March 2011
29 posts
LITTLETON ELKS (BACK TO BACK) COLORADO DISTRICTS -...
WITH JUST OVER A WEEK UNTIL THE COOKOFFS, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MADE OUR 20 REDS FOR BOTH DAYS, PROVIDED EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP SHOWS UP!!  IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO COME OUT AND COOK TO QUALIFY IN COLORADO, THEN CALL OR SIGN UP ASAP. Remember, if we get more than 20 Red cooks each day, these cookoffs will become Regionals that day, and you will qualify for Red that day.  Verde and Salsa will qualify,...
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LOUISIANA BACK TO BACKS - MARCH 26-27, 2011 →
Great video by Jim Stoddard of the back to backs in Louisiana last weekend!! Just click on the title above:)
Mar 28th
DESERT RAT REGIONAL - MARCH 26, 2011
Well, the cozy little town of California City has endured another onslaught of chili cooks and a few bikers - of the heartiest type. It seems like winter didn’t get the message that it was supposed to be well South by now! It all started with us blowing into town on Thursday morning and getting set up on location, soon to be joined by Ray and Kyra of USC fame and later Bill Woodring who...
Mar 28th
Mar 24th
SMOKIN' BLUES CHILI COOKOFF
It was a beautiful day for a chili cookoff at Quaker Steak & Lube in Clearwater.  We had the Up the Creek Blues Band and the World Champion Chili Chicks performing.  Everyone had a good time. We want to thank Sergei and Marshall for being our Chief Judge and Scorekeeper.  We got two new members and two members who had not cooked in a while renewing their memberships to cook with us. We had...
Mar 21st
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CHILI COOKOFF - APRIL 16,...
Upstate Chili Cookoff       Dear Chili Head, The Upstate Chili Cook-off, the only chili cook-off in South Carolina endorsed by the International Chili Society, is less than a month away!! It will be held Saturday, April 16, 2011, on Main Street in beautiful downtown Belton, SC.  The winner of this event is guaranteed an entry into the World Chili Cook-off Championship. The weather has been so...
Mar 21st
Mar 21st
BAKERSFIELD OPTIMIST CHILI COOKOFF - APRIL 30,...
Bakersfelid Optimist Clubs Porterville Optimist Club Presents The 4th Annual  ICS Regional Cook Off on April 30, 2011 at the: Bakersfield Dome 2201 “V” Street Bakersfield, CA 93301     This is held in a private park behind the Dome Looking for Red Cooks to keep this a Regional. Please sign-up on line ASAP. We’d like to get a count.  Always need Verde’s &...
Mar 21st
Mar 21st
DESERT RAT REGIONAL - MARCH 26, 2011
It seems I have a wee problem. The leprechauns ran off with Dirty Ole Phil’s (better known as Him in Charge) stew challenge list before he could send it to me. The little buggers got into his computer and wreaked havoc on it. It seems that Him in Charge fell asleep in front of his computer with a bottle of Guinness. This obviously attracted the little guys to his computer. Dirty Ole Phil awoke to...
Mar 17th
DESERT RAT REGIONAL - MARCH 26, 2011
February has faded into the history books, not to be seen for another year and the eyes of March are staring straight towards spring. The desert rat’s are scurrying about taking care of business with no more thought of winter.  In fact, I know of one rather large desert rat that goes by the name of Dirty Ole Phil whose thoughts are turning towards chili.  Him in Charge (as he likes to be...
Mar 15th
ATTENTION CHAIRMEN - PLEASE READ!
With all the rule changes this year, it is important that you use the forms that have those changes reflected on them.  I have been getting numerous sanctioning applications (along with memberships, contestant lists, cooks rules, flyer info, etc) that are the old ones, most likely copied from year to year.  PLEASE - use of those forms will cause considerable problems for me as well as cooks,...
Mar 15th
MORRO BAY TSUNAMI BEERFEST & CHILI COOKOFF
Morro Bay Tsunami Chili Cookoff & Beerfest When arriving at the motel we were informed that they had just opened up.  They had been shutdown because of the Tsunami warnings.  We started to worry that maybe the cooks wouldn’t show up, but we cooks are a hardy bunch & a Tsunami wasn’t gonna keep them away. We ended up with 21 Red Cooks (which made it a Regional for this year). ...
Mar 14th
Mar 13th
The National Onion Association and the...
The National Onion Association and the International Chili Society Announce Partnership It’s almost enough to bring tears to your eyes … tears of joy that is. The National Onion Association (NOA) and the International Chili Society (ICS) are a match made in Chilihead heaven. “Onions and chili have a long-standing relationship,” said Carol Hancock, CEO of ICS. “Almost every bowl of ICS...
Mar 11th
CAPITOL MARKET GREEN CHILI SHOOT OUT - MARCH 19,...
