Monday, August 21, 2006

MONDAY - August 21, 2006

Saratoga District - Audrey Falkowski

The weather forecasters really got it wrong this time. They predicted sun in the morning and rain late in the afternoon. We heard this even as we were driving through showers that decided to stick around on and off all day. But the crowds at the Saratoga Racetrack love the chili cookoff and they came out to support the Backstretch Employees Service Team, the charity for the event. The New York Racing Association did a great job of securing the area and got the judges. Mike Romano of the NYRA ran the show, even though this was his first cookoff. He is already looking forward to next year. We also had three rookies and 2 cooks that hadn’t cooked in a decade showed up. We were glad to see Glenn Vadney and David Decker back cooking. The rookies had such a good time, they said, that we will see them again at another event.

Salsa Winners: 9 entries

Tie for 3rd (not broken)

Jim Heywood, NY

Rich Omerza, PA

2nd Place – Dave Lorenz, NJ

1st Place – Scott Navaroli, MA

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Verde Winners: 9 entries

Tie for 4th (not broken)

Beanie Eis, NY

Jim Eis, NY

3rd Place – Mike Freedman, CT (Sorry Mike)

2nd Place – Dick Dowling, CT

1st Place – Dave Lorenz, NJ

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Red Winners: 13 entries

3 way tie for 4th (not broken)

Dave Schulman, CT

Mike Freedman, CT

Rich Omerza, PA

3rd Place – Jerry Rezsnyak, NY This was Jerry’s first cookoff.

2nd Place – Dick Dowling, CT

1st Place – Jim Heywood, NY

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On a sad note, the day after this cookoff we found out that Ted Willard, husband of Sharon Willard, chairperson of the Connecticut State Cookoff, died Saturday night of a heart attack. Sharon says that Ted wouldn’t want her to cancel anything and by his presence and his smile at all the cookoffs, we can understand that. Ted never liked to judge, but if there was anything else that needed doing, he was right there to help. Our thoughts, prayers and hearts go out to Sharon, one of the nicest women in the world, who is also battling cancer at this time. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.

You can send your condolences to:

Sharon Willard

1 Emma Drive

East Haven, CT 06512

Thank you.

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Reno Regional Results - Bob Grayson

After a great Saturday night steak barbecue (compliments of Red Pruett, owner of the Alibi Lounge), Sunday's Reno Regional, ably chaired by John and Voni Medcraft, surrounded the Alibi with 25 red cooks, 17 salsas and 10 chili verdes. We had a great panel of judges including Norm Gaul, Steve Atkinson, Ron Boisseranc, Herb Holman, Ron Judson, Geneva Holman, Sonny Allen, and Dione Cooley--all qualified for the 2006 World Championship in Omaha. We had cooks from 6 states--NV, CA, TX, CO, ID, and OR. The results:

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Best Booth: Nadine Klestinski

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Salsa: 3rd--Ray Bogart OR

2nd--Isabel Robinson CA (tied for 1st)

1st--Ed Pierczynski NV

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Verde: 3rd--Lynn Pruett CO

2nd--Rick Decker CA

1st--Ed Pierczynski NV for a Hat Trick. (won by 10 points)

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Red: 5th--Jim Beaver CA

4th--Richard Drum NV

3rd--Miranda Beaver CA

2nd--Kathy Hipskind CA

1st--Gerry Lind CA (won his preliminary table by 14 points, then won the final table)

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Monterey County Fair District - Paul Whitney

Saturday, August 19, 2006 was a beautiful day on the Monterey peninsula, the usual morning marine layer burning off by noon and we had a great day to cook. This weekend is a major car weekend for the area, all the elite brands and a smattering of other, older classic cars scattered from Carmel to Pebble Beach to Monterey and the Laguna Seca race track. 7 chili cooks showed up, all but one locals and battled it out for the best chili of the day. When the judging was the done the results were:

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First Place - Bill Capen (Who will be in Omaha for last chance)CA

Second Place - Paul Whitney-AZ

Third Place - Larry Avedian-CA

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Larry also took first in Salsa, but there were not enough entries for it to count

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Glacial Lakes Regional - Marilee Frankenberger

Greetings from good ole South Dakota. Heartburn Lane was a great place to be on August 19th. We had a great cook-off. Beautiful day., sunny no wind and a balmy 75 degrees

Here are the results.

