Jay Gorman won yesterday's taco eating contest at the Asylum in Washington, DC by eating 17 tacos in 3 minutes and 17 seconds.
The Jewish Exponent has a report on the Shank (or kosher wing) Bowl. Sarah Krantz won the women's division.
Joey Chestnut wins TooJay’s corned beef
update Mar 18 #2 CNN video | Downtown at the Gardens Facebook gallery
update Mar 18 PBPulse article & video | WPTV article | WBPF news video
update 3:33 WBPF has a slideshow and video
update 2:55 The MLE facebook has full results (except for Wing Kong)
update 2:18 the top 8 from the eating contest twitter and Bryan Beard
1 Joey Chestnut 15.5 (8 oz sandwiches)
2 Pat Bertoletti 12.5
3 Bob Shoudt 11.5
4 Sonya Thomas 10.5
5 Ben Monson 10 1/4
6T Eric “Badlands” Booker 9
6T Tim “Gravy” Brown 9
8 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 8.5
update 2:15 The TooJay’s facebook announces Joey Chestnut is the winner
update 2:03 The contest is over The TooJays facebook is posting pictures
update 1:47 The contest has started
WBPF has a preview of today’s TooJay’s World Class Corned Beef-Eating Championship in Palm Beach Gardens.
TooJay’s twitter is posting updates
Paulpaq has a video of Saturday's bacon eating contest in Boston. Dan Del Rossi was the winner with 10 ounces in 5 minutes. update NESN has a blog entry about the contest.
Baltimore corned beef results
Will Millender has the top 3 from today’s corned beef and cabbage eating contest in Baltimore: 1) “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 2) Joe Menchetti 3) Will Millender
update Mar 15 Saval Deli has a gallery of the contest. A caption has the official top 3:
1st “Furious” Pete Czerwinski 2 lbs, 8 oz
2nd “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti 2 lbs 3.5 oz
3rd Will “The Champ” Millender 1 lb 11 oz
Furious Pete edges GJoe in MD Wing Wars
Will Millender has results from today’s Wing Wars contest in Columbia, MD sponsored by Holly Poultry: “pete wins wing wars by 1 wing. pete 76, gjoe 75, gorman 52, tiger wings 49, joel & ian tie with 47. I suck with 29 but didn’t really try.”
update Mar 16 The Baltimore Sun has a contest video
PhillyChitChat has a report on yesterday's Shank (kosher wing) Bowl. Ben Jablonski defeated defending champ Adam "Hungry Hungry Hebrew" Taxin to win $990.
Trevor Iordanides has a blog entry about competing in December's Jose's Flauta Eating Championship in La Jolla, California.
A twitpic caption reports Eugene "the Asian Sensation" won today's eating contest at the Chicago Wingfest.
MrBaconPants reports that Manni Balignasay has won the eating contest held at the Iowa Bacon Festival for the third year in a row.
ConnectionNewspapers has an article about the DC Wing Bowl finals. A contest video is also available.
Pat B wins Atlantic City King Cakes
Atlantic City Showboat King cake results from the eatingcontest twitter:
1) Pat Bertoletti 14 12 oz cakes, 8 minutes $2500, first win since Sept 2
2) Sonya Thomas 10.5 $1000 has finished in the top 3 off all “non-major” contests since May 23
3) Bob Shoudt 9 $500, first loss (outside the Krystal Square Off finals) since Sept 4
4T) Sean “Flash” Gordon 6.5
4T) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
6T) Juliet Lee 6
6T) Dave “US Male” Goldstein
8 ) Pete Davekos 5.5
The start time for the king cake contest at the Showboat in Atlantic City is 4:15.
Bob Shoudt says his participation is in doubt due to a down server at his workplace.
update IFOCE.com has a contest report. Atlantic City Weekly has a video.
update #2 PressofAtlanticCity has a contest report (via Sean Gordon).
update #3 The MLE facebook has a gallery.
The News Herald reports that "Tiny" Tim Rauscheder tied for first place in a Chick-fil-A nugget eating contest after eating 24 chicken nuggets in a minute. update Fox 8 has a video of the contest
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. update The Wakefield Observer has a contest report.
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.
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.
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.
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 #4 Feb 11 Serious Eats report | Daily Pennsylvanian writeup
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
SheboyganPress.com has a report on Legend Larry's Wing Eating Championship held in Sheboygan yesterday. Scott Seal won after Justin Francken had a reversal at the end of the contest after out-eating the rest of the competitors by more than a pound.
Meniscus Magazine has a report with videos on last October's Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest held at Roosevelt Park in New York City.
The twitter for Spring Street BBQ reports that Greg "The Floss" Moss won today's rib eating contest.
Chris Russell reports that the winner of tonight's Wing Off in Clarendon, Virginia ate 85 wings in 10 minutes and was from Toronto ("Furious" Pete Czerwinski?) update Pictures will be posted on the Hard Times Cafe facebook
The Hard Times facebook has some information about the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl. Ryan Smith won last Tuesday's Wing Off qualifier by eating 68 wings in 10 minutes. (The January 14 Wing Off results have not been posted)
The New York Post has an article about Thurdsday's wing eating contest hosted by Elijah Wood. "Big Dan" Graff was the winner.
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