The West Virginia RoadKill 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!
2010
Schedule of Activities & Events [PDF]
2010
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30 a.m.
Sign up for Horseshoes
9 a.m. Horseshoe
Pitch begins
9 a.m. Arts
& Crafts Show
9 a.m. Fine
Art Demonstrations & Show
9 a.m. County
Fair Exhibits
10 a.m. Introduction
of Ms. WV RoadKill
10 a.m. Glen
Shelton on Big Stage
10 a.m. The
Alford Brown Family Band at Gazebo
10 a.m. Soccer
Games
10 a.m. Register
for Dog Show
11 a.m. Fun
Dog Show
Noon RoadKill
Recipes Tasting
Noon Baby
Pageant
1 p.m Parade
Lineup
2 p.m. Mahajibee
Blues on Big Stage
2 p.m. Uphill
Ride at Gazebo
2 p.m. Possum
Trot 5K Run/Walk
2 p.m. Rockin’
Redneck Parade
2 p.m. RoadKill
Judging
2:30 p.m.
Harvest Games
3 p.m. Ducky
Race on the Greenbrier
4 p.m. Cook-off
Winners Announced
7 p.m Hammons
Family Legacy Project
Twelve teams
competed in 2009. The RoadKill Cook-off winners were Two Crooks
and A Cook, with their winning recipe "South-of-the-border
Mishap," armadillo, roadrunner and hitchhiker tacos. In addition
to a receiving $1000 for their efforts, Two Crooks and a Cook
also ran away with the People's Choice Award, decided by ballot
of visitors at the Festival.
Cook-off veterans,
The Coal Hollow Brothers, returned this year to snag second place
and a $450 cash prize. The Brothers cooked up "Frogut's Jumpin'
Jamabalaya," which included frog meat, sausage and chicken.
The Brothers, wearing frontier-style period costumes, also won
the Showmanship Award, worth a $50 gift certificate.
The judges
awarded third place and $225 to a local team, the Ridge Runners,
and its specialite´ de la maison, "Smeared Hog
with Groundhog Gravy." The entree was accompanied by "Bear
Butt Appetizers," made with real bear meat and "Slime
Juice," a concoction of grapes, sherbet and ginger ale.
The event
was covered by Adam Gertler and a television crew from the Fine
Living Network from Los Angeles, California. Gertler also captained
the Bumper Crop Cafe´ cooking team during the event.
The judges
for 2009 were Jay Anderson, cooking instructor at Pierpont Culinary
Academy, in Fairmont; Nicole Bowman, of Morgantown, editor of
WV Living magazine and Kathleen Willcox, of New York City,
culinary student and contributing writer for the "Eat Me
Daily" Web site.
The RoadKill
Cook-off was featured in a segment on the Fine Living Channel
in January.
'Possem Trot 5K Walk/Run
