Here are the top 10
1 444 Pat Bertoletti – ate 51 wings in final 2 minutes
2 440 Molly Schuyler – first loss in over 15 months
3 280 Notorious Bob Shoudt, top local
4 260 Tiger Wings & Things
5 219 Tim “Gravy” Brown
6-10 Quazy 123 1st half
6-10 Skin & Bones 123 1st half
6-10 El Clownador (Sean Gordon) 113 1st half
6-10 Moe Train 107 1st half
6-10 Matt & Cheese 96 1st half
11 “Love Handles” 95 total according to BuzzFeed.com report
? “Stormin Norman” college winner
DQ Mick Foley – disqualified for cheating

Feb 4 links

• BuzzFeed articles: contest report focusing on “Love Handles” | 10 competitive eaters reveal the 1 thing they would never eat | Gallery of Wing Bowl outfits | List of 65 ridiculous things that happened in the Wing Bowl | 33 spectators tell “The Most Philly” thing they have done
• Video of Pat Bertoletti on WGN post-contest
• Chicago Sun-Times article
• First We Feast blog entry
• Gallery of promo products at the Wing Bowl
• Weigh-in video
• U of Penn article about collegiate winner “Stormin Norman”

Jan 31 links

• Guardian article focusing on Sean Gordon
• Gallery by Molly Schuyler
• Video by El Toro
• Sportsfan.com.au article – Molly Schuyler thinks she might hit 700 wings in a future Wing Bowl
• Vice.com article focusing on the music played during the event
• Morning Call gallery
• Video about Dimitry “Ukraine Train” Shchupak

The Wing Bowl twitter incorrectly claims that this was the closest Wing Bowl Ever. The 2005 and 2011 Wing Bowls were decided by 1 wing.

Contest links

• Wing Bowl website: Recap video | Video of Mick Foley’s ejection | Video of Final round | Gallery of eaters | Gallery of backstage
• Philly.com Report | Cartoons | Gallery of entrance procession | Article about protestors
• Time.com article
• NJ.com article and gallery
• PhillyChitChat blog entry
• LehighValleyLive.com gallery
• Rake and Herald blog entry

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The official odds for Wing Bowl 23 have been released. The “Unknown Eater” is not listed as a local despite being billed as a Philly area resident during his qualification stunt. Some of the favorites:

• National Prize: Molly Schuyler 2-1 “Unknown Eater” 4-1 Pat Bertoletti 5-1 David Brunelli 5-1 Tim Brown 9-1 Mick Foley 10-1 Joe Menchetti 12-1
• Local Prize: David Brunelli 4-1 Bob Shoudt 4-1 “Egghead” 5-1 Sean “El Clownador” Gordon 5-1 “Skin & Bones” 6-1 Kevin Ambs 8-1

update Philly.com has an article about Wing Bowl preparations making the claim that the “Unknown Eater” has defeated Molly Schuyler. Her only documented loss was to Jamie McDonald in a 2013 pumpkin pie contest.

BillyPenn.com has an anti Wing Bowl column

Thrillist has a list of 11 things you didn’t know about the Wing Bowl.

Philly Voice has a preview. Angelo Cataldi calls Molly the big favorite and says that Kobayashi declined to participate after learning that she would compete.

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The field for Thursday’s Hooters World Wing Eating Championship has been announced. Sean Gordon has apparently received a wild-card berth after eating 94 wings to finish fourth in the Panama City, FL qualifier. 94 wings was not the most by someone finishing outside the top 3: Jeff Butler, Steve Hendry, Juan Rodriguez, Andrew Kogutkiewicz and Corey Fanguy all ate more(94+ results after jump)

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General contest links

• Alt.variety contest report
• Slate.com column about Mayor Bloomberg’s apparent hypocrisy
• Piers Morgan of CNN blog entry
• Major League Eating recap video
• AFP contest videos in French | Spanish | Portuguese | Japanese
• Village Voice gallery
• Flickr galleries: helenofzuo | branko (not safe for work)
• Katina Wrocki line drawings

Competitor-specific links

• Joey Chestnut interview on 1090 San Diego: transcript | podcast (Joey reiterates his criticisms of Kobayashi he has made previously.)
• Sean Gordon podcast on the Man Cave Podcast. (Sean describes his disqualification from a 2008 Nathan’s qualifier)
• Pete Davekos podcast on ballhogs radio
• Matt Stonie gallery | Vlog Part 1 | Part 2
• Meredith Boxberger vlog Part 1 | Part 2

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update Apr 30 The Las Vegas Sun has a gallery

update Apr 29 Haute Living has an article and NCAADave has a video

Men
1) Sean Gordon 30 HDB, defends Las Vegas qualifier title
2) Rich LeFevre 27 HDB, takes wild-card lead
3T) Juan “More Bite” Rodgriguez 22 HDB, MLE debut
3T) Ron Koch 22 HDB

Women
1) Juliet Lee 27 HDB, will compete in Nathan’s finals for 6th straight year
?) Mary Bowers 9.5 HDB, takes apparent lead in women’s wild card race

update 6:51 Winners have been announced. Sean Gordon has repeated as the male champion w/30 HDB. Juliet Lee is the female winner w/ 27.

