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