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2018 Taste of Hamburg-er contest winners

Burgers

Best Burger: Restaurant: Grand Prize Winner: Spuds restaurant, Kutztown.

Appearance: Spuds

Taste: Spuds

Originality: Spuds

Best Burger: Organization: Grand Prize Winner: Salem Church

Appearance: Boy Scout Troop 184

Taste: Leesport Lodge 141 I.O.O.F.

Originality: Salem Evangelical Christian Church, Lenhartsville

Best Burger-Mobile Unit: Grand Prize Winner: Blazing Swine BBQ, Hummelstown.

Appearance: Blazing Swine BBQ

Taste: Blazing Swine BBQ

Originality: Wow Foods LLC, Gilbertsville

Best “Newbie” Burger: The Smith Homestead’s Kitchen, Bernville

People’s Choice Award:

1st Place: Deitsch Eck Restaurant, Lenhartsville

2nd Place: Dawn’s Deli, Lenhartsville.

3rd Place: Christ Evangelical Free Church, Bethel

4th Place: Salem Evangelical Christian Church, Lenhartsville

Cows

Cow-decorating contest:

Ages 2-4: 1st Place, Natalie Eshbach; 2nd Place Caleb Schegan; 3rd Place Carter Hitz

Ages 5-7: 1st Place, Kallie Strunk; 2nd Place, Genaro Garipoli; 3rd Place, Sophia Bachman;

Ages 8-10: 1st Place, Kennly Chwatek; 2nd Place, Kamryn Vogel; 3rd Place, Logan Kershner

Ages 11-plus: 1st Place, Gracie Long; 2nd Place, Nick Engle; 3rd Place, Elizabeth Homeier;

Family: 1st Place, Joscelyn Arena; 2nd Place, Dante LaVentura; 3rd Place, Leonardo LaVentura

“Udderly” Amazing Cow-decorating Contest:

1st Place, St. John’s Thrivent; 2nd Place, Salem-Berne United Methodist Church; 3rd Place, Hamburg Public Library

Mooing Contest:

1st place: “Andrew, ”2nd place, “Doc l” 3rd place, Samantha Haag, Dairy Princess

Races

Dine and Dash Race:

Fastest male overall: Dale Schneck

Fastest female overall: Melissa Langston

Junior 15 and under: Fastest male: Cameron Smiley

Fastest female: Lizzie “Batman” Schwinger

General ages 16-39: Fastest male, John Greely; Fastest female, Erika Wood

Master ages 40-plus: Fastest male, Troy Seitzinger; Fastest female: no entrant

Best Costume: Jon Kline “The Dude”

Best Dog: Phin with Ryan Witman

Judge’s Choice: Akira with Tania Wargo, best dog costume; Andy Wood, farthest traveled - from Michigan

Hamburger Eating

Amateur

1st place team: Chimera - Andrew Maoury, Brett A. Cooper, Troye Cooper; 2nd place team: Burgers, Hell Yeah! - Eric Wurst, William Rensch, George Lengle; 3rd place team: Just Made It - Caitlyn Delaney, Lewis Wagner, Doug Pidaiminy

Professional

1st place (24 burgers): Bob “Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt; 2nd place (22 burgers): Dan “Killer” Kennedy; 3rd place (20 burgers): David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli

Art Contest

“Relish the Hamburger”: 1st place, Petra Martin; 2nd place, Marta Tomosy-Herman; 3rd place, Gracie Long

Victory Closets Raffle: Lisa Ecker

Prize Wheel

Yuengling corn hole game: Mario Sosa

Yuengling cooler: Lisa Ecker, Vicki Knepper

Yuengling chair: Vicki Knepper

Bud Light cooler: Heather Warden, Bonnie Loeb

McDonald’s $50 gift card: Carol Stoudt, Kelly Roberts

Patio umbrella: Sofia Palmieri, James Weaver