Chairman: Linda Phillips (615)406-7626
Advisor: Carla Bush - Ext. Program Leader
Premiums: 1st-$15 ~ 2nd-$10 ~ 3rd-$8
Competition open to all Tennessee residents.
Wilson County residents must enter in the same classes & lots in the Wilson County Competition to enter in the State Canning Competition.Rules:
- No person may enter more than one exhibit in any one lot.
- Prizes will be awarded on the decision of the judges.
- All entries must be entered between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Extension agents & exhibitors with more than 10 entries may enter between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 9, 2024.
- All entries are to be removed Sunday, August 25, 2024 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Entries not removed by 3:00 p.m. will be donated to a local nonprofit organization. No entry may be removed early.
- All entries must have been made on or after August 1, 2023.
- Exhibitors must be 19 years old or older.
- Wilson County Promotions will not be responsible for any loss or damage to entries.
- No exhibitors will be allowed in the exhibition area during judging.
- All entries must be entered in clean, standard canning jars (no specialty jars) with new, single use two-piece lids and bands. No decorative overlays or accessories on jars. Exhibits should be canned using tested recipes issued in 2009 or later. For example, USDA, Ball, Sure-Jell, or National Center for Home Food Preservation guidelines, etc.
- Entries deemed unsafe by chairman will be disqualified and ineligible for ribbons or premiums.