Grand Champion Best Burger

04/13/2026

Aaaannndddd we have our winners of the Grand Champion Best Burger Contest! It was a very close finish between our top 3 contenders!
A big Congratulations to our GRAND CHAMPION - The Canopy with their Canopy Burger! So many great reviews of their burger! And in a close second, we have our RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION - Unit XIII with their Caramel Crunch Burger.! A tasty entry enjoyed by many! And we need to give HONOURABLE MENTION to Hartland Valufoods/ ANBL Agency with your Holy Cow Burger! It really was a close contest!

Thank you to all of you who participated in our contest this year! For all the burger tasters who went out there and tried so many of the burgers, we can’t thank you enough for your support! Our community is second to none and we’ve rallied together in this fun little competition, turned it into a very successful event that has benefited our area’s economy and gave us reason to gather together and share a meal. It’s pretty beefy good! Looking forward to next year already!

04/07/2026

And our WINNER for our $300 gift card to the participating restaurant of your choice is Dillan M Noddin! We will be in touch with you soon! Thank you to ALL who participated in our GCBB Contest! We had a great time watching you enjoy your beefy burgers!

The Carleton County Spring Show & Sale starts tomorrow morning @ 10am! Plan on joining us for 4-H Showmanship and the Breed Classes. Then the Sale will be on Wednesday, April 8th, where we will announce the winner of the Grand Champion Best Burger Contest! See you there! Northern Carleton Civic Centre in Florenceville-Bristol, NB.

03/30/2026

We can’t believe it, but this is the LAST week of our Grand Champion Best Burger Contest! Don’t panic though, because there’s still enough time to get a couple burgers in! And then once you’ve had your fill be sure to vote for your favourite burger! Here’s the link to vote:

https://forms.gle/GXk18JAYMYUHYtWTA

We are absolutely blown away and thrilled with ALL of you and your burger loving family & friends who were totally devoted to trying so many burgers! We thank you for your commitment to buying and supporting our local restaurants and community! THANK YOU! 🍔❤️🍔

Be sure to stop by our main event Carleton County Spring Show & Sale, April 6th-8th, at the Northern Carleton Civic Centre in Florenceville-Bristol, NB! We’d love to show you around!

03/28/2026

****LAST GIVEAWAY POST****

What a year the Grand Champion Best Burger Contest has had! We want to thank ALL our wonderful participating restaurants for being involved for our 2026 season! And to YOU our burger lovers, we have one last opportunity for YOU to get your name put into a draw for $300 to one of the restaurants that have been involved in our Contest! What do you need to do?

🍔MUST HAVE TRIED at least 10 burgers or more to be eligible for this draw
🍔COMMENT with how many burgers you have tried
🍔TAG a friend or two of who you'd share your winnings with!😁
🍔POST A PHOTO of your burger journey(not necessary, but encouraged)

Enjoy this last week of the GCBB Contest! We will draw the winner Monday, April 6th, 2026.

We here at the Carleton County Spring Show & Sale are overwhelmed by the response this year to our GCBB Contest! Thank you everyone! We hope you had as much fun as we did! We'd also love for you to stop by our main event on April 6th - April 8th at the Northern Carleton Civic Centre in Florenceville-Bristol, NB. Our community has been built around agriculture and farming, and this is a wonderful opportunity to see how dedicated we are to make sure our rural area continues to thrive for generations to come!

03/26/2026

Contest now closed! Winner will be announced April 8th at the Carleton County Spring Show & Sale.

Grand Champion Best Burger VOTING POLL NOW OPEN!

To vote:
🍔 click on link below
🍔link will bring you to a survey
🍔enter your email address
🍔click on the restaurant who had the best tasting burger
🍔hit submit
🍔only one vote per person

https://forms.gle/GXk18JAYMYUHYtWTA

Voting poll will be open from March 26th - April 5th, 2026. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion winners will be announced at the 73rd Carleton County Spring Show & Sale on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026! Who will be the next Grand Champion?

