Sep 13, 2024

Smoky Hill Museum announces contestants Street Fair eating competition

Posted Sep 13, 2024 2:27 PM
The annual Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Salina. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier
The annual Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Salina. Photo by Olivia Bergmeier

Smoky Hill Museum

Eighty-seven people vied to be contestants for the Smoky Hill Museums Street Fair’s Serious Eaters Competition. Twenty-four lucky contestants and 6 alternates were selected by the participating restaurants Bravo Sliders-N-Bites, The Cozy Inn and Martinelli’s Little Italy to partake in one of three eating contests.

The contests will take place in front of the Main Stage of the Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair at 211 West Iron on September 28 at 1 pm. Up first will be the contestants chosen by Bravo Sliders-N-Bites. They will be eating cheesesteak sliders. Up next will be The Cozy Inn contestants eating the famous Cozy burgers. Martinelli’s Little Italy contestants will finish off the contest with one pound of spaghetti in marinara sauce.

Winners will receive a prize package valued at $200.

The contestants and alternates area:

Bravo Sliders-N-Bites Contestants              

Todd “Ginger Beard” Senecal           

Marlyn “Marz” Delatorre                                 

Greg Taylor

Tim “The Dark Knight” Bettes

Nathan “Natester” McClanahan

Albert “The Devourer” Bravo

Travis Purser

Sarah Geist

Alternates

Christopher “Topher” Barlow

Patrick Drueke

The Cozy Inn Contestants             

Preston Crawford                                            

Ben “Trooper Ben” Gardner   

Justin “Turbo turtle” Webb

“Vern "the mechanic " Cathey

Emily Budden

Stephanie Yonning

Sara Smart

Thomas Dolan

Alternates

Wyatt “Big Dog” Cell

Travis Ringquist

Martinelli’s Little Italy Contestants

Adam “the Atomic Attacker” Keller    

Kenzie Taylor                                      

Conner “Bondo Jones” Barlow

Joe "eat it all" Train

Honesty Powell

Kalvin Simmons

Joseph “Big T” Turner

Candy Mickle

Alternates

Cory “Thickums” McDaniel

Brett “Notorious BLT” Wilson