Thursday, June 19, 2008

THURSDAY - June 19, 2008

New Mexico State
The cooking times and judging times for the New Mexico State Championship on Sunday will be one hour earlier than the times for the Southwest Regional on Saturday.
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2008 IDAHO STATE

CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI COOKOFF

Presented by Mountain Home Chili Society

SATURDAY JULY 26TH

CARL MILLER PARK

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American Legion Boulevard at 10th Street East

MOUNTAIN HOME, ID

Interstate 84 Exit 95 American Legion Boulevard

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ENTRY FEES

Red Chili $30.00
Chili Verde $25.00
Salsa $15.00
Peoples Choice Optional for ICS Members
Peoples Choice $15.00 for Non ICS Members

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$ PRIZE MONEY $

Red Chili
1st - $250.00
2nd - $150.00
3rd - $ 100.00

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Chili Verde
1st - $150.00
2nd - $100.00
3rd - $75.00

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Salsa
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00

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Peoples Choice
1st - $150.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $25.00

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Certificates for 4th & 5th Place in All Categories

FOR INFORMATION

Call Charlie Ward at 208-587-4924

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

TUESDAY - June 17, 2008

ICS State of Arizona Chili Cookoff 2008

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June 15th was Father's Day but it was also a wonderful day to Run to the Rim for the 2008 ICS State of Arizona Cookoff.

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The day started off with mild, sunny weather in the Mogollon Rim mountain country of Payson, Arizona and things just heated up from there…literally. I think the thermometer topped out at 98 degrees and the wind gusts picked up in the afternoon toppling a few of the cook's canopies. But the damage was slight and the pots of chili were not adversely affected.

As they have always done, Linda Mathiesen and Terri Shelow along with the staff of the Mazatzal Casino did a great job of set up and preparation for this cookoff. Everything had been well thought out and every detail had been addressed. The cooks were taken care of in style and all enjoyed the day of cooking among friends and fellow chiliheads.

We welcomed some new cooks to ICS and welcomed back some others who haven't cooked for a few years. Among those was Barry Hewitt, formerly of Woburn, MA, but now of Gilbert, AZ and his son Larry. Barry hasn't cooked since he moved to Arizona 2 years ago. However, his son Larry caught Chilihead Fever and wanted to start cooking and encouraged his dad to join him. It was very nice to see them and add them to the roster of Arizona cooks. There were a few cooks like Michael Abraham and Norma Kemp that we haven't seen for a while who also added their skills as contestants for the day and some first time cooks such as Susan Hyden, Keo Lynch and Joe Salas. Susan and Keo are familiar to the chili world as chairman and assistant of the Valley of the Sun Regional and Copper State Regional cookoffs in Ahwatukee, AZ. But they too caught the Chili Bug and tried their hand at cooking as the Hot Mamas Chili Team. Joe Salas also joined the list of cooks with his Salsa Joe's Chili. We are .very fortunate to welcome these cooks to ICS.

Chief Judge and Scorekeeper, Dick and Nancy Swenberger, along with a fine group of both local and seasoned judges, judged and tabulated the scores. And the results were:

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People's Choice – Norma Kemp AZ

Best Booth Michelle Summerville AZ

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Salsa

3rd Place - Mike Rook CO

2nd Place - Bonnie Bootz AZ

1st Place - Paul Whitney AZ This makes Paul's Hat Trick for 2008

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Chili Verde

5th Place - Mike Herrera AZ

4th Place - Michelle Summerville AZ

3rd Place - Dione Cooley NV

2nd Place - Bonnie Ford CA

1st Place - Mike Rook CO

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Traditionl Red

4th Place - Bonnie Tomasek CO

3rd Place - Mick Joplin TX

2nd Place - Skip Cooley NV

1st Place - Bob Plager CO

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We look forward to seeing all the winners at the 2008 ICS World's Championship Cookoff in October

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The "Triple in Cripple" is only 3 days away!!

