The weather delivered the heat Saturday, but it was five vendors serving ribs who provided the flavor for the annual Ribfest outside the Mercantile Building in downtown Beatrice.
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Todd Hydo, left, owner of Rifbest co-sponsor The Mechanical Room, waits for Kala York of Kala's Savory Bites & Sifted Sweets to finish boxing up samples of her fried ribs for the judges at Saturday's event in downtown Beatrice.
- Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Photos: Ribfest brings flavor and crowd to downtown Beatrice
The vendors at Saturday's Ribfest offered a variety of ways to enjoy your barbecue, from from bacon ribs to barbecue sundaes to fried ribs. Daily Sun photos by Rob Schlotterbeck.
MetaModern BBQ pit master Billy Adams holds up a bacon rib — a rib with the bacon meat still on it — Saturday as he and partner Andy Schneider prepare for Ribfest.
- Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Tasked with both the hardest job and the best job at Ribfest, the judges check out the vendors' offerings Saturday.
- Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Todd Hydo, left, owner of Rifbest co-sponsor The Mechanical Room, waits for Kala York of Kala's Savory Bites & Sifted Sweets to finish boxing up samples of her fried ribs for the judges at Saturday's event in downtown Beatrice.
- Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Smoke Show, the oak-powered smoker for K-Kim Cattle and Catering, in downtown Beatrice on Saturday for Ribfest.
- Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Chef Chubb and Chef AC, from left, of Soulful Cocina tend to their smoker Saturday before the opening of Ribfest in downtown Beatrice.
- Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Asha Jantzen and her brother, Arron Jantzen, from left, hold barbecue sundaes from Soulfull Concina during Saturday's Ribfest in downtown Beatrice.
- Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Reach the writer at rschlotterbeck@beatricedailysun.com.
Ribfest winners
As determined by the KWBE judges:
1. MetaModern BBQ, $1,000 and the Silver Spatula trophy sponsored by KWBE.
2. Hog Wild Pit BBQ, $750.
3. Soulful Cocina, $500.
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