phillyburbs.com has an article about Michael “Curly von Burly” Sarian’s qualification for the Wing Bowl by eating a homemade 3.5 pound cheesesteak in 4:19.

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Philly.com’s weekly Wing Bowl column is out today, but there is not much new information in it. The columnist does say that Bob Shoudt did not return his phone calls.

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Shirts and hats with the Wing Bowl 15 logo can be purchased at wingbowl610.com Only paypal is accepted (no credit cards)

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Angelo Cataldi answers some commonly asked questions about Wing Bowl 15 in his blog.

Q. Why do you allow professional eaters into Wing Bowl?

A. There’s really no choice. This is an open eating competition, with the best prizes in the history of competitive eating. I guess we could discourage the pros if we didn’t offer a free car to the winner, but that might not even work anymore. Winning Wing Bowl is a big deal in itself these days. It gets national coverage. It draws 20,000-plus spectators every year. Since WIP is a radio station, we are governed by the FCC, which requires very specific rules for all contests. Excluding the pros is pretty close to impossible. We thought we got around it last year with the Virgin Wing Bowl, but two pros who had never gotten in before jumped at the chance.

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wcbstv.com has an article and video about “Humble” Bob Shoudt breaking the cheesesteak record at Jim’s Steaks in Philadelphia. Humble Bob ate 13 sandwiches in about an hour to break the record of 12 set by Alex Friedman set in 2001 in a Wing Bowl qualifying stunt. Freidman broke Lynda Kuerth’s 1977 mark of 11 cheesesteaks, which remains the women’s record.

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I thought that the philly.com Wing Bowl videos page was not being updated because qualification attempts went on hiatus for the holidays, but qualifying stunts have apparently continued. Philly.com Wing Bowl notes says that “Obi Wing” recently qualified for the Wing Bowl. Obi Wing’s video cannot be found on philly.com, but it can be seen on youtube: Part 1, Part 2.

In other Wing Bowl news, “Dr. Martin Luther Wing” will try to qualify for the Wing Bowl tomorrow by eating chitlins. “Dr. Wing’s” manager is Wing Bowl 14 entrant Adam “Hungry Hungry Hebrew” Taxin says “Black history will be made this month of February.”

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Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston’s 6th place finish in Wing Bowl 14 made The News of Delaware County’s list of 2006 headlines.

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philly.com reports that Wing Bowl 14 champion Joey Chestnut has yet to receive one of the five slots in Wing Bowl 15 for IFOCE out of towners. If invited, Joey Chestnut hopes he has the same Wingette he had last year.

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DelcoTimes.com reports that Frank “DeFraud” Farrell won the Glen Macnow Wing Bowl qualifier at Slack’s Hoagie Shack by eating 20 2 inch pieces of buffalo cheesesteak in 15 minutes. Farrell showed up at the restaurant and requested entrance to the contest, which was granted.

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Steakbellie has a long post in which he describes his hopes and fears about competing in Wing Bowl 15.

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610wip.com has been retooled and it announces that the hoagie qualifier for the Wing Bowl will be held on December 30. The original date was January 20. Eaters who want a spot will need to call the Glen Macnow show.

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I am curious if anyone has any news about “Swallow Your Pride”, a documentary filmed at the 2005 Wing Bowl. The movie’s website. swallowyourpridemovie.com is now defunct and I have not been able to find any information about screenings after the documentary won an award at the First Glance Film Festival in Philadelphia this summer.

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The Philadelphia City Paper reports that Chabaa Thai is holding a spiciness toleration contest with finals to be held in Februrary. The winner will receive a $1000 gift certificate to the restaurant.

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The philly.com Wing Bowl page reports that Dave “The Dumpster” Moyer was allowed to change to a saltine stunt after failing to complete his original stunt of finishing a box of doughnuts. (Direct link to RealVideo file).

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philly.com reports that Khalil qualified for the Wing Bowl by eating a turkey hoagie in 90 seconds, becoming the first unranked eater to successfully complete a Wing Bowl stunt.

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PhillyEdge has an article about Bill “El Wingador” Simmons new restaurant. El Wingador To Go will be takeout only with no seating area.

