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Molly Schuyler defends Great Pumpkin Farm pies title
update Sept 29 The Buffalo News and TWC News have articles. Molly received a $1000 bonus ($200/slice) for breaking the record by 5 slices.
The top 4 in the World Hands Free Pumpkin Pie Championship at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY.
1) Molly Schuyler 47 slices (14.69 pounds) new record
2) Dave Brunelli 32
3) Dave Werick 20
4) Michael Dietz 16
2015 Buffalo Wing Festival wing championship
update Sept 8 The Buffalo News has a gallery The UB Spectrum has a report on the college wing contest
update Sept 7 Full Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
| 1st | 205 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | defends title |
| 2nd | 170 | Miki Sudo | |
| 3rd | 157 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | |
| 4th | 151 | Gideon Oji | |
| 5th | 132 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 5th | 132 | Yasir Salem | |
| 7th | 126 | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 8th | 125 | Steve Hendry | |
| 9th | 116 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | |
| 10th | 94 | Daniella Gioia | |
| 11th | 87 | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 12th | 77 | Max Wojciechowski |
Previous winners
Joey Chestnut wins 2015 Buffalo Buffet Bowl
Results Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
| 1st | 5 | 7m17s | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut | |
| 2nd | 5 | 9m18s | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | |
| 3rd | 5 | 10m32s | Miki Sudo | |
| 4th | 4.56 | 10m32s | Juan “more bite” Rodriguez | |
| 5th | 4.24 | 10m32s | Yasir Salem | |
| 6th | 4.169 | 10m32s | Steve Hendry | |
| 7th | 3.786 | 10m32s | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | |
| 8th | 3.498 | 10m32s | Gideon Oji | |
| 9th | 3.316 | 10m32s | Daniella Gioia | |
| 10th | 2.63 | 10m32s | William “Wild Bill” Myers | |
| 11th | 2.613 | 10m32s | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele | |
| 12th | 2.442 | 10m32s | Eric “Badlands” Booker |
Joey Chestnut ate 5 pounds of food in 7:17 to win the Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wing Festival.
PamplinMedia reports that Joey Chestnut will judge a cooking contest Saturday at Chinook Winds in Lincoln City, OR, site of an IFOCE rib eating contest from 2003 to 2010. This will preclude him from doing the Buffet Bowl at the Buffalo Wingfest and probably make travel to Sunday's wing eating contest unpleasant, which he is still doing according to a Daily News Online interview.
Joe Menchetti ate 37 wings to win the Brockport, NY Wing Bowl Thursday.
The Buffalo News reports that Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo, Sonya Thomas and Gideon Oji are expected compete in the Buffalo Wing Festival on September 6. Badlands Booker, Juan Rodriguez, Yasir Salem and Steve Hendry headline the Buffalo Buffet Bowl on September 5.
The Armor Inn Tap Room in Ellicottville, NY will hold a wing eating contest on September 13 awarding $500 ($300 to the winner). Entrants need to win a Sunday qualifier.
Registration is now open for the World Hands-Free Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship in Clarence, NY on September 27. The purse is $1800 ($1000 to winner) (via Stephanie Wu)
Registration is now open for the Buffalo Wing Festvial contests: the Buffet Bowl on September 5 and the wing eating contest on September 6. (via Stephanie Wu)
Joe Menchetti appears to have won the first prize of a three year Smart Car lease at today's Dog e Style hot dog eating contest in Buffalo. The contest was billed a an event for local amateurs.
The Buffalo News website has republished an article about an hot dog contest in its January 22, 1975 issue. Tony Domagala ate 18 hot dogs in 20 minutes to win the $200 first prize.
