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July 2014 2014 AMERICAN CURED MEAT CHAMPIONSHIPS Milwaukee, Wisconsin Congratulations to all ACMC winners this year, the 75 th Anniversary of the American Convention of Meat Processors. Awards are listed in descending order (highest to lowest): Grand Champion, Reserve Grand Champion, Champion, and Reserve Champion. ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE Stonie’s Sausage Shop, Perryville, MO RJ’s Meats & Groceries, Hudson, WI Leiding’s Meats & Catering, Danville, IL Olson’s Woodville Meats Inc., Woodville, WI BACON (HEAVYWEIGHT) Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI Dayton Meat Products, Malcom, IA Bardine’s Country Smokehouse, Crabtree, PA Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI BACON (LIGHTWEIGHT) Ralph’s Packing Company, Perkins, OK Geiss Meat Service LLC, Merrill, WI Louie’s Finer Meats Inc., Cumberland, WI Newton Meats Inc., Newton, WI BRAUNSCHWEIGER Dewig Meats, Haubstadt, IN Bob’s Processing Inc., South Haven, MI Wenzel’s Farm LLC, Marshfield, WI Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI COUNTRY BACON Bob’s Processing Inc., South Haven, MI Louie’s Finer Meats Inc., Cumberland, WI Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI Crescent Meats, Cadott, WI CURED SPECIALTY MEAT PRODUCTS RJ’s Meats & Groceries, Hudson, WI Northwoods Locker, Clayton, WI Project Meats Ranch House, Billings, MT Karl’s Country Market, Menomonee Falls, WI DRIED BEEF AJ’s Lena Maid Meats, Lena, IL Steve’s Meat Market, Ellendale, MN St. Joseph Meat Market, St. Joseph, MN Eickman’s Processing Co., Seward, IL FRANKFURTERS/WIENERS - COARSE GROUND Ralph’s Packing Company, Perkins, OK Lake Geneva Country Meats Inc., Lake Geneva, WI Thrushwood Farms Quality Meats Inc., Galesburg, IL Karl’s Country Market, Menomonee Falls, WI FRANKFURTERS/WIENERS - EMULSIFIED Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI Maplewood Meats, Green Bay, WI RJ’s Meats & Groceries, Hudson, WI HAM - BONE-IN (HEAVYWEIGHT) Maplewood Meats, Green Bay, WI Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI Louie’s Finer Meats Inc., Cumberland, WI Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI HAM - BONE-IN (LIGHTWEIGHT) RJ’s Meats & Groceries, Hudson, WI Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI Westby Locker & Meats, Westby, WI Louie’s Finer Meats Inc., Cumberland, WI HAM - BONELESS (COMMERCIAL) Louie’s Finer Meats Inc., Cumberland, WI McDonald’s Meats Inc., Clear Lake, MN Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI Hewitt’s Meat Processing Inc., Marshfield, WI HAM - BONELESS (TRADITIONAL) Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI Westby Locker & Meats, Westby, WI Paradise Locker Meats, Trimble, MO Crescent Meats, Cadott, WI HAM - SEMI-BONELESS Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI Westby Locker & Meats, Westby, WI AJ’s Lena Maid Meats, Lena, IL Hewitt’s Meat Processing Inc., Marshfield, WI JERKY - RESTRUCTURED Thrushwood Farms Quality Meats Inc., Galesburg, IL Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI Geiss Meat Service LLC, Merrill, WI JERKY - WHOLE MUSCLE Morgan’s Meat Market, New Richland, MN Frohling Meats Inc., Hecla, SD Bardine’s Country Smokehouse, Crabtree, PA Merindorf Meats & More, Mason, MI LUNCHEON MEAT - LARGE DIAMETER Dewig Meats, Haubstadt, IN Frohling Meats Inc., Hecla, SD Fisher Packing, Portland, IN Superior Meats, Superior, WI MEAT SNACK STICKS RJ’s Meats & Groceries, Hudson, WI Dewig Meats, Haubstadt, IN Frohling Meats Inc., Hecla, SD Country Fresh Meats, Weston, WI MEAT SNACK STICKS - FLAVORED Frohling Meats Inc., Hecla, SD Merindorf Meats & More, Mason, MI Sixth Street Market, Ashland, WI Lake Geneva Country Meats Inc., Lake Geneva, WI RING BOLOGNA Dewig Meats, Haubstadt, IN Karl’s Country Market, Menomonee Falls, WI Ralph’s Packing Company, Perkins, OK Haen Meat Packing Inc., Kaukauna, WI SEMI-DRIED SAUSAGE - NON-FERMENTED Leiding’s Meats & Catering, Danville, IL Paradise Locker Meats, Trimble, MO Morgan’s Meat Market, New Richland, MN Frohling Meats Inc., Hecla, SD SMALL DIAMETER SMOKED AND COOKED SAUSAGE Crescent Meats, Cadott, WI C & C Processing, Diller, NE Foley Locker, Foley, MN Louie’s Finer Meats Inc., Cumberland, WI SMOKED TURKEY** LeRoy Meats of Horicon, Horicon, WI Geiss Meat Service LLC, Merrill, WI McDonald’s Meats Inc., Clear Lake, MN SPECIALTY FLAVORED SMALL DIAMETER SMOKED & COOKED SAUSAGE Kewaskum Frozen Foods, Kewaskum, WI Cloud’s Meats, Carthage, MO Olson’s Woodville Meats Inc., Woodville, WI Bardine’s Country Smokehouse, Crabtree, PA SPECIALTY GAME MEATS Frohling Meats Inc., Hecla, SD Louie’s Finer Meats Inc., Cumberland, WI Superior Meats, Superior, WI Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI SUMMER SAUSAGE - COOKED Geiss Meat Service LLC, Merrill, WI Brandon Meats & Sausage Inc., Brandon, WI Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI RJ’s Meats & Groceries, Hudson, WI BRATWURST, CURED, SMOKED AND COOKED (2014 Annual Featured Class) Country Fresh Meats, Weston, WI Wyttenbach Meats, Prairie du Sac, WI Miesfelds Market Inc., Sheboygan, WI Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI ** This class had fewer than the required number of entries to award four places. CURED MEAT EXCELLENCE AWARD: Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing Elmwood, WI CLARENCE KNEBEL BEST OF SHOW MEMORIAL AWARD: Maplewood Meats, Green Bay, WI for their Heavyweight Bone-In Ham
