Erik Denmark wins Fremont, CA Hooters qualifier
update May 31 Matt Stonie has a gallery
update May 29 results have been posted Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
update Dax “The Ginger” Swanson says he had a 43 wing deduction due to insufficient cleaning. This is strange for two reasons: 1) A contest judged by weight should not penalize by wing count 2) There should be no penalty for insufficient cleaning in a weight based contest; wings not fully cleaned should simply result in a lower total weight
The top 3 from this evening’s Hooter’s wing qualifier in Fremont, CA:
1) Erik Denmark 140 wings
2) Steve Hendry 106
3) Ken Douglas 100
An emailed promotion announces that Joey Chestnut will attend, but not compete in the Hooters qualifier in Fremont, CA tomorrow at 6pm. Erik Denmark and Dax "The Ginger" Swanson are expected to compete. (Veterans attending the contest will receive 10 free wings)
Tim Brown wins St. Louis Hooters qualifier
update May 28 Aaron Osthoff says his total weight was reported as 4.82 pounds and Tim Brown’s weight was 4.93. This is more than 4 times the amount they were reportedly credited with in the Indianapolis qualifier.
StLouis.CBSLocal.com has a podcast of an interview with Aaron Osthoff.
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
1) Tim “Gravy” Brown 130 wings
2) Aaron Osthoff 122
3) Jake Larry 89
4) John Palmgren 88
5) Matt Raible 74
6) Andrew Goodwin 72
7) Eric Hucke 71
8) Mark Williams 70
9) Nick Blackburn 68
10) Ashlyn Ahlers 35 (Hooters waitress)
11) Dale Thompson 25
12) Justin Bertani 24
Tim “Gravy” Brown, Aaron Osthoff and Jake Larry are expected entrants in the Hooters wing qualifier that will take place in St. Louis at 4:30 pm central. Fox2 has a video of a promo contest.
CSNBayArea.com has a video of Dax "The Ginger" Swanson's wing eating contest on Chronicle Live.
Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger has uploaded a video of the Hooters qualifier held in Roseville, MI on May 12.
Registration for the Atlanta Hooters qualifier and Acme Oyster Eating Championship will open tomorrow. Both contests will take place on June 3.
Pat Bertoletti wins 2012 Detroit Hooters wing qualifier
update May 13 The Detroit News has a contest report
update 5:15 The top 3:
1) Pat Bertoletti 107 wings
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 101
3) Meredith Boxberger 82
The Detroit News has a preview listing Sean Gordon as an expected entrant. The contest is expected to start at 4 pm eastern.
The Michigan Hooters wing qualifier will be held tomorrow in Roseville before the finals of the regional swimsuit contest that will award a trip to the finals in Florida. Expected entrants include Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown, Meredith Boxberger, and Craig Reed, who expressed interest in competing in the swimsuit competition (Since he did not compete in the first round on April 18, he is probably not eligible.)
Adrian Morgan wins Jacksonville Hooters wing qualifier, Bello 2nd, Eater X 3rd
update May 6 Kerry Speckman has a contest report with pictures.
The 10:36pm comment noticed that Jon Bello’s 125 wings almost doubled tripled 125 the 65 45 wings he was credited with in the Augusta qualifier in April. I am not aware of any equivalent quantum leaps during a qualifier circuit. (Sonya Thomas 2003 Nathan’s 18 HDB -> 25 HDB, Joey Chestnut 2005 Nathan’s 20.5 HDB -> 32 HDB)
Announced Results:
1) Adrian Morgan 150 wings, Hooters circuit record
2) Jon Bello 125 wings
3) Tim Janus 124.5 wings
Kerry Speckman is at the contest and posting updates on twitter.
Tim Janus, Adrian Morgan, Yasir Salem and Jon Bello are listed as expected entrants in the Hooter's qualifier in Jacksonville, FL Saturday evening. (If Hall Hunt is bypassing contests in his hometown, it is probably time to assume he has retired.)
Bob Shoudt wins Hooters Mesquite qualifier
update May 2 DallasObserver.com has a slideshow (starting at picture #9)
update May 1 Someone claiming to be Gary Klucken has posted the following on the MLE facebook
As a competitor in mesquite, texas the true results were: Eric;B.O.B.;Nasty Nate;Gary K.;Bam Bam.
update Apr 29 Erik Denmark posted a picture of the score sheet which listed weights. Apparently the individual trays were not weighed before the contest. The original weight was assumed to be 20 multiplied by the average weight of a wing.
update SCNTX.com has an article (via HootersTexas)
The top 3 in today’s Hooters qualfier in Mesquite, TX:
1) Bob Shoudt 120 wings
2) Erik Denmark 117 wings
3) Nate Biller 100 wings. (It is rather strange that weights are not being announced for a contest that is based on mass consumed and not wing count.)
