{"id":2031,"date":"2011-03-04T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T22:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/htownchowdown.com\/2011\/03\/houston-livestock-show-and-rodeo-third-2.html"},"modified":"2015-03-13T18:27:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T23:27:37","slug":"houston-livestock-show-and-rodeo-third-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/htownchowdown.com\/2011\/03\/houston-livestock-show-and-rodeo-third-2","title":{"rendered":"Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - Third Annual Gold Buckle Foodie Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Funnel Cake is the most popular food at the rodeo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
For the past three years, the best of the various foods offered at the Houston Livestock Show are honored with the Gold Buckle Foodie Awards.  Contrary to popular belief, rodeo food isn't just funnel cakes and BBQ, although you'll find plenty of examples of both.<\/div>\n
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Here are 2011's winners:<\/div>\n
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Best Breakfast Food:
\n1st: Stubby\u2019s Cinnamon Rolls\u2019 Big Stone Breakfast Sandwich
\n2nd: Yoakum Packing Company\u2019s Bacon Blast
\n3rd: Texas Sized Pizza by the Slice\u2019s grilled breakfast burrito<\/p>\n

Best Taco\/Burrito:
\n1st Freebirds World Burrito\u2019s carnitas burrito
\n2nd Tad\u2019s Bodacious Burrito\u2019s garlic chicken burrito
\n3rd Texas Pride Grill\u2019s fajita taco<\/p>\n

Best Seafood:
\n1st Berryhill Baja Grill\u2019s crispy shrimp taco
\n2nd Sudie\u2019s Catfish House\u2019s duo of fried shrimp and oysters<\/p>\n

Best Baked Potato:
\n1st: Harlon\u2019s Bar-B-Que\u2019s super baked potato
\n2nd: Ranch House Pork Barn\u2019s pulled pork super potato
\n3rd: Crown Cinnamon Rolls\u2019 Just-Do-It Baked Potato<\/p>\n

Best Burger:
\n1st: Holmes Smokehouse\u2019s angus, bacon, cheese mushroom burger
\n2nd: Paradise Burger\u2019s \u00bd lb bacon cheeseburger
\n3rd: Texas Sized Pizza by the Slice\u2019s cheesy burger bites<\/p>\n

Best Food on a Stick:
\n1st: Granny\u2019s Cheesecake & More\u2019s chocolate covered bananas and strawberries
\n2nd: Ranch House Burger Barn\u2019s jalapeno & cheese sausage on a stick
\n3rd: Burton Sausage\u2019s Rodeo K-bob<\/p>\n

Best BBQ:
\n1st: Big Bubba\u2019s Bad BBQ\u2019s pork spare ribs (RCS Carnival Midway)
\n2nd: Ranch House Pork Barn\u2019s pulled pork bbq sandwich
\n3rd: Ranch House Burger Barn\u2019s bar-b-que pork ribs<\/p>\n

Best Fried Food:
\n1st: Sweet Cheeks\u2019 deep fried moon pie (RCS Carnival Midway)
\n2nd: Bear Mountain Bison\u2019s Buffalo chips with The Works
\n3rd: Texas Sized Pizza by the Slice\u2019s Tornado Potato Fries smothered and covered<\/p>\n

Favorite Food:
\n1st: Granny\u2019s Cheesecake & More\u2019s chocolate dipped cheesecake
\n2nd: Sill\u2019s Funnel Cake Hause\u2019s funnel cake
\n3rd: Saltgrass Steakhouse\u2019s ribs and chicken platter<\/p>\n

Most Creative:
\n1st: Sills Funnel Cake Hause\u2019s fried Snickers
\n2nd: Texas Sized Pizza by the Slice\u2019s Juicy Lucy Cheeseburger
\n3rd: Bum\u2019s Blue Ribbon Grill\u2019s pulled pork sundae <\/p>\n

Best Dessert:
\n1st: Sills Funnel Cake Hause\u2019s banana split funnel cake
\n2nd: Stubby\u2019s Cinnamon Rolls\u2019 cinnamon roll with \u201cThe Works\u201d
\n3rd: Cobbler Caf\u00e9\u2019s pecan cobbler with soft serve vanilla ice cream<\/p>\n

Best New Flavor:
\n1st: Zac Brown\u2019s Southern Ground Grub chicken, sausage and shrimp jambalaya
\n2nd: Crown Cinnamon Rolls\u2019 Lava Flow Smoothie
\n3rd: Paradise Burger\u2019s fried brownie bites<\/p>\n

Best Gourmet:
\n1st: DGZ Chocolates & Fudge\u2019s Toffarazzi (toffee)
\n2nd: The Caramel Candy Co.\u2019s pecan caramel
\n3rd: Kettle Korn of Texas\u2019s ribeye sandwich<\/p>\n

\n(via Delicious Mischief<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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