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Joey Chestnut practices in Philly
In today’s Wing Bowl column by Dan Gross, Joey Chestnut says he came to Philadelphia on Friday to practice on wings from the new supplier and visit strip clubs with competitive eating friends. There is also a section about “Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan.
The vomiting by “Sloth” mentioned in the column can be seen in a video recorded by MegaMunch.
DelawareOnline.com has an interview with Jeff “The Natural” Olson
El Wingador on WB 16 training on NJ.com
In a profile on NJ.com, Bill “El” Wingador” Simmons describes how he is preparing to make a comeback in Wing Bowl 16:
Wingador insists he competes against himself, not the field, but he knows if he’s going to make it six Wing Bowls he probably will have to out-eat Californian Joe Chestnut, who won in 2006 and 2007 and is considered the Tiger Woods of eating as the world’s No. 1 competitive chow-hound.
“I’m not worried about Chestnut,” Wingador says. “We’re friends, but he talks trash.”
Wingador goes to the gym (Bally’s) almost every morning, then begins eating, insisting he doesn’t have this routine programmed backwards.
A regular at several Gloucester County restaurants, he usually has four eggs over with scrapple and pancakes followed by a cheesesteak for breakfast. Lunch may feature a whole pizza and roast beef hoagie. Dinner could be a combination of chicken, or pork, or ham, or rice and beans, or four slices of pizza, and/or his personal favorite, spaghetti with chicken parm. Or, sometimes, all of the above.
Simmons believes he is capable of 200 to 240 wings at Wing Bowl 16.
PhillyBurbs.com has an article about WIP host / comedian “Big Daddy” Graham.
Link Buffet: January 21, 2008
HugeEaters.com reports that “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz & Lorraine are expecting twins
The (UK) Telegraph on Eddie “Bozo” Miller
USA Today reports that “Ham & Eggs” will be commercial free
PennLive.com reports Brian Subich’s qualification for the Wing Bowl.
hot dog contest for Drexel U students, $100 first prize
32 inch pizza challenge at Paventi’s Pizzeria in Charlotte, NC
Wing sauce contest in West Chester, PA, first prize is Wing Bowl tickets
Orange eating contest in Brunei to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Wing Bowl 16 rules online
Jeff Olson noted that the rules for Wing Bowl 16 are now available on 610wip.com.
The rules state that 5 trips to Mexico will be awarded to individual entourage members:
Five (5) trips for two (2) persons will be awarded to five (5) different members of Wing Bowl 16 entourages. Winners will be chosen at the sole discretion of WIP. Selection will be based on but not limited to: overall appearance, creativity, etc. The trips will be to either Punta Cana or Cancun, Mexico.
The rules bar entry to “any member of non-IFOCE professional eating organizations, including but not limited to AICE, are also not eligible to participate in the contest.” This is different from the language in the document picked up by Bill Myers which blocked “any member of, or person affiliated with, non-IFOCE/MLE professional eating organizations, including but not limited to AICE”.
G. Shea: El Wingador vs. Chestnut like Don Rickles vs. Tiger Woods
Dan Gross’ new Wing Bowl column on philly.com has quotes from George Shea who says:
Bill “El Wingador” Simmons “is the purest wing eater I’ve ever seen. He has complete comfort with the wing, but El Wingador competing against [Joey] Chestnut is like Don Rickles playing golf against Tiger Woods.”
Shea makes the following defense of “El Wingador”: “Wingador has something none of the other IFOCE eaters have. Passion.” and then apparently contradicts himself in the following sentence: “He has a passion for this event like most other eaters, but I don’t think he can beat Joey.”
The claim appears that Joey Chestnut “competes in IFOCE events around the world”, but I believe there are 8 active IFOCE/AICE eaters who have competed outside North America, with Sonya Thomas being the only IFOCE member in that group.
The column describes the relationship between the Wing Bowl and the IFOCE: “The IFOCE grants a provisional sanction to the Wing Bowl, but does not oversee the event and is not involved with its judging.”
Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein, who will turn 40 the weekend of the Wing Bowl, also appears in the column and will be competing for more than prizes:
Goldstein is taking pledges for Rangerforacure.info, a charity set up by Army ranger Chris Young, who battled thyroid cancer and now raises money to fight childhood cancer. Interested parties may contact Goldstein at USMaleWingBowl@aol.com
PhillyBurbs.com has a report on Michael Sarian’s victory in Saturday’s hoagie eating qualifier which claims that the field for this year’s Wing Bowl is 28, including 10 professional eaters and 18 nonprofessionals.
