Guest guest Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 Miriam F. Leiseroff (mariecke) has sent you a news article. (Email address has not been verified.) Personal message: I was appalled at this story! I hate to think about the pigs died for this. Nevada Stages Huge Rib Cook-Off http://story.news./news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040903/ap_on_fe_st/rib_cook_off My Mail Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Personalize News Home Page News Fri, Sep 03, 2004 Search All News News Only News Photos Audio/Video for Advanced News Home Top Stories U.S. National Business World Entertainment Sports Technology Politics Science Health Oddly Enough Most Popular Op/Ed Local Comics News Photos Most Popular Weather Audio/Video Full Coverage News Resources Services ·News Alerts News via RSS Odd News Oddly Enough All RSS Feeds Strange News - AP Nevada Stages Huge Rib Cook-Off Fri Sep 3, 7:32 AM ET Add Strange News - AP to My SPARKS, Nev. - Some 300,000 people are expected to pig out on about 130,000 pounds of pork ribs. The 16th annual Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off got off to a sizzling start Thursday, and cooks up ribs through Monday. All the meaty bones are coming from Curly's Foods Inc., in Sioux City, Iowa. The meatpacker has supplied the ribs to the cook-off for about 10 years, said Curly's vice president John Frederickson. "You don't want a lot of fat on them," said Tommy Houston, one of the cook-off's 25 chefs, who uses the same brand of pork at his Checkered Pig restaurant in Martinsville, Va. "You want lots of lean meat." The five-day cook-off attracts an estimated 300,000 who chow on "two-and-a-quarter down, St. Louis style" ribs. "This is a specification used in the industry," said Vinnie Oakes, executive vice president of food and beverage at John Ascuaga's Nugget, sponsor of the cook-off. "Two-and-a-quarter down is the weight. Each rack is two-and-a-quarter pounds, or slightly less. That's one rack, raw. St. Louis is the style of the trim," Oakes said. There are about 13 ribs in a rack. Every rib at the cook-off weighs the same and is cut the same, Oakes said. That way, every rib chef is working with the same product as they compete for first place in the Nugget's barbecue contest. First prize is $7,500, a 4-foot trophy and, perhaps most important, bragging rights. Story Tools Email Story Post/Read Msgs (30) Print Story Ratings: Would you recommend this story? Not at all 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Highly Next Story: Woman Gets Ticket While Stuck in Traffic (AP) More Strange News - AP Stories · Woman Gets Ticket While Stuck in Traffic (AP) · Taiwan Searches for Most-Wanted Litterbugs (AP) · Oklahoma Cop 'Bags' Two on Drug Charges (AP) · Traffic Czar Fined for Expired License (AP) · Police Dog Tracking Gunman Bites Bystander (AP) 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. Copyright © 2004 Inc. All rights reserved.Questions or CommentsPrivacy Policy -Terms of Service - Copyright Policy - Ad Feedback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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