Prize-Winning Chicken Cooks Span Nation
WASHINGTON, D.C. chicken cooking champions over additional winning recipes will The National Chicken Cooking
Almost every cook has a favorite the past two decades have come share another $6,000. Contest is one of the nation’s old
way to prepare chicken but no one from California to Connecticut Fifty-one finalists one from eS ( cooking competitions, dating
section of the country has a mono- and from Georgia to Oregon as each state and the District of Col- back to 1949. It was held annually
poly on prize-winning chicken well as various other regions in umbia will receive expense- un til 1983 when an alternate-year
cooks. between, including the District of paid trips to take part in the scheduled was adopted.
That’s the conclusion of the Columbia. Two men have worn national Cook-Off. Deadline for Chicken Giblets
National Broilef Council, sponsor the national chicken cooking entries is October 15, 1990. In a Supermarket Shopper
of the National Chicken Cooking crown. Entry blanks are available, but Survey conducted earlier this year
Contest, when reviewing past are not required. Just write your by the Food Marketing Institute,
winners of the competition.
Since 1971, when the first
$lO,OOO prize was awarded for the
best recipe in the Cook-off, only
one state Delaware has pro
duced two top winners. Other
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Issue.
consumers were asked: “What are
you eating more or less of to
esnure that your diet is healthy?”
One-fifth replied that they are
“eating more chicken.” This is up
from 16 percent in 1989, accord-
Laneaatar Fanning, Saturday, Juna 30,1990-811
ing to the National Broiler
Council.
Consumers are shifting from
the purchase of whole chicken to
more cut-up broilers and parts,
according to the National Broiler
Council. Only about 30 percent of
broilers in retail grocery stores are
now sold as “whole chickens.” In
1988, less than 60 percent of
chicken was purchased cut-up or
in parts. This compares to almost
70 percent in 1990.
In 1990, almost six billion
broilers will be produced.