
| 1st 11.5 David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli |
| 2nd 11 Andrew "The Boa" Minnich |
| 3rd 10.75 Jack "Snack Jack" Diamond |
| $43,000.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut |
| $39,750.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti |
| $20,833.33 | Jonathan "Super Squibb" Squibb |
| $20,381.00 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas |
| $17,450.00 | "Notorious" Bob Shoudt |
| $14,833.33 | "Furious" Pete Czerwinski |
| $13,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi |
| $12,325.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus |
| $10,550.00 | "Gentleman" Joe Menchetti |
| $9,712.33 | David "Tiger Wings and Things" Brunelli |