Eric “Badlands” Booker, a Long Islander, beat the competition at the Fourth Annual U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Contest by eating 137 wings in 12 minutes on September 4, 2005.

United States Chicken Wing Eating Contest
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Atomic, Cajun, Hot, Mild, Parmesan, and Lemon Pepper Wings
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Sonya Thomas
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The Announcer
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Tim Janus & Ed “Cookie” Jarvis
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Eric “Badlands” Booker
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Jim “Buffalo” Reeves
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Wing Stop
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Timothy Janus and the Announcer
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The Crowd of the Contest
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