Hormel Foods National Barrow Show Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Contest Date: September 7, 2024

Hormel Foods is excited to host the National Barrow Show Meat Judging Contest once again! This year's contest will be held on Saturday, September 9th at 8:00am at Hormel Foods' R&D Facility in Austin, MN. 

Contest Components
  • Fresh pork classes and questions, processed pork classes and questions, keep/cull, and processed meat defects.
Contest Location: Hormel Foods R&D, Austin MN
Contest Leadership: Details coming soon!
Contest Guidelines
  • All pork contest consisting of both fresh and processed products 
  • Judging based on visual inspection only
  • Questions will be answered on 5 classes after all rotations are completed with notes
  • 5 placing only classes
  • 10 processed meat defects with cheat sheet provided
  • Keep Cull class with scenario
  • Each school may bring one team per division
  • Undergraduate division will be limited to students who have not previously completed a fall judging season.  If students have judged during a previous year they may compete in the graduate division.
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  • Undergraduate Division -Top 4 individual scores will make up the team score
  • Graduate Division- Top 3 individual scores will make up the team

Graduate Students can compete in the National Barrow Show Graduate Division multiple times throughout their graduate program.

Contest Official Commitee
  • Coming Soon!
Contest Leadership
Graduate and Undergraduate Divisions
  • Cooler Superintendent: Hormel Foods
  • Group Leaders: Hormel Foods Staff
Contest Schedule- Saturday, September 7, 2024

Detailed schedule coming soon!

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Award Presentation

Awards will be presented at the Crane Pavilion on the Mower County Fair Gounds prior to the start of the National Barrow Junior Show.