Babbling Brooke: Chicken Wing Eating Contest

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Chicken Wing Eating Contest

Two weeks ago our friend Paul entered a chicken wing eating contest and won. Last night was the so-called "championship", but there were not enough participants to make a real contest. The two contestants that were going to participate were asked to bring their friends to make it into a legitimate contest. So Paul called James to see if he would participate. Apparently James has not taken his own advice about eating contests (the sushi debacle) and agreed to participate. The restaurant is a bit of a hike for us so on the way over there we pumped up the jams so James could get himself psyched up. We listened to a little bit of Eminem, Juvenille and of course DMX.
Also, on the drive over we discussed James's eating habits and how I told him that I hope he does well, but I don't think he will because he is such a slow eater. Sometimes it drives me nuts how slow he really is. He contributes it to the fact that he is savoring the flavor of whatever he is eating.
The contest was three minutes long and you had to eat 90% of the wing meat. They brought out three huge bowls of saucy, hot wings. After three minutes of eating hot wings, the boys were definitely on the messy side. Unfortunately, he did not win. There were eight contestants and he tied for last with two other guys, one of which being our friend Jeremy aka Cougar. They ate 11, another guy ate 12, three guys including Paul ate 14 and the champion ate 18.
I guess word of the contest got out and the reporter from the Buffalo News was there. There are pictures all over the Buffalo.com website. Here is a link to check it out! I copied a few photos from the site and I also video taped the contest for your enjoyment.

Happiness before the contest. Cougar and James.