Second annual Lone Star City Cook-Off a huge success

 Smoke filled the air at the Lone Star City Park on Saturday, June 11. Lone Star Police, fire crews from Lone Star, Jenkins, and Cason all converged on the park, adding to the smoke. The reason: the second annual Lone Star City Cook-Off. The fire and police teams were joined by a team from the Daingerfield Country Club, as well as the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District Police department to determine who put out the best chicken, ribs, and brisket.

Teams began setting up on Friday evening, preparing their smokers for the competition that would began at 10am on Saturday morning. Each team would prepare smoked chicken, ribs, and brisket for judging by a panel that included Morris County Judge Linda Munkres, Lone Star Judge Bob Mattox, D-LS ISD Superintendent Sandra Quarles and D-LS Curriculum Director Martha Campbell.

Each entry was given a ticket, with the other portion being placed on the bottom of the team’s entry, thus giving the judges the opportunity to judge each entry without knowing which team submitted it. Entries received points, which determined the winner of each category. A grand champion was determined by adding each teams’ points, and the highest point total was the grand champion.

Earning the award for top chicken was Chris Moore’s team. Top rib prize went to the Daingerfield Country Club, and Moore also took the top brisket prize, as well. In the rib competition, six points separated first and third places.

One of Jenkin’s cooking teams took third place overall, followed by the Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD police Department. Daingerfield Country Club won Grand Champion honors, after placing in each of the three categories.