The U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship

CHESTNUT DEFENDS WING-EATING HONOR!

Looking for a rock of consistency to hang onto in an ever-changing world? Look no further—the U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship at the National Buffalo Wing Festival returns once more this coming Labor Day weekend. Major League Eating will join the Wing King himself, Mr Drew Cerza, in the late summer afternoon light as we once again test ourselves against the mighty Buffalo Wing. There is no better way to kiss summer farewell and to look to the fall than by eating a lot of chicken wings in Buffalo, NY, each and every Labor Day weekend. It is an event not to be missed.

At the 2017 Championship, the greatest wing eater of all time, Joey Chestnut like you don't know, ate 220 wings in 12 minutes for the win. The Great One is expected to return to the 716 to defend his Buffalo crown.

The U.S. National Buffalo Wing Eating Championship is an event like no other. Do you dare challenge Chestnut? Do you have what it takes to cover yourself in Buffalo Wing glory? Do you want to find out, finally, why Buffalo, NY, is so righfully hailed as one of the truly wonderful places on God's great Earth? Major League Eaters are warmly invited to sign up to compete. At the table or in the crowd—don't you ever miss it!

FULL RESULTS! 1st - 206 wings in 12 mins - Joey Chestnut 2nd - 194 wings - Geoffrey Esper 3rd - 182 wings - Darron Breeden 4th - 168 pounds - Gideon Oji 5th - 139 wings - Adrian Morgan 6th - 132 wings - George Chiger 7th - 104 wings - Mr Jim Reeves 8th - 102 wings - Miki Sudo 9th - 100 wings - Ronnie Hartman 10th - 82 wings - Badlands Booker 11th - 65 wings - George LoBianco 12th - 64 wings - Wild Bill Myers Himself aka @gnawlish

This contest took place at 5pm Eastern, on Sunday September 2nd, 2018, at the The National Buffalo Wing Festival, held at Coca-Cola Field, 275 Washington St, Buffalo!

About The National Buffalo Wing Festival! The National Buffalo Wing Festival takes place over Labor Day Weekend at Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, NY. Part of the proceeds from the festival go to benefit Western New York charities, raising more than $315,000 over the festival's history.

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*All applicants must be 18 years of age or older and fully acknowledge and understand the inherent dangers and risks associated with participating in an eating contest. The applicant further acknowledges and understands that the MLE/IFOCE coordinates with event sponsor(s) to select and approve eligible participants, and that the MLE/IFOCE shall decide, at its sole discretion, whether an applicant is eligible to participate in any eating event, and/or related activities. The MLE/IFOCE may revoke an applicant's eligibility to participate in the eating contest, or related activities, at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. The MLE/IFOCE and the event sponsors reserve the right, at any time, to change any and all details concerning the event, including, e.g., time, duration, location and prize structure.