HISTORY & TRIVIA

• Began in 1973
• Always on the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend
• Began as a fundraiser for the Jaycees
• Added the Arts & Crafts Show in 1977
• In the beginning the cookers raced each other to find a campsite
• The longest running goat cook-off in Texas
• The first cook-off had 16 entries, today we accept 150
• Goat market is a $2 million industry for McCulloch County
• Approximately 20,000 goats in McCulloch County
• McCulloch County ranks among the top 20 counties in the nation for the number of goats raised