That's 7 (seven) chances to qualify for The World's in one weekend!!

Fri. June 20 - Hot Time Regional - Red only (late turn in)

Sat. June 21 - Chili Ole' Regional - All 3 categories

Sun. June 22 - Mile High "Bill Miller Memorial" Regional - All 3 categories

Prize money is FANTASTIC: Red each day - $1200,$300, $100, $50, $50

Verde Sat. & Sun. - $800, $300, $100, $50, $50

Salsa Sat. & Sun. - $300, $100

Best Booth each day - $100

Plus goody bags including gaming tokens for casinos for pre-registered cooks, and a Friday night Cooks party.

Please register on line, so we can get head counts for gaming tokens, the party, and the number of judges we will need. ROOMS ARE STILL AVAILABLE !!

For information, please contact: Eldon/Helen Likkel @ 719-689-0173, crcmotel@ccvnet.net

Bob Plager - NEW Chief Judge @ 720-244-0990,

Bob98Champ@aol.com

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Southwest Regional and New Mexico State

Set your schedule for June 28 and 29 at the Sky City Casino in Acoma, NM. The Casino is hosting both the Southwest Regional on Saturday and the New Mexico State Championship for the 2nd time on Sunday. Besides the great prize money, same on both days, the casino also gives away some Acoma pottery that may be worth more than the cash in your hand. And they do this down to third place in all 3 categories! Very friendly folks at the casino. They have a room rate for the cooks and the hotel is attached to the casino, so convenience is excellent for this cookoff. You can back your vehicle right up to your booth. For those of you who like to imbibe, this casino is dry, but you can byob, as long as you are discreet about it. Chief Judge is Paul Whitney from Arizona, who will be assisted in the judging area by the Plagers and the Caimis. New Mexico was well represented last year, as Salsa Winner Bonnie Tomasek of Colorado was 2nd in the world and Red Winner James Rasey of California made it to top 30 in the world too. Look forward to seeing you in the Land of Enchantment the last weekend of June!

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Crestline CA District

ATTENTION ALL CHILI COOKS AND JUDGES

CRESTLINE, IN THE BEAUTIFUL SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS IS HAVING A GO AGAIN. IT IS BILLED AS "BEAT THE HEAT" COOK OFF SET FOR SUNDAY JULY 6, 2008.

THIS WAS A GREAT COOK OFF AT ONE TIME, IN VERY GOOD VENUE, SAN MORITZ BALLPARK ON LAKE GREGORY AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A SUCCESS AGAIN.

BY POPULAR DEMAND, THEY HAVE NOW ADDED CHILI VERDE TO THE CONTEST. SOOOOO, NEED TO SIGN UP ASAP WITH CHAIRPERSON BOB YOMANS AT 909-338-2706, 909-338-9530 OR HIS CELL PHONE OF 562-833-2159

IF YOU ARE ALREADY QUALIFIED, PLEASE COME UP AND HELP WITH JUDGING.

SEE YOU IN THE MOUNTAINS!!!!

STEVE WRIGHT

CHIEF JUDGE

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2008 IDAHO STATE

CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI COOKOFF

Presented by Mountain Home Chili Society

SATURDAY JULY 26TH

CARL MILLER PARK

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American Legion Boulevard at 10th Street East

MOUNTAIN HOME, ID

Interstate 84 Exit 95 American Legion Boulevard

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ENTRY FEES

Red Chili $30.00
Chili Verde $25.00
Salsa $15.00
Peoples Choice Optional for ICS Members
Peoples Choice $15.00 for Non ICS Members

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$ PRIZE MONEY $

Red Chili
1st - $250.00
2nd - $150.00
3rd - $ 100.00

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Chili Verde
1st - $150.00
2nd - $100.00
3rd - $75.00

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Salsa
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00

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Peoples Choice
1st - $150.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $25.00

