It has now been one month since a bogus list of Major League Baseball players who were reportedly in the Mitchell report appeared on competitiveeatingnews.com Despite inclusion of names such as Albert Pujols and Johnny Damon that did not appear in the actual report, no corrections or other updates have been made to the CE News list in the previous month.

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Today’s early NFL playoff game has a commercial in which Peyton and Eli Manning compete against each other in an Oreo Double Stuf eating contest where they have to lick the icing off as fast as possible. The commercial can be viewed at the website for the “Double Stuf Racing League”, DLSR.com. A video game can also be played at that website.

update Yahoo news has a picture from the commercial

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An extended version of the 1.5 liter water bottle drinking contest from Food Battle Club, which culminates in Ken Domon emptying the container in less than 5 seconds can be viewed at http://youtube.com/watch?v=dCAtaXFVwQo Both Kobayashi and Shirota pass on drinking the bottle.

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An email sent by Russ Keeler thanking several IFOCE members for helping with his daughter’s report follows after the jump.

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In a comment on megamunch, “Will” Bill Myers says he picked up a copy of the Wing Bowl 16 rules when he competed in today’s qualifier. Rule #2 follows:

Wing Bowl 16 is an IFOCE/MLE officially sanctioned and sponsored event, any member of, or person affiliated with, non-IFOCE/MLE professional eating organizations, including but not limited to AICE, are also not eligible to participate in the contest.

The FCC’s web site has a page about regulations about radio station contest rules which states that eligibility restrictions must be publicized in some manner from the time a contest is announced:

“Material terms” include those factors which define the operation of the contest and which affect participation therein. Although the material terms may vary widely depending mentioned in a cupon the exact nature of the contest, they will generally include: (1) how to enter or participate; (2) eligibility restrictions; (3) entry deadline dates; (4) whether prizes can be won; (5) when prizes can be won; (6) the extent, nature, and value of the prizes; (7) the basis for valuation of prizes; (8) time and means of selection of winners; and/or (9) tie-breaking procedures.

In general, the time and manner of disclosure of the material terms of a contest are within the licensee’s discretion. However, the obligation to disclose the material terms arises at the time that the audience is first told how to enter or participate and continues thereafter. The material terms should be disclosed periodically by announcements broadcast on the station conducting the contest, but need not be enumerated each time an announcement promoting the contest is broadcast. Disclosure of material terms in a reasonable number of announcements is sufficient. In addition to the required broadcast announcements, disclosure of the material terms may be made in a non-broadcast manner.

Wing Bowl rules do not appear on 610WIP’s web site. The Wing Bowl 16 page has “Official Rules for Wing Bowl 16” at the bottom, but there is no link or following information. I do not know how frequently WIP has announced Wing Bowl 16 eligibility restrictions on the air. We might get a chance to learn if the FCC views those restrictions as satisfactorily disclosed if an AICE eater files a new FCC complaint.

update GJoe’s FCC complaint mentioned in a previous comment is based on being excluded from a previous Wing Bowl, not the upcoming one.

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The Pottstown Mercury has a report on Thursday’s Wing Off at the Trappe Tavern won by Paul Sakelarides. Paul’s wife, Fran, was the only woman who competed, which probably suffices to make them the third best couple in IFOCE history after the LeFevres and Lipsitzs.

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Curtis Sliwa is not the only competitive eater who works as a talk radio host. Adam “Hungry Hungry Hebrew” Taxin, who will attempt a Wing Bowl stunt competing against a dog on Tuesday, has a one hour radio show on Tuesday afternoon on WNWR. Frank Pastore, who set the Big Texan 72 ounce steak record of 9.5 minutes in 1987, has a Christian talk show in Los Angeles.

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1033espn.com has a page about the Dallas Wing Championship Series, which will have its first round on Sunday. Details about the first round follow:

* Sunday January 13 – Boston’s Pizza in Grapevine
* Begins with pre-game show before kick off of Divisional Game 1
* Contest begins in between the conclusion of Divisional game 1 and kick off of Divisional game 2
* Each team has 2 rounds of 3 players (6 participants total per team) competing against their own “teammates” in order to represent TEAM GAC or TEAM NATE in the finals
* 3 minute per round
* Winners from each round move to the semi final round to compete against 1 other person. The winner of the semi final round goes to the Finals on Sunday, February 2nd.

Nate of Team Nate is presumably Nate Newton, who weighed over 300 pounds as a member of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1990s and was caught smuggling over 200 pounds of marijuana after his football career ended.

The first four qualifiers of the Pittsburgh Wing Championship Series finals are listed on espnradio1250.com’s WCS page: Mr. Good Time (30 wings), Obi Wing Kenobi (28), Broken Wing (65) and The Red Hot Wing Nut (54).

update Derek “Wing Tut” Payne has a blog entry about his participation in the Thursday qualifier.