Slow updating for Wing Bowl videos & galleries
A backlog of videos and galleries appears to be developing on the official Wing Bowl sites. The Wing Bowl 16 page on 610wip.com has been stuck on 12 successful qualifiers for quite a while (the gallery for “Dr. Big Time” has yet to appear on it) and I do not think the videos page on philly.com has been updated this week. The only successful stunt this week I am aware of is “Big” Brian Subich qualifying by eating 3 “Fat Bitch” sandwiches, which are foot long cheesesteaks topped with chicken fingers, cheesesticks, mayo, ketchup and french fries in 7 minutes and 53 seconds.
I have not been able to obtain the winner of January 8 Wing Off in Glassboro, NJ. Please inform me if you are aware of that information.
Philly Guy: Brad Sciullo wins Wing Off
In a comment on megamunch, Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki reports that Brad Sciullo defeated him by 4 wings at tonight’s Wing Off to qualify for the Wing Bowl. Pete also reports that a Wing Off will be held this Saturday at a 76ers game.
updatePhilly.com has information about the Saturday contest:
In a first, the WIP-AM (610) Wing Bowl will stage a qualifying round during halftime of Saturday’s Sixers-Raptors game at the Wachovia Center. Four contestants, chosen this week, will eat all the hot dogs they can in two minutes. (As a bonus, they get two tickets in the Sixers All-You-Can-Eat Section.)
Intersection of Bass Fishing and CE
Usually when competitive eating is brought up in association with bass fishing, it is about the possibility of the Sheas selling the IFOCE for a significant amount as the pro-fishing circuit B.A.S.S. was sold to ESPN for $35 million dollars. Another connection between the two sports will take place when boostedcpe/Butterbean attempts to qualify for the Wing Bowl Tuesday by eating 3 pounds of fried bass in 5 minutes. He announces his stunt in a thread on a bass fishing message board.
This makes the known upcoming stunts for this week:
Jan 14 Brad Sciullo 72 Chips Ahoy cookies & 1 gallon of milk in 2:30 (If allowed to compete due to age)
Jan 15 “Butterbean” 3 pounds fried bass in 5 minutes.
Jan 15 Adam “Hungry Hungry Hebrew” Taxin, hamburger eating contest vs. dog
Jan 18 Pat Bertoletti, 6 lbs of sour cream in 8 minutes
update BeautifulBrian.com has a page on today’s stunts which reports that “Big” Brian Subich qualified, but Brad Sciullo failed to complete his stunt.
FCC radio station contest meta-rules
In a comment on megamunch, “Will” Bill Myers says he picked up a copy of the Wing Bowl 16 rules when he competed in today’s qualifier. Rule #2 follows:
Wing Bowl 16 is an IFOCE/MLE officially sanctioned and sponsored event, any member of, or person affiliated with, non-IFOCE/MLE professional eating organizations, including but not limited to AICE, are also not eligible to participate in the contest.
The FCC’s web site has a page about regulations about radio station contest rules which states that eligibility restrictions must be publicized in some manner from the time a contest is announced:
“Material terms” include those factors which define the operation of the contest and which affect participation therein. Although the material terms may vary widely depending mentioned in a cupon the exact nature of the contest, they will generally include: (1) how to enter or participate; (2) eligibility restrictions; (3) entry deadline dates; (4) whether prizes can be won; (5) when prizes can be won; (6) the extent, nature, and value of the prizes; (7) the basis for valuation of prizes; (8) time and means of selection of winners; and/or (9) tie-breaking procedures.
In general, the time and manner of disclosure of the material terms of a contest are within the licensee’s discretion. However, the obligation to disclose the material terms arises at the time that the audience is first told how to enter or participate and continues thereafter. The material terms should be disclosed periodically by announcements broadcast on the station conducting the contest, but need not be enumerated each time an announcement promoting the contest is broadcast. Disclosure of material terms in a reasonable number of announcements is sufficient. In addition to the required broadcast announcements, disclosure of the material terms may be made in a non-broadcast manner.
Wing Bowl rules do not appear on 610WIP’s web site. The Wing Bowl 16 page has “Official Rules for Wing Bowl 16” at the bottom, but there is no link or following information. I do not know how frequently WIP has announced Wing Bowl 16 eligibility restrictions on the air. We might get a chance to learn if the FCC views those restrictions as satisfactorily disclosed if an AICE eater files a new FCC complaint.
update GJoe’s FCC complaint mentioned in a previous comment is based on being excluded from a previous Wing Bowl, not the upcoming one.
