Best of ATL Wing Fling Competition

Kirkwood Wing Fling Cook Off Sign-up Deadline is April 1st The Kirkwood Spring Fling and Tour of Homes has expanded to include many activities over the years. This year the BBQ Cook-Off will be replaced by the Best of ATL Wing Fling Competition and will take place on Saturday May 16th. Set up in will begin at 11 am and public tasting will begin at 12:30 pm. Tasting costs $5 for 6 wing tickets. Additional tickets can be purchased for a dollar each. If you want to compete, grab an apron and make your best wings from the comfort of your own kitchen. Then, bring a tent and your entry down to Bessie Branham Park in chafing dishes and you could walk away with cash, prizes, a trophy and bragging rights for next year. Don’t forget to be creative with your team name and table decorations, because plating isn’t the only presentation that matters. The entry fee is $10 and is open to restaurants, teams, or individuals. Teams will compete for over $700 in cash and prizes, including custom championship trophies! A single People’s Choice champion will be crowned based on voting from our general public participants, and a judges’ panel of local restaurant and community leaders will select winners for our wing flavor categories. Please sign up while you can!

Prizes: People's Choice: $200, professional kitchen cleaning, and a custom plaque. 1st place: $150, expert knife sharpening, a custom trophy 2nd place: $100, & a custom trophy 3rd place: $50, & a medal more will be announced as they are acquired. General Rules Teams should adhere to the contest rules published on our website. As noted on the entry form, each team should provide a minimum 200 wings for each category they are competing in. The entry fees paid by each public tasters fund all the prizes for the contest and the minimum limit on meats ensures a good number of public tasters get to sample from a majority of the teams. Serving Food and Food Safety Teams should bring everything needed to serve food and keep a clean serving area.. All food must be cooked off site. Only sterno is allowed in tents for flames. Teams should be serving food from a traditional food service buffet pan with sterno setup, like this : https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterno-70182-Full-Size-Buffet-Kit/46652302 Teams must follow Georgia Department of Public Health food safety regulations, including keeping all foods at least 140ºF or higher, if held hot, and at least 45ºF or less, if held cold and wearing gloves whenever handling food. We will be checking to make sure teams are meeting these standards before public tasting begins. Judges Beginning at 11:45 AM teams will be asked for their entries to the judges. Judges will judge one team at a time. Our volunteers will carry the entries from each team’s tent to the judges tent. Teams will be informed of the order of judging upon arrival at 11:00. Teams will be given one container for each category they are competing in. A minimum of four wings should be put in the container. Judges will provide scores for taste (including flavor and texture) and appearance of each dish. The taste score will be 75% of each team’s final score, and the appearance score will be 25% of the final score. Appearance is combination of how the meat looks and how it is plated. Teams may garnish or accompany their judged entries however they see fit. The only requirement is the entries contain chicken wings. Teams are welcome to serve only wings in their container with no garnish. Judges will judge the appearance of the wing itself... is it too dry? too sauced? etc. People’s Choice Beginning at 12:30 PM the general public will begin sampling each teams’ wings. Entry costs $5 and each taster receives a blue plate and six wing tickets. Please collect one ticket for every wing you give and do not give wings without collecting tickets. Only serve tasters with tickets; that signifies they paid for entry. Garnishes and accompaniments are allowed. Each taster will receive one vote in the People’s Choice contest. There will be an estimated 300 entries sold. Teams should serve the same wings they competed in for the judge’s panel. People’s Choice will end when all the wings are gone, or 2:30pm. Awards Ceremony The awards ceremony will take place between 3:00 - 4:00pm at the main stage. The exact time depends on the bands. Each prize winner will be announced and should come to the front of the stage to receive their trophy and take pictures. If no one from a team can attend the awards ceremony please let organizers know so we can be prepared if that team wins. Winners will receive a check for monetary prizes.