You could have excused the Dehmer family for bowing, gracefully, out of their annual state competition. After all, they had just celebrated the life of Joey Dehmer a short time before the annual Minnesota Association of Meat Processors’ convention.
Instead, they went out and collected a heap of hardware in his honor.
Dehmer’s Meats took top honors in a handful of categories, placed in others and tied with local favorites and friends Petty Brothers Meats of Annandale for the top honors – the Sweepstakes Awards.
Here’s the post from the crew at Dehmer’s:
Dehmer’s Results:
1st – Polish Sausage
1st – Pecan Canadian Bacon
1st – Whole Smoked Chicken
1st – Grand Champion Wieners
2nd – Hillbilly Jerky
2nd – Dried Beef
3rd – Sweet & Sassy Sticks
4th – Ring Bologna
4th – Nashville Hot Honey Chicken Sausage
4th – Southwest Jack Summer Sausage
Honorable Mention – Braunschweiger
Honorable Mention – Sweet & Hot Summer Sausage
Sweepstakes Award: Tied for first with our friends over at Petty Brothers Meats of Annandale
That’s quite a haul!