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Certificates for 4th & 5th Place in All Categories

FOR INFORMATION

Call Charlie Ward at 208-587-4924

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Monday, June 16, 2008

MONDAY - June 16, 2008

Main Street Tehachapi Cookoff

What a wonderfully successful cookout this was. Michelle Vance did a remarkable job organizing and suppling everything needed to make this cookoff run smoothly, and it was her first time dealing with chili cooks!! She truly listened to her mentors Jim and Eileen Beaty, as well as Bill and Karen Ray, and did not disappoint Also, what great weather we had..a light breeze and not too high a temperature made this a very easy day to like. Everyone, except for maybe Phil Morosky had a good time ALL day. It seems that the parking lot cement bumper Phil had successfully managed to miss all day turned out to trip him in the end. Thank God Lauren Beller had a first aid kit available to assist in closing the gash on his head and nose. The police called in the paramedics to complete the job and to make sure Phil was alright. He was just embarrassed. I asked him what he wanted me to say about the incident, and he said "tell everyone the other guy looks worse"!! Sheila Beller took pictures with Phil's camera, so I expect we'll see the pretty picture of good ole Phil. I'm glad he's alright.
We only had red chili this year, but Michelle promises to add Verde and Salsa next year and make everyone even happier to compete!!
I want to thank all of those who came to judge for us and would like more to come out next year to enjoy the day. It was great seeing Mary Renfrow and Char Sweeney supporting this cookoff.
Now the winners:
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We has a three way tie for Fifth which was not broken, and because I didn't bring the scoring tally sheet home, I can't tell you who the 3 cooks were! OOPS!
4th Place Karl Smith
3rd Place Ken Brown
2nd Place Howard Choate
1st Place Don Hammes - a very happy boy today!!
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Please keep this cookoff in mind for next year as it will be a Regional!! Thanks again cooks and judges for your support.

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25th Annual Silver Anniversary

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Route 66 Regional Chili Cookoff

Well, another one is in the books! What a glorious day in Flagstaff, Arizona! Sunny, almost cloudless day, temperatures in the mid 80's, almost no wind to speak of. Could not ask for anything better. 21 red cooks, 15 verde cooks and 13 salsas were entered with folks coming in from Texas, Nevada, California, Colorado and of course, Arizona. Chief Judge and Scorefkeeper Bob and Louise Dinneweth came up from Kingman along with the usual suspects from the Lake Havasu Chili Checkers to run the judging area. But let me digress back to Friday night. We had a tremendous cooks dinner at sponsor's Salsa Brava Mexican Restaurant. With family and friends we had over 30 chili people eating some of the best Mexican food in town and enjoying each others company before going to battle the next day. Back to the cookoff. We had 5 new cooks firing it up for the first time, all of whom were a welcome addition to the ICS family. When the smoke had cleared, all the tasting was done and the judging ended, the results were as follows.

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Best Booth: Bonnie Bootz - Scottsdale, AZ

Peoples Choice: LeeRoy Watson - Pine, AZ

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Salsa: 3rd-Jinny Kost - Pine, AZ

2nd-Bonnie Bootz - Scottsdale, AZ

1st-Dick Swenberger - Mesa, AZ

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Chili Verde: 3rd-Eddie LaCross - Peoria, AZ

2nd-Dione Cooley - Reno, NV

1st-Kay Rook - Highlands Ranch, CO

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Best Local Red Chili: Dave Wright - Flagstaff, AZ

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Red Chili: 5th-Bonnie Tomasek - Sedalia, CO

4th-Skip Cooley - Reno, NV

3rd-Mike Ford - La Mirada, CA

2nd-Mike Rook - Highlands Ranch, CO

1st-Kathy Plager - Littleton, CO

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New York State ICS Chili Cookoff

Calling ALL Chili Cooks to the New York State ICS Chili Cookoff and Hudson Valley BBQ Competition!