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(from Carey comment) InsideBayArea.com reports sad news:

Eddie “Bozo” Miller, a gustatory giant whose eating and drinking prowess landed him in the Guinness Book of Records, died Monday at his Oakland home. He was 99.

Miller had struggled with diabetes, a weakened heart and kidney failure, though his family said he died of natural causes.

Miller once ate 27 2-pound chickens in a row and drank two quarts of liquor in the same hour. Both feats earned him a listing by Guinness.

“I never really had indigestion,” he said in an Oakland Tribune story in November, his last public interview.

Miller was one of Oakland’s true characters. He was a bookie, gambler, horse player, fight manager and restaurant owner. But his legend was made at the dining table.

Washington Post article (claims Miller was 89 without explanation)
SF Chronicle obituary (age not listed)

The 1974 Guinness Book of World records claims Miller was born in 1909.
HappyHopsLand has a summary of Miller’s exploits which lists his birthday as June 11, 1909

update The Wall Street Journal has an article about Miller with a quote from George Shea:

He likewise regretted not being in his prime to take on Takeru Kobayashi, the terror of the Coney Island boardwalk who has dominated hot-dog-eating contests in recent years. “He said he would have ate him under the table,” recalls Mr. Blackman.

George Shea, chairman of the International Federation of Competitive Eating, says the organization will have a moment of silence to honor Mr. Miller at its Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island this July 4.

update #2 The San Francisco Chronicle has an article about Miller which says he could be either 89 or 99.

update #3 UPI has a short article reporting Miller was 89

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The Major League Eating youtube page has been updated with two segments from the Tour de Gorge programs produced for HDNet. George Shea interviews Sonya Thomas before a meatball contest. Brian Seiken makes an appearance in the interview to discuss his dream about Sonya and Dale Boone. There is also footage from the 2004 Thanksgiving Invitational won by Badlands Booker in which Cookie Jarvis, “Hungry” Charles Hardy, Tim Janus, Don “Moses” Lerman, Brian Seiken, Dale Boone and others competed.

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The blog for the Princeton Oyster Bowl reports that two time defending champion Kristina Costa will not be able to defend her crown because she will be in South Africa during the contest. The website claims that the current favorites are 2005 winner Roy Cherris and Barbara Devaney, who lost to Kristina Costa in overtime in 2006. Last year’s first prize was a 42 inch plasma TV, this year’s prize has not been listed.

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3 Wing Bowl qualifiers have been scheduled for the upcoming week (See 610wip.com and their Wing Bowl page)

Jan 12 Slack`s Hoagie Shack in Sewell, NJ Glen Macnow`s Slack`s Eat Off, Godfather Hoagies and Wild Thing Chicken Cheesesteaks contest
Jan 14 P. J. Whelihan’s Cherry Hill, NJ, Wing Off
Jan 17 Just Sports Bar & Grill Warminster, PA, Wing Off

In other news of contests next week, the Brooklyn vegan wing contest filled its 10 slots in half an hour.

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As far as I am aware, Lynda Kuerth’s 1977 mark is still the unofficial Philadelphia record for bunless hot dog eating:

1977 Veterans Stadium, Lynda Kuerth, 23 hot dogs in 3:10, recognized as Guinness hot dog record until at least 1988
2005 Wing Bowl stunt, Humble “Bob” Shoudt qualified by eating 20 hot dogs in 3:40
2007 Wing Bowl stunt “Dr. WingLove” (3rd place in 2006 Wing Bowl) DQed attempting to eat 25 bunless hotdogs in 5 minutes
2008 Wing Bowl stunt “Sticky” Pete “Philly Guy Miernicki, ate 12-14 hot dogs in 3:30, needed to eat 20 hot dogs

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An attendee of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas noticed changes in the casino restaurants offering all you can eat deals:

This year at CES I noticed one little thing that seemed to be a universal change among most of the casinos. The buffet lines around the city have posted signs informing customers that there is now a time limit on dining. (The most extreme case we saw was a 1 hour limit on a Sushi Buffet in the Rio.) They’ve also taken to charging extra for patrons who wish to indulge in the more expensive parts of the repast.

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PhillyMag’s blog has an entry by Jason Fagone recapping what has happened to Bill “El Wingador” Simmons in the three years since Fagone wrote about his victory in Wing Bowl 13. Simmons will not be receiving an appearance fee as he attempts to claim his sixth crown:

Bill says that Marc Rayfield, WIP’s station manager, told him that it’s against FCC rules to pay Bill for his trouble. (In case you need a quick taxonomy of the powers that be at WIP: Marc Rayfield is the stone businessman with his eye on the numbers. Angelo Cataldi is the cynical, exploitative, mediocre talker. Al Morganti is the cynical, exploitative, funny talker.)