Trappe Tavern Wing Off report
The Pottstown Mercury has a report on Thursday’s Wing Off at the Trappe Tavern won by Paul Sakelarides. Paul’s wife, Fran, was the only woman who competed, which probably suffices to make them the third best couple in IFOCE history after the LeFevres and Lipsitzs.
Competitive eating radio talk show hosts
Curtis Sliwa is not the only competitive eater who works as a talk radio host. Adam “Hungry Hungry Hebrew” Taxin, who will attempt a Wing Bowl stunt competing against a dog on Tuesday, has a one hour radio show on Tuesday afternoon on WNWR. Frank Pastore, who set the Big Texan 72 ounce steak record of 9.5 minutes in 1987, has a Christian talk show in Los Angeles.
Wing Bowl qualifiers, Jan 12-17
3 Wing Bowl qualifiers have been scheduled for the upcoming week (See 610wip.com and their Wing Bowl page)
Jan 12 Slack`s Hoagie Shack in Sewell, NJ Glen Macnow`s Slack`s Eat Off, Godfather Hoagies and Wild Thing Chicken Cheesesteaks contest
Jan 14 P. J. Whelihan’s Cherry Hill, NJ, Wing Off
Jan 17 Just Sports Bar & Grill Warminster, PA, Wing Off
In other news of contests next week, the Brooklyn vegan wing contest filled its 10 slots in half an hour.
Bunless hot dog contests in Philadelphia
As far as I am aware, Lynda Kuerth’s 1977 mark is still the unofficial Philadelphia record for bunless hot dog eating:
1977 Veterans Stadium, Lynda Kuerth, 23 hot dogs in 3:10, recognized as Guinness hot dog record until at least 1988
2005 Wing Bowl stunt, Humble “Bob” Shoudt qualified by eating 20 hot dogs in 3:40
2007 Wing Bowl stunt “Dr. WingLove” (3rd place in 2006 Wing Bowl) DQed attempting to eat 25 bunless hotdogs in 5 minutes
2008 Wing Bowl stunt “Sticky” Pete “Philly Guy Miernicki, ate 12-14 hot dogs in 3:30, needed to eat 20 hot dogs
Jason Fagone catches up with El Wingador
PhillyMag’s blog has an entry by Jason Fagone recapping what has happened to Bill “El Wingador” Simmons in the three years since Fagone wrote about his victory in Wing Bowl 13. Simmons will not be receiving an appearance fee as he attempts to claim his sixth crown:
Bill says that Marc Rayfield, WIP’s station manager, told him that it’s against FCC rules to pay Bill for his trouble. (In case you need a quick taxonomy of the powers that be at WIP: Marc Rayfield is the stone businessman with his eye on the numbers. Angelo Cataldi is the cynical, exploitative, mediocre talker. Al Morganti is the cynical, exploitative, funny talker.)
This FCC excuse is a fairly hilarious one, since WIP has already been caught red-handed and fined for not running a fair contest. (link in original article)
Site outage, Jan 10 link buffet
The blog and database have been inaccessible for approximately the past 6 hours due to a server upgrade by bluehost, eatfeats’ web provider, but they now appear back online. (I do not know why the server could not have been upgraded starting at midnight to minimize the inconvenience)
Here are the links that were on the page announcing the blog was down:
Jill Stoler has a trip report from Japan on her blog
Hungry Sisters have posted their 2008 goals in competitive eating
610WIP.com has a gallery of Philly Guy aka Sticky Pete’s Wing Bowl qualification attempt
Takeru Kobayashi has a blog entry about his trip to the doctor to deal with his "jawthrithis"
Man vs. dog for Wing Bowl slot
Today’s Dan Gross column on philly.com is devoted to Wing Bowl 16 participants. One of the upcoming stunts might have been inspired by “Krazy” Kevin Lipsitz’s training methods:
In what could be the most bizarre of all Wing Bowl-qualifying challenges, attorney Adam Taxin, who competed in Wing Bowl 14 as Hungry Hungry Hebrew, will face off in the 610 WIP studios Jan. 15 against a dog, a Newfoundland. If he can out-eat the dog – they’ll eat kosher hamburger meat – he’ll earn a slot in Wing Bowl. Taxin, 36, who keeps kosher, will be allowed to eat kosher chicken wings in the competition. He is related to the family that owns Old Original Bookbinder’s and says that if he wins any Wing Bowl prizes, he’ll contribute them to Pups for Peace, which trains dogs to detect explosive devices in Israel.
