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.

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(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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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All residents of southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey are not eligible to attempt a Wing Bowl qualifying stunt or enter a Wing Off qualifier. The Wing Bowl rules have the following restriction:

The contest is open to all WIP listeners who are 21 years of age or older who reside in the Philadelphia metropolitan area – Philadelphia Metropolitan area as defined by Arbitron is the following counties: Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, counties in Pennsylvania; Camden, Gloucester, Mercer counties in New Jersey (the five contestants who are entered through the IFOCE’s automatic bids are exempted from the residence requirement).

A map of the region is available. (The map includes Burlington County, NJ, the largest in the map in New Jersey, which is not part of the Wing Bowl area.) This restricts residents of Allentown, Lancaster, Atlantic City and north Delaware from entering and shuts out Garden Staters Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin and Arturo Rios. Residents of Princeton / Trenton, NJ can enter (Mercer County) but the most famous eater from that area would be prohibited by the 21 age minimum in the minimal chance she wanted to enter.

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The Inqlings and Dan Gross column on philly.com have sections about Wing Bowl 15. Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Rich LeFevre are listed as three of the five out of towners. Former 76ers owner Pat Croce is rumored to be the next Wing Bowl commisioner. The current projected opening date for El Wingador’s restaurant is sometime in mid-December and it will have a grand opening the day of Wing Bowl 15.

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Qualifying contests for Wing Bowl 15 have been announced. Unlike qualifiers for last year’s contest, participants do not need to be college students.

Thursday December 7, 2006
Landmark Americana Tap + Grille
1 East West Street Glassboro, NJ 08028
REGISTRATION TIME: 8:30-9:30
CONTEST STARTS: 10:00 pm

Thursday January 18, 2007
Trappe Tavern
416 Main Street – Trappe, PA 19462
REGISTRATION: 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
CONTEST STARTS: 9:30 pm

“The Glen Macnow Eating Competition.” Competitors must be present at the Slack’s Hoagie Shack between the hours of 10am and 3pm on Saturday January 20, 2006 to compete in a 20 minute Buffalo Chicken Hoagie eating competition. Entrants must call into the Glen Macnow show to register

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The new poll asks the amount of Wing Bowl 15 posts you would like this website to provide. At least one commenter feels that the Wing Bowl is too fraudulent to merit coverage. (Results will not be binding)

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610wip.com has been updated with Wing Bowl 15 information. The only apparent difference between Wing Bowl 15 and 14 is that veterans are allowed back in and the Philadelphia area winner will also receive a car regardless of his/her overall finish. The contest rules say that the duration remains 30 minutes and AICE eaters are still explicitly banned. 5 IFOCE eaters gain entrance automatically to the contest.

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The logo for Wing Bowl 15 appears at the top of 610wip.com The only information offered is that there will be eating & wingettes; other details will be provided tomorrow morning.

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Angelo Cataldi has more information about Wing Bowl 15 in his new blog entry:

On November 27, the new theme (which will provide an advantage to locals at the expense of out of towners) will be announced and requests to perform qualifiying stunts will be taken.

On December 4 (the day of the Eagles/Panthers Monday Night Football game), tickets will go on sale and a new commissioner to replace the late Eric Gregg will be named. Tickets will still be $5 and the event will be held at the Wachovia Center on Feb 2 The prizes will reportedly be better than the previous year and better than any other competitive eating event in the US, meaning the purse value will have to exceed the $30,000 paid out in Krystal Square Off III.

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Angelo Cataldi says that the format for the upcoming Wing Bowl will be changed, and this alteration will benefit local eaters at the expense of out of towners. The new poll asks what change do you think is most likely.

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As of November 13, Wing Bowl 15 has yet to be listed on the Wachovia Center Schedule. If the Wing Bowl is held the Friday morning before the Super Bowl on February 2, the Wachovia Center will have to switch from a hockey rink to the Wing Bowl configuration to basketball in 24 hours.

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WIP host Angelo Cataldi answers a question about Wing Bowl 15 in his blog. He says that tickets will probably go on sale the first week of December and a new contest theme and commisioner to replace the late Eric Gregg will be named at that time. The new theme will “address growing concerns that Wing Bowl has become too much of a national event, at the expense of Philadelphia.” We will have to wait until next month to see if those concerns will be addressed by banning or discouraging out of market eaters from competing.

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It is surprising that absolutely no information about Wing Bowl 15 regarding eligibility, format, tickets or other aspects of that event have been made public yet given that qualifying stunts usually begin the week after Thanksgiving. WIP’s Wing Bowl page still only has information about Wing Bowl 14. Last year, tickets had been sold out by October 24.

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