The Fayette County Fair has announced its 2024 food and beverage vendors for the year and include the following vendors: Fayetteville Show Fund will have chicken tenders and steak finger basket along with chili dogs and Frito pie.

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Overall Barbecue Winners Grand Champion: Ira Green – Flying G Barbcue – Kingsbury Reserve Champoin: Justin Fortune – On Point BBQ – Shiner 3rd place – Carl Davis – Cast Iron Cookers – Orange Grove 4th place – Darrin Thumann – Lucky 7 BBQ – Houston 5th place – Vince Colonnetta – Smoking Wizards – Houston 6th place – James Brooks – Boss BBQ – Round Rock 7th place – Jamie Robey – Flirtin With Disaster – Cold Spring 8th place – Randall Kendrick – Hide-A-Way Ranch cookers - Bedias 9th place - Mike Bryce – Backyard Q’ers – Timpson 10th place – Tome Clarke – JC’s Good Ol boys – Tomball Brisket 1st place – Randall Kendrick – Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers – Bedias 2nd place – Tom Clarke – JC’s Good Ol’ Boys – Tomball 3rd place – James Brooks – Boss BBQ – Round Rock 4th place – Buddy Northrup – Big Boys BBQ – Burton 5th place – Darrin Thumann – Luck 7 BBQ – Houston 6th place – Paul Flores – Nut’n but Smoke Kookers – Pasadena 7th place – Scotty Bryce – East Texas Smokers – Timpson 8th place – Carl Davis – Cast Iron Cookers – Orange Grove 9tt place – Mason Pietsch – Pietsch Family Bar-B-Q – La Grange 10th place – Ira Green – Flying G Barbcue – Kingsberry Chicken 1st place – Justin Fortune – On Point BBQ – Shiner 2nd place – Steven Foster – D & S Cookers – Victoria 3rd place – Ira Green – Flying G Barbcue – Kingsbury 4th place – Brandon Perryman Always Forward BBQ – Hockley 5th place – Gary Phillips – BeefSquatch BBQ – Aransas Pass 6th place – Bill Manning – BJ’s Blue Smoke BBQ – Pasadena 7th place – David Hernandez – Whatcha Smokin’ – Galveston 8th place – Patrick Wiltze – Blue Suede BBQ – Georgetown 9th place – Mike Bryce – Backyard Q’ers – Timpson 10th place – Allen Johnston – Roux BBQ – Dauphin Island, Alabama Ribs 1st place – Carl Davis – Cast Iron Cookers – Orange Grove 2nd place – James Brooks – Boxx BBQ – Round Rock 3rd place – Justine Fortune – On Point BBQ – Shiner 4th place – Bruley Gunter – Caney Creek Smokers – Needville 5th place – Vince Colonnetta – Smoking wizards – Houston 6th place – Jamie Robey – Flirtin’ With Disaster – Cold Spring 7th place – Ira Green – Flying G Barbcue – Kingsbury 8th place – Darrin Thumann – Lucky 7 BBQ – Houston 9th place – Darrell Drews – WTF Cookers – Chappell Hill 10th place – Paul Flores – Nut’n But Smoke Kookers – Pasadena CASI Chili Winners 1st place – Pat Krenek – Houston – Lone Star Chili Chicks 2nd place – Kenneth Gibson – Luling – Lease Crue Cookers 3rd place – Don Hoy – Cuero – Asleep At The Pot 4th place – Jeff Henderson – Mansfiled 5th place – Diana Hoy – Cuero – That Crazy KF Lady 6th place – Greg Lindsey – Houston 7th place – Dee Palmer – Mansfield - U Own It – Too Chili 8th place – Jeff Stevenson – Houston 9th place – Dave Pitts – Katy – Haz-Mat Chili 10th place – Ed Nesbitt – Houston – Copperfield Red CASI Showmanship winners 1st place – Sarah’s Tender Loving Care Daycare Center – Flatonia 2nd place – Cowgirls Kick Butt – Red Rock 3rd place – Pirate Chili – Houston Local Chili 1st place – Chief Cookers – Kyle & Lonnie Taylor - Schulenburg 2nd place – Spice Spice Baby – Bobbie Rainosek – Schulenburg 3rd place – Bean Bros (Schulenburg 4H) – Gage Smrkovsky, Wyatt Smrkovsky, Crockett Guentart, Rowdy Guentart, Abe McBride, Dylan Zweschper, Layton Wick, & Clay Hoffmann – Schulenburg Bloody Mary 1st place – East Texas Smokers – Anna Bryce – Timpson 2nd place – All Sauced Up #1 – Sherry Schneider – LaGrange 3rd place – Spice Spice Baby – Megan Strykar – Goliad Showmanship – SOS Cookers – Courtney Mansell – Katy Beans 1st place – Diana Hoy – That KF Lady – Cuero 2nd place – Carl Davis – Cast Iron Cookers – Orange Grove 3rd place – April McDonald – Baby Blue Chili – Victoria Salsa Winners 1st place – Nothin Butt Smoke – Paul Flores – Pasadena 2nd place – Bottom of the Barrel Gang – Jeff Bauer – Cedar Creek 3rd place – Chiefs Cookers – Kyley Taylor – Schulenburg Hamburger Patty Kids Cookoff (Two-Way Tie for First) Everly Clack – Sommer Time cookers – Waller Waylynn Bowie – SOS Cookers – Katy Pork Steak Kids Cookoff 1st Place & winner of the customer built BBQ Pit (donated by BTM Fabrication & Welding & Tom’s BBQ) – Cruz Bryce – East Texas Smokers – Timpson 2nd place – Sommer Hughes – Summer Time Cookers – Waller 3rd place – Melody Richardson – Sarah’s Tender Loving Care Day Care Center – Flatonia.

W The annual Holy Cross Lutheran Church picnic will be held Sunday, Sept. 1 at the picnic grounds.

It doesn’t have to be a knitted baby blanket or a silk lace shawl to win a blue ribbon at the Fayette County Fair. A youngster’s crocheted origami animals won prizes in the Fair’s Needlework Division last year.

As of Aug. 9, the total intake for 2024 for the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter is 1042: 449 dogs and 593 cats in need. As of Aug. 9, the shelter has 135 animals in care: 72 dogs/63 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner.

Earlier this summer we announced the business and civic winners of The Fayette County Record’s annual Readers’ Choice contest. We waited until school employees returned from summer break to release our school-related winners.