Thank You for a Fun-Filled Day
Despite the rainy start to the day, we welcomed over 1,000 people to this year’s Great Grill Off at Christian Children’s Home of Ohio! Thank you for joining us for delicious food and helping girls and boys experience safety, connection and healing through your generous donations. We appreciate your enthusiasm for amazing burgers as well as your heart to see youth experience their worth in Christ. 
Our 12 community grill teams impressed the crowd with their tasty burgers and warm hospitality. It was a friendly (and tasty!) competition as the teams competed for guest votes, best burger bragging rights, and a trophy. It was also a joy to see the campus filled with smiles as family and friends enjoyed inflatables, carnival games, train rides, tractor rides, facepainting, and more. The energy was high, and everyone was enjoying an afternoon of great food and family fun!
At the conclusion of the event, the votes were tallied, and Tommy’s Classic American was crowned the 2025 Burger Champion with their “Tommy’s Classic” smash burger. Old Carolina BBQ Company took second place with their “Gilroy 5-Cheese Garlic Burger” and third place went to Beef O’ Brady’s “The Little Shorty” burger. Congratulations and thank you to all our grill teams for their hard work and dedication.
As you can imagine, it takes a large team to bring this event together. Our day was a huge success due to the support of our generous sponsors and dedicated volunteers who helped us throughout the weekend. Special thanks to our event sponsors Powers Oil & Propane, Church of the Lakes, Mission Thrift, Welch Packaging, Ackerman Auto & Tire, Coblentz Bros., Inc, Lehman’s, Tricor Industrial, Rick Hinderer Knives, The Commercial & Savings Bank, J & J Auto Wrecking, Gerber Lumber & Hardware, Kidron Sports Center, The Killbuck Savings Bank Co., The Fredericksburg Church of Christ, Kitty Poo Club, Edward Jones – Kim Cowgill, Krupp Moving & Storage, and Classic Vacuum; Tri-Village Christian Church, Heritage Girls Troop 1912, and Whitaker Myers Insurance Group in Mansfield, OH for providing volunteers before and during the event; Certified Angus Beef for providing ground beef; Prairie Farms Orrville for providing ice cream; Frito-Lay for providing chips; Village Catering for providing pasta salad; Mohican Church for providing tents; Buehler’s; Meijer; Albright Welding Supply Co., Inc.; Guggisberg Cheese Factory; The River Radio; Central Fire/EMS Department; and to our numerous volunteers and all our community grill teams!
Our amazing sponsors, donors and grill teams continue to make this one of the best events in Wooster! Thank you to ALL who volunteered and those who came to enjoy a fun-filled day and for your donations to help hurting boys and girls experience safety, connection, and healing. Remember, it’s not just about the burgers, it’s about our awesome kids!
Enjoy the photo gallery for a taste of the Grill Off and we hope to see you back next year. Save the date for the second Sunday in June — Sunday, June 14, 2026.