Jeff Olson(who consumed 5 pounds of peanut butter to qualify), Bill “El Wingador” Simmons and Tiffany Heller, Joey Chestnut’s wingette, are also mentioned.
Upcoming Wing Bowl 16 stunts
Here are the upcoming Wing Bowl qualification stunts I am aware of. Please inform me of any others you would like posted.
Jan 7 (probably) Bob Shoudt, 53 hard boiled eggs in 15 minutes
Jan 8 Juris “Dr. Big Time” Shibayama, 12 Krispy Kremes in 90 seconds
Jan 9 Brad Sciullo 72 Chips Ahoy cookies & 1 gallon of milk in 2:30
Jan 9 Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki 20 bunless hot dogs in 3:25
Jan 18 Pat Bertoletti, 6 lbs of sour cream in 8 minutes
There will be 2 Wing Offs this week according to 610wip.com’s Wing Bowl 16 page.
A gallery of Juris Shibayama’s stunt is available at 610WIP.com
updated & bumped Jan 9
Humble Bob Wing Bowl stunt gallery & video
Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has a video of “Humble” Bob Shoudt’s qualification stunt of eating 53 hard boiled eggs in under 15 minutes. 610WIP.com has a gallery of the stunt. “Humble” Bob wore a Krystal T-shirt which said “I like my Krystals like my women, by the dozen” and had a Krystal Square Off cup.
Angelo Cataldi: “worried about Wing Bowl 17”
Angelo Cataldi’s latest blog entry has a paragraph about the Wing Bowl:
Wing Bowl 16 will be the best we’ve ever had. I’m already worried about Wing Bowl 17 because there’s no way to follow this one up. We have the world champion eater (Joey Chestnut) facing, for the first time, a true Philadelphia legend (El Wingador). We’ve got a wild group of challengers, all of whom are determined to win huge prizes for the best entourages. And, of course, we’ve got more hot women than we know what to do with. Is there anything better than having too many hot women?
If a deal with IFOCE and WIP has been finalized, it is surprising that no announcement has been made on one of the IFOCE websites.
New prize structure for Wing Bowl 16
The upcoming Wing Bowl will have a different prize structure than Wing Bowl 15:
Wing Bowl 16 prizes
Overall winner: Toyota Tundra
First round winner: Harley Davidson motorcycle
Best Entourage: trip for 10 to warm weather location and home theater system including 73 inch TV
Top Wingette: Toyota Scion
Wing Bowl 15 prizes
Overall Winner: Suzuki Grand Vitara
Top Local Finisher: Suzuki SX4
2nd place: 4 night trip to Cancun
3rd place: medallion
Top Wingette: four night vacation to either Cancun or Punta Cana
It is possible that Wing Bowl 16 will also award prizes for 2nd/3rd place. The official rules would list all prizes, but there is no link for “Official Rules for Wing Bowl 16” on WIP’s Wing Bowl 16 page.
A “Wing Tut” qualifies for Wing Bowl 16
The Wing Bowl myspace page has a blog entry listing and critiquing some of the first eaters attempting to qualify for Wing Bowl 16. A “Wing Tut” is listed as the winner of the first Wing Off qualifier. A picture of the eater billing himself as “Wing Tut” appears on the Wing Bowl 16 page on 610wip.com, and it does not appear to be the Pittsburgh area Wing Tut who sometimes comments on this site.
Steakbellie & Wing Kong qualify for Wing Bowl 16
Steakbellie reports that he and Wing Kong succeeded in their Wing Bowl stunts. Steakbellie just had 5 seconds left when he finished all the items on his dollar menu stunt. Videos are available on philly.com, pictures at 610wip.com
Wing Bowl 16 tickets sell out in 45 minutes
Philly.com reports that tickets for Wing Bowl 16 sold out in 45 minutes this morning
Megamunch helped contribute to the sellout by purchasing 13 tickets.
Wing Bowl 16 tickets on sale
Tickets for Wing Bowl 16 are now available and can be purchased from comcast tix
Steakbellie’s WB 16 stunt approved
Steakbellie reports that his stunt for Wing Bowl 16 has been approved. He will attempt to eat the 13 items on his local McDonald’s Dollar Value Menu in 5 and a half minutes. He will attempt the stunt on Thursday morning.
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