Each year before the State Fair of Texas opens, judges pick the three Big Tex Choice Award winners. So, when you wonder what you should eat at the fair, this is a great place to start.
The implications for winning a Big Tex Choice Award are substantial: the State Fair prints a map each year with the finalists highlighted by an X. It translates into big business. We previously wrote about the deep-fried money that was exposed in the A&E series,. In the show, Gonzalez's daily sales goal was $12,000. Fernie's Funnel Cakes, a long-time fair favorite, needed to make more than $80,000 a day.
So, while winning is an honor, it comes with massive expectations, which is one of the reasons contestants need to have prior experience as vendors at the fair. They really have to know what they're getting into. The rules for submission in the final competition, in addition to a minimum of one year as a concessionaire, state that only new items can be considered , and the food must be served at the fair exactly as it is presented at the competition.
The finalists are judged on presentation , taste and creativity. The judges assign a score of 1 through 10 for each criterion, which are weighted and ranked. The item with the highest creative score wins the most creative award.
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