Jackson team wins at Scott City cook-off

A Jackson team, Three Knights and a Lutheran, won grand-championship honors at the Knights of Columbus cook-off held at Scott City. The event took place Aug. 2 and 3 and was sponsored by Kohlfeld Distributing. There were 19 teams from the area and the Missouri towns of Springfield, Dexter and Hillsboro. Winners of each contest were as follows: Scott City Ice Cream Corner dessert contest won by Show Me Your Pits; Mid-America Hotels/Drury Restaurant bloody mary contest won by Grillin B Cuz; Capaha Bank chicken barbecue division won by Head Cheese Gang, first place, You Can't Beat Our Meat, second place, and Three Knights and a Lutheran, third place; Ray Jay's BBQ ribs contest won by Head Cheese Gang, first place, Smokin' Brothers, second place, and Daddy-O, third place; Columbia Construction pork butt category won by Smoken Boys, first place, Show Me Your Pits, second, and River Eagle Cooking Team, third; and First State Community Bank brisket contest won by Chaffee's Finest Ribs and Butts, first place, Johnny John's BBQ, second place, and River Eagle Cooking Team in third place. The River Eagle Reserve Grand Champion was Smokin' Brothers. For information on how to enter next year's Knights of Columbus cook-off, call 573-450-4902.