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There are now 3 weeks to Wing Bowl 15. Philly.com reports that Wing Bowl 14 veterans “Black Death” & “Dr. Slob” successfully completed their stunts and will compete in Wing Bowl 15. “Boneyard” Joe won last night’s Wing Off with 63 wings in 10 minutes. “Liberty Belh” has a blog entry about his failed double cheeseburger stunt, but he received a slot in the in studio Wing Off on January 24.
DelawareOnline.com has an article about the Wing Bowl with two wing-eating techniques which ignores the fact that Delaware residents are not eligible to compete in the Wing Bowl.
Steakbellie has a blog entry about preparations for his Wing Bowl 15 entourage. He is interested in adding a second bagpiper, preferably one who will work solely for glory and not a paycheck.
phillyburbs.com has an article about Michael “Curly von Burly” Sarian’s qualification for the Wing Bowl by eating a homemade 3.5 pound cheesesteak in 4:19.
Philly.com’s weekly Wing Bowl column is out today, but there is not much new information in it. The columnist does say that Bob Shoudt did not return his phone calls.
Shirts and hats with the Wing Bowl 15 logo can be purchased at wingbowl610.com Only paypal is accepted (no credit cards)
Angelo Cataldi answers some commonly asked questions about Wing Bowl 15 in his blog.
Q. Why do you allow professional eaters into Wing Bowl?
A. There’s really no choice. This is an open eating competition, with the best prizes in the history of competitive eating. I guess we could discourage the pros if we didn’t offer a free car to the winner, but that might not even work anymore. Winning Wing Bowl is a big deal in itself these days. It gets national coverage. It draws 20,000-plus spectators every year. Since WIP is a radio station, we are governed by the FCC, which requires very specific rules for all contests. Excluding the pros is pretty close to impossible. We thought we got around it last year with the Virgin Wing Bowl, but two pros who had never gotten in before jumped at the chance.
I thought that the philly.com Wing Bowl videos page was not being updated because qualification attempts went on hiatus for the holidays, but qualifying stunts have apparently continued. Philly.com Wing Bowl notes says that “Obi Wing” recently qualified for the Wing Bowl. Obi Wing’s video cannot be found on philly.com, but it can be seen on youtube: Part 1, Part 2.
In other Wing Bowl news, “Dr. Martin Luther Wing” will try to qualify for the Wing Bowl tomorrow by eating chitlins. “Dr. Wing’s” manager is Wing Bowl 14 entrant Adam “Hungry Hungry Hebrew” Taxin says “Black history will be made this month of February.”
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston’s 6th place finish in Wing Bowl 14 made The News of Delaware County’s list of 2006 headlines.
philly.com reports that Wing Bowl 14 champion Joey Chestnut has yet to receive one of the five slots in Wing Bowl 15 for IFOCE out of towners. If invited, Joey Chestnut hopes he has the same Wingette he had last year.
DelcoTimes.com reports that Frank “DeFraud” Farrell won the Glen Macnow Wing Bowl qualifier at Slack’s Hoagie Shack by eating 20 2 inch pieces of buffalo cheesesteak in 15 minutes. Farrell showed up at the restaurant and requested entrance to the contest, which was granted.
Steakbellie has a long post in which he describes his hopes and fears about competing in Wing Bowl 15.
610wip.com has been retooled and it announces that the hoagie qualifier for the Wing Bowl will be held on December 30. The original date was January 20. Eaters who want a spot will need to call the Glen Macnow show.
(From philly.com Wing Bowl page) Competitive eating has a male killer in Sonya Thomas and now it has a mail devourer. “U. S. Mail” qualified for the Wing Bowl by eating letters.
In another Wing Bowl stunt, the 3rd place finisher in the 2006 Wing Bowl, “Dr. WingLove” DQed during his stunt of eating 25 bunless hotdogs in 5 minutes. The parameters of his stunt were less stringent than the 23 bunless hot dogs in 3:10 Lynda Kuerth ate in 1977 in Philadelphia.
updated nj.com has an article about Rob “the Slob” Peachey, who failed to complete his stunt after having the Wing Bowl territory expanded to include his hometown.
