nikki
Moto Junkie
- Apr 21, 2000
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Well, after the success of the First Annual Flaming Pants Chili Cookoff at Dirtweek last year, looks like there will be another Chili Cookoff this year. I think it is tentatively scheduled for Thursday night this year (or maybe Friday, maybe Wednesday). So..... who's cooking??
Here's how it'll work:
Want to cook:
Anyone can sign up as a "chili cooker". Cook as much chili as you'd like (last year everyone pretty much had a large pot full). Chili will be served and all of the "tasters" will have a chance to vote on their favorite three chilis. The votes will be tallied (looking for 2 people to volunteer as vote counters, should take about 20 minutes after we eat), and the eating money will be paid out 100%.
Want to eat:
Tasting bowls will be sold for $3 (possibly $4?) a bowl. You will get a bowl, spoon, and ballot. (Looking for 2-3 people to volunteer to collect the bowl money and pass out bowls/spoons/ballots - the line was long last year). Then you're free to go through and sample all of the chilis and vote for your favorite three.
Last year we had 10 cookers and exactly 100 eaters ($3 a bowl x 100 = $300 which was paid out to the top 5 chilis at $100, $80, $60, $40, $20). The chili went fast, so hopefully this year we can get more cookers.
So - who's planning on putting their chili to the test?
Also, what does everyone think about $3 a bowl vs. $4 a bowl? At $4 a bowl, if we have 100 eaters again, maybe we can do a payout similar to $100, $80, $60, $40, $30, $30, $20, $20, $10, $10 to the top 10 so more "cookers" get a prize. Thoughts/opinions?
Another possible change from last year, once the cookers get set up, giving them a bowl and a chance to sample the different chilis before selling bowls to the "tasters". Thoughts?
Volunteers:
As noted above, looking for 2-3 volunteers to collect bowl money and pass out bowls, spoons, and ballots. Also looking for 2 people to tally the ballots after the tasting (should take approximately 20 minutes).
Here's how it'll work:
Want to cook:
Anyone can sign up as a "chili cooker". Cook as much chili as you'd like (last year everyone pretty much had a large pot full). Chili will be served and all of the "tasters" will have a chance to vote on their favorite three chilis. The votes will be tallied (looking for 2 people to volunteer as vote counters, should take about 20 minutes after we eat), and the eating money will be paid out 100%.
Want to eat:
Tasting bowls will be sold for $3 (possibly $4?) a bowl. You will get a bowl, spoon, and ballot. (Looking for 2-3 people to volunteer to collect the bowl money and pass out bowls/spoons/ballots - the line was long last year). Then you're free to go through and sample all of the chilis and vote for your favorite three.
Last year we had 10 cookers and exactly 100 eaters ($3 a bowl x 100 = $300 which was paid out to the top 5 chilis at $100, $80, $60, $40, $20). The chili went fast, so hopefully this year we can get more cookers.
So - who's planning on putting their chili to the test?
Also, what does everyone think about $3 a bowl vs. $4 a bowl? At $4 a bowl, if we have 100 eaters again, maybe we can do a payout similar to $100, $80, $60, $40, $30, $30, $20, $20, $10, $10 to the top 10 so more "cookers" get a prize. Thoughts/opinions?
Another possible change from last year, once the cookers get set up, giving them a bowl and a chance to sample the different chilis before selling bowls to the "tasters". Thoughts?
Volunteers:
As noted above, looking for 2-3 volunteers to collect bowl money and pass out bowls, spoons, and ballots. Also looking for 2 people to tally the ballots after the tasting (should take approximately 20 minutes).
