The exceptional quality of meat products produced by Keith Gritt of Wyttenbach Meats was recognized at the 72nd annual convention of the Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors, held in Madison on April 8-10. At the Meat Product Show held in conjunction with that meeting, Wyttenbach Meats received the following product awards:

- Sauk Prairie boneless ham: Grand Champion
- Ring Liver Sausage: Reserve Grand Champion
- Smoked bratwurst: Reserve Champion
- Fresh italian Sausage; Reserve Champion

The Wisconsin Meat Product Competition is the largest of its kind in the United States. Meat processing plants and meat markets from throughout the state this year entered 1015 individual products into 36 product categories, including summer sausage, bratwurst, ham, bacon, smoked poultry and a variety of other types of meat products. Over 40 judges including food scientists, out-of-state meat processors, and other food industry professioals were required to effectively evaluate the many products during the product evaluation session on Saturday, April 9th. Individual products are scored for external appearance and eye-appeal, internal appearance, aroma, and taste, using a scal eof 1,000 points.

The size of the product show and the quality of its entries demonstrates the important role that sausage and processed meats play in Wisconsin's meat industry and among consumers across the state.