Grilling and Chilling in the Snow Pays Off For Andover Mother of Four

Photo courtesy of Kayem: Eddie Noonan, 25, on the left, and Andrew Noonan, 23, on the right. Both were home visiting for the weekend when contest winner Patti Noonan took the picture.

An Andover mother of four grown sons recently won Kayem’s “Grill in the Chill” contest.

Something good had to come out of this record-breaking winter, according to Massachusetts–based Kayem, so the company ran the “Grill in the Chill” promotion aiming to reward people who grilled during the historic winter despite the 100-plus inches of snow.

The contest called for entrants to upload a picture of their take on winter grilling – the more creative the better.

The contest winner, Patti Noonan of Andover, was selected out of hundreds of entries, and won a snowblower, a new grill, and a Kayem Box o’ Meat.

“Our snow blower broke in the last storm, so that was the main reason I entered the contest,” Noonan said in a news release. “We have a large driveway and usually it is me out there by myself. Our grill also needs work, so both are great.”

Her winning photo featured two of her sons in Hawaiian shirts.

“We never put the grill away because I have four grown sons who come home often and bring friends,” Noonan said. “Our freezer is always stocked. The Kayem Box o’ Meat will be gone in a weekend!”

Kayem Foods, founded in 1909, is the largest meat processor in New England. Owned and operated by the same family for more than 100 years, the company manufactures Kayem Franks, the #1 brand of franks sold in New England.

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