Wow!: Chicago man eats 444 chicken wings in 30 mins

A PROFESSIONAL competitive eater from Chicago downed 444 chicken wings in 30 minutes at the 23 rd annual Wing Bowl in Philadelphia , narrowly edging out his nearest rival and shattering the record of 363 wings set a year earlier .

“ I have the sweats but I feel a lot better because I know I don ’ t have to eat any more chicken wings, ” the winner , Patrick Bertoletti, said after narrowly beating prior record - holder Molly Schuyler , who gobbled 440 wings in front of a crowd of
thousands at the area where the city’s National Basketball Association franchise , the 76 ers , plays.

Bertoletti ate 50 wings in the last two minutes of the contest, ripping the meat from the bone and stuffing it in his mouth , a technique that left him chewing for more than two minutes after the final buzzer rang .

The new record shocked Angelo Cataldi, the sports talk radio broadcaster who conceived of the contest as a consolation to Philadelphia sports fans , who have seen their Eagles football team make it only twice to the Super
Bowl , which they have never won.

“ I didn ’t think it was possible , ” Cataldi said .

The contest, hosted by Philadelphia
sports talk radio station 94 WIP, features entrants with colourful nicknames who are ushered in with immense entourages
featuring scantily clad women called
“ wingettes . ”

“ It ’s my first year , and it ’s really fun, but I ’m cold , ” said wingette Amanda Dennis , who wore a bikini top made from electrical tape as she entered the arena riding in a refrigerator with its top cut off ,
along with another contestant who went by the name , Meat Fridge .

Source: THE NATION