Sweat, tears and hot wings made for a fiery smackdown Thursday night at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s on West University Avenue.
About 200 people lined up in the parking lot of the restaurant and watched as 12 scarfed wings during the Nuclear Chicken Wing Eating Contest, sponsored by the Student Finance Group and Beef ‘O’ Brady’s.
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s manager Mike Rosas said the restaurant made about 300 to 400 wings.
Rosas said Beef ‘O’ Brady’s also made a special, extremely spicy sauce called “the Ghost Habanero Nuclear Sauce” for the event.
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s employees had to run and grab more wings because some contestants ate more than 20 wings during the 10-minute time limit.
Phi Gamma Delta’s James DaFonte wore a viking costume and won the contest by eating 29 wings.
DaFonte won $250 for the Red Cross and a $50 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s gift certificate for himself.
“I tried not to think of the pain when I was eating ... but it feels great to win because the money is going to our philanthropy,” he said.