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timesherald.com reports that Dave “the Dumpster” Moyer, a competitor in Wing Bowl 14, won a hot dog eating contest at Montgomery Lunch in Norristown, PA by eating 11 hot dogs (with toppings) in 15 minutes.

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Videos of this morning’s successful Wing Bowl stunts by Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins are now available on philly.com’s Wing Bowl page. (Micah is misspelled as “Micha”) Both Steakbellie and Wing Kong have written blog entries about their attempts.

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610wip.com reports that all tickets for Wing Bowl 15 sold out in 24 hours. Some free tickets will be given away at the Wing Off at Landmark Tap + Grille in Glassboro, NJ Thursday. You can also try to obtain entrance to the contest by becoming a competitor, as Steakbellie and Wing Kong will attempt Wednesday morning.

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Wing Bowl 15 tickets will go on sale at 10 am. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.comcasttix.com/ or in person at the Wachovia Center box office.

updated philly.com reports that former 76ers owner Pat Croce will be the Wing Bowl commissioner.

updated #2 Angelo Cataldi has a post about Wing Bowl 15 on his blog in which he says that Sonya Thomas has been chosen to be one of the 5 IFOCE entries.

update #3 A video of Bob Shoudt’s successful Wing Bowl stunt is available on philly.com (along with an unsuccessful one by Hollywood Jeff involving the Wendy’s Value Menu)

competitiveeatingnews.com confims that Sonya has received on of the 5 out of town slots.

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The Wing Bowl page at philly.com has been updated with information about Wing Bowl 15. The page will have videos of qualifying stunts. The initial stunt performer will be Humble Joe?? on Monday.

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Steakbellie’s qualifiying stunt attempt has been accepted by WIP. The parameters are:

2 Foot Wawa Hoagie
Half Gallon Lemonade
Small bag of chips

5 minutes 30 seconds

The stunt will be atttempted at 8:30 am on December 6

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All residents of southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey are not eligible to attempt a Wing Bowl qualifying stunt or enter a Wing Off qualifier. The Wing Bowl rules have the following restriction:

The contest is open to all WIP listeners who are 21 years of age or older who reside in the Philadelphia metropolitan area – Philadelphia Metropolitan area as defined by Arbitron is the following counties: Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, counties in Pennsylvania; Camden, Gloucester, Mercer counties in New Jersey (the five contestants who are entered through the IFOCE’s automatic bids are exempted from the residence requirement).

A map of the region is available. (The map includes Burlington County, NJ, the largest in the map in New Jersey, which is not part of the Wing Bowl area.) This restricts residents of Allentown, Lancaster, Atlantic City and north Delaware from entering and shuts out Garden Staters Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin and Arturo Rios. Residents of Princeton / Trenton, NJ can enter (Mercer County) but the most famous eater from that area would be prohibited by the 21 age minimum in the minimal chance she wanted to enter.

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The Inqlings and Dan Gross column on philly.com have sections about Wing Bowl 15. Joey Chestnut, Sonya Thomas and Rich LeFevre are listed as three of the five out of towners. Former 76ers owner Pat Croce is rumored to be the next Wing Bowl commisioner. The current projected opening date for El Wingador’s restaurant is sometime in mid-December and it will have a grand opening the day of Wing Bowl 15.

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Qualifying contests for Wing Bowl 15 have been announced. Unlike qualifiers for last year’s contest, participants do not need to be college students.

Thursday December 7, 2006
Landmark Americana Tap + Grille
1 East West Street Glassboro, NJ 08028
REGISTRATION TIME: 8:30-9:30
CONTEST STARTS: 10:00 pm

Thursday January 18, 2007
Trappe Tavern
416 Main Street – Trappe, PA 19462
REGISTRATION: 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
CONTEST STARTS: 9:30 pm

“The Glen Macnow Eating Competition.” Competitors must be present at the Slack’s Hoagie Shack between the hours of 10am and 3pm on Saturday January 20, 2006 to compete in a 20 minute Buffalo Chicken Hoagie eating competition. Entrants must call into the Glen Macnow show to register

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