Salsa--8 bowls

2nd.Place--Virgunia Newquist--Aberdeen

1st. Place--Peggy Martin Wyoming

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Chili Verde--14 contestants

3rd. Place Peggy Martin--Wyoming

2nd. Place Rd Smith--Minot, ND

1st. Place-Bill Dudzek--Omaha, NE

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Red Chili--29 contestants

3rd. Place--Curt Euringer--Aberdeen, SD

2nd. Place--Dave Schanzenbach--Belle Fourch, SD

1st. Place--Merry Musel--Aberdeen, SD

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Illinois State Fair Cookoff - Larry Eastep

The first ICS sanctioned Illinois State Fair Cookoff (or at least the first one in a very, very long time) was held on Sunday August 20th, 2006. This might have been the final day of the fair, but with an ARCA race, the cookoff and a Carrie Underwood Concert later in the day, the crowds were huge – probably 70,000-80,000. The weather was in the low 80’s for 28 cooks. Since there were 21 red cooks this cookoff qualifies for Regional status next year. During the cookoff the cooks stage featured Elvis Himselvis for entertainment. The winners were:

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Best Booth - Dave Schmitt, Springfield, IL

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Salsa - 10 cooks

1st Paul Wessing, Farmersville 15 pts

2nd Dave Schmitt 8

3rd Linda Carrol, Taylorville 6

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Verde 7 cooks

1st Joni Deere, Pana, IL 10 This was a "Hat Trick" win for Joni.

2nd Dave Schmitt 8

3rd Jim Schmedeke, Clinton IL 7

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Red 21 cooks

1st Jim Schmedeke 11

2nd Jim Deere, Pana 9

3rd Dearl Thomas 6

4th Tom Calvert, Taylorville 6

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MOUNTAIN LAKE ARROWHEAD COOK OFF - Steve Wright

HELLO GANG

HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MANY JUDGES FOR THE UPCOMING MOUNTAIN LAKE ARROWHEAD COOK OFF SET FOR THIS COMING SATURDAY 8/26

IF HAVE ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR WCCC, COULD USE YOUR HELP

PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN ON COMING SO I HAVE SORT OF A COUNT

THANKS

STEVE WRIGHT

760-533-1464

chilisteve@msn.com

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Tailgate District Chili Cook off

Join us at a brand new ICS Cookoff!

INTERNATIONAL CHILI SOCIETY

Tailgate District Chili Cook off

Saturday, Sep 16, 2006

To be held at AL HRABOSKY’S BALLPARK SALOON Parking Lot

7TH & Carre Street (1 block south of stadium)

St Louis, MO

Set up: 8:30 am Cooks meeting: 9:15 am

Cook from 11:00 am -2:00 pm Awards – 3 pm

BENEFIT FOR ANIMAL SHELTERS

The entry fee is: $35 per head cook, membership in ICS ($42 for new members) and 1 gallon of chili. Please bring more if you can. The baseball fans coming down for the game will be HUNGRY and the stray animals need our support!

FIRST PLACE - 2 Airline Tickets to compete in the Red Chili “Last Chance” cookoff at the World Chili Championship Cookof f in

Omaha, NB on Oct. 6, 7, & 8, 2006

SECOND & THIRD PLACE - $100 plus trophy

PEOPLE CHOICE CHILI - $75 plus trophy

Chairperson: Joan Blasé – Contact her at 636-391-9484 for further information

Chief Judge: Jerry Simmons Chief Scorekeeper: Jean Simmons

There will be a country band and line dancing. Alcoholic beverages not allowed on the cook off site. Beverages & food will be available for purchase. Cooks should bring all equipment & ingredients to make that winning pot of chili.

Send your entry & check to: Community Care Event

c/o 2525 January

St. Louis, Mo 63110

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