Josh Kozlowski reports that Molly Schuyler ate 13.65 pounds (42 slices) of pie in 10 minutes at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY to win at the site of her only competitive eating defeat. update Sep 29 The rest of the top 4: 2) Dave Brunelli 33 slices 3) Dave Werick 19 slices 4) Crystal Tirpak
A press release announces that Molly Schuyler and Dave Brunelli are expected to compete in the HandsFree Pumpkin Pie Eating Championship at the Great Pumpkin Farm in Clarence, NY on September 28. Last year's contest was the site of the only defeat of Molly Schuyler's competitive eating career.
2014 Buffalo Wing Festival
update Sept 4 Adrian Morgan has a different top 6 on his facebook. Full results can be found on the MLE contest page
1 Joey Chestnut 192 wings
2 Adrian Morgan 146
3 Steve Hendry 143
4 Michelle Lesco 141
5 Sonya Thomas 140
6 Jeff Butler 130
7 Marcos Owens 128
8 Badlands Booker 126
9 Jim Reeves 112
10 Yasir Salem 104
11 Brian Subich 102
12 Miki Sudo 99
13 Wild Bill Myers 72
14 Max Wojciechowski (amateur winner) 35
Buffalo Live and ODV Vicious have videos.
update Sept 3 The festival facebook has more results with the interesting exception of the MLE wing contest.
update Sept 2 The festival facebook has a larger picture of Joey holding the results sheet which appears to list Joey Chestnut’s weight as 6.02 pounds. This is well below the his winning total of 7.61 pounds two years ago which would make Sunday’s contest a non-record.
CW23 has an article and interview and with Michelle Lesco, confirming she got third place
Bufalo News reports that Joey’s weight was approximately 6 pounds, less than his winning total of 7.61 lbs. in 2012.
WGRZ.com has a gallery.
The top 5 according to this picture:
1) Joey Chestnut 192 wings
2) Adrian Morgan 146
3) Michelle Lesco 141
4) Sonya Thomas 140
5) Jeff Butler 130
Joey Chestnut has been announced as the winner with 192 wings. This was claimed as a world record even though the contest had previously been judged by weight.
2014 Buffalo Buffet Bowl
Richard Shea has the top 5:
1) Joey Chestnut
2) Adrian Morgan
3) Jeff Butler
4) Michelle Lesco
5) Sonya Thomas, first victory over Miki Sudo
? Miki Sudo
? Badlands Booker
The contest page on the festival website has last year’s field, but not the 2014 competitors.
The National Buffalo Wing-Eating Championship will be web-streamed on ESPN3 on August 31 at 5 pm eastern.
Stoneyard Brewing Company in Brockport, NY will hold a wing eating contest tonight awarding $500 to the winner.
Registration is now open for the Zinzinatti bratwurst eating contest in Cincinnati on September 21. The purse for the Buffalo Wing Festival wing contest has been increased to $5,000.
WNYPapers reports that Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino will become the title sponsor for the MLE wing eating contest at the Buffalo Wing Festival on August 31. The contest purse remains at $2,800 despite the new sponsorship.
BLU Bar & Grill in Rochester, NY will award $500 to the person with the fastest finishing time for its burger challenge over a six month period.
TWCNews.com reports that Nicky Colligan won yesterday's wing eating contest at Jeremiah's Tavern in Rochester, NY. Her prize was a trip for two to Las Vegas.
A racehorse named after Joey Chestnut won a race at the Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday.
The New York Cosmos have a video of Takeru Kobayashi competing (as "Busboy Kevin") against midfielder Peri Marošević in a chicken wing eating contest. More April 1 links: Buffalo, NY awarded competitive eating expansion team | Florida food truck to take over Nathan's Coney Island location and eating contest. update April 2 Yahoo! has a blog entry with more about the prank
GoErie.com has a report about competing in the eating contest for amateurs at the 2013 Buffalo Wing Festival by Patrick Broadwater, who was disappointed the contest was changed from a timed competition to the first to finish 25 wings.
Visa has posted a video of a wing eating contest where a winner of its "My Football Fantasy" competed against members of the Buffalo Bills. Jim Kelly served as MC.
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