    Charleston, West Virginia • 304.344.1905 • Tammy Borstnar; Chairperson Prizes Include: 1st Place - $1,000  •  2nd Place $300  • 3rd Place  $200   People’s Choice $200 • Best Table  $100 1st place advances to World’s Outdoor Event/Covered Pavilion www.capitolmarket.net Register via www.chilicookoff.com
Mar 10th
LOUISIANA BACK TO BACKS - MARCH 26-27, 2011
Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulet!  Come join the fun at the Louisiana Regional and State Chili Cook-Off in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 26 and 27, 2011.  We will be hosting our annual welcome party for all contestants and judges on Friday night with our own Louisiana seafood gumbo.  The Regional Red has 18 confirmed registered so far, so this is definitely a shot at going to Worlds!! Red Chili...
Mar 10th
SNOWMASS BACK TO BACKS - JUNE 3-4, 2011
SNOWMASS SET FOR JUNE 3 & 4; B2B REGIONALS All winners go to World’s Want to cook while beer is served to you free?  Want to taste dozens of different brews, free? Want to attend world class concerts free? Want to cook free? Your entry into the Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado cookoff includes FOUR weekend party passes valued at $225! Plus, deep discount lodging. Snowmass continues to make every...
Mar 9th
LITTLETON ELKS (BACK TO BACK) COLORADO DISTRICTS -...
Saturday, April 9th - Ropin’ Peppers for Military Kids District Sunday, April 10th - Cowboys for Kids District Only about a month away, these two District cookoffs in Littleton, Colorado, promise to be a fun filled weekend event.  Both cookoffs support Cowboys for Kids, a great organization that helps military kids, ages 9-12 that have a parent overseas or that have lost a parent...
Mar 7th
BAKERSFIELD OPTIMIST CHILI COOKOFF - APRIL 30,...
Bakersfelid Optimist Club -  Poterville Optimist Club Presents The 4th Annual ICS Regional Cook Off on April 30, 2011 at The Bakersfield Dome 2201 “V” Street Bakersfield, Ca 93301 This is held in a private park behind the Dome Entry fees Red $35.00 + 1 gal. Peoples Choice Verde & Salsa are both $10.00 each Prizes Red - 1st - $300.00 2nd - $150.00 3rd - $75.00 Verde - 1st...
Mar 7th
CINCO de MARZO - A CHILLY CHILI STROLL - MARCH 5,...
It was a lovely day for cooking chili in the mountain region of NH. A bit chilly, with some snow flurries in the morning, but temperatures stayed above freezing and even the bit of drizzle later in the day didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits. We had a great turn out of cooks for a first time cook off. We would like to thank Mark Mills, a local from the North Conway area, who decided to join the ICS and...
Mar 7th
MORRO BAY BEERFEST & CHILI COOKOFF - MARCH 12,...
1 week to go and we did it - Morro Bay will be a REGIONAL!!  As of now we have 20 Reds and enough in  Verde & Salsa, providing that everyone who signed up shows up. ALL winners will go to WORLD! Still time to sign-up on line, we would love to have you. We also need Judges. Morro Bay Chili Cookoff & Beer Fest March 12, 2011 1001 Kennedy Way Morro Bay, Ca. This is the 1st Cookoff of the New...
Mar 7th
Arizona Copperstate Regional and Arizona Valley of...
ARIZONA BACK 2 BACKS March 12 & 13 Ahwatukee, AZ (Phoenix) Arizona Copperstate Regional Valley of the Sun Regional WE NEED  MORE COOKS IN ALL DIVISIONS So we have INCREASED the PRIZE MONIES for Both Days ICS RED 1st    $500.00 2nd    $150.00 3rd    $75.00 CHILI VERDE 1st    $150.00 2nd    $ 75.00 3rd    Trophy SALSA 1st    $75.00 2nd    Trophy 3rd     Trophy Please SIGN UP On-Line on the...
Mar 4th
DESERT RAT REGIONAL - MARCH 26, 2011
                            DESERT RAT REGIONAL                                       California City   As February slowly fades away and March begins, it gives us hope of warmer days and our memory fades about that overgrown rat that said we had six more weeks of winter.  In the Mojave Desert there lives desert rats that make no such dire predictions.  In fact, I know of one rather large desert...
Mar 2nd
Mar 2nd
CINCO de MARZO - A CHILLY CHILI STROLL - MARCH 5,...
Cinco de Marzo – A Chilly Chili Stroll March 5, 2011 This cookoff is coming up this weekend.  If everyone who indicated they are coming does, it looks like we’ll have 17 cooks.  If you’re not one of them, can you find it in your heart to come out and make it a regional?  We only need three more, five would be better in case somebody backs out. IMPORTANT: As is allowed in the new rules, people’s...
Mar 1st
MORRO BAY BEERFEST & CHILI COOKOFF - MARCH 12,...
It’s only 14 Days away - We’re real close to making this a REGIONAL.  Only need 4 Reds, 2 Verdes.  So PLEASE sign-up on line.  Morro Bay Chili Cookoff & Beer Fest March 12, 2011 1001 Kennedy Way Morro Bay, Ca. This is the 1st Cookoff of the New Year 2011 in California Let’s make it a GREAT one.  The people really come out for this one. Entry Red -  $25.00 - Plus 1 Gallon...
Mar 1st