The Boston Herald incorrectly states that Joey Chestnut's will compete in New England for the first time at the Upper Crust pizza eating contest on Saturday. Joey Chestnut won the Verizon VoiceWing finals in Boston in 2005 and competed in three Ash Creek Saloon rib eating contests in Connecticut. update The Christian Science Monitor has a 2005 article article about Joey Chestnut's Verizon VoiceWing victory.
SF Verizon Wings first-person account
Duncan Scott Davidson, a writer for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, has a report of his experience as a competitor in the San Francisco Verizon VoiceWing buffalo wing qualifier held at Knuckle’s sports bar in October. In that contest, Rich LeFevre defeated Cookie Jarvis in double overtime. Davidson managed 1.97 pounds of meat in 10 minutes. If you are interested in who won the $250 third prize, which was never listed at IFOCE.com, it was triathlete Chris Coble.
updated 6:03 – URL fixed, thanks Andrew Lane
Verizon VoiceWing finals articles
Two articles about the Verizon VoiceWing Buffalo wing finals in Boston have come out almost two weeks after the contest. The Christian Science Monitor has a general overview of competitive eating centered around that event. The Medford Transcript has an interview with Matt Kelley, who appeared in the finals without qualifying thanks to a exemption reserved for locals.
Verizon VoiceWing final results
from “Beautiful” Brian Seiken:
1. Joey Chestnut 4.2 lbs
2. Cookie Jarvis 3.7lbs
3. Bob Shoudt 3.4.
4. Sonya Thomas 3.2
T4 . Chip Simpson 3.2
Sonya Thomas finishes out of the top three for the first time since Nathan’s 2003 I believe and is beaten by Cookie Jarvis for the first time in over a year. With her loss to Badlands Booker in the Buffalo Wing Festival Labor Day weekend, I wonder if the trauma of the 2005 Wing Bowl has resulted in psychological difficulties in chicken wing contests for her.
The Boston Herald has an article about the contest but does not give many results.
Updated 11/15 11:56 pm. Boston Globe article
Verizon VoiceWing finals preview
The Boston Herald has a preview of Saturday’s Verizon VoiceWing Buffalo Wings finals consisting mainly of “bib sheets” for Joey Chestnut, “Badlands” Booker and “Crazy Legs” Conti. Conti’s appearance implies that Kevin Lipsitz has definitely vacated his spot for Conti since Conti finished in the sixth position in the DC qualifier and only the top five will advance.
Updated 11/12 12:48 pm – The Boston Globe has an interview with Rich LeFevre about the contest (No questions about Carlene’s status are asked)
The expected contestants for the contest are
Seattle (Everett, WA) qualifiers:
1. Joey Chestnut, 4.5 lb.
2. Eric “Badlands†Booker, 3.6 lb.
3. “Humble†Bob Shoudt 3.5 lb.
4. Patrick Bertoletti 2.93 lb.
5. Jason “The Erbivore†Erb 2.9 lb.
San Francisco qualifiers:
1. Rich LeFevre 4.92 lb won in double OT
2. Cookie Jarvis 4.92 lb lost in double OT
3.-5. ? (Does anyone know who else qualified)
DC (Bethesda, MD) qualifiers:
1. Sonya Thomas, 5.75 lb
2. Tim “Eater X†Janus, 4.0 lb
3. “Krazy†Kevin Lipsitz, 3.85 lb
4T. “Big†Brian Subich, 3.2 lb
4T. Chip Simpson, 3.2 lb
6. “Crazy Legs†Conti, 2.9 lb. (will appear due to Lipsitz missing)
Verizon VoiceWing finals site announced
The finals for the Verizon VoiceWing Buffalo wing contest will be held at Back Bay Kings in Boston. The menu is quite sophisticated for a restaurant located in a bowling alley.
DC Verizon Voicewing galleries
Sonya Thomas fan bc has a photo gallery and forum thread of last Saturday’s buffalo wing contest in Bethesda, MD.
“Beautiful” Brian Seiken also has a photo gallery from that contest.
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