$15,000 purse announced for Hooters wing finals in NYC on July 28. Breakdown: $7,500 / $3,000 / $2,000 / $1,000 / $750 / $500 / $250
Registration for the Hooters qualifiers in St. Louis (May 26) and Miami (June 22) will open tomorrow at 11 am.
Dallas.Eater.com reports that "Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Erik "The Red" Denmark and Bryan "Big Sexy" Beard are expected in the Hooters wing eating qualifier in Mesquite, TX a week from today.
Aaron Osthoff wing contest amounts
Aaron Osthoff’s total was announced as one pound in last night’s Hooters qualifier. This is the smallest reported amount he has had in a wing contest. (In a two minute charity contest earlier this year, he ate 1.3 pounds.)
| 2012 Apr 18 | 3rd | 125 wings | 10 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship Qualifier | Indianapolis, IN | weight announced as 1 pound |
| 2012 Jan 28 | 1st | 1.3 lb. | 2 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Wing Eating Contest | Dubuque, IA | |
| 2011 Oct 1 | 3rd | 3.64 lb. | 10 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Jacksonville Wing Ding Festival Wing Eating Championship | Jacksonville, AR | |
| 2011 Sep 4 | 5th | 4.17 lb. | 12 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | US Chicken Wing Eating Championship | Buffalo, NY | |
| 2011 Aug 7 | 1st | 3.466 lb. | 12 min | Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff | Toronto’s Festival of Beer Wing Eating Championship | Toronto, ON, Canada |
Crazy Legs Conti wins Hooters Indianapolis wing eating qualifier
update The top 3
1) Crazy Legs Conti 148 wings
2) Tim “Gravy” Brown 101 wings (more weight than Aaron Osthoff)
3) Aaron Osthoff 125 wings (not 100% happy with the judging)
update Apr 19 If the reported amounts are accurate, there was a big discrepancy in the competitors’ weight per wing.
1) Conti 48 oz / 148 wings = .324 oz (9.1 g) / wing
2) Brown 17 oz / 101 = .168 oz (4.7 g) / wing
3) Osthoff 16 oz / 125 = .128 oz (3.6 g) / wing
Fox 59 has a video of a contest held this morning to promote tonight's Hooters wing eating qualifier in Indianapolis. Tim "Gravy" Brown, Crazy Legs Conti and Aaron Osthoff are expected to compete.
MLE has a video of Sonya Thomas' victory at the first Hooters wing eating qualifier in Augusta, Georgia.
Registration for the rest of the qualifiers in the Hooters wing eating circuit will open Thursday at 11 am. The announcement mentions a Miami qualifier which is not on the schedule.
The next qualifiers in the Hooters Wing Circuit will take place in Indianapolis on April 18 (first Hoosier state IFOCE contest since 2006 Indiana State Fair) and at the Real Texas Festival in Mesquite, TX (east Dallas area) on April 28. update Registration for the Indianapolis qualifier will open today at 4pm. The Hooter facebook has a additional qualifier cities (San Jose, NYC, Indianapolis, OKC, St. Louis, Jacksonville, FL & Atlanta). update April 7 The full schedule has been posted.
Sonya Thomas wins Augusta Hooters qualifier
update April 6 More results Part 2 | Part 3
WJBF has an article about the wing certification
update 9:43 Sonya Thomas won with 140 wings in 10 minutes, Damien Boykin was the runner-up and Jon Bello was 3rd. The finals will be in New York City on July 28.
update 9:04 The contest is about to start. (A picture)
Sonya Thomas was present for John Daly certifying the wings this afternoon. (picture 1 | picture 2)
The contest is expected to start at 8 pm.
John Daly will certify wings for the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship qualifier in Augusta, GA tomorrow at 1 pm. According to Wikipedia, the 1995 British Open champion lost his Hooters sponsorship in May 2009 after he was found drunk outside a North Carolina Hooters in 2008.
Sonya Thomas is expected to compete in the first qualifier of the Hooters World Wing Eating Championship in Augusta, GA on Thursday. update Apr 4 A list of additional competitors (none in the IFOCE top 35) is available.
Registration will open today at 4pm eastern for the first qualifier for the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship to be held April 5 in Augusta, GA. The qualifier purse will be $1000 with the winner receiving $500 and a trip to the finals. The date and location for the finals and other nine qualifiers were not listed.
The first of 10 qualifiers for the MLE Hooters World Wing Eating Championship will take place in Augusta, GA on April 5 on the first day of the Masters golf tournament.
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