June 21,2008

Our Lady of Lourdes

Poughkeepsie,NY

All Place finishers will receive a plaque with a print of an original artwork for the event. For those also participating in the BBQ competition there will be a large Grand Champion Banner with points accumulating for both events.

Entry Fee's
Red-$40 or $30 with 2 gallons of people's choice chili Green-$25 Salsa-$15
All three-$75 or $60 with 2 gallons of people's choice
Rookie cooks free Traditional Red entry with ICS membership $42
Set up will be from 7am-11am Break down time will be after 5pm

Hudson Valley BBQ Championship
HVBBQ Championships…..Chili cooks may enter any event for $20 or all 4 at $60. You can save $20 on full entry if you give away 25 or more BBQ samples.

For More Information or if you need ANYTHING Contact:
Robert Myers
845-518-7143
bobshaymoecat@earthlink.net

http://www.chilicookoff.com/event/Event_Display.asp?EventID=2308

http://bobshaymoecat.food.officelive.com/default.aspx

Hope to see you all June 21,2008!!!!!
Bob Myers

Grizzli Chili

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2008 IDAHO STATE

CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI COOKOFF

Presented by Mountain Home Chili Society

SATURDAY JULY 26TH

CARL MILLER PARK

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American Legion Boulevard at 10th Street East

MOUNTAIN HOME, ID

Interstate 84 Exit 95 American Legion Boulevard

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ENTRY FEES

Red Chili $30.00
Chili Verde $25.00
Salsa $15.00
Peoples Choice Optional for ICS Members
Peoples Choice $15.00 for Non ICS Members

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$ PRIZE MONEY $

Red Chili
1st - $250.00
2nd - $150.00
3rd - $ 100.00

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Chili Verde
1st - $150.00
2nd - $100.00
3rd - $75.00

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Salsa
1st - $100.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $50.00

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Peoples Choice
1st - $150.00
2nd - $75.00
3rd - $25.00

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Certificates for 4th & 5th Place in All Categories

FOR INFORMATION

Call Charlie Ward at 208-587-4924

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Montana State

Join us in Manhattan for an event on Broadway; Manhattan, MT, that is! The State chili Cook-off will be held in conjunction with the annual Chamber of Commerce, Potato Festival and State Car Show, August 16, 2008.

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Manhattan is a quiet, but progressive Community nestled in the heart of the Gallatin Valley and surrounded by the majestic, snow capped Bridger mountains and trout filled rivers and streams.

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Plan your vacation here, just 100 miles from the West entrance to Yellowstone National Park and 60 miles from the Big Sky resort down the scenic Gallatin Canyon.

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Enjoy the annual Potato Festival kicking off with the Firemen's Breakfast and Big Sky Carver's tent sale. Be our guests at the barbecue on Friday night.

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For more info contact Bob Wetzel at 406-284-6562 or email Patty at phebner@bresnan.net

Come on down for a great cook off!

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Foresthill Chili Cookoff

on Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, Foresthill celebrates its heritage each Labor Day weekend. Events include the California Gold Panning Championships, Lumberjack competition, food and craft vendors, and new this year, the International Chili Society chili cookoff.

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Date: Saturday, August 30th

Category

Entrant Fees Member

Prizes

Red

$35 member

$67 non member

1st place: $200 and trophy

2nd place: $ 75 and trophy

3rd place: $ 25 and trophy

Verde

$25 member

$62 non member

1st place: $150 and trophy

2nd place: $ 75 and trophy

3rd place: $ 25 and trophy

Salsa

$20 member

$62 non member

1st place: $ 75 and trophy

2nd place: $ 50 and trophy

3rd place: $ 25 and trophy

Best Decorated Booth: $100 plus trophy

Best Costume: $100 plus trophy

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Please feel free to get back to me with any questions. I travel on business, so please don't take it

personally if I don't get back to you the same day.

Best regards,

Diane Tobin

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