Congratulations to the Cannon County 4-H participants for competing at the Central Region 4-H Outdoor Meat Cookery contest held at the Wilson County Fair in Lebanon. Cannon County had 9 participants and the senior high team placed 4th!
Many of the lifeskills that are needed by the students as they prepare for their future are achieved thru the 4-H projects and activities, such as leadership, responsibility, communications, team work etc.
The contest involves teams with 4 members each cooking a product that they were to prepare and present to judges. Team members decided on whether to cook beef, pork, poultry, and lamb. Each picked a different specie, came up with a cooking recipe, used proper food safety and handling practices, started their charcoal fires, and had a 2 hour window to prepare their entry. When turned in to the official judges members had to tell what doneness the beef, lamb, and pork were cooked to. There hard work and dedication to the 4-H program has paid off. Out of 170 participants, all nine Cannon County 4-H members were recognized in the top 10 high individuals in their specific category.
Congratulations to our poultry grillers, Samantha Swoape for placing first and Abbye Moore for placing 5th high individual. The pork grillers, Will Byford for placed 2nd, William Davis placed 4th, and McKenna Powell placed 7th high individual.
Congratulations to lamb grillers, Hunter Owen for placing 6th and Jacob Carlton for placing 7th high individual.
We are proud of our beef grillers, Emma Grace Hughes for placing 9th and Abigail Buchanan for placing 10th high individual.
With Samantha Swoape placing 1st high individual in poultry, she will have the opportunity to compete at the state Outdoor Meat Cookery competition held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in October.
Congratulations to all participants for their hard work and dedication to the Cannon County 4-H program!
The University of Tennessee Extension offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, or veteran status, and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
If you would like more information about the 4-H program, contact Sarah Ferrell, Youth Development Extension Agent, at the Cannon County Extension office.