Remember, you still have a week plus a little bit, to get a few more burgers in! We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing and hearing about your burger journey this year!

03/24/2026

The Grand Champion Best Burger Contest is a lead up event to our Carleton County Spring Show & Sale which takes place April 6th-April 8th! We would love for you to stop by and see what we are all about! And if you’re interested in buying an animal we can help you out with that too!

The 73rd Carleton County Spring Show and Sale is quickly approaching! We look forward to welcoming you to our much anticipated event! If you love cattle and agriculture, you don't want to miss this! Here's the schedule of events from April 6th - April 8th! See you there!

03/24/2026

It’s week #4 of our Grand Champion Best Burger Contest! How many burgers have you eaten? Are you going to get all 14 burgers in?
Meductic Petro Can
The River
Unit XIII
Hartland Valufoods/ ANBL Agency
Lakeville Convenience
Exit 153 Restaurant
The Canopy
Countryside Pub & Grill
Mum’s Canteen & Take Out
Smoke Road BBQ
Smoyd's Kitchen and Catering
Village Pour House
Larlee Creek Eatery
The Diner Down Under / Down Home Bakery

03/23/2026

Natasha Lloyd, you're our winner for the buddy/bestie week's giveaway! Thank you for taking part in posting such a fun photo! Congratulations! We will be in touch with you to find out which participating restaurant you would like your gift certificate from! Enjoy!

03/18/2026

It’s week #3 of the Grand Champion Best Burger Contest! Is everyone enjoying their burger journey?

Today we thought we would give you a little insight about our Contest, how it came to be and the people behind the scenes!

We are an entity of the Carleton County Spring Show & Sale, a cattle show started 73 years ago by a small group of shorthorn breeders, in Florenceville-Bristol. During Covid when the world was shut down, one of our gals on the board came up with the idea of hosting a burger contest as a lead up to the CCSSS. It was a little spark of an idea that has ignited our rural area, giving people an opportunity to support our local restaurants, promoting the beef industry, and giving our communities a reason to gather, share a meal and connect with each other! It’s been so gratifying to see the enthusiasm and participation of you all taking part in our humble competition, for the past 6 years! We are passionate and committed to our farmers and local producers, love our cattle and want to continue to advocate for eating local beef! Overwhelmingly, this year has been our most successful year yet! You have all shown up and are trying all the burgers! Our burger promotional team, (Theresa and Val) and our Board of Directors can’t thank you enough!

And if you made it this far, you will now know that it’s Bestie Buddy Week and we want to see you in a photo with your bestie or buddy WITH your burgers! So, Bestie/Buddy in photo together with both your burgers! Got it? Get those photos in the comments and we will have another draw for a $75 gift certificate to the participating restaurant of your choice.

04/14/2025

Congratulations to our Grand Champion Best Burger Contest winner, Lakeville Convenience, Darren & Becci Taylor! Their burger entry "The Bourbon Apple BBQ Burger" was the favourite amongst all those who took part in our contest! Thank you to Margaret C. Johnson who sponsored our Grand Champion Banner and also challenged our Burger Loving Fans to try ALL the burgers! Our Reserve Grand Champion GCBB contest winner was the Village Pour House in Juniper! "The Barnyard Burger" was a tasty mouthful which had everyone talking. We thank Garth from BMR (Florenceville-Bristol) for sponsoring the Reserve Banner! We also would like to give honourable mention to On The Boardwalk Café & Wine with "The Mac-onator"!

Thank you to all our 2025 Participants! We had a lot of fun getting out and trying all your tasty creations! Let's continue to eat local & eat local beef!

04/07/2025

We are ready for our 72nd Carleton County Spring Show & Sale! Plan on spending the next couple days with us! We will have the Northern Carleton Civic Centre full of cattle and exhibitors! This is an amazing event and we would love to have you stop by the show ring! If you are interested in buying, please inquire and we will help you out!

Here we go! Today is move in day and then we will be weighing the animals at 5pm! See you all at the NCCC in Florenceville-Bristol! We are ready to show some cattle!