Think you've got a recipe for a prize-winning burger? Then it's time to enter the Beacon's Best Burger Contest.
You can enter in one of two categories — traditional beef burger and nontraditional burger, made from anything other than beef.
The Beacon Journal will select a group of finalists in each category, and their recipes will be printed in the Beacon Journal's Food Section on July 15.
The finalists will compete in a cook-off on Sunday, July 19, live on stage at Lock 3 Park as part of Akron's National Hamburger Festival. A panel of professional chefs will taste the burgers and select a winner in each division.
Winners will receive $100, a plaque and of course, best-burger bragging rights. When submitting your recipe, make sure to list all ingredients, right down to the salt and pepper, as well as instructions on how to prepare the burger. If you were a winner or finalist in previous years, you can enter again with a different recipe.
Entries are limited to one per person per category.
All entries must be received by 5 p.m. July 3. Finalists will be notified by phone July 6 and 7, and must be available to have their photo taken at the Beacon Journal on July 8 or 9. Please, don't enter if you can't be at the cook-off on July 19.
Mail your entry to Burger Contest, c/o Lisa Abraham, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH44309-0640, or address it to Burger Contest, c/o Lisa Abraham and drop it off at the Beacon Journal offices at 44 E. Exchange St., downtown Akron, or e-mail it to labraham@thebeaconjournal.com, with ''Burger Contest'' in the subject line.
When preparing an entry, list your full name, address and daytime telephone number, and indicate which category you are entering. Entries without this information won't be considered.
