Best Decorated Booth – Boiling for Big Al

What A Huge Success!!!
By Darla Parker

What an AMAZING day it turned out to be for the 10th Annual POC Crawfish Fest & Cookoff! The weather was beautiful, and the crowd was HUGE. The Chamber sold 3,000 lbs. of Crawfish this year; everyone had plenty to drink and eat; there were lots of great vendors, and more importantly, all had a great time!

Thank you to our own Scott Brown and the Texas Dream for arranging and making our music and sound production show so fabulous! Our returning favorite, Boudreau, from Rockport provided some awesome zydeco music… perfect for the atmosphere.

We had 41 cooking teams this year! The competition was fierce and fun! Our winner of the Champion Boiled Crawfish was team Pinchin’ Two Off; 2nd Place went to Tail Munchers and 3rd place went to Bayou Outlaws. For Best Side Dish, the winner was Burn N Bills for their crawfish shooters. Second place Side Dish was team Boggy Boilers (crawfish wontons) and 3rd place went to team Bad Idea (crawfish eggrolls). Another contest that is original and gets VERY creative is the Bloody Mary contest. In this contest, judging is based on the presentation Bloody Mary as well as the liquid content. This year’s winner goes to team TTK, while 2nd place went to Claws Up and 3rd place went to Crawdaddies I. Best Decorated Booth was won by Boiling for Big Al.

Although, there are selected judges for Crawfish entries, attendees also had an opportunity to pick their favorite. The People’s Choice award this year went to team Natty Crawlers. This contest winner also received a 10% payout, of which they received over $2,400. A HUGE thank you to the Natty Crawlers, as they turned right around and donated the money back to the POC Chamber! This was their second year to win People’s Choice!

Along with the cooking contests, we also had a Crawfish Eating Contest, sponsored by POC Rod & Gun and Team POC for donating and cooking the crawfish for this contest. Winners were 1st Place, Colton Anders (24 in 60 sec.) and 2nd Place Ryan Lott (23 in 60 sec.). Another favorite was the Horseshoe Tournament with Pam Hill and Josh Shive taking the win, and Gordon Mizrany and Lloyd Sadeferson taking 2nd.

We had some awesome Raffle Items this year which included a gift certificate to the Golden Nugget; the Wine & Whiskey wagon; a special fish from Dale Bob Bunting, and a POC neon sign. This neon sign was designed by the Chamber and is also available through us if you would like to purchase one. Just give us a call for information on how to get yours! 361-983-2898. Congrats and thank you to all our winners!

An hearty thank you to all our Judges, Volunteers and Sponsors. As this is the Chamber’s major fund raiser for the year, we are dependent on all of you. Without your help and support, this event would not be possible. It takes many months of dedicated work to make sure it runs smoothly. Again, thank you so much. Make sure to mark your calendar for next year, April 29th…. always the last Saturday in April! Please go to and like our POC Chamber of Commerce Facebook and POC Crawfish Fest and Cook-Off Facebook pages to see all the pics from this awesome day and updates for next year! Until then, Laissez les bons temps rouler!!!

Best Bloody Mary – Team TTK

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!
With any fund raiser, sponsors and donators are the backbone to making a successful profit for a non-profit organization. With that being said, we would like to thank everyone who helped.

A Very Special Thank You From
The Poc Chamber Of Commerce To Our Volunteers

As you well know, it takes over 100 volunteers to put this Festival on every year. Without these volunteers, we would not have this successful event. We want to pay a very special thanks to the POC Community Service Club for again stepping up and offering their assistance. Also, a HUGE thank you to 5D Steakhouse for lending their staff for the beer garden. We appreciate all of you so much!!!