Maverick Arms, Inc.’s Employees Celebrate Annual Bar-B-Que Cookoff Championship

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

Maverick Arms, Inc. employees celebrated their Annual Bar-B-Que Cookoff Championship on Friday, May 12, 2017, at the company’s manufacturing facility parking lot and cafeteria with a total of 11 teams competing for the coveted Best Bar-B-Que Championship Crown.

With over 15 local celebrities and business community leaders acting as Judges of the Maverick Arms Employees Bar-B-Que Cookoff, 11 teams of employees diligently prepared, cooked, and presented their Bar-B-Que Entries that would make a Chef jealous and envious of the ingenuous Bar-B-Que Food Entries entered in the annual contest.

After judging all 11 entries on five important categories such as originality, taste, presentation, theme decoration, and quality, the local Judges panel selected the High Definition Cameras Department Mexican Gorditas Bar-B-Que Entry as the Grand Champion of the 2017 Maverick Arms, Inc. Employees Annual Bar-B-Que Cookoff while the Human Resources-Administration-Purchasing & Security Departments earned the Runner-Up Championship, the Engineering-Maintenance Department placed third, and the Final Inspection-Quality Control Department came in fourth place.

The winning Bar-B-Que entries received a monetary gift, prizes, bragging rights T-Shirts, and a free pizza party for the their departments.

Maverick Arms, Inc. employees were given a paid day off to participate in their annual cherished Bar-B-Que Cookoff Championship.

Among the local celebrities participating as Judges this year included Mayor Ramsey English Cantu, City Attorney Heriberto Morales of Langley & Banack, 2016 Mr. Amigo Benny Rodriguez, Sr., Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sandra Martinez, Central 57 Imports & Exports Sonia Shannon, Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce Luz Casanova, Yvonne Zamora, local attorney Ricardo E. Calderon, and other business leaders.

The 2017 Maverick Arms, Inc. Employees Annual Bar-B-Que Cookoff Championship was a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by the employees and judges.  At least for this year, the High Definition Cameras Department employees will enjoy their hard-earned bragging rights as Grand Champions in the Employee Bar-B-Que Cookoff.