Upcoming Philadelphia eating contests
(All Philadelphia eating challenges and contests in database)
Kevin "Quazy" Ambs won Friday's Wing Bowl 22 Wing Off (caption of last picture) held at PJ Whelihan's in West Chester, PA.
The Wing Off schedule for Wing Bowl 22 has been announced. The first Wing Off will take place on Friday at PJ Whelihan's in West Chester, PA. The finals on January 21 will award a spot in the finals.
Stephen's on State will hold a wing eating contest on Sunday awarding $100 if they can get enough competitors. (via Ukraine Train).
Tickets for Wing Bowl 22 will go on sale tomorrow at comcasttix.com at 9 am and cost $10 The Sugar House Casino will host a kick-off broadcast tomorrow.
Dave "US Male" Goldstein won an in-studio wing off this morning to become the first person to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. (gallery)
Wing Bowl 22 to award $22,000 and two cars
The prizes for Wing Bowl 22 have been announced. The overall winner will receive $22,000, which surpasses the $20,000 first prize for the 2009 Krystal Square Off. (The Japanese Food Battle Clubs of 2000-2002 awarded a million yen (around $100,0000)). The local and collegiate winners will receive Chrysler 200s. Tickets will go on sale on December 10.
The contest rules can be accessed on the entry form. United States residents living outside greater Philadelphia can attempt to qualify by performing a stunt that will be streamed on skype or ustream.
Jamie McDonald, Jon Squibb, Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut will receive byes as previous champions if they want to compete. (Sonya Thomas is not listed as a bye recipent.)
update Dec 3 Jamie McDonald has announced he will defend his title and his goal is 320 wings.
Gunners Run in Philadelphia will hold a wing eating contest Sunday awarding $500 to the winner.
The Huffington Post has a blog entry and video about the Fried Mushroom Festival eating contest in Kennett Square, PA won by Molly Schuyler.
update Sept 9 A picture of the prizewinners
Top 5 Kennett Square, PA mushroom festival:
1) Molly Schuyler 9 lbs (continues career undefeated streak, almost doubles previous record of 5.5 lb)
2) Kevin Ambs 5 lbs.
3) Jared Robillard 3.75 lbs.
4) Monty Wiradilaga 3.5 (top male amateur)
5) Kyle Quigley 3.25
Amanita Applebaum 2.25 (top female amateur)
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.
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.
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 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.
Philly.com has a blog entry and gallery from last night's women-only wing eating contest at the Keswick Tavern in Glenside, PA.
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.
Jamie McDonald wins Wing Bowl 21, US Male top local
10:01 NJ.com reports that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons is considering a comeback for Wing Bowl 22.
9:49 CBSLocal.com report
9:27 Philly.com has a contest report
8:59 Final top 4 results
1) Jamie “The Bear” McDonald 287 wings
2) Jon “Super” Squibb 282
3) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 266
4) Skin & Bones
8:53 Tiger Wings has been DQed
8:49 The top 5 with the 2 minute final round left
1) Jamie McDonald 265
2) Jon Squibb 252
3) Dave US Male 247
4) Dave “Tiger Wings & Things” 220
5) Skin & Bones 202
8:42 The second round is over
8:36 US Male’s 148 wings is not a first half record; Kobayashi ate 165 last year
8:24 First Round totals (via CSN live blog)
Dave US Male 148
Jon Squibb 138
Jamie McDonald 130
Tiger Wings & Thing 128
Skin & Bones 126
Not Rich Razzi 102
Uncle Rico 97
Snack Jack Diamon 92
Ukraine Train 87
Wayney Wonder Algenio 81
8:18 3 of the national eaters will advance to the second round, 7 locals will move on
8:06 The first half is over. Jamie McDonald is reportedly behind Jon Squibb and Dave “US Male” Goldstein is among the leaders. The Dallas representative Jordan Avalos, reversed eight minutes into the contest, which is not surprising since he was selected on “trash talking” instead of eating ability. “US Male” has won best entourage
7:50 The contest has started
7:44 New Eagles coach is on site and currently being interviewed
7:34 The “World” eaters are entering and the crowd is throwing debris at the out of towners
Wing Bowl 21 Coverage
- Philly.com live blog
- CNS Philly live blog
- ABC Local live blog
- Courier Post gallery
- ESPN Playbook article about Wing Bowl
- Philly.com Wing Bowl Q & A
- Philly.com column critical of Wing Bowl
Competitor Profiles
- CBS Local article about Jamie McDonald
- LancasterOnline article about “Snack Jack” Diamond.
- Philly Burbs article about “South Jersey” Keith Carman
- Video about “South Jersey” Keith Carman
- NJ.com article about substitute competitor “Rob the Slob” Peachey Jr.
Barnaby's of Ridley in Holmes, PA is holding a wing eating contest tonight awarding $300 to the winner.
There will be two seitan wing eating contests in Philadelphia Saturday: the third Vegan Wing Bowl at the Abbaye (comparison with WIP Wing Bowl) and the Veggie Wing Bowl at the Adobe Cafe featuring local comedians.
Anonymous competitive eaters allege improper Wing Bowl counting
Philly.com has an article about Wing Bowl 21 with the following anonymous quotes:
One longtime competitor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, quipped, “[acclaimed competitive eater] Joey Chestnut comes in from California, wins three Wing Bowls, and his numbers are somewhere around the 160 mark. Then Squibb gets to 200? How the heck do you think Kobayashi ate 337 wings? It’s not because they’re the biggest wings you ever saw in your life. They’ve gotten smaller.”
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Still, another anonymous insider suggested the year-over-year increase is a result of the contest being rigged, calling the competition “complete b——-.”
Philly.com has the full list of Wing Bowl 21 competitors. Wayne Algenio, Andrew Skweres, and Jordan Avalos received the New York City, Chicago and Dallas berths. The odds are also available. Jon Squibb is the favorite in the national competition at 3-2 with Jamie McDonald behind him at 2-1. In the local competitors, Richard Razzi is the favorite at 3-1 and Dave "US Male" Goldstein is behind him at 4-1. "Snack" Jack Diamond is the biggest underdog at infinity-1 odds. CBS' Mancave blog has a list of the last five Wing Bowl Champions starting with Sonya Thomas.
NJ.com has a report on Jon Squibb's quest to regain his Wing Bowl title and the Drexel University paper has an article about MBA student Anthony “Wiz-Kid†Wisniewski, who qualified for Wing Bowl 21 by eating a cow tongue in five and a half minutes. The Wing Bowl twitter claims a big announcement will be made tomorrow at 8 eastern. update Jan 21 Patch.com also has an article about Squibb.
Chambers 19 in Doylestown, PA is holding a wing eating contest on January 27 awarding a trip to Las Vegas.
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