September 26 – October 19, 2025

Big Tex Blog

Game Day Recipes from our Competition Kitchen

Tired of the same "game day" spread at your next party? Super Bowl Sunday is around the corner and this year, you can score big with these...

A large part of the State Fair of Texas experience is food, so it’s no surprise that one of our favorite things about the holidays are...

Thanksgiving is upon us and just like you, we are thankful for so much this year, including our 2017 State Fair of Texas. Among our...

The State Fair loves to showcase Creative Arts competitors and their creations in our Cookbook and our new recipe blog on bigtex.com. Enter...

The State Fair loves to showcase Creative Arts competitors and their creations in our Cookbook and our new recipe blog on bigtex.com. Enter...

More than a decade of decadence. Since 2005, the State Fair's Big Tex Choice Awards contest has solidified the annual exposition as the...

Drum roll please! The 2013 Big Tex Choice Awards finalists have been chosen. Whittled down from more than 35 entries, this year's finalists...

Eight food finalists went head to head in the 2012 Big Tex Choice Awards. Two fried delicacies, one sweet, one savory, were chosen for...

Eight food finalists went head to head in the 2011 Big Tex Choice Awards. Two fried delicacies, one based off of chicken and waffles, one...

Eight food finalists went head to head in the 2010 Big Tex Choice Awards. Two fried delicacies, one a brewmaster's delight, one based off...

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