This FCC excuse is a fairly hilarious one, since WIP has already been caught red-handed and fined for not running a fair contest. (link in original article)

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The trailer for the “Eating Levi” documentary about Levi Oliver’s quest to win a tamale title is available on youtube. Badlands Booker, Tim “Eater X” Janus and others make cameos.

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The blog and database have been inaccessible for approximately the past 6 hours due to a server upgrade by bluehost, eatfeats’ web provider, but they now appear back online. (I do not know why the server could not have been upgraded starting at midnight to minimize the inconvenience)

Here are the links that were on the page announcing the blog was down:

Jill Stoler has a trip report from Japan on her blog
Hungry Sisters have posted their 2008 goals in competitive eating
610WIP.com has a gallery of Philly Guy aka Sticky Pete’s Wing Bowl qualification attempt
Takeru Kobayashi has a blog entry about his trip to the doctor to deal with his "jawthrithis"

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Today’s Dan Gross column on philly.com is devoted to Wing Bowl 16 participants. One of the upcoming stunts might have been inspired by “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz’s training methods:

In what could be the most bizarre of all Wing Bowl-qualifying challenges, attorney Adam Taxin, who competed in Wing Bowl 14 as Hungry Hungry Hebrew, will face off in the 610 WIP studios Jan. 15 against a dog, a Newfoundland. If he can out-eat the dog – they’ll eat kosher hamburger meat – he’ll earn a slot in Wing Bowl. Taxin, 36, who keeps kosher, will be allowed to eat kosher chicken wings in the competition. He is related to the family that owns Old Original Bookbinder’s and says that if he wins any Wing Bowl prizes, he’ll contribute them to Pups for Peace, which trains dogs to detect explosive devices in Israel.

Jeff Olson(who consumed 5 pounds of peanut butter to qualify), Bill “El Wingador” Simmons and Tiffany Heller, Joey Chestnut’s wingette, are also mentioned.

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Rich Shea’s interview on the January 5 Phantom Gourmet radio show mentioned by GJoe in a comment is available online. The interview is mainly about the buffet controversy in Louisiana, but Rich Shea does say that the next IFOCE event will be a Major League Eating program televised on Spike TV at halftime of the Super Bowl (Rich predicts that the Cowboys will be the NFC representative for that game). The program will be 30 minutes long, so “Ham & Eggs” will need to be truncated if it is broadcast.

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Here are the upcoming Wing Bowl qualification stunts I am aware of. Please inform me of any others you would like posted.

Jan 7 (probably) Bob Shoudt, 53 hard boiled eggs in 15 minutes
Jan 8 Juris “Dr. Big Time” Shibayama, 12 Krispy Kremes in 90 seconds
Jan 9 Brad Sciullo 72 Chips Ahoy cookies & 1 gallon of milk in 2:30
Jan 9 Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki 20 bunless hot dogs in 3:25
Jan 18 Pat Bertoletti, 6 lbs of sour cream in 8 minutes

There will be 2 Wing Offs this week according to 610wip.com’s Wing Bowl 16 page.

A gallery of Juris Shibayama’s stunt is available at 610WIP.com

updated & bumped Jan 9

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The Denver Wing Bowl will be held on Saturday at halftime of a Colorado Mammoth indoor lacrosse game at the Pepsi Center. A qualifier will be held on Thursday.

From “Mongo” Marquez, who has set up a meetup group for Denver area fans of competitive eating

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Youtube has a brief clip from the 1996 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest finals in which Ed Krachie edged out Mike DeVito, 22 hot dogs to 20.

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A jelly donut eating contest will be held today in conjunction with a birthday celebration for Elvis Presley at Dick’s Last Resort in Quincy Market in Boston.

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Tomoko Miyake did an interview for J-Cast. She says she might follow Gal Sone in crossing over into a music career and Kana Kanisawa in releasing a DVD.

January 1908 as a gravure idol debut in the spring, the photo book and DVD are set up. Rumors debut as a singer, but now I want to work any talent?

Miyake idol at the age of 24 is called what I think (laughter). I want Food program. Spa or go to the Chick brusque things out, eat delicious. Reporter ordinary people, a lot of food has been eaten not only not even a little bit? If I go to each location that can be eaten whole. Eat all the deeper I think you can report the shops and I think people are happy. I want to do that. Full.

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Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has a video of “Humble” Bob Shoudt’s qualification stunt of eating 53 hard boiled eggs in under 15 minutes. 610WIP.com has a gallery of the stunt. “Humble” Bob wore a Krystal T-shirt which said “I like my Krystals like my women, by the dozen” and had a Krystal Square Off cup.

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