According to the eatfeats database, yesterday’s Acme Oyster contest was the first time Sonya Thomas finished ahead of Pat Bertoletti since the October 8, 2006 jalapeno eating contest at the Texas State Fair. Bertoletti’s streak spanned 16 competitions.

With the exception of the controversial Mardi Gras crawfish contest, Sonya Thomas had not finished ahead of Tim Janus since the 2007 Three Brothers Pizza contest. (They tied for second place in the 2008 Three Brothers Pizza contest)

A list of results from contests in which Sonya Thomas competed against Pat Bertoletti and Tim Janus is available after the jump:

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From Will Millender’s twitter

1. Will Millender, 51 macaroni & cheese balls
2. Kevin Kordalski 50
3. Rich Brookings 44

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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
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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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Wing Madness top 5:

1 Lord of the Wings, 158 wings
2 6Burgh Psycho, 124 wings
3 Broken Wing
4 or 5 Brad Sciullo
4 or 5 Mark Lyle

update Wing Tut has posted a contest report

A live blog of the 1250 AM streaming follows:
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The new poll asks what you think Sonya Thomas will announce regarding her competitive eating future. http://sonyatheblackwidow.com/ has brought up a generic search page for over a month. If Sonya Thomas misses the 2009 Nathan’s finals, that will end her streak at 6.

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The Arctic Wolf Ice Center in College Station, TX will hold a Wing Bowl on May 6. As in the Philadelphia Wing Bowl, entrants can qualify by winning a preliminary Wing Off contest or doing an on-radio eating stunt. The final Wing Off will take place tomorrow at Buffalo Wild Wings.

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TheAltGames.com has a preview of Saturday’s eating contest with profiles of the three seeded competitors. The Alt Games twitter will report on the qualifier tonight at San Diego State.

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In an interview for LoHud.com, Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain says that Man vs. Food is one of his favorite TV shows (along with Fresh Prince of Bel Air reruns).

The Man vs. Food home page has been updated to say “Catch an all-new season of “Man v. Food” this summer”, which would be an earlier starting date for season 2 than the fourth quarter of 2009 the previous press release announced.

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(from fc2) Go! Go! Curry! in Manhattan is holding a curry eating contest this spring. The finals will take place on May 30 and qualifiers will be held on days ending in 0 or 5 until May 20. The first prize is a $500 American Express gift card and the registration fee is $20.

The Feedbag has additional information about the contest. Entrants in the qualifiers will try to consume 24 ounces of curry rice as quickly as possible and the final contest will last 15 minutes.

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