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Ellinger Chamber Announces Tomato Festival Competition Winners

Thu, 06/15/2023 - 20:28

Beans 1st Place - Crispy Critters

Best Overall - Smoking Aces

Bloody Mary Showmanship - G2 BBQ

Bloody Mary Taste - Coal-Holics

Breakfast 1st Place - Jackie Valenta

Brisket 1st Place - Smokin Aces

Chicken 1st Place - Faulkner BBQ

Chips & Salsa 1st Place - G2 BBQ

Chopped Challenge 1st - Tropical Mushrooms

Showmanship - 4V Ranch Cookers

Dessert 1st Place - Big Money_Little Money

Entree 1st Place - You Kill It We Grill It

Margarita Showmanship and Taste - Tropical Mushrooms

Pork Butt 1st Place - Four Skins

Pork Spare Ribs 1st Place - Pop A Top Cookers

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce picked four local celebrity judges for the “Chopped” cooking competition. Pictured from left are Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Jamie Moreau, Todd Fritsch of Giddlings Livestock Auction, Andy Behlen of The Fayette County Record and La Grange Mayor Jan Dockery.

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce held the 86th Annual Ellinger Tomato Festival on Mary 26-18. Festivities included a barbecue cookoff, the Tomato Trot fun run, the “Chopped” cooking challenge, live auction, live music Friday and Saturday night by Western Bling and The Bandits, and a fried chicken and sausage dinner on Sunday. Pictured below are the first place winners from each category in the cookoff along with the winner of the “Chopped” competition.