Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Dakota Lane Chili Cook-off Details

The Dakota Lane Chili Cook-off is an opportunity for us to celebrate the life of Dakota Lane Johnston and welcome friends and family to an afternoon of fun and good food.

Potential Cooks: Anyone who wants to cook some good chili

Potential Judges: If you would like to be a judge you must meet the following eligibility requirements:

- Potential Judges MUST be on-site and have entry form submitted by 3:00 pm

- Must be able to handle lots of chili (sorry, no vegetarians please!)

- Must be able to be impartial and fair & enjoy harassment from the chili-losers!!

What to Bring: Chairs, folding tables, ice chests and ice, side dishes and/or deserts. Please bring your own beverages! If you're cooking - bring all the fixin's


Official Rules & Guidelines

Cooking MUST be cooked on-site at designated cooking areas and during designated cooking times. ** See agenda below

There will be NO sampling before the judging except within your team-members!!!!

Chili MUST be prepared from scratch (no commercial chili)No ingredients may be pre-cooked prior to start time. Exceptions: canned tomatoes/sauce, peppers/sauce, beverages, secret ingredients or mixing of spices.

*Meat may be pre-cut or ground, but may not be pre-cooked.

A minimum of 5 lbs. (10 lbs ONLY if your Chili is Good) of chili per team

Label and Bring YOUR OWN supplies & setups

Chili MUST be cooked on open fire pit or gas grills!


Chili-Cook-Off Agenda:

10:00 am: Check-in and Registration

11:00 am – 4:00 pm: Cooking Times (It is not required to start at 11:00 am. This will depend how long it takes for you to prepare your entry – you are welcome earlier if your chili needs more time. )

4:30 pm: Final chili preps & chili entry collected (by designated chili committee members)final chili preps & chili entry collected (by designated chili committee members)

4:30 – 5:00 pm: JUDGING

5:00 pm: Winners Announced

5:01 pm: Winners can begin the bragging process.


Chili will be scored on the following areas:

- Aroma

- Consistency (ingredients used)

- Taste

- Aftertaste

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