Future Celebration

At this time the Hamburger committee is deciding on a better time to celebrate the Original Hamburger.  Please contact the Athens Visitor Center at (888) 294-2847 or by email cvb@athenstx.org for more details on the celebration

Past Cook-Offs

2006 Cook-Off Results

Hamburger
1st place:          Joanne Blanchard
2nd place:         Diane Milner (TVCC)
3rd place:          Tommy Joe Chandler

Brisket
1st place:          Brad Carraway
2nd place:         Jan Canterbury
3rd place:          Jimmy Worsham

Ribs
1st place:          Doug Ritter
2nd place:         Brad Carraway
3rd place:          Clay Boyce

Chicken
1st place:          Clay Boyce
2nd place:         Brad Carraway
3rd place:          Doug Ritter

Overall winner:           Brad Carraway

2005 Cook-Off Results

6-11-05  Uncle Fletch's Burger & BBQ C/O, Lake Athens, TX

Head Judge:  Ronnie & Laverne                            16 Teams

Grand Champion:  Don Canterbury, We Be Smokin'

Brisket Pork Spare Ribs Chicken Hamburger
1  Richard Wallace, Pop's Pit Crew 1  Ronnie Wade, Blazen BBQ 1  Don Canterbury, We Be Smokin' 1  Gary Beams, King of the Valley
2  Jeff Shivers, Taste of Texas C/T 2  Don Canterbury, We Be Smokin' 2  Jan Canterbury, We Be Smokin' Too 2  Derek Holdridge, Bastin' Time
3  Ronnie Wade, Blazen BBQ 3  Jan Canterbury, We Be Smokin' Too 3  Gary Beams, King of the Valley 3  Jan Canterbury, We Be Smokin' Too
4  Chad Graham, En Fuego 4  Chad Graham, En Fuego 4  Mike Head, Outlaw Cookers 4  Clarke Osborne, Turnin' Burnin'
5  Wesley Edge, Brinson Pit Crew 5  Richard Wallace, Pop's Pit Crew 5  Ronnie Wade, Blazen BBQ 5  Don Canterbury, We Be Smokin'
6  Don Canterbury, We Be Smokin' 6  Gary Beams, King of the Valley 6  Jeff Shivers, Taste of Texas C/T 6  Richard Wallace, Pop's Pit Crew
7  Jan Canterbury, We Be Smokin' Too 7  Clarke Osborne, Turnin' Burnin' 7  David Ford, K-Town Cookers 7  Lee Tackett, First State Bank-Athens
8  Clarke Osborne, Turnin' Burnin' 8  Jeff Shivers, Taste of Texas C/T 8  Derek Holdridge, Bastin' Time 8  David Ford, K-Town Cookers
9  Gary Beams, King of the Valley 9  Derek Holdridge, Bastin' Time 9  Richard Wallace, Pop's Pit Crew 9  Ronnie Wade, Blazen BBQ
10 Mike Head, Outlaw Cookers 10 David Ford, K-Town Cookers 10 Wesley Edge, Brinson Pit Crew 10 Brad Rummel, Roadkill

People's Choice:  1  TVCC, King of the Valley; 2 First State Bank, Athens, 3 Bastin' Time