I am curious if anyone has any news about “Swallow Your Pride”, a documentary filmed at the 2005 Wing Bowl. The movie’s website. swallowyourpridemovie.com is now defunct and I have not been able to find any information about screenings after the documentary won an award at the First Glance Film Festival in Philadelphia this summer.
The philly.com Wing Bowl page reports that Dave “The Dumpster” Moyer was allowed to change to a saltine stunt after failing to complete his original stunt of finishing a box of doughnuts. (Direct link to RealVideo file).
philly.com reports that Khalil qualified for the Wing Bowl by eating a turkey hoagie in 90 seconds, becoming the first unranked eater to successfully complete a Wing Bowl stunt.
nj.com has an article about Rob Peachey, who pressured WIP to allow residents of Salem County, New Jersey to participate in Wing Bowl stunts and qualifiers. For his qualifying stunt, Mr. Peachey will attempt to eat six sausage, egg, and cheese sandwiches from McDonald’s in 2 minutes and 50 seconds Tuesday, Dec. 19.
610wip.com has a page about the first Wing Off Wing Bowl qualifier. “Gentleman” Jerry, a veteran of Wing Bowl 8, won the contest. Wing Bowl veterans Hungry Hebrew, Wing Tut (presumbably the Wing Tut of eastern PA), Dr. Slob and The Ox also competed.
Another Wing Off has been added:
Dempster’s Pub
Wednesday January 10, 2007
38 Pine St
Mount Holly, NJ 08060
With Micah “Wing Kong” Collins qualifying for the Wing Bowl by eating 3 lb 5.33 oz of baked beans in 43 or 48 seconds on Wednesday, I thought I would see how that performance compared to IFOCE record times for other amounts of baked beans:
Micah Collins 53.33 oz / (43 or 48 sec) = 1.24 oz / sec or 1.11 oz. /sec
Dale Boone 84 oz / 82 sec = 1.02 oz. / sec
Don Lerman 96 oz / 108 sec = .889 oz. / sec
Sonya Thomas 134.4 oz / 167 sec = .805 oz. / sec (thanks Luther)
The last two performances are in the IFOCE records. Dale Boone’s best performance is usually listed as 84 oz. in 1:52, but he ate that amount in 1:22 in Dawsonville, GA.
Videos of this morning’s successful Wing Bowl stunts by Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins are now available on philly.com’s Wing Bowl page. (Micah is misspelled as “Micha”) Both Steakbellie and Wing Kong have written blog entries about their attempts.
610wip.com reports that all tickets for Wing Bowl 15 sold out in 24 hours. Some free tickets will be given away at the Wing Off at Landmark Tap + Grille in Glassboro, NJ Thursday. You can also try to obtain entrance to the contest by becoming a competitor, as Steakbellie and Wing Kong will attempt Wednesday morning.
The Inqlings column in philly.com has several paragraphs about the controversy following Saturday’s meatball contest. Sonya Thomas is threatening to sit out Wing Bowl 15 in protest of the decision awarding Bob Shoudt the victory in that event.
Wing Bowl 15 tickets will go on sale at 10 am. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.comcasttix.com/ or in person at the Wachovia Center box office.
updated philly.com reports that former 76ers owner Pat Croce will be the Wing Bowl commissioner.
updated #2 Angelo Cataldi has a post about Wing Bowl 15 on his blog in which he says that Sonya Thomas has been chosen to be one of the 5 IFOCE entries.
update #3 A video of Bob Shoudt’s successful Wing Bowl stunt is available on philly.com (along with an unsuccessful one by Hollywood Jeff involving the Wendy’s Value Menu)
competitiveeatingnews.com confims that Sonya has received on of the 5 out of town slots.
The Wing Bowl page at philly.com has been updated with information about Wing Bowl 15. The page will have videos of qualifying stunts. The initial stunt performer will be Humble Joe?? on Monday.
Steakbellie’s qualifiying stunt attempt has been accepted by WIP. The parameters are:
2 Foot Wawa Hoagie
Half Gallon Lemonade
Small bag of chips
5 minutes 30 seconds
The stunt will be atttempted at 8:30 am on December 6
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