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Slackers Bar in San Antonio will hold a hot wing eating contest on February 1 awarding $300 to the winner, $100 to the runner up.

January 24, 2015 at 5:29 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Prizes, San Antonio, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

The Buffalo News website has republished an article about an hot dog contest in its January 22, 1975 issue. Tony Domagala ate 18 hot dogs in 20 minutes to win the $200 first prize.

January 22, 2015 at 11:34 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo | Permalink * Comments

DNAInfo reports that Taco in a Bag will be moving to Lincoln Square in north Chicago after its lease expires in the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, IL. Co-owner Pat Bertoletti calls his competitive eating career a "hamster wheel of bad life decisions".

January 22, 2015 at 3:37 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Business, Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (2)

TMZ has a video interview with D. J. Fluker, an offensive lineman on the San Diego Chargers, about his competitive eating history. He once ate 65 nuggets at Chick-fil-A, but did not set the house record and thinks he could take on Takeru Kobayashi with training. He calls his former University of Alabama teammate Chance Warmack the biggest eater in the NFL, who once ate two Mugshots burger challenges according to a 2012 USA Today article.

January 22, 2015 at 12:30 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, San Diego, Videos | Permalink * Comments (61)

Bleed Philly has a response to Philadelphia Magazine's column examining if the Wing Bowl should be terminated. Barstool Philly has a podcast with "Skin & Bones" about competing in the Wing Bowl.

January 22, 2015 at 12:45 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Podcasts, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments

Loggerhead's in Folly Beach, SC will hold a wing eating contest on February 1 awarding $250 to the winner.

January 21, 2015 at 3:05 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Charleston, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Jamie McDonald has been named to the 40 Under 40 list in the new issue of Connecticut Magazine.

January 20, 2015 at 7:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Connecticut, Jamie McDonald | Permalink * Comments (2)

Erik "The Electric" Lamkin has uploaded a video of him eating 25,000 calories over 12 or 13 hours. The Broken Yolk Ironman omelet challenge is part of the food eaten. Josie Mai has a video where she attempts 10,000 calories.

January 19, 2015 at 2:07 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Calorie Challenges, Erik Lamkin, Omelet Eating Challenges, San Diego, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)

The Chicago Hot Sauce Festival will hold an Italian Beef eating contest on July 25 or 26. The competition will be a MLE event.

January 19, 2015 at 8:55 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago | Permalink * Comments

Philadelphia Magazine's column titled "Wing Bowl: Is It Time to End It?" is now available online. Richard Rys makes a comparison with Ray Rice assaulting his fiancee with the treatment of women at the Wing Bowl. He does not mention Molly Schuyler by name but describes the defending champion as "very intimidating".

January 18, 2015 at 3:51 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments (24)

Michael Jenkins has a video from yesterday's eating contest at the Key Lime Pie Festival in Port Canaveral, FL. He had the fastest time of 4:06, but was disqualified for keeping his hand still behind his back. Bradley Muhs was declared the victor.

January 18, 2015 at 7:22 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Cocoa Beach, Contest Results, Michael Jenkins, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)

Olivia Ragni announces that she completed the Pointersaurus challenge in St. Louis. She did the 30 inch pizza challenge at Gusano's in Arkansas two months ago. update Jan 28 Blake Ahrendsen was Olivia's partner

January 17, 2015 at 6:54 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Pointersaurus, St. Louis, Women | Permalink * Comments

The Louisville Boat Show will hold a Hooter's wing eating contest on January 23 awarding a wing party from Hooter's and pair of tickets to all three races at Kentucky Speedway during Sprint Cup weekend.

January 17, 2015 at 9:01 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Louisville, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Taco in a Bag announces that it will not be renewing its lease at the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, IL when it expires at the end of February.

January 16, 2015 at 4:16 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown | Permalink * Comments (7)

Joe Menchetti took first place in tonight's Wing Off at the Sugar House Casino in Philadelphia to win a spot in Wing Bowl 23 and $500. The "Mystical Magi" thinks the contest was rigged.

January 15, 2015 at 9:06 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Joe Menchetti, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments (5)

In yesterday's season premiere of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the cast attempted to drink more than 64 beers on a cross-country flight in an attempt to exceed the mark that Wade Boggs reportedly set on a trip from Boston to Los Angeles. The former Boston Red Sox third baseman appears in the episode and actor Charlie Day claims that Boggs told him that his record for a full day of drinking was 107 beers.

January 15, 2015 at 1:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Male Athletes | Permalink * Comments

"Nacho Extreme", a competitor in several eating contests on the A & E reality series Wahlburgerers, qualified for Wing Bowl 23 today by completing a cheesesteak sandwich eating stunt. He will face Lee Woodall, a former linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, in a celebrity boxing match in Broomall, PA on January 31 and will also compete in a wing eating contest in Beverly, MA on January 17.

January 15, 2015 at 10:53 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Boston, Television, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments (1)

The Drawing Room Pizza Pub in Media, PA will hold a Wing Bowl on January 25 awarding $500 to the winner of its eating contest.

January 15, 2015 at 7:47 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Philadelphia, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Good Food has a list of eating challenges offered by restaurants in Sydney, Australia.

January 15, 2015 at 12:38 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Austin, Challenge Lists | Permalink * Comments

PJ Whelihan's in Downington, PA will hold a Wing Off for college students tonight awarding $100 and a spot in Wing Bowl 23.

January 14, 2015 at 10:41 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:College Contests, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments

The big Wing Bowl news appears to be that WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley is participate in Wing Bowl 23. Foley competed in the past two fruitcake eating contests in Santa Claus, IN and was penalized for cheating from both competitions. A limited number of Wing Bowl tickets will go on sale today at 9 AM.

January 13, 2015 at 7:29 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Male Athletes, Philadelphia, Wing Bowl 23 | Permalink * Comments (30)

Hell Yeah Detroit has a report on an attempt at the 10 pound burger at Mallie's in Southgate, MI.

January 12, 2015 at 11:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Detroit | Permalink * Comments

Christian Ucles says he waited in line during halftime and most of the third quarter of yesterday's Greeen Bay Packers game, only to be told that they were no longer available when he ordered. Stacey Dales and Mike Silver attempted the burger on the NFL network. Flashback: 2003 article about Stacey Dale's appetite when she was a WNBA player.

January 12, 2015 at 12:44 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Green Bay | Permalink * Comments (3)

The Lebanon Bologna Fest & Winter Carnival will hold a bologna sandwich eating contest on January 24 awarding $250 to the winner.

January 12, 2015 at 7:51 am by ojrifkin · More posts about:Harrisburg, Prizes, Unafilliated Contests | Permalink * Comments

Kevin Ross ate 24 sliders to win yesterday's eating contest at Dog Haus Dogs in Pasadena. update Jan 13 LA Magazine has a contest report.

January 11, 2015 at 8:55 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Kevin Ross, Los Angeles, Unafilliated Contests, Videos | Permalink * Comments (8)

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