Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Pennsylvania eating challenges and contests in database)
Russ Keeler won yesterday's cannoli eating contest at La Festa Italiana in Scranton, PA with a total of 11 cannoli in 5 minutes.
update Sept 1 Joel Podelsky has a video
Michael Longo has the top 7 at the pro division of today's burger eating contest at Taste of Hamburg-er in Hamburger, PA. Tout.com has some videos
1) Jamie McDonald 11.5
2) Dave Brunelli 9
3) Wayne Algenio 8.5
4) Mike Longo 8.4
5) Dimitry "The Ukraine Train" Shchupak 7
6) Kevin "Qwazy" Ambs 6.75
7) Joel Podelsky 5
Four floor passes to Wing Bowl 22 are up for auction at Eagles Radiothon (Item #40). The date of that contest will be January 31, 2014.
La Festa Italiana will hold a cannoli eating contest Monday in Scranton awarding $275 ($150 to the winner).
Taste of Hamburg-er will hold a burger eating contest for teams of three amateurs awarding $525 ($300 to the winning team) on August 31 in Hamburg, PA. As of August 12, a few spots remained for the professional burger contest awarding $1,800 ($900 to the winner).
A press release announces that Jamie McDonald will face Molly Schuyler in a fried mushroom festival at the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, PA on September 7. The top male and female amateurs will both receive $200 at that contest.
Brad Sciullo won an eating contest held on July 28 at Wintzell's Oyster House in Pittsburgh with a total of 260 oysters in 5 minutes. Katie "Mothballs" was the runner up with 170.
Arooga's 22 in Harrisburg, PA will hold three eating contests this weekend: a hot dog contest on Friday will award a trip to Jamaica, wing eating contests (spicy & regular) on Saturday will award $250 and a trip to Las Vegas.
Times Herald has an article about the track coaching career of Bob Shoudt's father, who coached Billy "White Shoes" Johnson in high school.
About a year after Bill "El Wingador" Simmons was arrested for narcotics distribution, another Wing Bowl veteran has made news away from the contest table. Philly.com reports that celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman wanted to fight "Gentleman" Jerry Coughlan at the Columbus Club. On twitter, Damon Feldman incorrectly claimed that Coughlan was a Wing Bowl champion, but he was the top local in 2007. (Bill "El Wingador" Simmons faced off against pro wrestler Brutus Beefcake in a 2009 celebrity boxing match after Jose Canseco withdrew.)
A hot egg eating contest (amateur only) at Wingstock in York, PA will award $500 to the winner on July 6.
Marcos Owens & Juliet Lee take Nathan’s Pittsburgh qualifier
update June 14 WTAE has a video, TribLive has a gallery and Rake & Herald has a contest report
update The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has an article and TribLive has a video. WPXI also has a video
(Results) Men
1) Marcos Owens 30
2) Brian Subich 20
3) Crazy Legs Conti 19.5
4) Bill Myers 17 (personal best)
Women
1) Juliet Lee 30
update Catherine Tsavalas reports that Marcos Owens and Juliet Lee both qualified for the finals with a total of 30.
Juliet Lee is at the contest and should qualify easily
Jennifer “The Wiener Slayer” Grabner is the first announced female contestant.
Crazy Legs Conti, Brian Subich and Marcos Owens are expected to compete in tomorrow's Nathan's qualifer in Pittsburgh. Micah "Wing Kong" Collins has withdrawn.
A pretzel dog eating contest will be held tomorrow at the May Fair in Philadelphia. The contest will apparently award $500 to the winner.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein has a facebook post about finishing the Philly Broad Street 10 mile run with Sean "Flash" Gordon and Micah "Wing Kong" Collins. (via email)
According to USA Today, Philadelphia Eagles draftee Lane Johnson reportedly ate 20 burgers and 3 dozen eggs over one and a half days.
El Sol in Harrisburg, PA will hold a jalapeno eating contest on May 4 awarding $300 in cash ($200 to the winner).
Dave Brunelli defended his Lehigh Valley Munch Madness title today by eating almost 7 pounds of scrapple in 12 minutes and won a prize of $500.
Brian Subich will attempt to set the Twinkie eating record at the June 26 Altoona (PA) Curve game as part of a one day "counter fitness" initiative called "Eat:60". Takeru Kobayashi ate 14 Twinkies in one minute.
Jamie McDonald reportedly won yesterday's pierogie eating contest held at the Men's Culinary Classic in Meadowlands, PA with a total of 56 in 3 minutes.
"Big" Brian Subich will MC the pierogie-eating contest held at the Men's Culinary Classic in Meadowlands, PA on March 9.
Philly.com has a blog entry and gallery from last night's women-only wing eating contest at the Keswick Tavern in Glenside, PA.
ESPNLV.com has information about its 2013 Munch Madness circuit. The finals will take place on April 7 at Big Woody's in Allentown, PA and award $500 to the winner of a scrapple eating contest. The first qualifier will be held February 27 at Casey's Place in Quakertown.
Justin Vernon won the finals of Big Woody's Wing Off in Forks, PA Sunday for the fifth year in a row and received a prize of $500. (gallery)
The facebook for PYT Philly reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons is spending his first post-indictment day by seeing how many bacon tacos he can eat in five minutes.
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