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Philly.com has galleries of Wing Bowls 11 through 16
The South Philly location of Chickie’s & Pete’s Crab House & Sports Bar will host the Wing Bowl weigh in at 5 pm today. The restaurant will also have a post Wing Bowl party at 9 am tomorrow.
610WIP.com has updated its Wing Bowl 17 page with the full list of competitors along with their odds. Damaging Doug is the favorite at 2-1 and Doug “Obi Wing” Petock is the long shot at ∞-1 odds. Damaging Doug is also the heaviest competitor with a listed weight of 504 pounds. Larry “Blow Me” Norris is the lightest at 160 lbs.
Dan Gross’ Wing Bowl column mentions the odds and catches up with Joey Chestnut’s former wingette, Tiffany Heller, who will sit out Wing Bowl 17. She says that she was secretly rooting for the underdog while she was assisting Joey Chestnut.
Gross also reports that Gentleman Jerry (listed odds: 3-1) says that this will be his final eating contest. The column says that Coughlan’s margin of defeat to Joey Chestnut in Wing Bowl 16 was 15 wings, which was the difference in Wing Bowl 15. The margin of defeat in last year’s Wing Bowl was over 100 wings
Tailgating information is provided at the end of the column:
The Wachovia Center has announced that parking lots open at 4 a.m. Friday and that tickets will be checked at the parking gates. Those without Wing Bowl tix will be turned away. FDR Park, across Broad Street from the sports complex, will be closed to tailgating, as will surrounding lots.
All patrons will be searched for contraband, and no outside food or beverages are permitted inside the Wachovia Center. Comcast-Spectacor has also asked that no fires be set in the parking lot.
The DelcoTimes has an article about “Gentleman Jerry” Coughlan and the PhillyBurbs blog has an entry about Nick “Chicken Caesar” Ventresca
Nittanydelphia has a preview of the Wing Bowl
The new poll asks what you how many wings the winner of Wing Bowl 17 will eat. I think that Gentleman Jerry has the top personal best in the field at 167 wings in 2007.
The list of entrants in the Wing Bowl finals have been updated to report that Frank de Fraud won last night’s Wing Off qualifier by eating 28 wings in 10 minutes. The Courier-Post has an article (without results) and gallery from that contest.
“Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan, who performed a jelly doughnut stunt, and Wing Bowl 8 winner “Tollman” Joe Paul (no Wing Off or stunt listed) are other new qualifiers.
(From Sadie Carpenter & Carlos) The Hungry Sisters blog has an article about Rick “The Manager” Russo’s qualification for Wing Bowl 17. Russo served as Dave “The Dumpster” Moyer’s manager in previous Wing Bowls.
Badlands Booker wrote the theme song for Rick the Manager, which can be listened to on RickTheManager.com A myspace page is also available.
A video of Rick’s qualification stunt of eating 4 feet of sushi served on the bodies of two lingerie wearing females can be viewed on youtube. (This is not the first time sushi consumption off of a female body has been recorded; in The Surreal Life, MC Hammer, Emmanuel Lewis and Corey Feldman refuse to eat sushi served on a naked woman.)
Dan Gross has a column about several Wing Bowl 17 competitors. “Damaging” Doug Canavin says that he thinks that 150 wings will win the contest, but his goal is 175 wings. Canavin qualified for Wing Bowl 17 by eating 5 sliders in 5 minutes. The column hints that Phillies pitcher Kyle Kendrick, whose previous brush with competitive eating involved being in a prank trade for ‘Kobayashi”, could be part of Damaging Doug’s entourage.
A list of all 150+ wing results in the eatfeats database is available after the jump
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Mike Westinghouse commented that the Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride is available on itunes. The cost is $3.99 to rent, $14.99 to purchase.
A gallery of Saturday’s Wing Off at Slack’s Hoagie Shack has been posted on 610wip.com. “The Caveman” was the winner with 54 wings in 10 minutes.
A photo gallery of last night’s Wing Off at Paddy Whacks Irish Sports Bar is available at 610wip.com Cadillac Carrigan won the qualifier by eating 56 wings in 10 minutes, defeating Gentleman Jerry, the top eater in Wing Bowl 15 and 16 eligible to compete in Wing Bowl 17.
