Clarence Knebel Best of Show Award Past Winners
- 2024 RJ's Meats, Hudson, WI (Ham -- Commercial (Boneless))
- 2023 Bardine's Country Smokehouse, Crabtree, PA (Ham -- Commercial (Boneless))
- 2022 Bardine's Country Smokehouse, Crabtree, Pennsylvania (Heavyweight Bacon)
- 2021 Dewig Meats, Haubstadt, Indiana (Lightweight Bacon)
- 2020 No Winner
- 2019 Karl’s Country Market, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (Hungarian Sausage)
- 2018 Cured Specialty Meat Product (Shank-on Boneless Ham) – Country Meat Shop, Moberly, MO
- 2017 Cured Specialty Meat Product (Round Bacon) – Country Meat Shop, Moberly, MO
- 2016 Cured Specialty Meat Product (Spicy Pepperoni) – Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI
- 2015 Country Bacon – Bardine’s Country Smokehouse, Crabtree, PA
- 2014 Ham – Bone-In (Heavyweight) – Maplewood Meats, Green Bay, WI
- 2013 Cooked Summer Sausage – Greg’s Meat Processing, Hampton, MN
- 2012 Lightweight Bone-In Ham – Bardine’s Country Smokehouse, Crabtree, PA
- 2011 Cured Specialty Meat Product (Canadian-Style Bacon) – Maplewood Meats, Green Bay, WI
- 2010 Braunschweiger – Fisher Packing Company, Portland, IN
- 2009 Dried Beef – Sailer’s Food Market & Meat Processing, Elmwood, WI
- 2008 Large Diameter Luncheon Meat – Farmers Place, Downtown South Edmeston, NY
- 2007 Small Diameter Smoked & Cooked Sausage – St. Joseph Meat Market Inc., St. Joseph, MN
- 2006 Dried Beef – Eickman’s Processing Co., Seward, IL
- 2005 Ham – Boneless (Commercial) – RJ’s fresh Meats, Hudson, WI
- 2004 Ham – Bone-In (Heavyweight) – The Butcher Shop LLC, Fennimore, WI
- 2003 Cooked Summer Sausage – Maplewood Meats, Green Bay, WI
- 2002 Large Diameter Luncheon Meat – Farmers Place, Downtown South Edmeston, NY
- 2001 Smoked Turkey – Weber Meats, Inc., Geneseo, IL
- 2000 Country Bacon – Pat’s Country Market, Arcadia, WI
- 1999 Small Diameter Smoked & Cooked Sausage – Steve’s Meat Market, Ellendale, MN
- 1998 Country Bacon – Pat’s Country Market, Arcadia, WI
- 1997 Uncooked Summer Sausage – Nick’s Meats & Grocery, Hayward, MN
- 1996 Uncooked Summer Sausage – Nick’s meats & Grocery, Hayward, MN
- 1995 Uncooked Summer Sausage – Lake Geneva Country Meats, Inc., Lake Geneva, WI
- 1994 Dried Beef – Elburn Market Inc., Elburn, IL
The Clarence Knebel Best of Show Memorial Award was established in honor of Clarence Knebel to honor the “Best of the Best” from the award-winning products entered in the annual American Cured Meat Championships.
