KBPI Wing Bowl Update

Someone commented on the KBPI Wing Bowl. And I found out some stuff too.

Big Sexy was declared winner. With around 70 ounces in two 5 minute rounds. He ate 50oz of wing meat in the semis, then 20oz in the finals. He beat Mongo - he won 3 times in a row '05, '06, '07 - by an ounce. Mongo put down 39oz in the semis and 30oz in the finals. Ripper, the defending champion, puked in the semis and puked in the finals. Big Sexy puked in the finals right after winning. Then he puked again. Big Sexy stopped eating with more than a minute to go in the finals. I haven't heard the official results, but I think the five finished in this order:

Big Sexy
Mongo
Scooter
Ripper
Mike T

Pooch = Screwed

Saturday - the semifinals of KBPI Wing Bowl X in the atrium of the Pepsi Center before the Colorado Mammoth game.

Earlier in January Team Nasty and Team Willie B each held three nights of qualifying. The 143 eaters at the qualifiers were ranked by weight of chicken wings eaten, and the top 20 (10 for each team) gathered for the semifinals. The top 5 from the semis would eat at mid field at halftime of the game. One member of Team Nasty did not show up to eat in the semis. And it can be argued that a few more eaters showed up but did show up.

Buffalo Wild Wings supplied the wings. They were not hot (as on night 1 of qualifying), they were not cold, they were a nice room temperature I guess. They were not too wetly sauced, and they were not dry.

Things ran kind of late.
Waiting to begin.

Two eaters were at each folding table. One on each end.

Before starting. we were allowed a minute or so to sort the wings, and crack the joint on one end of the paddles. When the eating began I started with a few paddles. Snapping the joint before helped, and those came out pretty clean. The drummies: I had planned on corn-cobbing them but I switched to Scooby Dooing. That seemed to me to work. I got through the first pan, and got another pan of two pounds. At some point on the second pan I noticed some blood on the wings as I brought each up to my mouth. I still can't figure out if I ingested my blood or someone else's blood.

Big Sexy sporting a Big Hat.

Totals for Team Nasty.

Totals for Team Willie B.

Big Sexy	51.5
Mongo	39
Ripper	38.5
Mike T	35.5
Scooter	34.5
Sexi-Mexi	32.5
One Ton	31.5
Busta Nut	31.5
Big Poppa	31
The Skinny Kid	28.5
Wags	27.5
Reigning Champ	27
Madstork	25.5
The Hoss	24
Nascar Mike	23.5
Big Hungry	22.5
Justin	21.5
Beaver	21
A-Bomb	21
Shizz

Three things I can't figure out are:
1. What was up with Big Sexy? In the qualifiers he ate 22 one night and 30.5 another. He joked he was going to eat the bones. Did he?
2. Ripper (the defending champ) puked as eating time ran out. Yet he did move through to the finals. Why?
3. How did I eat what I did? I have done wings for 5 minutes on 4 other occasions. Those were 31, 25.5, 34, 29.5. So...?

So that was the semifinals. I did not stick around for the finals so I do not know which team won (adding all the totals to determine the trophy winning team) and who won the gelt and the cash).

Wing Bowl Tomorrow

The KBPI Wing Bowl is tomorrow. Semi-finals for 20 eaters in the atrium of the Pepsi Center before the NLL game, and the finals are on the field at halftime for the top 5 from the semis.

In previous Wing Bowls the winner got the trophy, belt, and cash. This year, all 20 eaters matter. The trophy goes to the winning team by weight eaten. The winner still gets the belt and cash. I think that's a great twist. But eaters are allowed to sort and crack their wings before the eating begins. That blows, but whatever. I have tried snapping one of the paddle joints so there is no impediment to stripping the meat. And it went OK. I'd prefer if the touching of the meat before the starting bell was not allowed, but gotta go with it.

Final Wing Bowl Heats

Here's the result sheet from the final two rounds. Not much to note.

The two final qualifying rounds for Team Nasty in Wing Bowl X. I had a spot in round 1 and I was going to tryout my new focuses but Uncle Nasty came over and talked me into not competing because I was solidly on the semifinal team and there'd be a qualifying spot for another dude to make the team. Turns out I gave up the spot for nothing since the guy did not qualify. Oh well, pay it forward right? Stork did eat in round 1. He seemed to be flying but his final total was not noteworthy. But no one else in round 1 or round 2 did better. Oy vey!

