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title: "Metal Supermarkets Announces 2022 Winners of Metal My Way"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/be55577e-8e3c-4a7d-a108-2399b20b6cd9
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20221122_metal_supermarkets_announces_2022_winners_of_metal_my_way.html
category: "Specialty retail"
industry: "Retail"
segment: "Specialty retail"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2022-11-22T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:05:54.102Z
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# Metal Supermarkets Announces 2022 Winners of Metal My Way

**TL;DR:** Metal Supermarkets announced the 2022 winners of its Metal My Way competition, recognizing projects in five categories and a grand prize winner. The contest received 1,193 submissions internationally, with winners chosen based on criteria such as complexity and creativity.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-11-22. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20221122_metal_supermarkets_announces_2022_winners_of_metal_my_way.html).*

## Story

Showcasing the versatility and craftmanship of metal-working, fabricating and design, the Metal My Way competition recognized winners in five unique categories along with one grand prize winner. The contest was open to both professionals and hobbyists alike, with entrants invited to submit a photo or video of their innovative metal-made projects for the opportunity to win prizes and have their projects recognized. The five categories included vehicle projects, artistic and design projects, furniture and home projects, industrial or shop projects and knives projects.

Prizes were granted to winning submissions chosen based on criteria such as complexity, detail, intricacy, uniqueness, creativity, craftmanship, quantity of metal used and ingenuity.

This year, 1,193 submissions were received internationally from Alaska to Florida and California to England and Canada.

The 2022 Metal My Way contest winners include:

- **Grand Prize**: Kevin Stone of Vancouver, B.C. – “Life-Sized, Fire-Breathing Dragon”

- **Best Vehicle Project**: Richard Weber of Indianapolis, Ind. – “Tom Thumb Locomotive Reproduction”

- **Best Artistic and Design Project**: Jennifer Phillips of Edmonton, Alta. – “Saskatchewan-Inspired Metal Headdress”

- **Best Furniture and Home Project**: Eric Moebius of Waukesha, Wis. – “Tudor Wall Lights”

- **Best Industrial or Shop Project**: Rick Redfield of Waukesha, Wis. – “Model Steam Engine”

- **Best Knives Project**: John Simons of Indianapolis, Ind. – “Spartan Sword”

“Once again we are in awe of the talent and creativity exhibited by Metal My Way submissions,” said Stephen Schober, President and CEO of Metal Supermarkets. “Our grand prize winner, Kevin, went above and beyond with his life-sized dragon and was awarded an EV 88 Portable Benchtop KAMA Bandsaw. The other winning projects in their respective categories were remarkable as well. We love putting on this contest every year to showcase the skill of the local craftspeople that visit Metal Supermarkets and turn ordinary metal into something incredible.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Emerging (sector)
- Metal Supermarkets (company)
- Stephen Schober (person)
- design awards (topic)
- craftsmanship (topic)
- Kevin Stone (person)
- Richard Weber (person)
- Jennifer Phillips (person)
- Eric Moebius (person)
- Rick Redfield (person)
- John Simons (person)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20221122_metal_supermarkets_announces_2022_winners_of_metal_my_way.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/be55577e-8e3c-4a7d-a108-2399b20b6cd9).