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The Mower County Humane Society would like to thank ALL that participated in the first annual Grillin and Chillin BBQ that was held on Saturday, June 7 at the Mower County fairgrounds. Despite cloudy weather, 150 plus people showed up with donations and/or an appetite to taste BBQ Hormel Always Tender St. Louis Style pork ribs as prepared by 15 different competing teams. Results–$4,000 was donated to MCHS! Winning teams were Steve’s Hog Whole BBQ — 1st; Marty Party BBQ — 2nd; and Marty Party BBQ also received the People’s Choice Award!

MCHS would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the sponsors for this event. Thank you to Hormel Foods Corp, Nancy Schnable and team of Discover Austin, Purrfect Promotions LLC, Runnings, Ameriprise Financial , Austin Electric, Greenman HVAC, Games People Play, HyVee, Heartman Insurance, IBI Data, The Pet Authority, Piggy Blues Bar-B-Que and Austin Windshield. THANK YOU to the judges, Steve King, Jeff Ettinger, Joe Bower, Jay Lutz and KCBS judges for donating your time and your rib expertise!

THANK YOU to the 15 teams who came for the day and grilled up delicious ribs. (Fat Kid Sh!t, Weasel’s Bone Lickin’ BBQ, Sinister Smoke BBQ, High Voltage BBQ, CF BBQ, Not Bad BBQ, Marty Party BBQ, Ricky’s Ribs, Smokin Roe, Blue Smoke Barbecue, Steve’s Hog Whole BBQ, 56 BBQ #1, 56 BBQ #2, B&B Big Buck Grilling, and C R Butts Smoke!!) You made it tough for the judges! We also want to extend a thank you to the other “MCHS”, the Mower County Historical Society, for the serving of pop, water, hot dogs and dessert to give guests other options to go with the ribs.

MCHS would like to extend a thank you to the Austin Daily Herald for the help of getting the word out about the event and for doing a great story. Thank you event volunteers: Tom Keyser, Sheila Fretty, Myah Buck, Diane Varhola and Emma Sharp.

MCHS is 100% run by volunteers. ALL of the money raised from this event will go to help with the expense of rescuing pets in Mower County. THANK YOU.

Kelly Rush

Mower County Humane Society