Wing Eating Contest
Entry Fee(s):
- $25.00 Entry Fee Required (entry fee includes a wristband valid for entry valued at $10.00)
- Application fees should be mailed to:
‘Music City’ Southern Hot Wing Festival
Wing Eating Application
1314 16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN. 37212
Official Qualifications And Rules
- Must be 18 to compete
- Entry is limited to first 20 contestants
- Heats will be determined by lottery system
- Contestants must not touch the wings before start of competition
- Wings must be 90% eaten as determined by officials; otherwise will be returned to plate, where you will be able to finish said wing or not, resulting in your ultimate score. The flap may be disregarded.
- Contestants will have 3 minutes in first heat to eat as many wings as they can; you will be judged by weight of meat eaten during competitive heat.
- Subsequent final will be a 5 minute heat with all above conditions applying
- Visual signs of sickness will result in disqualification
- Winner of each heat will advance, with one “Wild Card” entry determined by weight of wings eaten
- No condiments or other sides will be offered or accepted during competition
- Examples of “properly eaten wings” will be displayed at the cooks’/wing-eaters contest meeting the week before the competition
- Contestants may either sit or stand as long as they remain in their designated area
- The use of utensils is not allowed
- The contest is over when time expires; you have 10 seconds to either swallow the food or spit it back on the plate. Otherwise you will be disqualified.
- Judges will be on hand to assure the adherence to contest rules; weigh the total amount of meat that has been eaten; and to disqualify contestants that refused to adhere to the rules
- Rules are subject to change as directed by the chairman of the contest and the head judge; all changed rules will be gone over in advance of the contest





















