Not much beats that victory lap...
The one up to those frosty double glass doors, the crowd watching on in envy...
You arrive at the fridge and peer in, excitedly scanning the shelves ready to select your meat tray.
We love a good meat raffle too, so we thought why not make a list?
Turns out there's a lot of meat raffles in Newcastle and the Hunter!
Here you go then...
Tuesday
Historic Holmesville Hotel, Holmesville from 5pm
George Tavern, Green Hills from 5pm
Royal Pub and Kitchen, Murrurundi from 5pm
Wednesday
Bradford Hotel, Rutherford from 6.30pm
Bull n' Bush Hotel, Medowie from 6pm
Bushrangers Bar & Brasserie, Largs from 6.30pm
Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm
Fire Station Hotel, Wallsend from 5.30pm
George Tavern, Green Hills from 6.30pm
Iron Horse Inn, Cardiff from 5.30pm
Lakeside Village Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 7pm
Lemon Grove Hotel, Wallsend from 5.30pm
Ocean View Hotel, Dudley from 5pm
Peden's Hotel, Cessnock from 6pm
Royal Crown Hotel, Dudley from 6pm
Station Hotel, Kurri from 6pm
Sunnyside Tavern, Georgetown from 6pm
Thursday
Abermain Hotel, Abermain from 6pm
Anna Bay Tavern, Anna Bay from 5.30pm (single seafood tray)
Bay Hotel Motel, Morisset from 6pm (meat, fruit + veg)
Beauford Hotel, Mayfield from 6pm
Bellbird Hotel, Cessnock from 3pm
Belmont Hotel, Belmont from 6pm
Boat Rowers Hotel, Stockton from
Bull n' Bush Hotel, Medowie from 6pm
Caledonia Hotel, Cessnock from 6pm
Commercial Hotel, Boolaroo from 5pm (free multi-number ticket with each drink purchased)
Commercial Hotel, Morpeth from 4.30pm
Criterion Hotel, Carrington from 6.30pm
Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm
Gateshead Tavern, Gateshead from 6pm
Gunyah Hotel, Belmont from 4pm
Hunter River Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 6pm
Iron Horse Inn, Cardiff from 6pm
Junction Inn Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 6pm
Lakeside Village Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 7pm
Ocean View Hotel, Dudley from 5pm
Prince of Wales Hotel, Merewether from 7.30pm
Shortland Hotel, Shortland from 6pm
Snake Gully Hotel, Lambton from 6pm
Spinning Wheel Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 5.30pm
Toronto Hotel, Toronto from 5.30pm
Warners Bay Hotel, Warners Bay from 6.30pm (seafood)
Friday
Albion Hotel, Wickham from 5.30pm
Anna Bay Tavern, Anna Bay from 6.30pm
Bank Hotel, East Maitland from 5.45pm
Beauford Hotel, Mayfield from 6pm
Belmore Hotel, Maitland from 6.30pm
Bradford Hotel, Rutherford from 6pm
Bushrangers Bar & Brasserie, Largs from 6.30pm
Calendonia Hotel, Cessnock from 6pm
Catho Pub, Catherine Hill Bay from 4.45pm
Chelmsford Hotel, Kurri from 6.30pm
Coach and Horse Hotel, Maitland from 5.30pm
Commercial Hotel, Morpeth from 6pm
Commonwealth Hotel, Newcastle from 5pm
Cricketer's Arms Hotel, Newcastle from 6pm
Criterion Hotel, Carrington from 5.30pm
Crown & Anchor Hotel, Newcastle from 6pm
Caves Beachside Bar & Bungalows, Caves Beach from 5pm
Bull n' Bush Hotel, Medowie from 6pm
The Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm
Edgeworth Tavern, Edgeworth from 5pm
Ellalong Hotel, Ellalong from 6pm
Erringhi Hotel, Clarence Town from 6.30pm
Fire Station Hotel, Wallsend from 6.30pm
Gateshead Tavern, Gateshead from 5.30pm
Gates Hotel, Adamstown from 5.45pm (meat, seafood, fruit+veg)
George Tavern, Green Hills from 5pm
Gladstone Hotel, Stockton from 6pm
Great Northern Hotel, Teralba from 6pm
Green Roof Hotel, Hamilton from 7.30pm
Grand Hotel, Newcastle from 5.30pm
Gunyah Hotel, Belmont from 4pm
Hotel Beatty, East Gresford from 7pm
Hotel Cessnock, Cessnock from 6pm
Hotel Denman, Denman from 6.30pm
Hotel Jesmond, Jesmond from 6pm
Iron Horse Inn, Cardiff from 5.30pm
Jewells Tavern, Jewells from 5.30pm
Junction Inn Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 6pm
Lakeside Village Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 7pm
Lake Macquarie Tavern, Mount Hutton from 5.30pm
Lass O'Gowrie, Wickham from 6pm
Mark Hotel, Lambton from 6.30pm
Mary Ellen Hotel, Merewether from 6pm
Maryville Tavern, Maryville from 5.30pm
Northumberland Hotel, Lambton from 7pm
Ocean View Hotel, Dudley from 5pm
Paterson Tavern, Paterson from 7.30pm
Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow from 6pm
Regal Hunter Hotel, Tenambit from 6pm
Royal Pub and Kitchen, Murrurundi from 5pm
Rutherford Hotel, Rutherford from 6.30pm
Seabreeze Hotel, Nelson Bay from 5pm
Shortland Hotel, Shortland from 6pm
Snake Gully Hotel, Lambton from 6pm
Spinning Wheel Hotel, Raymond Terrace from 5.30pm
Tattersalls Hotel, Greta from 4pm
Tea Gardens Hotel, Tea Gardens from 5pm
Victoria Hotel, Hinton from 6pm
Warners Bay Hotel, Warners Bay from 4pm (free)
Windsor Castle, East Maitland from 6pm
Saturday
Caves Beachside Bar & Bungalows, Caves Beach from 5pm
Criterion Hotel, Carrington from 11am
The Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 10am
The Duke of Wellington Hotel, Lambton from 7pm
George Tavern, Green Hills from 3.30pm
Gladstone Hotel, Stockton from 12pm
Hotel Wangi, Wangi from 3pm
Iron Horse Inn, Cardiff from 5.30pm
Lakeside Village Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 7pm
Mary Ellen Hotel, Merewether from 7.30pm
Shortland Hotel, Shortland from 6pm
Town Hall Hotel, Waratah from 2pm (first Saturday of the month)
Sunday
Bellbird Hotel, Cessnock from 6pm (chook raffle)
Boat Rowers Hotel, Sunday from 5pm
Bradford Hotel, Rutherford from 12pm (weekly + mega raffle last Sunday of the month)
Bull n' Bush Hotel, Medowie from 6pm
Caves Beachside Bar & Bungalows, Caves Beach from 3pm
Commercial Hotel, Morpeth from 5pm
Gateshead Tavern, Gateshead from 3pm
Lakeside Village Tavern, Raymond Terrace from 3pm
Lucky Hotel, Newcastle from 6pm
Mary Ellen Hotel, Merewether from 5pm
Ocean View Hotel, Dudley from 5pm
Royal Pub and Kitchen, Murrurundi from 5pm (chicken)
Warners Bay Hotel, Warners Bay from 6pm