BBQ aficionados come to town

Big T event raises funds for area

  • TOP, LEFT: First Place Ribs and Grand Champion Cook went to Brad Olenick of Katy.
    TOP, LEFT: First Place Ribs and Grand Champion Cook went to Brad Olenick of Katy.
  • TOP, RIGHT: Reserve Champion Cook went to Ben Blanton of Forney.
    TOP, RIGHT: Reserve Champion Cook went to Ben Blanton of Forney.
  • ABOVE: First Place Brisket went to Paul Schindler of Harker Heights, Texas.
    ABOVE: First Place Brisket went to Paul Schindler of Harker Heights, Texas.
  • RIGHT: First Place Beans and First Place Chicken went to Melissa Marek of Bryan. Photos by Mary Cryer Awalt/Fairfield Recorder
    RIGHT: First Place Beans and First Place Chicken went to Melissa Marek of Bryan. Photos by Mary Cryer Awalt/Fairfield Recorder
Champion bean and barbecue cooks from all over Texas assembled last week in Fairfield for the Big T Memorial Cookoff, a three-day event that brings awareness and funds to special needs children in a five-county area. First held in the fall of 2010, the event is named after the late Terry Lair, also known as “Big T,” who passed away early, not long after his 50th birthday. He was especially…

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