The contest is about to start.

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Red Knights has very sad news about Sean Gordon’s parents, Gary and Janea Gordon. After a motorcycle accident on Saturday, Janea passed away as a result of injuries and Gary was hospitalized and is currently in critical condition. A CarePage for Gary has been set up atwww.carepages.com/carepage/garyggordon. (via email) update care page link changed

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update Apr 28 Naader Reda has a video (via Stephanie Wu)

update Apr 26 #2 Naader Reda and Robin Leach have blog entries.

update Apr 26 Don Sturdy has a gallery

update Apr 25 Gaming Today has an article which claims that Adrian Morgan qualified for the finals.

6:47 Naader Reda has the top 3
1 Sean Gordon 30 hdbs
2 Adrian Morgan 27
3 Stephanie Torres 23 4th woman to break 20 hot dogs, best female debut of 10 minute qualifier era

6:44 It appears Rich LeFevre is competing according to this picture

6:38 The contest has started

6:27 Introductions have started

Some thoughts before the qualifier:

• Sonya Thomas Nathan’s debut was 18 hot dogs in 12 minutes with no previous eating contests. Juliet Lee ate 28 in 12 minutes after competing in the IFOCE for almost a year.
• Unresolved questions about the women’s division: Will Sonya Thomas receive a bye since she is the women’s record holder | Will there be a women’s wild card? (if two women exceed 10 hot dogs at one qualifier)
• The differential between the men’s and women’s Nathan’s prizes has been receiving some critical media attention: Time | Eater.com | Jezebel

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(Bumped & Modified originally posted June 27)

The following people won a slot in the 2010 Nathan’s finals by winning a qualifier. The second column is the number of hot dogs eaten in the qualifier (click on the names to see their contest history)

Allen Goldstein received a slot by leading the wild card standings. Here are the wild card standings according to results in the eatfeats datbase (qualifier winners not listed):

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update June 14 Patrick Michels has a contest report for the Dallas Observer.
Adrian Morgan has a gallery.

update 3:00 The eating contest twitter has the top 4:

1) Sean Gordon 23.5
2) Crazy Legs Conti 23
3) Adrian Morgan 20.5
4) Nate Biller 14.5

update 2:50 Sean Gordon is the winner with 23.5 HDB

update 2:40 The qualifier is over, but results have yet to be announced.

update 2:20 The contest has yet to start. It looks like the WinStarWorld twitter will have real time updates.

The qualifier should start at 2 pm eastern, according to the Adrian Against facebook.

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update #2 WHDH has a video and article

update dmspring has a flickr gallery There is also a picture on twitpix

2:10: twitter.com/rpshea: davekos and goldstein tie 1/23 hdb’s sean gordon advances to CI w/26 – George Shea confirms

The top 4
1) Sean Gordon 26 HDB
2T) Allen “Goldstein” 23 HDB
2T) Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos 23 HDB
4) Russ Keeler 15.5 HDB

1:59 twitter.com/rpshea – 5 mins in goldstein and davekos w/16 each

12:58 introductions have started according to http://twitter.com/gcshea

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(From Sean Gordon)

At Frawley (Blue Rocks) Field, 8 minutes

1. Sean Gordon – 17 HDB
2. Joel “The Cannon” Podelsky – 13 HDB
3. Gabe Venit- 11.5 HDB, 2nd contest (first was qualifier)

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Megamunch has a report from today’s hot dog eating contest in Lancaster, PA where he finished 5th. Sean Gordon from Philadelphia won the contest.

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from megamunch & steakbellie

1. Humble Bob Shoudt – 9+ pounds 8 minutes ($2000 prize)
2. Tim “Eater X” Janus – 8+ pounds ($500)
3. “Cincinnati Kid” Nathan Kunce 5.5 pounds ($100)
4. Crazy Legs Conti – 5.4 lbs
5. Brian Subich – 5 lbs range
6. Micah ‘Wing Kong’ Collins – 4.9lbs
7. Steakbellie – 4.6lbs

Brickhouse Braunstein looked to be 2 slices into his second pie (2.6 lbs pie)

Dave Shoffner, the author of megamunch, ate 2 lb. 7 oz.

Dave Shoffner also has a flickr gallery of the contest

Amateur Contest
1. “gooey” Sean Gordon 3.75lb ($250 gift certificate)
2. Chris “the hunk” Brunk 3.5lb
3. Intimidater” JD Slater 3.1 lb

results updated June 25, 4:37 pm

updated 11:18 pm Steakbellie has a gallery also, and wonders why Dave Shoffner’s galleries lacks any pictures of Eagles cheerleaders

Updated 6/30 6:09 pm Steakbellie has posted a blog entry about the contest

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