Wing Bowl winner sets record eating 501 wings in 30 minutes

Kait Moore Posted on February 3, 2018

Contestant Moe Train struggles to swallow wings during the last round.
Contestant Tiger Wings and Things grows tired during the last round of wing eating.
Molly Schuyler celebrates her world record of eating 501 wings in 30 minutes.
Molly Schuyler smiles as she accepts her crown of victory for breaking a record of eating 501 wings in 30 minutes.
Molly Schuyler eats wings during the final round as her team of support encourages her.
Moe Train wears wing-eating gloves to perfect his technique.
Contestant Moe Train smiles after finishing the final round of eating wings. Confetti sticks to his beard in buffalo sauce.
Contestant Notorious B.O.B. cleans wing left-overs out of his teeth after the final round as confetti falls from the ceiling to congratulate champion Molly Schuyler.
Audience members excitedly watch as prior wing bowl champ Molly Schuyler enters the arena.
Over 10,000 chicken wings were made for Wing Bowl 26.

On Friday, February 2, contestants of the 26th annual Wing Bowl held at the Wells Fargo Center dug into wings starting at 6 a.m.

The event is presented by Steven Singer Jewelers and the contestant who eats the most wings receives a 2018 Hyundai Sonata, a custom Wing Bowl ring from Steven Singer, and $5,000.

The Bowl has three rounds, totaling 30 minutes. PJ Whellhan’s starts cooking at 1 a.m. to make over 10,000 chicken wings for the event.

This year, two-time champion Molly Schulyer won the contestant after breaking a world record of eating 501 wings in 30 minutes.

That’s approximately 16.7 wings per minute, or 3.5 seconds per wing.

Check out photos of the competition and Schulyer’s win, despite fierce competition from fellow competitors including Moe Train and Notorious B.O.B., above.