To All My Chili Friends,
This is just a friendly reminder that the Texas Open is three weeks away!
Special Goody Bag for first 100 registrations.
RV parking with no hookups
Those day tripping set up is Saturday morning only.
Automatic Qualifier for 1st Place and Top 3 State Residents
Hotels available nearby
Junior cookoff with turn in at 1:00PM
Chili cookoff on Sunday this year with turn in at 1:00PM
Attached is an entry form for your convenience.
Hope to see you there!
From Connie Collier:
ATTENTION LADIES!!!!!!
I've been sitting here thinkin
What can I say about Rankin?
You never know whether it's going to be hot or cold,
But we all come to win the Bronze Horn Toad.
Last year we made it 9 for 9 in 09
"LET'S DO IT AGAIN IN 2010!!!"
That's right ladies, it is the 10th Anniversary of the Horn Toad Cookoff in Rankin and the women have won the previous 9 years. On Friday night, Feb.5th, we will be having our annual Tequila Rose toast. It will begin immediately after the fish fry-around 7-7:30.
As you have probably read or heard, the men think that "2010 is the year for the MEN". Let's all bring our pink boas, hats, shirts, Tequila Rose, etc. to give the women all the chili mojo that we can.
If you know a any new ideas, good luck toast, or have a friendship/woman's poem you would like to read, I would appreciate the help. Let's make this one the best yet!!!!
Thanks,
Connie
It is Wednesday and here are the CCO's for this weekend:
Jan 30, 2010-001 - Fort Worth TX CASI. 2nd Annual Rahr & Sons CCO. Held at the Rahr & Son's Brewery, 701 Galveston Avenue, Chili grind or ground meat only. Entry fee $18 turn-in 2:00 p.m.. No motor homes or RVs - tailgate cooking only (small parking lot / cooks area). Ride Sharing / car pooling is recommended and appreciated. Check the website www.rahrbrewery.com for directions and more information about this award-winning brewery. Charity is the Tarrant Area Food Bank. For details contact Ron Barnes at Ratchili@tx.rr.com.
Jan 30, 2010-002 - San Miguel Allende GU CASI. Guanajuato Mexico International Championship. First 3 winners qualify for TICC. San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato Mexico at the Real de Minas Hotel grounds. Benefits Centro de Crecimiento providing Rehabilitation and Education for disabled children. San Miguel de Allende is a picturesque Spanish Colonial City with Cobble Stone streets and breathe taking Mountain Vistas and is known as the land of Eternal Spring. There has been a CCO off at this location for 3 years. This year it will be a CASI sanctioned State Open Championship. Chili entry fee will be $22.00 or 300 pesos. Chili Grind only. There is a web site www.smachilicookoff.com with more information. Contact Cynthia Gill at 832 287 1912. A BIG THANKS to Jim Ezell for taking my place as Referee - Janice
Jan 30, 2010-003 - Sattler TX CASI. 16th Great Bowls of Chili CCO. Held at FVW Post 8573, Canyon Lake off FM 2673. Entry fee $18 turn- in 2 PM. Bingo Friday Night - RV parking no hookups. Cookoff next day same location. Cooks breakfast 8AM Saturday morning. Contact Ken Rodd 210-887-8827 Casihotrodd@aol.com.
Jan 30, 2010-004 - New River AZ CASI. 13th Annual Roadrunner Cookoff and Arizona State Championship Jalapeno Eating Contest. Held at Roadrunner Steakhouse, 20 minutes north of I-101 on I-17. Take the New River exit, turn east 1/4 miles to Frontage Rd. Proceed North on Frontage Rd 1/4 mile. Entry fee $15, turn-in 2 PM. Make checks payable to CASA. Peoples choice 11 AM, Green chili Noon. Showmanship TBA. Benefits New River Kiwanis. Contact Sharren Christopherson, Norman Schoenradt 623-742-6476, 602-819-3264. Use grade A meat. StrashAZ1@aol.com
Jan 30, 2010-005 - Blowing Rock NC CASI. Blowing Rock Winterfest CCO. Cookoff to benefit the Blowing Rock Historical Society. Held at Blowing Rock Elementary School, 165 Morris Street. Indoor event, no need for tents bring tables if you can, use small gas cans. Open and CASI chili will be judged. Turn-in for open is 11:00 am, CASI turn in is 1:00. Pre- registration deadline is January 1, 2010. Entry fee is $15 open/ $20 CASI before January 1, $25 open/$20 CASI after January 1. Meat is cook's choice. Open chili may be made at home, cash prizes awarded for open chili. This event draws a HUGE crowd, so please make lots of extra chili for the public. Make checks payable to Piedmont Pepper Pod, and send them to Adrienne Grant, 4105 Casa Street, Durham, NC 27704 by January 1. Entry form and hotel info available at www.ncchili.com, or contact Adrienne Grant, 919-604-5262 or adrienneg@gmail.com. Hope to see you there!
Jan 30, 2010-006 - Orlando FL CASI. 1st Annual Orlando Chili Cookoff Held at 1913 Meeting Place, Orlando Fl (Corrine Commons Park) CASI turn in time 2:00 pm. Open turn in time 12:30 pm, public tasting begins at Noon. Entry fees CASI or OPEN $25.00, or Both $35. Checks payable: Events for Change Inc. Info Ken Roberts 407-920-3125 info@orlandochilicookoff.com www.orlandochilicookoff.com CASI chili grind only, OPEN no rules. On advertising probation. Benefits Special Olympics.
Jan 31, 2010-001 - Sattler TX CASI. Friends of CASI Held at VFW Post 8573, Canyon Lake FM 2673. Entry fee $18 turn-in 1 PM. Cooks breakfast 8:00 AM. Chili cookoff previous day same location. Contact Ken Rodd 210- 887-8827, casihotrodd@aol.com.
Jan 31, 2010-002 - El Paso TX CASI. Texas vs The Nation CCO Held at 1 Arts Festival Plaza downtown El Paso. This CCO is hosted in conjuction with the Texas vs. The Nation Football game. The CCO site is located in the plaza amid the El Camino Real Hotel, the historic Plaza Theater and the El Paso Museum of Art. Dry camping will be available in the parking lot behind the El Paso Convention Center. A large, centralized cooking canopy is planned for the cooks complete with chairs. Turn in 1:00 p.m. Entry fee $20.00. Contact Carol Straughan 915-852-3599; caroleptx@ aol.com or Bud Barrick at 575-382- 5107; teamorgan@peoplepc.com.
Feb 5, 2010-001 - Waxahachie TX CASI. NOW Pod No Frills CCO Come out for the Annual NOW Pod No Frills CCO held at the Ellis Co. Expo Center, Hwy 287 (Exit #403 off of I35E), in Waxahachie, TX. This is a great way to kick off our 3 day cook off benefiting The Gingerbread House and Ellis Co. Childrens Advocacy Center. Gates open at 10 am for early arrival. Plenty of dry camping, no RV hook ups. Inside cooking available. We will have a Friday night cooks party as well. Entry fee is $18 and turn in is 8 pm. CHILI GRIND ONLY. See cook off info for Saturday and Sunday. Contact Kelly Brignon at 469-628- 8840 or kbrignon-tbdemo@sbcglobal .net for information. Hope to see everyone there!!
