2024 AWF Birmingham Wild Game Cook-Offs

The AWF Birmingham County Wild Game Cook-Off was held on September 19, 2024

BEST OVERALL:
Marathon Electrical 
Dish: Stuffed Crab Blackened Red Fish 
Team: Eddie Echols, Calli DeVore, Ben Echols 


Fish Division
1st Place – Marathon Electrical 
Dish:  Stuffed Crab Blackened Red Fish
Team: Eddie Echols, Calli DeVore, Ben Echols
2nd Place – Lemay Farms
Dish: Shrimp Pinwheel
Team: Steve Lemay, John Davis, Charlie Carper, Rocco Orlando, Joel Brown, Curtis Eatman, Lake Lemay, Clark Lemay, John Bissell 
3rd Place- Stone Building Company 
Dish: Bayou Balls
Team: Lindsey Smith, Jason Smith, Ben Keel

Fowl Division
1st Place – Team Altec Capital
Dish: Fowl Pho w/ Soft Boiled Quail Egg 
Team: Wesley Standifer, Tony Philpot 
2nd Place – Vardaman Construction 
Dish: Duck Crostini
Team: Miles Duncan, Thomas Cortez 
3rd Place – Lemay Farms 
Dish: Japanese Wild Turkey Bun
Team: : Steve Lemay, John Davis, Charlie Carper, Rocco Orlando, Joel Brown, Curtis Eatman, Lake Lemay, Clark Lemay, John Bissell
                        
Game Division
1st Place – Ready Mix USA 
Dish: Green Field Burridoe 
Team: William Lewis
2nd Place – Iron Fire Cooking w/Smoke Point BBQ 
Dish: Venison Medallions
Team: Ricky Albright, Dom Holloway, Emily Kirby
3rd Place – Buckhorn Hunting
Dish: Venison Jalisco Birria Con Queso
Team: Rhoades Vogtle, Hays Vogtle, Henry Gaede, William Gullage   

Youth Division
1nd Place – Lemay Farms, Jr.
Dish: Crab Cake Egg Rolls
Team: Jackson Eatman

PEOPLE’S CHOICE 
Brasfield & Gorrie
Team: Sarah Franklin Johnson, Marcus Tino, Jordan Adams, Jared Daniel
 
BEST PRESENTATION    
Lemay Farms 
Team: Steve Lemay, John Davis, Charlie Carper, Rocco Orlando, Joel Brown, Curtis Eatman, Lake Lemay, Clark Lemay, John Bissell 

BEST PRESENTATION RUNNER-UP 
Game On
Team: Matthew Lawrence, Kyle Cotton 


 
JUDGES
Nick Gaede        
Spencer Ragland         
Molly Cagle
Tim Wood        
Tim Wood             
Steve Forehand 
Hamilton Poyner    
Clinton Smith         
Brad Haynes 
Skip Donnell        
Erwin Raughley        
Cobb Hagan
Tim King        
Janet Kavinoky        
Harrison Proctor
John P. Darnall, III


SPONSORS
A. H. Gaede, JR.     
Alabama Ag Credit     
Alabama Power Company     
AllSouth Appliance     
Altec     
AmFirst     
Amwins Insurance Brokerage     
Andrews Sports Medicine    
Aquatic Gardens     
Ard Contracting, Inc.    
Arlington Construction Services     
B L Harbert International     
Baggett Transportation    
Balch & Bingham     
Birmingham Coca Cola Bottling Co.     
Birmingham Fastener, Inc    
BLOX, LLC.    
Blue Cross Blue Shield    
Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings LLP     
Brasfield and Gorrie, LLC    
Bright Future Electric     
Bryan Stathem     
Bryant Bank     
Buddy Moore Trucking     
Burr & Foreman, LLP     
Business Interiors    
C S Beatty Construction    
Cadence Bank     
Civil Consultants, Inc     
CommerceOne Bank     
Consolidated Pipe and Supply     
Covington County Economic Development Commission    
Cowin Equipment Company, Inc    
CRC Insurance Services, LLC     
Dale's Seasoning    
Deep South Freight     
Deshazo Crane     
Direct Communications     
Double Oak Wealth Management Group     
Dunn Construction Company     
Edwards Chevrolet     
EER Group     
Evans Meats & Seafood     
Falkner Gardens     
First Bank     
First Horizon Bank      
First South Farm Credit     
Founders Advisors     
G A Studio     
Goodwyn Mills Cawood    
Graham & Co., LLC     
Greenhalgh Insurance Agency     
Harbert Infrastructure     
Hardy Corporation     
Heely -Brown Companies     
Higginbotham Insurance (Byars Wright)     
Hunt Refining Company     
International Wines     
J H Berry Commercial Real Estate     
Johnson Development    
JohnsonKreis Construction    
Josh & Mary Virginia Mandell     
Lakeview Risk Partners    
LBYD     
Lemoine Program Services     
Lockton Companies     
Long - Lewis Ford of Hoover     
M .D. Henry Company     
Marathon Electrical     
MaynardNexsen    
McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc.     
Medical Properties Trust     
Methvin Terrell Attorneys    
Millhouse Howell    
Modern Mechanical, Inc.     
Molly Cagle     
Mrs. Stratton's Salad    
National Cement Company    
Oakworth Capital Bank     
Pinnacle Bank     
PLUMCORE, Inc.    
Pradco Outdoor Brands     
Proscape Outdoor Living and Landscape    
PS Logistics     
Quality Architectural Metal & Roofing     
Ready Mix USA     
Regions Bank - NRRE    
Retail Specialists    
River Bank & Trust     
Rives Construction    
Robertson Banking     
Robins & Morton     
Russo Corporation    
RxBenefits     
Shades Creek Wealth Advisors     
Shannon Waltchack    
Skip Donnell     
SmartBank     
Southern Medical Solutions     
Southern Painting Decorating     
Southern Sky Aviation    
SouthState Bank     
Stone & Sons Electrical Contractor     
Stone Building Company     
Summit Electrical Construction, Inc.     
Synapse Services, LLC     
Synovus Bank     
The Bus Center at Transportation South     
The Dunbar Family Foundation    
The Jernigan Foundation    
The Prewitt Group     
The Thompson Foundation    
The Welch Group     
Tractor & Equipment Co.    
Vardaman Construction, LLC    
Vulcan Materials Company     
Wade Sand & and Gravel, Inc.    
WatsonBruhn Builders, LLC     
Weldenfield Development, LLC     
Wood Fruitticher     
 
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