Before the eating begins. This BLOWS!
Eaters in the semis and finals are going to be allowed time, before the eating begins, to prepare their wings. I think being allowed to sort them is bad enough, but eaters can sort, loosen the drummie meat, and even crack the wings! Chicken wing eating contest? No. It's now a chicken meat eating contest. That blows! The integrity of the wing eating contest? Gone.


Stork, come on man...

Wings, Seated

Watch me go through 10 wings. Speed run. Clearing. Sitting. That 5th wing is a bitch!

Wing Bowl Qualifier

Saturday night at Buffalo Wild Wings was night 2 of qualifying for Team Nasty in the KBPI Wing Bowl. There was a better turnout than night 1: 16 eaters on night 1, 24 on night 2. I was in round 1 with Mad Stork and Mongo. The results from the night are above.

The wings are passed out.

It's right before we begin. Stork to my left, Mongo across from me, and Mongo's brother to the left of Stork.
Eaters were given 60 seconds to sort the wings or whatever they do when handling their meat. I left my meat alone. I think touching the food before the timer begins sucks big time.

Mongo at photo left. Me, Stork, Aaron.

Good wings, but not too saucy.


Even though the wings were not too saucy, it burned like hell when I set a little piece flying toward my eye with about a minute to go. Ouch. I Popeyed in.

The EMTs were at the ready if I needed them to flush my eye. In round 2 Scooter did the same thing I did. Could've been a busy night for the medical folks but we didn't want to make them do some actual work.

Round 2 is getting ready.

Round 2 is going for it.

Scooter in round 2. He would win round 2 with 26 ounces.

Results:

Round 1 -
Big Sexy, 30.5
Sam, 30.5
Wags, 30
Me, 29.5
Stork, 29.5
Mongo, 29.5
Shiz, 29.5
Deetz, 17.75
Toothless, 14.5
Aaron, 9.75
Troll, 8
Rooster, .5

Round 2 -
Scooter, 26. The only really notable result in the round.

2 and 0 in 2009!

Last night were rounds 1 and 2 of the prelims for Team Uncle Nasty of Wing Bowl X. The semi finals will be held in the atrium of the Pepsi Center before the NLL Colorado Mammoth game on January 24th. The finals will be on the floor during halftime of the game.

Buffalo Wild Wings was the venue last night. A few tables were pushed together, the 10 contestants were called up, the wings were brought out, weighed, and we were off. I think Stork and I were the only ones standing - everybody else was seated. A couple more eaters stood up as time went on. The round was 5 minutes. I got through the first tray (30-some wings) in a little over 2 minutes. My second tray was brought out right on time. But it was HOT, like right out of the fryer HOT. Had to hit the bottle a lot to get these down.

After the weighing, the top 3 in round 1 were Nascar Mike with 22 1/2 ounces, Big Sexy with 23 ounces, and me with 25 1/2 ounces. Last year the top 2 of each round qualified for the semi finals, but this year the top 10 of all the rounds qualify. So my 25.5 probably would be enough to qualify but I could surely do better!

So on to round 2! We're called up like before and I scored my lucky crack again. Same thing as before: tray 1 finished, and on to the just-as-in-round-1 HOT tray 2. At the end, Beaver did 29 ounces, and I tied for 1st with 34 ounces. Nice improvement from round 1. I'll be back next Saturday to hopefully improve on the 34.

A full set of pictures is here.

Wing Bowl Pt. V

Note:G-Money took part in the KBPI Wing Bowl. Here is his guest post.

The semifinals. We arrive at the Pepsi Center, get signed in, and all that. The semifinals are held inside - in the Pepsi Center lobby. Good crowd. All the eaters have assigned seats identified by name cards. Two eaters per table. Before us is a roasting pan with about 5 pounds of wings in it. And a roasting pan upside down on top of the other for the bones. Right before we begin the emcee, Willie B, announces we all have a few minutes to arrange our wings and break the two wing bones because "it's the thing to do - but not in the finals". Shit. Whatever - that makes no sense. What do I do??? I arrange the drums there, wings over here. And I break the two wing bones. Knowing that half the guys have done this in their qualifier and they'll take advantage of this, I debone the wings sort of and plunge some drums. Mistake, as I'd soon find out!

