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The fair announced the winners of its 20th annual Big Tex Choice Awards food competition Thursday. The annual competition pits concessionaires vying to have their food featured at the fair, which ...
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Entries from 36 food vendors are heading into the semifinal round of the 18th Big Tex Choice Awards. Their savory and sweet creations could feature in the State Fair of Texas this fall.
Abel Gonzales Jr. (born November 1969), also known as Fried Jesus, [1] is an "extreme fryer" [2] and the five-time winner of Big Tex Choice Awards, an annual contest at the Texas State Fair, and the inventor of several deep fried items including Fried Coke and deep-fried butter. [3] He has also been a judge on the television show Deep Fry Masters.
Big Tex wearing a mask during the 2020 pandemic; The State Fair operated as a Drive-Thru event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo ops were offered with a masked Big Tex. [59] In September 2021, the fair resumed after a one-year hiatus. On the evening of October 15th, 2023, shots were fired at the fair. Three people were injured as a result.
Big Tex makes another appearance in King of the Hill in the episode "How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying", but he just says "Howdy." In 2005, the State Fair of Texas created the Big Tex Choice Awards, an annual food competition between vendors of the fair. The trophy merges the Academy Award's Oscar body with an oversized Big Tex head.
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