Spamarama
spamarama spamarama longtime annual festival competitive cookoff held austin texas – celebrate spam branded canned pork product festival includes spam cookoff spam themed competitive activity live music spamarama began joke david arnsberger friend dick terry believed many barbecue chili cookoffs frequent contest seemed silly felt real challenge would make dish spam “if could make spam edible would feat” arnsberger explained two friend considered calling event spamoff name quickly became spamarama arnsberger one frontmen uranium savage austin parody band gig already booked april fool day soap creek saloon bee cave road piggybacked festival idea band gig spectator entry later first spamarama success austinites liked opportunity compete event like pigshouting contest dress costume come creative spam pig punthemed dish event repeated soon artist jim franklin designed spamarama tshirts poster since become collectors’ item hormel maker spam sent jim franklin ceaseanddesist order using brand name also claimed spamarama festival diluting product legal term harming hormel eventually located david arnsberger worked contract sharon kincl gave sole right use spamarama name perpetuity royalty free next four year spamarama festival continued hormel provided spam branded item official tshirts ball cap clock swag could used prize although like name spam cram contest officially called pandemonious potted pork festival spamarama held weekend close april fool day auditorium shore waterloo park drew thousand people one wackiest festival america festival held several year original soap creek saloon moving saloon couple location later held venue scholz garten la zona rosa auditorium shore east sixth street cedar door waterloo park event drew thousand auditorium shore vic mathias shore spam cookoffs spamalympics peaked people attending year arnsberger published spamarama cookbook arnesberger kincl left austin boulder colorado contract hormel went arnsberger attempted hold spamarama festival colorado dallas met little success upon returning austin festival continued shrinking healthy eating becoming popular recession approaching revival final festival held waterloo park austin chronicle reported “recordbreaking cold couldn’t stop athlete impressing crowd cannedmeat cramming skills” smithsonian documented spamarama film year hiatus spamarama returned austin july founder david arnsberger teamed josh bumb coowner south austin moontower saloon revive unique festival hundred came moontower saloon south austin honor canned meat experience creativity athletic competition live music next year saw covid pandemic cause spamarama go hiatus event chef spam john l myers spamarama award entrant responsible creation professional division coveted spamericas cup addition prize open professional division best worst taste showmanship cooking entry included various flavor spam ice cream moo goo gai spam guacaspamole chickenfried spam spamguini spamalama ding dong concoction made pink colored meat whipped cream chocolate entry included nutspittle spam peanut brittle spam ramen spam chili judge competition included travis county commissioner brigid shea columnist jim hightower tv personality jim swift south southwest cocreator nick barbaro past event judge included former city council member max nofziger bob cole joyce mel mary vance john kelso eddie wilson david spooner margaret moser liz carpenter paul prudhomme john myers spamalympics competition held addition cookoff competition test contestants’ skill eating handling spam core spamalympic event spam toss spam eating contest latter called spam cram past took form spamburger eating contest first person finish eating content entire ounce spam win spam toss twoperson team toss spam ounce team throw farthest without dropping spam win event included spam carving display involving theme based current event body part animal spamagator spam calling contest spam facial tug war across pit filled spam jelly food portal hattersley cleve october light camera spamarama austin americanstatesman retrieved december spamarama austin americanstatesman april retrieved december spamming dallas morning news april retrieved december spamaramacom home spamarama lover archived usurped official website archived usurped spamarama frommers special report spamarama