Museum plans Dutch oven cook-off

GRAVETTE — The Gravette Historical Museum announced plans for hosting its fifth annual Dutch Oven Cook-off on Gravette Day. The event will take place on the grounds of the museum on Aug. 12, with cooking beginning at 8 a.m. Judging will begin at 1 p.m., a public tasting will begin at 2 p.m. and winners will be announced at 3 p.m.

Randi VanNoy, museum curator, is coordinating the cook-off event. She said there will be two divisions, a threepot division in which entrants will prepare a main dish, a bread and a dessert, and a novice division, in which they will prepare only one dish.

Entrants in both divisions are asked to submit recipes for the dishes they prepare. For a complete list of rules and contest entry forms, contact Randi VanNoy, 479-866-7297 or randi vannoy@yahoo.com, or Patti Bertschy, 479-721-2143 or pbertschy@gmail.com, or stop by the museum at 503 Charlotte Street, N.E., to pick up information.