The Reading Eagle has a report on yesterday's in-studio "pie off" that awarded spots in Wing Bowl 22. (video)
Archive for December, 2013
The Grand Rapids Brewing Company will hold a cheddar brat eating contest on December 14 awarding $500 to the winner.
The announced competitors for Saturday's St. Elmo's shrimp eating contest in Indianapolis: Joey Chestnut | Yasir Salem | Tracy Goode | Craig "The Doctor" Evans update Crazy Legs Conti will also compete.
MLE ranking system – 1 contest minimum
A ranking of people who have competed in one MLE contest in the past 365 days using the ranking system introduced last week follows. A breakdown of the winning percentages can be found in this post.
| win % | Prize $ | HDB | $HDB | %$HDB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | 97.4 | 3 | $41000 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Matt “Megatoad” Stonie | 93.4 | 4 | $13400 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 2.5 | 3.25 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Sudo | 88.6 | 5 | $16750 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | 100 | 1.5T | $2000 | 9 | – | – | 9 | 5.25 | 4 |
| 5 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | 84.7 | 7 | $8050 | 5.5T | 50 | 3 | 4.25 | 5.625 | 5 |
| 6 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | 84.2 | 8 | $12150 | 4 | 36.75 | 7 | 5.5 | 6.75 | 6 |
| 7 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | 80.2 | 10 | $8050 | 5.5T | 39.75 | 5 | 5.25 | 7.625 | 7 |
| 8 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | 79.4 | 12 | $6350 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 6.5 | 9.25 | 8 |
| 9 | Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler | 75.8 | 13 | $850 | 16 | 31.5 | 9 | 12.5 | 12.75 | 9 |
| 10 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco | 72.7 | 14 | $4700 | 8 | 27.5 | 18.5T | 13.25 | 13.625 | 10 |
A request for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview session with Matt Stonie has been posted on reddit.com
Two previously undefeated challenges in the UK were recently beaten for the first time: the Gigantwich burger at Mangetout in Southend-on-Sea by James Brettell and the 34 piece Goliath XXL breakfast at the Newton Cafe Brunch Bar in Belfast by Martin Cooper. (A listing of Belfast challenges and contests has been set up.)
TMZ has a video interview with Los Angeles Lakers center Robert Sacre, who says he only ate about 75% of the five pound burrito challenge at El Tepeyac. (He donned the T-shirt awarded to finishers anyway.)
Dave "US Male" Goldstein won an in-studio wing off this morning to become the first person to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. (gallery)
Registration is now open for the 2014 Krispy Kreme Challenge which will take place at the NC State University bell tower on February 8. 8,000 people participated and $127,000 was raised for charity in the 2013 edition of the event, which entails running 2.5 miles to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts and returning.
The Wing Bowl home page at wingbowl.cbslocal.com currently has an unexpected banner advertisement sponsor
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Yoshinoya in Los Angles will hold an eating contest between Yamamotoyama, the largest Sumo wrestler in history, and Byamba, a four time World Sumo Champion as part of its grand opening celebration on Wednesday. update Dec 5 A video of the contest is available.
Lori Kurtzman has a blog entry about covering Joe LaRue's failed attempt at the challenge burger at Joe's Diner in Cincinnati.
Saturday's preliminary contest for the Orlando Chili Cook-Off World Chili Eating Challenge at Light Up UCF will award $500 in addition to two contest spots in the MLE contest in February. Entrants will need to submit a photo and the pictures with five most votes will compete in the preliminary.
Wing Bowl 22 to award $22,000 and two cars
The prizes for Wing Bowl 22 have been announced. The overall winner will receive $22,000, which surpasses the $20,000 first prize for the 2009 Krystal Square Off. (The Japanese Food Battle Clubs of 2000-2002 awarded a million yen (around $100,0000)). The local and collegiate winners will receive Chrysler 200s. Tickets will go on sale on December 10.
The contest rules can be accessed on the entry form. United States residents living outside greater Philadelphia can attempt to qualify by performing a stunt that will be streamed on skype or ustream.
Jamie McDonald, Jon Squibb, Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut will receive byes as previous champions if they want to compete. (Sonya Thomas is not listed as a bye recipent.)
update Dec 3 Jamie McDonald has announced he will defend his title and his goal is 320 wings.
The Hudson Valley will award $1,000 to the winner of its wing eating contest in Fishkill, NY on January 25.
The Salty Dog in Council Blufs, Iowa will hold a wing eating contest on December 15 awarding $500 ($250 to the winner).
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