Upcoming Philadelphia eating contests
(All Philadelphia eating challenges and contests in database)
411Mania reports that Jose Conseco has withdrawn from tonight's match against Bill "El Wingador" Simmons. Pro wrestler Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake will replace him.
Philly.com on El Wingador vs. Canseco press conference
Philly.com has an article about yesterday’s press conference to promote tonight’s match between Jose Canseco and Bill “El Wingador” Simmons, who expressed dissatisfaction with his remuneration:
Only Canseco – because he’s the “name” – is paid a “celebrity appearance fee” upfront. That ticked off Simmons.
“[Feldman] is giving Canseco $10,000,” Simmons told me. “I’m only getting $2,000. That’s disrespectful.”
Simmons said he wanted $5,000 for tonight’s fight and threatened to withhold the $4,400 he claimed he raised from selling tickets.
Yahoo! Sports has an AP article about Friday's contest between Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and Jose Canseco sanctioned by the Celebrity Boxing Federation.
Philly.com has a blog entry listing the restaurants that will be featured on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food The challenge was a 5 pound cheesesteak at Tony Luke's.
The Philadelphia restaurants Man vs. Food recorded at yesterday were Tommy Dinic's Roast Pork and Beef and Miller's Twist in Reading Terminal Market. Today's sites were cheesesteak restaurants on South Street.
http://twitter.com/morningsideband/status/2549857996: Adam Richman of Man vs. Food is at Tony Luke's in Philadelphia today and Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will be a guest.
Philly.com reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will face off against Jose Conseco in a boxing match on July 24.
Drinker's Pub in Philadelphia will hold a wing eating contest on May 24 which will award a Jager Machine drink dispenser to the winner.
Philly area burger challenge
Winner’s Circle Sports Grille has the only active Philadelphia (Edgemont & Easton locations) area burger challenge I am aware of. The challenge will award a free T shirt and mug to a diner who can complete a 1.5 pound burger and 1 pound of fries in under 20 minutes. The challenge has been available since April according to the online Wall of Fame.
Adam Richman's twitter announces that the second season of Man vs. Food will be visiting Philadelphia.
PatsVsGenos has an interview with "Humble" Bob Shoudt, mainly about breaking the cheesesteak record at Jim's Steaks two years ago.
Full Swallow Your Pride on sling.com
The full version of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride can be viewed on sling.com for free. The previous version was missing the last 20 minutes.
Will Millender's blog reports that he won a Scotch Egg eating contest held in Philadelphia yesterday.
A Scotch egg eating contest awarding $250 to the winner will be held at the Whip Tavern in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Swallow Your Pride on sling.com
(From indiewire) The first 66 minutes of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary, Swallow Your Pride, can be viewed for free at http://beta.sling.com/video/show/121148/58/Swallow-Your-Pride The video is billed as the full version of the movie even though the last 20 minutes are missing.
Philly vs. IFOCE 4 on 4 in Wing Bowl 18?
Dan Gross’ column on philly.com mentions George Shea’s appearance on 610 WIP last week and says that the proposed contest in which 4 IFOCE members would face off against 4 Philly-area eaters would take place in Wing Bowl 18 next year if it occurs.
The Reading Eagle has a profile of Wing Bowl 16 & 17 competitor Michael "The Caveman" Casicano, who is considering retirement after being disappointed in the judging of the contest last month.
Cataldi on WB 18: “pros contribute very little”
Angelo Cataldi’s most recent blog entry reports that the return of IFOCE eaters to the Wing Bowl in 2010 is not a certainty:
The big question now is whether to open the event back up to the professional eaters next year. I may not have to make that decision since my contract runs out before the next Wing Bowl, but my inclination right now is to keep them out. The pros contribute very little to the actual event. They rarely bother to prepare a procession, they have little or no personality, and they detract from the original intent of Wing Bowl, which is to turn an average Joe into Rocky Balboa for a day. Any input from the listeners and Wing Bowl patrons is welcome here.
"First Timer Wins Wing Bowl Championship" is the most viewed story on philly.com this month.
Wing Bowl 17 doubles philly.com traffic
The PhillyDeal$ blog reports that philly.com received 4.1 million online readers on the day of Wing Bowl 17, more than twice the normal amount. The only other event to produce more traffic to the website was the Phillies recent World Series victory.
Wing Bowl 17 galleries
Pictures in galleries may not be safe for work:
- Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has a new gallery
- Action Sports Pics has a gallery (from comment)
- Flickr galleries: Candyman | S. A. Margulies | freshhooker | damncoolpictures (from wire services)
- PASpider’s picasa gallery
- Picture of “Sloth”‘s reversal in Wing Bowl 9 on the video screen
“Swallow Your Pride” on sale at amazon.com
(From Brian Dwyer comment) The Wing Bowl 13 documentary Swallow Your Pride is for sale on amazon.com at a price of $19.99. Angelo Cataldi, Al Morganti and Bill Simmons are listed as the stars.
More Wing Bowl 17 links
- NJ.com journal focusing on South Jersey entrants
- ABC News video
- Wing Bowl 17 videos on youtube
- Picture of Sloth’s reversal in Wing Bowl 9 on the video screen
- Competitor articles: Chicken Caesar | The Eating Machine | Caddilac Corrigan
WB 17 cottage cheese stunts accepted & rejected
A list of DelawareOnline’s 8 most intriguing people of 2008 details the thwarting of Jeff “The Natural” Olson’s plans to compete in Wing Bowl 17:
At this year’s WIP Wingbowl, Jeff planned on qualifying with his stunt of eating three pounds of cottage cheese in three minutes. WIP rejected the stunt, however, saying it was a drinking stunt and not an eating stunt. (I’m not sure how the people at WIP consume their cottage cheese, but I certainly consider that a food.)
Apparently WIP had no such problems with the brand of cottage cheese Jon Squibb used, as he qualified by eating 6 pounds in 3 minutes after failing at his initial attempt
Other Wing Bowl links
NBCPhiladelphia credits the small size of the wings with the high total and has some additional Wing Bowl content
Yahoo has 2 videos and 15 photos, including a picture of Frank DeFraud’s disqualification
Jon “Super” Squibb wins Wing Bowl 17
update #2Philly.com has video – CBS3 has a slideshow and an interview with boxer Bernard Hopkins and El Wingador along with some soundless footage
Google Trends currently has “Wing Bowl 2009” as #10 in the list of hot trends and “Angelo Cataldi” and “610 WIP” are also in the top 20.
update CourierPostOnline.com has the official top 5:
Jon “Super” Squibb – 203 wings – his facebook page
Not Rich 180
Hank the Tank 153
Da Disposal 153
Cadillac Corrigan 132
Other 5 semi-finalists (results are from end of first round)
Officer Beast 90
Frank de Fraud 87
Stormin Norman 83
Obi Wing 83 (disqualified for vomiting in the second round)
Gluteus Maximus 79
The live blog of the radio feed follows after the jump:
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