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Joey Chestnut’s Wing Bowl 15 entrance
Videos of Joey Chestnut entering the Wachovia Center before Wing Bowl 15 can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI0Isq0cJdk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS5ihrNV4jw
More publicity for the UEPa
The Gant Daily has an article about the making and unveiling of the 123 pound burger at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub which mentions the United Eaters of Pennsylvania. Ian Hickman’s record breaking performance appears in the article and there is also a picture of the Invader in the article slideshow.
Megamunch’s MC report
Megamunch has a blog entry about his experience MCing two local contests in Harrisburg, PA on Sunday.
New Poll: # of Belly Buster burger finishers
The new poll asks how many eaters in the world do you believe are capable of finishing Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 15 pound Belly Buster burger (10.5 pounds of meat) in under 3 hours without assistance. No one has yet to complete that sandwich singlehandedly.
Harrisburg hot sauce contest info
The Turn Up the Heat Chili Cook-Off, to be held in Harrisburg, PA tomorrow, has a web page at http://yhst-14711175495285.stores.yahoo.net/chilicookoff.html Dave “Megamunch” Schoffner will MC a hot sauce drinking contest and a cooldown eating contest during that event.
Megamunch takes the mike
Dave “Megamunch” Schoffner has been requested to MC a local hot sauce drinking contest to be held in Harrisburg, PA on Saturday.
Fictional Wing Bowl movie still planned
Philly.com’s Inqlings column says that a Wing Bowl movie remains in production even though a script for it has yet to be finalized several years into the project.
Denny’s burgers price per pound
Prices are from this ad, weights are the amount of meat in the burger. Total weight is around twice the weight of the meat.
Pub Challenger: $15.95 / 2 lb. = $7.98 / lb.
Pub Super Challenger: $21.95 / 3 lb. = $7.32 / lb.
Ye Old 96er : $35.95 / 6 lb. = $5.99 / lb.
Belly Buster: $49.95 / 10.5 lb. = $ 4.76 / lb.
Belly Bruiser: $179.95 / 50 lb. = $3.60 / lb.
Main Event Charity Burger: $379 / 80 lb. = $4.74 / lb.
Article on 123 pound burger
The Clearfield Progress has an article about the unveiling of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 123 pound burger. The burger took 6-8 hours to cook and a heat shield had to be installed on the oven. The burger meat will be used in chili and other non-burger items.
The article also mentions the UEPa meeting, the German television crew and Ian Hickman breaking the 2 lb burger record. The previous record of 15 minutes was set by Daryl Teats of Woodland, PA in 1993. Dave Schoffner is quoted.
A shorter version of the article was produced by the Associated Press which has been picked up by dozens of outlets. (From flash383)
Vacuum & Invader both break Denny’s 2lb. burger record
Megamunch has a preliminary report about the UEPa meeting at Denny’s yesterday. Both Mark Lyle and Ian Hickman broke the 2 pound burger record of 15 minutes. Megamunch hopes to have a longer report up soon.
updated Wing Tut has a blog entry, a flickr gallery and three youtube videos of the giant burger. The sandwich made the front page of the local newspaper’s website.
update #2 Megamunch has a longer entry and a flickr gallery
Jim’s Steaks Wall of Fame pictures from Steakbellie
Steakbellie was recently in Jim’s Steaks in Philadelphia and he took some pictures of the Wall of Fame and emailed them. There are apparently just two members of the Wall of Fame. Lynda Kuerth ate 11 cheesesteaks in an hour and a half in 1977 and high school football player Alex Friedman bested that by one sandwich in 2001. The pictures of Alex Friedman are surrounded by receipts for his steaks. The wall has apparently yet to be updated with “Humble” Bob Shoudt’s record breaking 13 cheesesteaks in January. Pictures of the Wall of Fame are available after the jump.
