Green County's Best Burger Contest
12th Annual Green County Best Burger Contest begins April 1st, 2026!
What began as a small contest to promote beef in Green County and support our local businesses, the Green County Best Burger Contest has grown into a must do adventure that has nearly tripled in size with participating establishments and judges!
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Come be a part of the fun and help us select the next recipient of the Giant Spatula and title of 2026 Best Burger in Green County.
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​Voting ends July 31st, 2026 with the Best Burger of 2026 announced at the Great Steak Out August 20th, 2026.
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Learn More Below
2025 Green County's Best Burger Contest Results
2025 Best Burger in Green County
Jailhouse Tap - Monroe, WI
1404 12th St
Monroe, WI 53566
(608) 325-6462
2025 2nd place Best Burger in Green County
Sportsman's Reloaded - New Glarus, WI
506 1st St
New Glarus, WI 53574
(608) 527-4665
2025 3rd place Best Burger in Green County
The Holler Inn - Browntown, WI
101 E Old Hwy Rd
Browntown, WI 53522
(608) 966-3311
How To Enter
Our participating Green County establishments submit their application to participate with their burger description, entry fee, and two $25 gift cards to their restaurant to be given away in a drawing at the Annual Great Steak Out.
In order to qualify, the burger patty must be 100% beef. Establishments can dress it up however they would like with seasonings, toppings, and presentation.
Everyone has unique taste buds and enjoy their burgers in a multitude of different ways; which makes you all important judges!
We have outlined some judging criteria to help all of our burger submissions receive equal opportunity.
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Recommended Criteria:
Burgers should be judged first and foremost, on FLAVOR.
Secondly, on PRESENTATION.
Third, on VALUE.​​
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Tips for judging:
BE CONSISTENT- it is important to judge every burger you try with the same approach. If you are judging on flavor, are you judging the flavor of the patty alone, the whole bite together, or considering both? Whichever it is, be consistent across all burgers.
Keep in mind: if you remove toppings because of personal preference, you aren't tasting the burger as presented and may not get the flavor intended, be sure to take this into account when considering the flavor aspect of your vote.
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Judging Criteria
- Select any participating establishment as your starting point.
- Order the contest burger and request a voting card from your server. Make sure your card is stamped with the establishments unique mark before leaving.
- 1 burger = 1 stamp, No exceptions. If you are sharing burgers, then you share your vote too.
- You must try at least half of the burgers submitted in the contest for your vote to count. If there are 24 burgers, you need to try 12 in order for your vote to be eligible.
- The more burgers you try, the more powerful your vote is. 12 burgers = 12 points, 13 burgers = 13 points, all 24 burgers = 24 points to your #1 burger.
- Don't forget to take your card with you each time you try a burger to collect your stamps. If you forget, don't worry! You can request a new card and send in your cards together at the end.
- All eligible votes (12 burgers or more) are entered into a drawing for gift cards to the participating establishments.
- Participants that tried ALL burgers are entered into a drawing for the GRAND prizes, Beef bundles sponsored by the Green County Beef Producers and other local beef producers!
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*Contest ends July 31st and all voting cards are due to the Green County Beef Producers by August 7th.
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All winners: Best Burgers and prize winners, will be announced at the 2026 Annual Great Steak Out on August 20th at the Green County Fair Grounds.