Grange encourages all chefs to test their skills

DEXTER — the Wayside Grange is organizing a free cook-off contest on Saturday, Aug. 13 for the Maine Red Hot Dog Festival. Enter any one of three categories for prizes and bragging rights.

The cook-off categories are any dish using red hot dogs as the main ingredient; homemade baked beans;and any dessert pie using mainly a Maine-grown ingredient such as blueberries, apples, strawberries, etc.

Registration is at the cook-off tent behind the Dexter Bangor Savings Bank between 1 and 2:30 p.m. The winners will be announced at 3:30 p.m. from the main stage behind the bank.

Please submit entries in a one-quart, non-returnable container. For allergy purposes, a list of ingredients must be provided. Recipes are not necessary.

Entries will be judged on aroma, consistency, taste and aftertaste. Prizes are awarded to first-, second- and third-place winners.

Judging the contest are Chief Meteorologist Todd Simcox of WABI,, former Dexter town manager Steve Whitesel and Wayside Granger musician and plumber Joe Kennedy. The judges’ decisions are final and this event is held whatever Simcox’s forecast is.

The Wayside Grange is proud to be a sponsor of the Maine Red Hot Dog Festival, a Dexter Revitalization Committee fundraiser. The committee seeks to showcase all that Dexter has to offer and to simply have fun in town.

For more information on the cook-off, please call Grange Master Dave Pearson at 924-5035. For more on the festival, go to www. redhotdog.org. Volunteers are always needed and welcomed.