Angelo Cataldi has more information about Wing Bowl 15 in his new blog entry:

On November 27, the new theme (which will provide an advantage to locals at the expense of out of towners) will be announced and requests to perform qualifiying stunts will be taken.

On December 4 (the day of the Eagles/Panthers Monday Night Football game), tickets will go on sale and a new commissioner to replace the late Eric Gregg will be named. Tickets will still be $5 and the event will be held at the Wachovia Center on Feb 2 The prizes will reportedly be better than the previous year and better than any other competitive eating event in the US, meaning the purse value will have to exceed the $30,000 paid out in Krystal Square Off III.

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There has been speculation that “Helen Haggerty”, listed as the runner-up in Saturday’s posole contest in New Mexico was a hoax given a lack of closeup pictures of her and any internet presence. Andrew Lane has posted a gallery of the contest with a picture of “Helen”. The picture in its original state is too dark to make out any facial features, but after playing with the brightness and contrast, the image on the left reveals “Helen” to clearly be Tim “Eater X” Janus.

I am quite upset by this incident and it will affect the future direction of eatfeats, but I am going to wait until I am better composed until I elaborate further.

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John Stossel’s segment from Friday’s 20/20 about the controversial nursing outfits for the Heart Attack Grill’s waitresses can be viewed at http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2662274

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From IFOCE com:

Sky City Posole contest results:
1. Pat Bertoletti, 146.25 oz.
2. Helen Haggerty, 138.75 oz., recent Bryn Mawr graduate
3. Rich LeFevre, 136 oz.
4. Erik “The Red” Denmark, 117 oz.
5. “Mongo” Marquez ?
6. William “Wild Bill” Myers
?. Andrew “Skinnyboy” Lane, almost 64 oz.

Ms. Haggerty’s performance is probably the most impressive debut for a woman in an IFOCE contest (and possibly the best performance by a newcomer for either gender) The only comparable female debut would be Sonya Thomas setting the American women’s record with 18 hot dogs at the Molly Pitcher travel plaza Nathan’s qualifier in 2003, but she did not defeat a top 10 and top 15 eater and almost beat the #3 ranked eater at that event.

All top 4 finishers beat Carlene LeFevre’s 2004 record of 109.75 oz., assuming the contests were the same length.

updatedAndrew Lane competed and has a brief blog entry. He will have a longer report later.

updated #2 miningjournal.net has an article about Matt “Foracious” Forss which claims he will in the posole contest.

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from AICE news

Milk & Cookies, 5 minutes, top 3 spots separated by 2 cookies
1. “King” George Van Laar, 59 cookies & milk
2. Mark “The Human Vacuum” Lyle, 58
3. Chris “The American” Schlesinger 57
4. Derek “Wing Tut” Payne 49.25
DQ Tom “Goose” Gilbert, 80 but did not finish all the milk

Canadian Back Bacon & Bun
1. Tom “Goose” Gilbert, 7.5 6oz sandwiches
2. Lew “The Chew” Porchiazzo, 6.5
3. Mark “The Human Vacuum” Lyle, 5.67
4. Derek “Wing Tut” Payne 5

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If Yao Wing intends to compete in Wing Bowl 15, he should probably update yaowing.com, or at least remove the cartoon on the home page, before he attempts his stunt.

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Justin Mih might have a female competitive eating counterpart in the Harvard community. The Harvard Crimson reports that Gretchen Salyer, a 2005 graduate, won the garlicky greens eating contest at b.good in Cambridge by eating 2.73 pounds of vegetables in 5 minutes, defeating last year’s champion John Pepper. Ms. Salyer is a former member of the Harvard/Radcliffe crew team.

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The Heart Attack Grill reports that it will be the subject of John Stossel’s “Give Me a Break” segment on 20/20 tonight. 20/20 will start at 9pm instead of the usual 10pm airtime.

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The Gallup Independent has a preview of Saturday’s posole eating contest at the Sky City Casino in Acoma, NM. Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti and Erik “the Red” Denmark are listed as expected entrants. The article says the contest might be recorded for Japanese television.

