Everyone had an amazing time on Saturday, September 21st at the Working Families’ Friend’s Annual Fall Cook-Out and BBQ Contest at Pipefitters Local 533!
The BBQ Cook-Off used real area judges (and one elected official) to decide winners!
Congratulations to the following teams:
- Overall First Place: Smokin’ Sparkies
- Overall Runner-Up: Bad Influence
- Chicken First Place: Big Red’s Backyard BBQ
- Chicken Runner-Up: Smokin’ Sparkies
- Ribs First Place: Joe’s Pipefitter’s
- Ribs Runner-Up: Hit or Miss BBQ
- Pork First Place: Bad Influence BBQ
- Pork Runner-Up: Smokin’ Sparkies
- Brisket First Place: Smokin’ Sparkies
- Brisket Runner-Up: Luke’s Bitter Fitters
Tristin Amezcua-Hogan is the Editor of The Labor Beacon and a member of LIUNA Local 264. Tristin also serves as the Director of Communications for the Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO and the Chair of the Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance.
Tristin grew up as the son of a UA Local 669 member in Tecumseh, KS and the great-nephew of George C. Amis, longtime leader of the United Rubberworkers (now USW Local 307) in Kansas. Growing up in rural Kansas as the child of teen parents, Tristin quickly came to appreciate the life-changing benefit of a union job.
Tristin and his partner, Rebeca Amezcua-Hogan, are residents of the Westside, Kansas City, MO's historic Mexican neighborhood. They are proud members of Kansas City's New Reform Temple.
