The commercial for Kentucky Fried Chicken’s new grilled wings has been uploaded to youtube by foodfan263. Ian Hickman, winner of the 2007 Delaware suicide wings contest, is billed as the 2007 wing eating champion and Lucy Bauer is listed as the 2008 champion, apparently based on this video. 2009 Wing Bowl winner John Squibb’s appearance was cut.

update I have heard the ad was televised during halftime of tonight’s exhibition NFL game on NBC, I am not sure if the entire country received it.

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Philly.com has an article about yesterday’s press conference to promote tonight’s match between Jose Canseco and Bill “El Wingador” Simmons, who expressed dissatisfaction with his remuneration:

Only Canseco – because he’s the “name” – is paid a “celebrity appearance fee” upfront. That ticked off Simmons.

“[Feldman] is giving Canseco $10,000,” Simmons told me. “I’m only getting $2,000. That’s disrespectful.”

Simmons said he wanted $5,000 for tonight’s fight and threatened to withhold the $4,400 he claimed he raised from selling tickets.

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NJ.com has information about the July 24 bout between Bill “El Wingador” Simmons and Jose Canseco sanctioned by the Celebrity Boxing Federation. The fight will take place at the Ice Works in Ashton, PA. Sugar Ray Leonard Jr. will fight on the undercard. Tickets are $45 ringside / $30 general admission and the fight will consist of three one minute rounds. The official website for Celebrity Boxing has yet to be updated with any new information.

NJ.com also reports that El Wingador will star in a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial with 4 other unnamed competitive eaters. Documentarian Errol Morris, who has produced other commercials for KFC, posted about meeting El Wingador on his twitter. The advertisement is expected to debut on the west coast on July 26.

update It will be interesting to see who are the other four eaters appearing with “El Wingador”. The date of the filming in Los Angeles was apparently July 2, same as the Nathan’s weigh-in.

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Forbes.com has a slideshow of the five IFOCE events from the past year with the largest payouts (prize money and apparance fees):

1. Krystal Square Off $75,000 ($50,000 in prizes)
2. Nathan’s $60,000 ($20,000 in prizes)
3. P’Zone Chow-lenge $50,000 (no announced prizes)
4. Stroehmann’s Sandwich Slamm $10,000 ($10,000 in prizes)
5. Harrah’s Louisiana Downs World Grits Eating Championship $10,000 ($10,000 in prizes)

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Furious Pete has added a picture of an advertisement for bodybuilding.com to his gallery. A caption says the ad will run in the August and September editions of Muscle and Fitness, Flex and Ironman Magazine

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Here is section 5 of the WLOCE contract according to Andrew “A-Bomb” Lane’s blog:

5. Entertainer is free to enter into this agreement and does not have any other agreement or obligation that would conflict with the provisions hereof. Entertainer understands that Entertainer is not an employee of WLOCE or any related party for any purpose and expressly waives any right to receive benefits accorded to the employees of WLOCE or any related party. This agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties, supersedes all prior understanding an agreements, whether written or oral and cannot be terminated, modified or any of it’s provisions waived except by a written instrument signed by both parties. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of applicable to contracts entered into and fully performed therein. Each of the parties irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any Georgia State or United States Federal Court sitting in Dekalb County, GA, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. WLOCE may freely assign this Agreement and it’s rights and obligations hereunder to any third party.

And here is the corresponding section in the new AICE contract according to Furious Pete (see also)

13. Performer is free to enter into this agreement and does not have any other agreement or obligation that would conflict with the provisions hereof. Performer understands that Performer is not an employee of ALL PRO EATING Promotions or any related party for any purpose and expressly waives any right to receive benefits accorded to the employees of ALL PRO EATING Promotions or any related party. This agreement contains the entire understanding between the parties, supersedes all prior understanding and agreements, whether written or oral and cannot be terminated, modified or any of it’s provisions waived except by a written instrument signed by both parties. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of applicable to contracts entered into and fully performed therein. Each of the parties irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any New York State or United States Federal Court sitting in New York County in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. ALL PRO EATING Promotions may freely assign this Agreement and it’s rights and obligations hereunder to any third party

The it’s represent improper use of an apostrophe which should not be used in a possessive pronoun.

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(via email) The AICE rankings have been redone and “Furious” Pete Czerwinski is no longer listed. According to an email from Pete, no reason was provided for his delisting. Numerical rankings have also been dropped in place of a two-tier system. (Cached previous AICE rankings)

With the removal of Pete Czerwinkski, 3 (also Joe Menchetti & Ian Hickman) of the AICE top 5 at the start of 2009 no longer appear in the AICE rankings. Ian Hickman, winner of a cupcake contest Saturday, remains listed in the Hall of Fame.

update Furious Pete has started two forum threads on bodybuilding.com about his ejection (Thread 1 | Thread 2) which report that AICE contracts have started.

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With the qualifying session now over, the Go! Go! Curry! twitter reports that Dale Boone qualified for the final contest on May 30. His time placed him 5th overall. Don Lerman apparently retained the #4 position. The original #5 qualifier, Andris Zvargulis, attempted to beat Dale’s time but could not.

PMQ reports that Dale Boone will compete in the Brooklyn Pizza contest on May 31. The first prize for that contest will be $300.

It is rather hypocritical that the WLOCE contract prevents signees from doing non-WLOCE events while Dale Boone is free to do whatever non-WLOCE he wants.

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Andrew Lane, now going by “A-Bomb” instead of “Skinnyboy” has a blog entry about the agreement competitors are required to sign before participating in the upcoming WLOCE Boulder cupcake eating contest. The agreement requires signees to pay 20% of their (non-contest competitive eating updated) earnings back to WLOCE, indemnification for Shea Communications (?) and a restriction on participating in non-WLOCE sanctioned events.

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