WingBowl.CBSLocal.com has been updated with information about the 20th edition of the contest. The first Wing-Off qualifier awarding a spot in the finals on February 3, 2012 will take place Monday, morning, November 28 at PJ Whelihan’s in Cherry Hill, NJ (via Nick Kehler). A facebook page has been started at http://www.facebook.com/wipwingbowl

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Wing Bowl 19 top 5 (official scorecard picture)

1) 255 Jon Squibb, breaks Joey Chesnut’s 2008 record of 241
2) 254 Bill “El Wingador” Simmons
3T) 211 “Not Rich” Rich Razzi, third top 5 finish (also 2009 & 2010)
3T) 211 Dave “US Male” Goldstein, third top 5 finish (also 2007 & 2008)
5) 195 “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, early leader

update Feb 9 12:03

• Philadelphia City Paper review
• Philly2Night gallery
• University of Pennsylvania student paper article, gallery & video
• On The Bandwagon blog entry and gallery
• The Waster gallery
• BFvsGF video
• Off the Bench blog entry Part 2
• Phils Fever gallery
• Furious Pete gallery
• BeautifulBrian.com has commentary about Brad Sciullo’s no-show and other Wing Bowl topics

update Feb 5 12:21

• Courier Post article with three gallerys
• The Trentonian praises El Wingador and has a list of 10 crazy things
• MyPHL17 has 6 galleries
• Philly.com article incorrectly claiming that Kobayashi has never competed in an eating contest with food containing bones
• NBC Philadelphia has an article & video
• The Patch on El Wingador & John “The Bulldog” DelVechio
• Philadelphia Weekly produced a video
• Yahoo News has a gallery
• AOL Weird News has an article
• Crossing Broad has a gallery (The DeLorean is supposed to be a time machine bringing back Phillies world series trophies from the future)
• Off the Bench blog entry about Wing Bowl 19
• Video of Jon Squibb
• Video and gallery of Dave “US Male” Goldstein’s entourage (a picture of his “IFOCE Contract” banner)
• Video of “Furious” Pete Czerwinski expressing his dislike of Brad Sciullo at the weigh-in (via crawfish)
• Picture of Takeru Kobayashi & Ron Jeremy, two genetic anomalies
• A picture of the top 5 scorecard for Wing Bowl 19 can be viewed after the jump

update Feb 4 10:44

• http://wingbowl.cbslocal.com/ has galleries and videos
• Philly.com also has galleries and videos
  Courier Post has all the announced results
• WPBI has a gallery
• MyFoxPhilly has a gallery and a clip of Takeru Kobayashi & Ron Jeremy on Good Day
• NBCPhiladelphia gallery
• The 700 Level has a flickr gallery
• A picture of the winning “Mound Rushmore” float
• Dave “US Male” Goldstein is still listed at #19 in the IFOCE rankings, we will see how long he remains and who moves into #50 (via comment)

9:16 WPVI has a video of Kobayashi’s cheesesteak exhibition

The rest of the liveblog can be viewed after the jump
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Some notes about the Wing Bowl 19 competitors listed at 10-1 or better odds

Jon “Super” Squbb (2-1) facebook | eatfeats results | eatfeats category
Two time defending Wing champion
Has lost contests to Pete Czerwinski, Joe Menchetti and David Brunelli

Bill “El Wingador” Simmons (3-1) facebook | eatfeats results | eatfeats category
Five time Wing Bowl champion
Wing Bowl 19 will be his first contest in 3 years & his second in six years
“Swallow Your Pride”, a documentary about the 2005 Wing Bowl, Simmons’ last victory, can be viewed online

“Furious” Pete Czerwinski (3-1) facebook | youtube | eatfeats results | eatfeats category
Has only lost three contests in his competitive eating career (but two of his last four)
Star of documentary The Story of Furious Pete (trailer)

Brad “The Lunatic” Sciullo (4-1) eatfeats results | eatfeats category
Was in second place in the 2008 Wing Bowl when disqualified for “snotting a wing”
A short history of Brad Sciullo’s competitive eating career
Finished 20 pound burger and appeared on The Colbert Report (Part 1 | Part 2)
Also appeared on ESPN E:60 segment about competitive eating in 2008
Video of Brad disparaging “Furious” Pete Czerwinski in 2008 when being interviewed by “Beautiful” Brian Seiken. This will be their first meeting since the video was made.

“Gentleman” Joe Menchetti (4-1) eatfeats results | eatfeats category
Third place in 2003 Wing Bowl, prevented from competing in subsequent Wing Bowls due to various prohibitions
Has won at least $34,000 in competitive eating since 2002

Richard “Not Rich” Razzi (6-1) eatfeats results
Runner-up in 2009 and 2010 Wing Bowls

Hank “The Tank” Goldey (6-1) eatfeats results
Has competed in at least 8 Wing Bowls
Runner up in 2000 Wing Bowl

Joel “The Cannon” Podelsky (7-1) eatfeats results | eatfeats category
Competed in 52 eating contests in 2010.

“Damaging” Doug Canavin (8-1) eatfeats results
Has competed in at least 10 Wing Bowls, runner-up in 2001 Wing Bowl

“Iceman” (8-1)

David “Tiger Wings & Things” Brunelli (9-1) eatfeats results
Was in second place after the first round of the 2010 Wing Bowl, but was disqualified in the second round
Has won at least 8 contests since the start of 2010, most recently a pastrami sandwich contest at Delicatessen

Dave “US Male” Goldstein (10-1) eatfeats results | eatfeats category
Winner of IFOCE 2009 crawfish contest & 2010 cannoli contest
Will reportedly be ejected from the IFOCE after the Wing Bowl for competing in an unsanctioned contest

JerseyMan magazine has an article about New Jersey competitive eaters (page 38) featuring Jon Squibb, Bill “El Wingador” Simmons and Dave “US Male” Goldstein.

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