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And a type of vans will likely be Caney Creek Catering, which will likely be providing a monstrous Brisket Bomb, which options a number of totally different meals all seared in a 12-inch tortilla.

“It’s the mix of flavors and the textures of the flavors,” mentioned Robert Bonner, who mentioned he expects to promote “a whole lot” of the 1.5-pound football-shaped delicacies. “You’ve got tender and creamy macaroni and cheese, you could have agency meat, you could have the crunchy bacon, after which you could have the barbecue sauce, which is a distinct taste after which the jalapeños hit you within the background.”

Bonner, who co-owns the catering firm in addition to Bulrushes Cafe in Prince Frederick along with his spouse, Wendy, may also provide gadgets corresponding to hen tenders, pulled pork sandwiches and hand-cut fries.

“What I do is locate out what different vans will likely be there,” Bonner mentioned, referring to the Brisket Bomb, “after which do one thing completely totally different.”

Bonner, who additionally took half within the 2019 occasion — final 12 months’s was canceled due to COVID-19 — mentioned he’ll carry his 28-foot trailer together with about 300 kilos of brisket, 200 kilos of pork and 15 circumstances of tenders and fries.

The Huntingtown resident mentioned he goals to get the meals out as quick as potential and mentioned the bottom line is “all about the way you prep and put together your meals.”

Bonner, who was a volunteer and paramedic for the Huntingtown and St. Leonard volunteer hearth departments for 34 years in addition to the chief and president of Calvert Superior Life Help for 15 years, mentioned he’s all the time liked cooking, first as a Boy Scout and later on the firehouses.

A 3-time winner of the Nationwide Oyster Pageant, Bonner positioned second on the earth on the 2017 World Meals Championships within the seafood class after making ready a crabcake, oysters Benedict and, to make the most of the key key lime pie rum ingredient, whipped up a key lime coconut shrimp with grits and pineapple mango salsa. The next 12 months he received the world championship’s tremendous qualifier with a duck poutine and positioned seventeenth on the 2019 competitors — he was simply two factors again of the winner — along with his model of loaded seafood nachos.

“It’s form of like how an artist sees an image after which attracts it,” Bonner mentioned of his cooking model, which he describes as simplicity made elegant. “We take the only issues and simply put just a little twist on it.”

The Caney Creek Catering meals truck is normally at 3675 Hallowing Level Street from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays by way of Fridays and is primarily operated by longtime prepare dinner Daybreak Osteen, who has greater than 30 years’ expertise within the meals enterprise and has been Bonner’s sous-chef on the world competitions.

Tracy Commodore, who works for Calvert County authorities, mentioned he eats at Caney Creek “on a regular basis” as a result of “the whole lot I’ve had right here has been actually good [and] as a result of they’ve a very good prepare dinner.”

Commodore mentioned his favorites are the scrapple and cheese sandwich, hen quesadillas and the cheeseburgers.

Bulrush Cafe, which is situated at 135 Central Sq. Drive in Prince Frederick, is open 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays by way of Sundays.

“What offers me pleasure is you consuming the meals and being comfortable or placing a smile in your face,” mentioned Bonner, who’s all the time trying to enhance his meals and repair.

This Saturday’s pageant may also characteristic dwell music, artisans and distributors, a moonbounce water slide, zip line, pony rides and dwell music by Seashore Bumz, Journey tribute band Eclipse and Sam Develop. Grownup drinks will likely be obtainable for buy.

Tickets are $25 on the gate, $20 prematurely and free for ages 12 and youthful.