Et cetera : Farm Bureau Cookout winners to represent Benton County at State Fair

[caption id="attachment_21972" align="alignleft" width="300"] Drew Sallee watches as his son, Ian, flips his pork burgers at the 11th annual Benton County Farm Bureau Cookout. Both won their categories and will advance to the Iowa State Fair.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_21973" align="alignright" width="300"] Dean Vrba, Brian Halstead, Ian Sallee and Drew Sallee were the Benton Co. Farm Bureau Cookout winners. They are shown with contest organizer Bill Newton.[/caption] Three men and a boy were the winners in the 11th Annual Benton County Farm Bureau Cookout Contest Saturday afternoon at the fair. Ian Sallee won both the Junior category and Pork category for his pork burgers, and his dad, Drew won his category for Combination category for his Bacon wrapped chicken breast stuffed with cream cheese and mushrooms. Also winning the Saturday competition sponsored by the Benton County Farm Bureau Foundation were Dean Vrba in the Poultry category, and Brian Halstead won as Grand Champion. See more photos of the cooks, as well as other Saturday Fair photos, HERE.