Upcoming eating contests
eating challenges
(All Pennsylvania eating challenges and contests in database)
Tim "Obi Wing Kenobi" Cain has uploaded a video of his second place finish in at a Rock the Tot contest at a Pittsburgh Bar Louie. Brad "The Lunatic" Sciullo won the contest with by eating 5 pounds and 13 ounces of tater tots, an amount greater than the national winner ate the previous two years.
Pete Lodato has a gallery from this year's Wing Bowl.
Steakbellie to do “Tough Mudder” for charity
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston will be participating in the “Tough Mudder” 7 mile obstacle course race on May 2 (the day after he competes in the Dorney Park cheesesteak contest) to raise money for the Wounded Warrior project. He has set up a donation link for the charity on active.com.
update Comments not pertaining to the “Tough Mudder” have been moved to the 2010 abuse room thread
PhillyGossip: Joey Chestnut, "Notorious" Bob Shoudt, Micah "Wing Kong" Collins, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston & Sean "Flash" Gordon will compete in the Dorney Park (Allentown, PA) cheesesteak contest on May 1. update MCall reports that Tim Janus & Juliet Lee will also compete.
The facebook for the Double Wide Grill reports that Brad "The Lunatic" won its eating contest last night by eating a 1.5 pounds of tofu and seitan wings in 40 seconds.
Brad Sciullo wins Men’s Culinary Classic pierogi contest
The Herald Standard reports that Brad Sciullo won the pierogi-eating contest at the Men’s Culinary Classic at the Washington County Fairgrounds by eating 58 pierogis in 3 minutes. Some more facts about Sciullo from the article:
- He says he almost died and had a temperature of 104 after eating the 15+ pound Denny’s Belly Buster burger
- He claims to have won the world milk drinking competition by drinking a gallon of milk in 22 seconds
- His next contest will take place Thursday at the finals of the tofu wing eating contest at the Double Wide Grill.
The Reading Eagle reports that Berks County Deputy Sheriff Alicia L. Angstadt ate 60 wings in 8 minutes in a charity wing eating contest, double the amount her two male teammates ate.
(from "Tiny" Tim) DVDs of Nacho Mountain are now available for sale. There will also be a screening of the movie at the Grand Theater in East Greenville, PA on March 28.
The Jewish Exponent has a report on the Shank (or kosher wing) Bowl. Sarah Krantz won the women's division.
PhillyChitChat has a report on yesterday's Shank (kosher wing) Bowl. Ben Jablonski defeated defending champ Adam "Hungry Hungry Hebrew" Taxin to win $990.
CityPaper on “Swallow Your Pride” screening
The Philadelphia City Paper has an interview with Bill “El Wingador” Simmons who will attend Monday’s screening of the Wing Bowl documentary “Swallow Your Pride” at National Mechanics in Philadelphia. Simmons believes he should have defeated Sonya Thomas in the 2004 Wing Bowl.
A youtube page has been set up with clips from Swallow Your Pride
Post-Gazette reports that Brian Subich will serve as MC for the pierogi eating contest at the March 20 Men's Culinary Classic in Washington County, PA (Pittsburgh area).
Art Mann (HD.Net) at Wing Bowl 2010
Youtube has an episode of HD.Net’s Art Mann Presents recorded at the 2010 Wing Bowl NOT SAFE FOR WORK Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 A promo clip of a reversal.
An episode of Art Mann Presents set at the Krispy Kreme Challenge will debut today.
IFOCE May 2010 schedule
The MLE facebook lists three new May 2010 contests:
- May 1 Philly cheesesteaks, Dorney Park, Allentown PA
- May 8 Boneless wings, Isle of Capri, Boonville Missouri
- May 22 Poutine, Toronto (first IFOCE Canadian contest since 2003 Vancouver Nathan’s qualifier)
I have not seen any news about a MLE contest at the Big Texan in Amarillo on April 10 since it was announced in Nations Restaurant News.
NBCPhiladelphia announces the Shank (Kosher Wing) Bowl will take place at Finnegan's Wake in Philadelphia on March 11.
Post-Gazette.com: Double Wide Grill in Pittsburgh will hold a tofu wing eating contest next month. (Qualifiers March 11 & 18, finals March 25 to award a $100 gift card to Whole Foods)
PhoenixvilleNews has an article on the wife of Rick "the Manager", Sherri Russo, who will represent Collegeville in the Mrs. Pennsylvania pageant in March. Like Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, Sherri Russo has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
Philly.com reports that an eating contest might be held in conjunction with a March 8 screening of the Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride
The Phoenixville News reports that "Wild" Bill Myers was the first to complete the 4 pound "Annihilator" roast beef sandwich challenge yesterday after it debuted yesterday at Tony's Family Restaurant. update Amy Strauss has a longer blog entry with pictures about the challenge attempts.
The Phoenixville News reports that the "Annihilator" 5.5 lb. roast beef sandwich challenge will debut Saturday at Tony's Family Restaurant in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
DennysBeerBarrelPub.com has been updated to announce that "Furious" Pete Czerwinski set the Pub Super Challenger record.
The TravelChannel.com announces Dave "MegaMunch" Shoffner's picture of the 120 ounce steak at Gregory's Steakhouse in Allentown, PA has won the Fan vs. Food Photo contest.
Jon Squibb misses Wing Bowl record by 3 wings
Wing Bowl 18 Final 5
1 238 Jon Squibb, 3 off Joey Chestnut’s Wing Bowl record
2 145 Not Rich, 2nd runner-up in a row
3 138 Cheesecake Beefcake
4 132 Hot Pockets
DQ Lights Out, reversed between second & final round
Other second round qualifiers and their first round amounts:
Tiger Wing 98 wings
Farmer Bob 85 wings
Obi Wing & Big Bambino 81 wings
Snack Jack & Freak of Nature, 80 wings
update #4 Feb 11 Serious Eats report | Daily Pennsylvanian writeup
update #3 Feb 6 Courier-Post article | Morning Call column mentioning “Wild” Bill Myers | DelCo Times article | PhillyBurbs article #1 | article #2 | video of a fight between a Wing Bowl fan and a security guard
Philly.com reports that pros will be allowed in Wing Bowl 19, but it was originally announced that pros would compete in Wing Bowl 18.
update #2 More links: MyPhl17 article & gallery | PhillyBurbs gallery | DelCo Times article | Deadspin blog entry | Philebrity slideshow
update 12:28 Wing Bowl 18 coverage: 610WIP galleries & videos | Philly.com galleries & videos | CBS3 article & video | 6 ABC gallery | Deadspin gallery (NSFW)
Bill “El Wingador” Simmons mentioned he just started a new facebook fan page. Simmons noted that Squibb’s 93 wing margin was greater than the total amount of 90 wings “Tollman Joe” Paul ate to win Wing Bowl 8.
djms200 has a video of Snooki flipping the bird live on Fox 29 after being booed.
The live blog is available after the jump. Philly.com | 6ABC | csnphilly and BustedCoverage also have live blogs
“Throw up on the Ground” Wing Bowl parody video
The Bad Rapper has produced a parody video of “Pants on the Ground” for Wing Bowl 18 called “Throw up on the Ground” featuring footage of famous Wing Bowl reversals including “Sloth”‘s regurgitation inundation from Wing Bowl 9. Captures of “Sloth” can be viewed after the jump.
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The odds for Wing Bowl 18 have been added to the list of competitors. Defending champion John Squibb is the favorite at 2-1. The Wing Bowl weigh-in will take place at Chickie & Pete's starting at 5 pm this evening.
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