The queens will be in Emporia Saturday.
The tiara totin’ BBQ Queens will be at the Grilling at the Market event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Farmers Market kiosk. The BBQ Queens, Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, will be offering cooking demonstrations and audience members will have the opportunity to sample the food being grilled. Adler and Fertig have been grilling across the United States and have sold more than 500,000 cookbooks. The BBQ Queens have been featured on Food Network, Better Homes and Gardens TV and in numerous national magazines.
The event, which is co-sponsored by Flint Hills Technical College, KVOE, Emporia Farmers Market, Emporia Convention and Visitors Bureau and Emporia Main Street, is for all ages and is free and open to the public.
Everything that the BBQ Queens make will include ingredients purchased either from the Farmers Market or locally at Emporia grocery stores. The Grilling at the Market event also will feature an opportunity for participants to win a picnic table and a Weber grill.
For more information on the BBQ Queens, go to www.bbqqueens.com.
The BBQ Queens schedule on Saturday:
• 9 to 9:25 a.m. — Grilled beefsteak tomatoes with cheddar or goat cheese.
• 9:30 to 9:55 a.m. — Grilled knife and fork vegetable salad with work of art vinaigrette.
• 10 to 10:25 a.m. — Grass-fed sirloin steak sprinkled with zesty salt and pepper rub.
• 10:30 to 10:55 a.m. — Corn on the cob, grilled in the husk with flavored butters.
• 11 to 11:25 a.m. — Chocolate crostini.
• 11:30 to 11:55 a.m. — Tomatoes
• Noon to 12:25 p.m. — Corn
• 12:30 to 12:55 p.m. — Grilled apple rings with brown sugar butter baste.