2008 – McAllen 4th of July Parade Entry

4th of July 2008
City of McAllen Parade

Here we are at the 2008 McAllen City of Palms
4th of July Parade.
Chris Julian, Organizer and Richard Womeldorf, Gen Manager

This is the Palmfest entry into the parade.
We had a moment before the rain started AGAIN.
In the ‘ole days the Fajita Cookoff would have been held on this weekend. [...]

June 2008 Cookoff News

DON’T BE NOSY!         WE WILL TELL YOU !

Funny how nervous these cows get as we get closer to
BBQ and FAJITA Cookoff Time.

June 2008

                    RGV Cookoff 
                ( www.rgvcookoff.com)
     Organizational Home to TWO cookoff events:

    THE BBQ COOKOFF     and     THE FAJITA COOKOFF
(www.thebbqcookoff.com ) and (www.thefajitacookoff.com )

Here are your updates

1) Applications for Cooking Teams have opened. You may find the new
   2008 Rules and Regulations and Entry [...]

RGV Cookoff is New Managing Name

2008 NEWS FLASH

RGV COOKOFF.COM

is now the organizational management group
that runs two events in the Rio Grande Valley.

The Fajita Cookoff
and
The BBQ Cookoff.

04/01/2008

     Christopher Julian and Richard Womeldorf have made a decision to streamline the overall management and control of the Cookoff Events held in McAllen, Texas every year. The addition of The BBQ Cookoff to The Fajita Cookoff showed duplication in the logistics leading [...]

Cloned Beef Article

Here is a new article about the crazy idea of cloning beef.
Article was published in THE MONITOR newspaper on 01/20/2008
Here is the link to the article

To eat clone or to not?

John S. DeMott
January 20, 2008 – 3:01PM

Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it’s OK to eat cloned pigs, cattle and goats, what will be the impact on the grand and smoky tradition of the Texas barbecue?

More specifically, how will genetically engineered beef hit McAllen’s Fajita [...]

2007 Official First Entry

First Fajita Cook Off Entry

McAllen , TX – The first official entry in The Fajita Cook Off this year is the cooking team of Big D’s BBQ sponsored by JC’s Meat Market of San Juan.  Danny Luera, head cook of the team, has participated in [...]

New BBQ Event will be Sanctioned

THE NEW BBQ COOKOFF IS SANCTIONED

Smokin’ Since 1976, the Fajita Cook Off is now bigger and better than ever before!  This year’s exciting Cook Off will be expanded to two full days of cooking competition as part of PalmFest International Folklife Celebration held lake side on the front lawn of the new McAllen Convention Complex, on October [...]

2007 RGV Cookoff Trophies

The Most Coveted Award at the Cook Off

McAllen, TX – James Cameron, owner of Camco Wheel and Axle is committed!  Not to a mental hospital, although some think he should, but to making the most unique and “tricked out” trophy he has ever made for The Fajita Cook Off this year.  Although James and his master [...]

BBQ New Head Judge

Here Comes the Judges

McAllen, TX – Although it’s a lot of fun, the contestants of The Fajita Cook Off are very serious about their cooking.  And its not about the prize money or the custom-made trophies, its about the bragging rights.