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.

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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

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An attendee of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas noticed changes in the casino restaurants offering all you can eat deals:

This year at CES I noticed one little thing that seemed to be a universal change among most of the casinos. The buffet lines around the city have posted signs informing customers that there is now a time limit on dining. (The most extreme case we saw was a 1 hour limit on a Sushi Buffet in the Rio.) They’ve also taken to charging extra for patrons who wish to indulge in the more expensive parts of the repast.

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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)

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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"

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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.

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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

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The Denver Wing Bowl will be held on Saturday at halftime of a Colorado Mammoth indoor lacrosse game at the Pepsi Center. A qualifier will be held on Thursday.

From “Mongo” Marquez, who has set up a meetup group for Denver area fans of competitive eating

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Youtube has a brief clip from the 1996 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest finals in which Ed Krachie edged out Mike DeVito, 22 hot dogs to 20.

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A jelly donut eating contest will be held today in conjunction with a birthday celebration for Elvis Presley at Dick’s Last Resort in Quincy Market in Boston.

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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.

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A press release announces that Foodswings of Brooklyn, NY will hold an eating contest next week:

Foodswings will hold the first ever Vegan Buffalo Wing Eating Contest, sponsored by Frank’s Red Hot Sauce, 6pm on January 16th. Contestants, herbivore and omnivore alike, have registered to battle for prizes donated by Franks Red Hot and local businesses, including cash, T-shirts, tattoo gift cards and of course, ultimate bragging rights.

The rules are simple: 10 pre-registered contestants will have 15 minutes to devour as many fiery hot veggie wings as they can – anyone who pukes is disqualified. Contestants will have to eat the wings to the “bone” (or more literally, to the wooden stick), with only water available.

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KrispyKremeChallenge.com reports that this year’s edition of that event will be held on January 26 at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The contest entails running two miles from NC State to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts there, and then returning to the start. Last year’s contest had 1387 registrants, which is probably the largest field for an eating contest in the world.

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(from the Pittsburgh “Wing Tut”) Reuters News reports on a restaurant’s hottest menu item:

A Chicago tavern said on Thursday it will begin selling chicken wings coated in one of the world’s hottest peppers — a dish so hot that patrons first have to sign a waiver agreeing not to sue for injuries.

Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap said the wings made with Red Savina pepper will be served with an alarm bell for patrons to summon waiters with sour cream, milk sugar and white bread if things get out of hand.

The picture accompanying the article is of Elliott “Wing Tut (Philly)” Maruffi-Cowley competing at Wing Bowl 14.

The report about the buffet dispute in Louisiana is currently at the top of the list of most viewed articles categorized as “Odd News”

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(From El Toro) AOL News has an article about a dispute two diners had with the Manchuria Restaurant in Houma, Louisiana:

Houma accountant Thomas Campo said the men were charged an extra $10 each on Dec. 21 because they made a habit of dining exclusively on the more expensive seafood dishes, including crab legs and frog legs.

“We have a lot of big people there,” said Campo, who spoke for owner Li Shang, whose English is limited. “We don’t discriminate.”

Labit denied ever being told he would be asked to pay more than the standard adult price.

The argument grew heated, and police were called.

The article currently has 1979 comments

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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.

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A video by Dave & Dave produced for WQED, the Pittsburgh public television station, about last January’s Wing Championship Series can be viewed at http://mediathatchangeslives.com/ondemand/onq.php?id=44 Ian Hickman and Joe “Heat Miser” Menchetti make appearances along with a lot of Pittsburgh area competitive eaters.

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kentucky.scout.com reports that members of the University of Kentucky football team defeated players from Florida State University in both team and individual rib eating contests held by the Music City Bowl in Nashville. The Florida State contingent’s performance might have been hurt by a mass suspension due to a cheating scandal.

The University of Kentucky also won the event last year, defeating Clemson in a contest marred by Clemson defensive tackle Elsmore Gabriel requiring the Heimlich maneuver after getting a piece of bone lodged in his throat.

update Tallahassee.com has a gallery of the rib contest

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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.

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Endless Simmer reports that a matzo ball eating contest returned to Ben’s Deli. The last IFOCE contest at that location occurred in 2004.

My fellow half-Jew friend Bethany and I recently attended the Beloit College Alumni Matzo Ball Eating Contest at Ben’s Deli in NY. We were both shocked be the yellow-yellow color of their balls – much more colorful than my aunt’s bullion instructions could possibly account for. When pressed, the chef admitted they added yellow food coloring for the extra effect. Why, I don’t know – I personally don’t like my Hanukkah feast to look like urine, but to each his own I guess.

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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.

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This post is not about a Las Vegas IFOCE member winning a contest while having the “munchies”. 😉 OCRegister reports that 5 high school students from Orange County won an eating contest by eating 154 chicken nuggets in three minutes.

In another chicken nugget eating contest, the blog for 850 sportsradio in North Carolina reports that a McNugget eating contest was held between two members of its sales staff.

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(Via Wing Tut) January 2008 will not pass without any eating contests of significance. ESPN 1250 of Pittsburgh has released details about the 2008 Wing Championship Series. There will be six qualifiers from January 9 to 19 with the finals taking place on January 25. First prize is a trip to Barbados.

In other upcoming independent contest news, the Princeton Oyster Bowl has started a blog.

A list of the qualifier dates and sites is available after the jump
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International Week concludes with an entry about a 1965 contest held at a Boston International House of Pancakes for collegiate mixed gender pairs. The Harvard student paper reports that the Harvard team was victorious over the Brandeis team in that contest. The article was written by Michael Barone, who would go on to become one of the most famous analysts of American politics.

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In a thread about Kate Stelnick’s completion of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 96er burger, a commenter from Australia calling herself “QueenQeeko” makes the following claim:

And I look at that burger and I seriously think I could devour that in less than two hours tops.

Here is one small example of what I am capable of. I went to the mall with two friends not all that long ago. This was their silly attempt at making me more of a girly-girl and made me wear pink. I showed them later. Anyways, by late morning we decided for an early lunch. My friend Kitty Kat and I went straight for the Chinese buffet. Now here is where I’m also a master of stacking food. I don’t know how tall the pile was but I know that I did it well. I ordered a large size plate and stacked it up with at least 8 pounds of food. Huge meal. Kitty Kat did the same (she’s taller than me too and said I’d never down my meal).

In the space of 20 minutes, I chowed down all of the food I had bought, then ate half of what Kat had bought (she couldn’t make it pass a third of it). I took the rest home in a plastic container. Immediately after this I bought a tray of doughnuts and a gigantic smoothie that was 90% fruit, yogurt and icecream.

That day I out-ate what every member of my family can do and they are all big eaters. And I still felt I had room for something else.

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