Nisqually Valley Barbecue Rally’s youth burger competition aims to grow next generation

Nisqually Valley Barbecue Rally’s youth burger competition aims to grow next generation

As the Nisqually Valley Barbecue Rally’s seventh iteration draws to a conclusion, one of the event’s newer traditions — the youth burger challenge — was deemed a grand success by the competition’s host and several of the contest’s contestants.Dustin Stephan, president and co-founder of Youth Athletics Recreation Development (YARD), helped run the 2026 youth burger challenge on Saturday, July 25, at Yelm City Park as part of the barbecue rally — …