New world record burger on Denny’s home page
A picture of a burger unveiled today at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub appears on dennysbeerbarrelpub.com The restaurant claims the new sandwich is the world’s largest burger. No information is provided about the results of today’s contest or other challenge attempts.
Steakbellie enters the arena
Steakbellie has posted the third of a planned six reports on his Wing Bowl 15 experience. This segment is about his procession into the Wachovia Center.
Claim Kate Stelnick finished 15 lb burger on ebay
There is a page on ebay claiming that Kate Stelnick finished the 15 pound “Belly Buster” burger in addition to completing the 11 pound 96er. I have no idea why this page was placed on ebay since there is no associated merchandise for auction.
Belly Buster eaters needed for UEPa meeting & German TV
Megamunch reports that German TV will be filming during the UEPA meeting at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub on Saturday, and they would like to record a two person attempt on the 15 pounder Belly Buster burger .
2 pound burger contest at Denny’s Saturday
Megamunch reports that Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub will hold a 2 pound burger eating contest after the new world’s largest burger is unveiled on Saturday. The burger is free to competitors. (This is probably the only way to receive a 2lb burger without paying for it as people who finish it in an hour only get a 50% discount.)
The blog entry lists the 2 lb record at 36 minutes, but I believe that is Lori Weiss’ record for the 3 lb. burger. Megamunch’s picture of the 2 lb finishers plaque reports that Andy Pentz ate the 2lb burger in 23 minutes on New Year Eve 2005.
Phillyist wingette interview
The Phillyist blog has an interview with Leslie McKenna, who was a wingette for Dave the Dumpster at Wing Bowl 15.
What do you say to people who think it’s a joke – nothing more than a drunken Bacchanal?
It’s a serious contest. A title and a car. Go to a football game and there are half-naked girls there. It’s a serious competition and we’re there to support them. These guys take a lot of time preparing and promoting.
Gentleman Jerry visits El Wingador To Go
citypaper.net has an article about “Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan’s meal at the recently opened El Wingador To Go the day after he was the top local finisher in Wing Bowl 15. The restaurant closes at 8pm (6pm Sunday) which is surprisingly early for a takeout only restaurant.
UEPa wants you
Megamunch has a blog entry about the United Eaters of Pennsylvania meeting at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub on February 24 which says that 6 eaters are needed for the event. (Eaters do not have to be residents of Pennsylvania). The format of the contest has yet to be determined.
Forum thread with Kate Stelnick eyewitness
The most convincing evidence that Kate Stelnick did finish the 96er burger in under three hours without assistance is probably found in this fark forum thread in which RSquared18 posts several times. Rsquared18 was a member of Kate’s travel part to Denny’s and the photographer of her eating the giant burger. Rsquared18 says that Kate needed 2:53 to finish the burger, one minute shorter than the official time.
2005-01-15 02:46:28 AM Rsquared18
I was with her when she did it. The 4 of us drove almost 5 hours this wensday morning to do this. All the pictures you will see of this have been taken by me. I will post all the pictures of our adventure if someone can help me with hosting/html (i have no idea how to post pictures)
/I know someone famous!
Dr. Slob article in the Suburban Advertiser
The Suburban Advertiser has an article about Wing Bowl 15 that focuses on Timothy “Dr. Slob” Cusick. The article says that “Peter” Bertoletti was the runner-up;
Wing Championship Series on WQED Feb 20
The Pittsburgh public television station, WQED, will show an episode of the “Dave & Dave” show about the Pittsburgh Wing Championship Series on February 20 at 7:30 pm.
News of Delaware County Wing Bowl article
News of Delaware County has an article about the three Wing Bowl locals, Gentleman Jerry, Steakbellie and Wing Kong. The article is mainly about Gentleman Jerry, but you can get more information about the other Wing Bowl experiences at the Wing Kong & Steakbellie blogs. Steakbellie has posted part 1 of a planned 6 which covers the Thursday night weigh in.
More Wing Bowl 15 galleries
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