The West Virginia Road Kill Cook-off is one of the region’s most exciting and fun annual events.

In years past, the Food Network, the Travel Channel and the Discovery Channel have all done filming of this wild and wacky festival! If you’ve ever wanted to taste exotic dishes like squirrel gravy over biscuits, teriyaki marinated bear or deer sausage, this is the place!

Cookin’ starts at 9 .m. — judging starts at 2 p.m.— and you can taste the grub whenever your stomach’s ready!

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at the Opera House

Last year's winners were a group from Central Virginia, the Coal Hollow Brothers. It was their first win after placing in the top three for several preceding years. "We've made many friends in the county and in Marlinton since we've been coming to the Cook-off the last eight years," said Ed Blackford a cook from the winning team."People around Marlinton are fun folks and we get a real kick coming and visiting with them year after year."