Manchester Chicken Broil

With threatning skies Manchester Michigan held its 57th annual Chicken Broil at the athletic fields of the high school.The volunteer firemen volunteer to set up and cook the chicken.It took 3100 cinder blocks to build 4 100 foot long barbecue pits,along with 3ooo pounds of charcoal.They used 19000 pounds of fresh chicken and 300 pounds of butter to baste the chicken.Coleslaw is also one of the special treats in the dinner that has its own special dressing which the used 400 gallons it along with 2 tons of fresh homegrown cabbage.All in all they will serve 12500 dinners thruout the day,some people will eat there and some will takeout. With a car show held at the broil,live music and the cottonwood cloggers perfoming its a wonderful event for the family to spend some time and enjoy the festivites and eat some fine chicken. This event grows ever year and we will be back again for the 58th broil.