On GO, the drums go well but I have totally killed my wing technique so I more or less just eat the drums. And a bit of the deboned wing meat. And in minute 2 of 5, my right hand slips off as I rotate a drum. MY HAND GOES INTO MY RIGHT EYE! That burns! So I complete the 5 minutes with one eye closed. That throws everything off. At the end of 5 minutes, I put 31 ounces down. Top 5 got 43+ ounces.

I do not know where I finished of the 20, but I know I'm not going to be on the field so we leave. Nothing to stay for.

Looking back, I am pleased that in a few weeks I went from not even thinking about being in a wing contest, to trying, to getting to the semis. I chipped a tooth in the semis, and got profiled by the police after my qualifier win, but it's all good.

Wing Bowl Pt. IV

Note:G-Money took part in the KBPI Wing Bowl. Here is his guest post.

After the debacle at Team Willie, I'm back to the Team Nasty qualifier on January 5th. With two wing contests behind me, I feel good about tonight. I make sure to get in the 1st heat - I'm ready. At GO, better rhythm and better cleaning. Some drunk guy spurs me on. After 3 minutes, 15 ounces. That went well! Turns out that 15 ounces WINS THE NIGHT! Tops for the qualifier night! I'm in!

In a week, the semifinals take place inside the Pepsi Center before the Colorado Mammoth game. 20 of us in that. The top 5 eaters from the semis move on to the Wing Bowl finals on that same day - at halftime of the Mammoth game ON THE FIELD.

Next: Semifinals.

Wing Bowl Pt. III

Note:G-Money took part in the KBPI Wing Bowl. Here is his guest post.

Not happy with a week to think about things, I decide to go to a Team Willie qualifier held in the middle of the week. This qualifier is 2 minutes. They will have 2 heats as well. I'm in the 2nd so I watch the 1st. Not only is the qualifier 2 minutes as opposed to Nasty's 3 minutes, these eaters are allowed a few minutes to arrange the wings and even break the two wing bones, plunge the drums, and practically debone the wings. So they basically are just eating the meat on GO and not having to take the meat off the bone. This sucks! Sure, their totals are quite impressive but it's eating meat not chicken wings. Are we in Philadelphia? This seems wrong to me but we'll see how it goes.

In my heat I am in the lucky 13th spot. But they only bring out 12 baskets of wings. They let the guys begin to fondle their wings. And another basket is ordered up for me. They fondle, I wait. In a few minutes, my basket comes - piping hot, right out of the oil. Then, 3.. 2.. 1.. GO! Wha?!? No fondling for me. Just boiling oil. After 2 minutes, 11oz of pain for me. Winner has 17.5oz of fondles meat. I say good day.

Next: Nasty again.

Wing Bowl Pt. II

Note:G-Money took part in the KBPI Wing Bowl. Here is his guest post.

December 29 arrives. In the days before this day I discovered some of what works and does not work. So I go in to the qualifier feeling good about the technique. The qualifiers for Nasty are 3 minutes. Each eater begins with one plate of wings, around 30 ounces. If they get through that one they get another plate, smaller. I'm in the 1st of 2 heats. Each heat has 12 or 13 eaters. We eat at a table in front of the live music stage.

At GO I get in a good rhythm. I don't clean the drums too well, but the wings go well. After the weighing, I ended up putting down 12.5 ounces in 3 minutes. Turns out it is 5th on the night. Not bad for the first time with wings. Next week.

Next: More.

Wing Bowl Pt. I

Note:G-Money took part in the KBPI Wing Bowl. Here is his guest post.

To get in the KBPI Wing Bowl, unlike the other Wing Bowl back east, you actually have to eat chicken wings. It never really appealed to me since I had never eaten chicken wings. A few over the years, sure, but not for any kind of speed or technique. Just enjoying a few appetizers. But that would change.

On December 22 I went to a local bar to just watch the qualifier. See the contestants eat. Fun. This was the first qualifier for Team Uncle Nasty. There are two "teams": Team Uncle Nasty and Team Willie B - two DJs for KBPI. Each team would have three qualifiers over 3 weeks. Team Nasty would take the top 3 from each qualifier. Team Willie would take the top 10 eaters from the qualifiers. So anyway, I watch Mad Stork, it looks fun, so I decide to come back the next week to try it. Gotta get busy with wings.

Next: Get Busy