2010 BBQ Update

Wymans Wild Blueberry Dessert Contest to be held at the
 Celebrate MAINE Festival during the
 Mainely Grillin' & Chillin'  BBQ Competition
 

Eliot, Maine - Jasper Wyman & Son sponsors Dessert Contest 

 
Jasper Wyman & Son, a family owned Maine business and the largest US supplier of premium Wild Blueberry products is sponsoring the fifth  Celebrate MAINE Festival featuring the Mainely Grillin' & Chillin' State BBQ Competition held on August 7th & 8th from 9am to 7pm both Saturday and Sunday at the Raitt Homestead Farm Museum in Eliot Maine. In addition Wymans will sponsor a Wild Blueberry Dessert Contest for the competing BBQ teams.  Sanctioned by KCBS and NEBS the BBQ Competition brings teams from all over the country together to compete in four categories. 

 
"It was a natural evolution of our involvement with the Celebrate Maine Festival to sponsor a segment during the BBQ competition as Wymans is a food company and I noticed many of the teams were from different areas of the country and it is a perfect way to expose Wymans products to them" stated Elizabeth Lane, great-granddaughter of founder Jasper Wyman.
 
"Adding the Wymans Wild Blueberry Dessert Contest brings another exciting element to the competition for the teams.  They are looking forward to competing with each other to produce the winning dessert," stated Tom Raitt Caretaker and Trustee of the Raitt Homestead Farm Museum. "Many of them are already practicing to create the perfect wild blueberry dessert to entice the guest judges with."

 

Wymans will supply the teams with the blueberry product they will use to create the dessert dish during the event weekend of August 7th & 8th. The dessert will need to have a major flavor profile of blueberries.  Creativity is encouraged and the judges will be scoring on appearance and taste.  Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three desserts. 
 
 
The Mainely Grillin' & Chillin'  BBQ attracts competition-level BBQ teams from throughout the region and across the country.  It is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society (www.kcbs.us), and the New England Barbecue Society (www.nebs.org). The Grand Champion will qualify for the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational in Lynchburg, Tennessee, and the American Royal Invitational in Kansas City, Missouri. Last years Mainely Grand Champion IQUE went on to win "The Jack" in Tennessee.  
 
Continuous live entertainment will be on stage throughout the event. "We are super excited about coming back to play during the 2010 BBQ Competition" stated Tonya Shevenell from the Don Campbell Band www.doncampbellmusic.com. "We were so happy to hear that the RHFM 2009 BBQ winner went on to take the big competition in Tennessee!"
 
The Celebrate MAINE Festival is an authentic family festival that honors the people, places and products that make Maine so attractive to visitors from around the world. Premium sponsors of the event are Dennymikes,  JP's Shellfish; Supporting sponsors are Shipyard Brew Pub, Jasper Wyman & Son, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, Piscataqua Landscaping, Raitts Signs, Bob's Trophies & Awards, Pulp and Wire, Rousseau Excavating, and The Tire Loft. The print media sponsor is Taste of the Seacoast. The festival will also highlight many Maine BBQ products including Wicked Good Charcoal and Maine Grilling Woods.
 
Only $5 per person and children 12 and under get in free. Plenty of on site free parking.  Located on Route 103 in Eliot only five miles from the Kittery Outlets and I-95. Plenty of free activities for the children including crafts, rock climbing wall, games, and wagon rides. For a nominal fee the children can ride the barrel tractors, enjoy face painting, a bouncy house, ponies, or monkey jumper. The Shipyard Brew Garden will once again be open throughout the event as well as the fun and interactive Cabot Creamery Booth and the infamous RHFM homemade strawberry shortcake and bean hole beans will be available until they are sold out!

Blueberry Queen Shelby Chadwick and John Wilkinson at the Wymans Booth at last years event.