SuperVegan has a blog entry and gallery from Wednesday’s vegan Buffalo wing eating contest in Brooklyn. Dan McGinley (17 or 18 vegan wings) won the contest. Marc and Corey (no last names) came in second and third.

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Radio podcasts for the first two Pittsburgh Wing Championship Series qualifiers are now available on the WCS page. The finalists from the third qualifier have also been posted: Wing Kong, presumably not “Micah Collins”, (48 wings), Pitt Panther (44), and Ms. Sweet (44) .

Update: qualifiers from the previous two contests are now listed
Jan 16: Captain Butthead (68), The Snake (52) and Gone with the Wings (52)
Jan 17: Wingleberry (46) and Spiker (35)

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Liz K attended a hot dog eating contest at Olde Tyme Drafts and Dawgs and wrote a blog entry about it for Westword. Entrants had to eat 15 hot dogs in under two hours. Bathroom breaks (without vomiting) were allowed. The restaurant will try to repeat the contest monthly.

Skinnyboy has part I of a report on the Denver Wing Bowl on his blog.

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The myspace blog for Foodvibes has the details about Wednesday’s vegan wing eating contest. An article about the contest mentioned it was filled up, but the blog does not mention that entry is closed. The top prize is $50 cash and $200 in gift certificates.

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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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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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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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A press release announces that Foodswings of Brooklyn, NY will hold an eating contest next week:

Foodswings will hold the first ever Vegan Buffalo Wing Eating Contest, sponsored by Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 6pm on January 16th. Contestants, herbivore and omnivore alike, have registered to battle for prizes donated by Franks Red Hot and local businesses, including cash, T-shirts, tattoo gift cards and of course, ultimate bragging rights.

The rules are simple: 10 pre-registered contestants will have 15 minutes to devour as many fiery hot veggie wings as they can – anyone who pukes is disqualified. Contestants will have to eat the wings to the “bone” (or more literally, to the wooden stick), with only water available.

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KrispyKremeChallenge.com reports that this year’s edition of that event will be held on January 26 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The contest entails running two miles from NC State to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts there, and then returning to the start. Last year’s contest had 1387 registrants, which is probably the largest field for an eating contest in the world.

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A video by Dave & Dave produced for WQED, the Pittsburgh public television station, about last January’s Wing Championship Series can be viewed at http://mediathatchangeslives.com/ondemand/onq.php?id=44 Ian Hickman and Joe “Heat Miser” Menchetti make appearances along with a lot of Pittsburgh area competitive eaters.

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Endless Simmer reports that a matzo ball eating contest returned to Ben’s Deli. The last IFOCE contest at that location occurred in 2004.

My fellow half-Jew friend Bethany and I recently attended the Beloit College Alumni Matzo Ball Eating Contest at Ben’s Deli in NY. We were both shocked be the yellow-yellow color of their balls – much more colorful than my aunt’s bullion instructions could possibly account for. When pressed, the chef admitted they added yellow food coloring for the extra effect. Why, I don’t know – I personally don’t like my Hanukkah feast to look like urine, but to each his own I guess.

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Paul Barlow won a egg nog drinking contest held at 99x, defeating Intern Joey. A youtube video and podcast of the contest are available.

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This post is not about a Las Vegas IFOCE member winning a contest while having the “munchies”. 😉 OCRegister reports that 5 high school students from Orange County won an eating contest by eating 154 chicken nuggets in three minutes.

In another chicken nugget eating contest, the blog for 850 sportsradio in North Carolina reports that a McNugget eating contest was held between two members of its sales staff.

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(Via Wing Tut) January 2008 will not pass without any eating contests of significance. ESPN 1250 of Pittsburgh has released details about the 2008 Wing Championship Series. There will be six qualifiers from January 9 to 19 with the finals taking place on January 25. First prize is a trip to Barbados.

In other upcoming independent contest news, the Princeton Oyster Bowl has started a blog.

A list of the qualifier dates and sites is available after the jump
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In a previous comment, Pat Philbin reports that the Egg Nog Challenge will not be held by the Opie & Anthony show this year. There is some more information on this wackbag thread.

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Team hot dog eating contest between students from the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University
Competitive eating article in U of Wisconsin at Eau Clair student paper, has some quotes from Ryan Nerz
Vail Hostess snoball (factory made pastries) eating contest
Bonita Springs, Florida wing contest
Portage, Michigan wing contest

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The Reflector of Greenville, NC has the following information in its restaurant column:

Hardee’s at 913 Moye Blvd. will hold its fifth annual Thickburger-eating contest at noon Friday. The winner will receive $300 and Thickburgers for a year. Interested participants should call 758-8444 by Thursday to register for the competition.

Last year’s winner ate 5 1/2 Thickburgers in 12 minutes.

Other weekend independent contest
Dec 7, NYC Falafel eating contest
Dec 8, Wing eating contest at Cincinnati Reds fest

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The egg nog drinking contest held by the Opie & Anthony radio show will take place on December 20.

In a wackbag thread, Pat Philbin says he will defend his egg nog title.

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Nov 29 chicken wing eating contest, Portage, MI, $200 first prize, $20 entry fee
Dec 1 Backyard Burger eating contest, Meridian, MS
Dec 1 pizza eating contest, East Manatee, FL
Dec 1 Buffalo wing eating contest, Bonita Springs, FL, $200 first prize, $10 entry fee

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Greene County (Indiana) Daily reports that Jessica Beall has repeated as winner of the pizza eating contest held at the Apple Festival. She has won a division of the pizza contest at the Apple Festival for four of the past five years. The year she did not win, she was ineligible due to being an employee of the restaurant sponsoring the pizza contest.

2006 contest report, 2005 contest report

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Two contests next month have been listed on craigslist:

A rice eating contest in Chicago on December 2 with a $50 first prize.

A falafel eating contest in Manhattan on December 7. The prize is free falafels for a year. There is also a yelp thread about the contest.

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Fosters.com reports that Reed Hair of Eliot Maine won $10,000 at an Oreo cookie eating contest on Friday:

Of three women and another man, Hair was the first to twist open an Oreo, lick all the frosting off, eat both halves, and down a three-ounce glass of milk. He said it took him about five minutes, but didn’t know for sure because he was so amped up on adrenaline. He finished about 30 seconds faster than the runner-up.

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WJZ.com reports that Ian Hickman set a record at the annual pancake eating contest at Pete’s Grill in Baltimore by eating 20 pancakes in an hour.

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PittsburghLive.com reports that not many people have expressed interest in today’s gingerbread house eating contest in Kittanning, PA despite a first place prize of $250.

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Fosters.com has an article on Reed Hair, who won a sweepstakes to receive one of five slots in an oreo eating contest that will take place in Florida tomorrow morning. The contest rules state that the entrants will just consume one Oreo cookie (after it has been twisted, licked, and dunked) and three ounces of milk. The winner will receive a prize of $10,000.

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