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On Wednesday, April 13 at 6 p.m., at the AT&T Plaza at the American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Drive, Dallas, TX, the worlds top competitive eaters, including the number-one-ranked eater in the world Joey Chestnut, will descend on Dallas to compete in the Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship. The winner of the 12-minute all-you-can-eat event will take home the lions share of a $10,000 cash purse.

The event will take place prior to the last game of the Dallas Mavericks regular season Dallas Mavericks vs. New Orleans Hornets.

The contest will feature 12 15 competitors, including:

Joey Chestnut: Number-one ranked Chestnut has consumed 182 wings in 30 minutes in competition, and won his fourth consecutive hot dog eating title last July 4th in Coney Island, New York. He now looks to add another Major League Eating title to his legendary body of work.

Sonya The Black Widow Thomas: Looking to beat Chestnut will be number-four-ranked Thomas a 100-pound wing-eating specialist from Alexandria, Va. Thomas will have confidence on her side in Dallas, having won four consecutive titles at the National Buffalo Wing Festival (2007-10). Last year she topped Chestnut and a field of 12 other men in Buffalo, N.Y.

Pat Deep Dish Bertoletti: The number-two ranked eater in the world, Bertoletti, a mohawked chef from Chicago, holds world records in 29 foods including grits, ice cream and jalapenos.
Bob Shoudt: Ranked number-three-in the world, Shoudt, who hails from the suburbs of Philadelphia, was formerly known as Humble Bob before embarking on an eight-contest winning streak that resulted in a moniker change to The Notorious B.O.B.

Wings have surged to the top of every sports fans list of favorite foods and competitive eaters are no different, said George Shea, chairman of Major League Eating. Few other foods on the circuit test a competitors hand speed, technique and capacity more than wings. These skills will be on display in Dallas when the worlds best eaters pay homage to the mighty wing.

Previously scheduled to take place in advance of the Super Bowl, the contest was postponed due to a snowstorm that hit Dallas in early February. Wingstop, which sold more than five million wings on Super Bowl Sunday, will prepare more than 1,000 wings for competitors on Wednesday evening.

The 12-minute contest will take place from AT&T Plaza at American Airlines Center prior to the final home game of the Dallas Mavericks regular season. The winner will take home the first-place prize of $5,000. The remaining second through six place payouts are as follows: $2,000, $1,500, $750, $500, $250.

Additionally, Wingstop will sample wings for attendees from the contest area, and giveaways and other prizes will be on-hand for the crowd.