Josh Camerote, director of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary, Swallow Your Pride, reports that his film will be officially released by Cinetic Media. The release date was supposed to take place last month, but the film has yet to come out. The movie’s official website just says “Check back soon”
Joey Chestnut is a choice in the ESPN poll for the five members of the 2008 All SportsNation team.
Jeff Olson is one of DelawareOnline’s 8 most intriguing people of 2008 (which appears to be restricted to Delaware residents). Jeff’s proposed Wing Bowl qualification stunt of eating 3 pounds of cottage cheese in 3 minutes was rejected, so he will try to qualify at a Wing Off.
A list of eaters who have qualified for the upcoming Wing Bowl follows:
The winner of the first Wing Off has been posted. “Chicken Cesar” ate 4.5 Pilgrim sandwiches to qualify.
The Eating Machine has posted two short clips recorded at last night’s Wing Off at PJ Whelihan’s in Maple Shade, New Jersey, but it does not include any contest footage or results. The Eating Machine apparently did not compete in the qualifier as he had already qualified for Wing Bowl 17 by eating 30 ounces of mayonnaise in 1:30. This is a better rate per minute that the official IFOCE mayonnaise record of 4 32 ounce bowls of mayonnaise in 8 minutes held by Oleg Zhornitskiy
The Wing Bowl page on 610WIP.com announces that tickets for the upcoming Wing Bowl are all sold three days after going on sale. The ticket purchase link remains active, but a message saying no tickets are available will result after entering an amount.
Tickets to Wing Bowl 16 sold out in 45 minutes.
A list of 7 “Wing Off” qualifiers is available on 610WIP’s Wing Bowl 17 page. Winners of the Wing-Offs will receive a slot in the Wing Bowl. The first qualifier will take place tomorrow at PJ Whelihan’s in Maple Shade, New Jersey. The second Wing Off will take place at Paddywhack’s in Philadelphia on January 9. There will be 6 Wing Offs between January 9 and January 22. The Wing Offs will be co-hosted by former Eagle Hugh Douglas, so wearing a Terrell Owens jersey to the contest is probably not advisable. 😉
update Here is a list of the Wing Offs:
| 2008 Dec 18 | Wing Bowl 17 Wing Off | PJ Whelihan’s | Maple Shade, NJ | |
| 2009 Jan 7 | Wing Bowl 17 Wing Off | Paddywhacks | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2009 Jan 10 | Wing Bowl 17 Wing Off | Slack’s Hoagie Shack | Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2009 Jan 14 | Wing Bowl 17 Wing Off | PJ Whelihan’s | Sewell, NJ | |
| 2009 Jan 15 | Wing Bowl 17 Wing Off | Barnaby’s Aston | Media, PA | |
| 2009 Jan 20 | Wing Bowl 17 Wing Off | McStew’s Irish Sports Pub | Levittown, PA | |
| 2009 Jan 22 | Wing Bowl 17 Wing Off | Trappe Tavern | Trappe, PA |
A link to the live chat page for the chat session hosted by Adam Richman of Man vs. Food is available on the Travel Channel website. The chat will begin at 11 pm eastern and run until midnight. There will also be a chat for viewers only starting at 9 pm.
update As of 1:30pm eastern, upper level Wing Bowl tickets appear to be available
Qualification attempt videos for Wing Bowl 17 are not being placed on the philly.com Wing Bowl page, but are appearing on the sports video page instead. The most recent video is of Dan “Judge Eat-Oh”‘s attempt to eat 10 cheese steak egg rolls in 2 minutes. The bacon attempt by Larry “Below Me” is also available.
If anyone missed it, Wing Bowl 17 tickets go on sale tomorrow at 9 am.
NJ.com has information about tickets for Wing Bowl 17 going on sale on Monday. The time tickets will become available has been advanced to 9 am. The original time was 10 am. Tickets can be purchased online at ComcastTix.com, over the phone or in person at the Wachovia Complex box office. Ticket prices have been increased to $7.50, a $2.50 increase from last year and there is a $2.50 service charge per phone or online order. The maximum number of tickets that can be purchased in one order is 6.
At 10 am Monday, tickets to the final 76ers game at the Spectrum will become available. The first 500 fans who purchase tickets at the box office will get to take a tour of the Spectrum and meet former 76ers.
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