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Chili Eating & Chili Pepper Eating contest, Chili Bowl Cook Off, Sand Gnats stadium, Savannah, GA

Hot Dog Eating contest, Jaxson’s Ice Cream Parlor 50th anniversary celebration, Dania Beach (Ft. Lauderdale), FL 1st prize is Carribean cruise

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The Heart Attack Grill announces that the ABC News program 20/20 will have a segment about that restaurant on Friday.

In other Heart Attack Grill news, “Nurse” Caterina defeated a radio DJ in a Quadruple Bypass Burger eating contest. Could “Nurse” Caterina be the successor to Carlene LeFevre as the Queen of the Southwestern competitive eating?

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(From IFOCE.com) The Thanksgiving Invitational will take place on November 22 at Artie’s Delicatessen in New York City. Heartburn medication Axia 3 takes over sponsorship from goldenpalace.net. As in 2005, the food will remain whole turkeys, but larger birds will be used this year. Spectators from the general public will not be allowed at the contest.

Eaters invited (not a complete list)
Sonya Thomas (defending champion)
Tim Janus
Crazy Legs Conti
Justin Mih
Arturos Rios Jr.
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
“Big” Brian Subich

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Video footage from the 2004 NC State Fair Sweet Potato Casserole Eating Contest can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wb3yyOq4DTE Sonya Thomas won the contest, but she only makes an extremely brief appearance in the film.

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The slashfood food blog has an article about the efforts of the House of LeFevre to retain the posole title. The author has a different opinion on posole than his subjects do.

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There will be a bologna burger eating contest at the “Mason-Dixon Meltdown” at South Boston Speedway in Virginia (near NC border) on November. First prize is $250. The competitors goals will be to break driver Elliot Sadler’s record of 14 bologna burgers.

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Angelo Cataldi says that the format for the upcoming Wing Bowl will be changed, and this alteration will benefit local eaters at the expense of out of towners. The new poll asks what change do you think is most likely.

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Don “Moses” Lerman has a blog entry & gallery about his meal at Big Ed’s BBQ where he got the all you can eat special with Kevin & Lorraine Lipsitz and some other family members. The “clash of generations” originally envisioned could apparently not be scheduled, but Kevin’s nephew Kyle made a strong showing for younger eaters by eating 21 ribs.

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As of November 13, Wing Bowl 15 has yet to be listed on the Wachovia Center Schedule. If the Wing Bowl is held the Friday morning before the Super Bowl on February 2, the Wachovia Center will have to switch from a hockey rink to the Wing Bowl configuration to basketball in 24 hours.

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WIP host Angelo Cataldi answers a question about Wing Bowl 15 in his blog. He says that tickets will probably go on sale the first week of December and a new contest theme and commisioner to replace the late Eric Gregg will be named at that time. The new theme will “address growing concerns that Wing Bowl has become too much of a national event, at the expense of Philadelphia.” We will have to wait until next month to see if those concerns will be addressed by banning or discouraging out of market eaters from competing.

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It is surprising that absolutely no information about Wing Bowl 15 regarding eligibility, format, tickets or other aspects of that event have been made public yet given that qualifying stunts usually begin the week after Thanksgiving. WIP’s Wing Bowl page still only has information about Wing Bowl 14. Last year, tickets had been sold out by October 24.

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“Humble” Bob Shoudt has a report from his trip to Chattanooga to compete in Krystal Square Off III in his blog.

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(from megamunch) Last Saturday’s meeting of the United Eaters of Pennsylvania to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub has made the home page of that restaurant.

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(from Wing Tut) The Heart Attack Grill’s controversy with nursing advocates made CNN and can be viewed online at: http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/us/2006/11/09/beyer.heart.attack.grill.knxv
The clip originally appeared on local news and can be downloaded (along with another local news clip) at http://nursingadvocacy.org/press/coverage/profiles.html#heart_attack

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thecitizen.com has an article profiling Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough and Larry “The Legend” McNeil

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In a recent blog entry, Wing Tut is skeptical about the claims that Kate Stelnick and Lori Weiss are the only people to finish Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub’s 11 pound 96er burger in under three hours. Neither woman has participated in any public eating contests or challenges outside Denny’s. The new poll asks how many people you think have actually finished the 96er in under three hours.

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