11:53 Ryan Shams has emailed additional results

1) Pat Bertoletti 39 dozen
2) Aaron Osthoff 38 dozen
3) Adrian Morgan 32 dozen
4) Crazy Legs Conti 29 dozen
5) Gary Klucken 38 dozen
Ryan Shams 11 dozen
10 Mia “Meatballz” Davekos 7 dozen

3:30 Crawfish has the top 3, via Adrian Morgan’s facebook: 1st Pat Bertoletti 39 dozen 2nd Aaron Osthoff 38 3rd Adrian Morgan 32 dozen

3:16 “Patrick Bernaletti” was the winner.

3:06 The unnamed winner ate 39 dozen in 8 minutes, a new record.

update 3 pm eastern The contest has started.

The contest should start at 1 pm central, 2 pm eastern

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Results from the eating contest twitter (Part 1 | Part 2)

1) Sonya Thomas 3.75 (3.25 after regulation)
2) Adrian Morgan 3.5 lb. (3.25 after regulation)
3) Aaron Burglua, 2.625 New Orleans chef
4T) J Robin 2.5
4T) Travis 2.5
6T) Frank 2.25
6T) Crazy Legs Conti 2.25
6T) Damien Boykin 2.25
6T) Will
10T) Elliot
10T) Nasty Nate Biller
12) James
3:58 Scott Flodin reports Sonya Thomas won the overtime. Adrian Morgan was runner-up.

3:53 Jason Dominy reports Sonya Thomas dominated the contest.

3:49 Scott Flodin reports the contest has gone into overtime.

3:04 pm The contest has started according to this picture

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update #2 SonyaTheBlackWidow has the top 3:

1) Sonya Thomas 37 dozen in 8 minutes
2) Amateur 21 dozen
3) Crazy Legs Conti 19 dozen

update nic511 reports that Sonya Thomas won the contest with a total of 37 dozen oysters.

The MLE oyster contest is expected to start at 3pm eastern. Members of The Deadliest Catch cast will compete in an undercard.

The New York Times has an article about the Oyster Festival, which was originally planned to start in 2006 and cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.

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update Apr 11 HumidBeings has a short video

update 11:02 Rich Shea did an interview this morning

Some pictures:

update 3:55 facebook.com/eatfast: top 4

1) Sonya Thomas 6.5 lbs.
2) Nick Bauer 4.5 lbs.
3T) Elliot Guidry 2.5 lbs.
3T) Will Peters 2.5 lbs.
5T) Tim Brown, Kevin Ross, Adrian Morgan 1.5 lbs.

update 3:51 Liz Money confirms that Sonya Thomas won

update 3:41 twitter.com/jlaurie: “Tiny asian chic eats 6.5 lbs of crawfish…wins”

update 3:40 Results have yet to be announced 30 minutes after the end of the contest

update 3:05 GSheppard has a picture of the contest.

The crawfish contest at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans should be starting in about 30 minutes.

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The MLE facebook announces that a crawfish eating contest will take place at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans on April 10.

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update NewOrleans.com has a gallery

3:49 Official top 3 from http://twitter.com/gcshea/status/1552869281

1. Sonya Thomas, 29 dozen in 8 minutes
2. Pat Bertoletti 26 dozen
3. Tim “Eater X” Janus 22 dozen

3:22 Ginger Gibson reports that Sonya has won with 29 dozen in 8 minutes.

3:14 The contest has started

3:00 The contest has yet to start, see http://twitter.com/annawhitlow
for pictures
update http://twitter.com/gingergibson is posting updates on the contest. The contest is just about to start as of 2:45 pm eastern

The Acme Oyster website has been revamped. The online Wall of Fame for the 15 dozen club (which had not been updated since 2005) has been dropped and Adam Richman is the only member currently mentioned on the new 15 dozen club page.

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Last night’s episode of How’s Your News did not include footage of the main Acme Oyster eating contest won by Pat Bertoletti, but Scott “ScozzyBone” Zukowski, billed as the New Orleans oyster champ, did compete against one of the program’s reporters in a short oyster contest. A video clip of the segment can be viewed online.

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Knoxville.com has an article about How’s Your News?, an MTV program starring seven disabled reporters produced by South Park co-creator Matt Stone. Each episode documents a stop made during a cross-country trip. In New Orleans, the reporters visited a pirate convention, a prison rodeo and an oyster eating contest, which was probably the Acme Oyster competition since the other two events took place in April.

TV Guide reports the New Orleans episode will be televised at 10:30 pm on Sunday, March 1.

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• Acme Oyster House Challenge (15 Dozen Club) restaurant: Home page (the website has an online wall of fame – click on Contest, then Leader Board – which has not been updated since 2005. Pat Bertoletti set the record in early 2007. A screen capture of the Wall of Fame is available after the jump
  • 15+ Dozen Club in the eatfeats database
  • #5 entry on the Travel Channel’s list of best places to pig out – video clip from that program
  • Reviews: yelp | citysearch
• Mother’s Restaurant home page | yelp | citysearch
• Deanie’s Seafood home page | yelp | citysearch

update: commercial | gallery
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• Article about James Howell and his performance in the New Orleans qualifier
• Jill Stoler has posted the pictures she took at the Three Brothers Pizza contest
• Video from Hartford qualifier
• Article about local Bartolini’s Meatballs qualifiers
• NY Post on Nathan’s shortening
• Kansas City hot dog contest Friday night at Tengo sed, $200 prize
• No MLE video game release this week
• Kobayashi finds Japanese hot dogs wanting
• Articles promoting Tomoko Mikaye’s book of PG rated photographs: Sanspo.com, NikkanSports

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New Orleans qualifier results from Dr. Bigtime comment & IFOCE.com report:

1. Juris “Dr. Bigtime” Shibayama – 28
2. Peter Parker – 17
3. Damon Serignet – 16

Dunno after that.

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