The 4th Annual Cooking Contest Is In the Books!

The 4th Annual Cooking Contest in now in the books. And what a competitive contest it was!

The scouts started showing up at 5pm to begin the process of preparing and cooking their dinners and desserts.

Five scouts competed this year, and we were all very impressed with there creations.

Casey came with Mulligan Stew and Chocolate Banana Cream Pie.

Max came with Sloppy Joes and dutch Oven Cinnamon Rolls.











Richard came with Breaded Fried Chicken and Churro Bits.

Garrison came with Philly Cheese Steak Sandwiches and Chocolate Pudding.

And Dylan brought Taco Soup and dutch oven Cinnamon Pull-a-Parts.

The leaders came with some additional dinners and desserts to make sure everyone had plenty to eat.

We had 4 couples and 1 individual judging the meals. One of the things we love about this contest is the judges represent many years of history in scouting and awesome scouting experience. Most of the men have are former scout masters and it's great to have their participation.

After the judges submitted their score sheets, we enlisted Dana's math skills to ensure an accurate result.

After the points were totaled, the results were announced. Our second place contestant was Casey Anderson who pulled off a tremendous stew even though he really was a beginner in the kitchen. Nice work for a rookie!

And the winner is: Dylan McLain with his Taco Soup and Cinnamon Pull-a-Parts. He was already comfortable in the kitchen as he likes to cook anyway, and it really showed in his excellent presentation and taste.








A new tradition we started last year is that we'll now use the winning meal in the cooking contest as our meal for the Klondike Competition in January.

Congratulations to all the scouts for their excellent meals and great skill in preparing five outstanding results.

And thank you to our esteemed judges for their time and effort to help make the 4th Annual Cooking Contest a success.

After the contest, we (the scouts) did a backyard campout with a pancake breakfast in the morning.

It was an all-you-can-eat deal and Max was the winner downing 8 pancakes.

The others tried to keep up, but no one else could match 8 pancakes.

The scouts called this "Yoda Butter." We'll let you figure it out....

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