From Becky Allen:
The Texas Festivals and Events Association annual conference was kicked off in a grand way with a CASI CCO and Margarita Pour-Off during their kick-off party on Thursday, July 8 at Traders Village in Houston. 36 cooks turned out to show off their best for the festival organizers from across the state. From margaritas and chili, to show; the TFEA folks were impressed and still talking about the event several days later. The margaritas were a great ice-breaker for the evening, and with People’s Choice award up for grabs, an ideal way for the TFEA folks to meet all the CASI cooks. Congrats to Marolyn Blair who won not only People’s Choice, but also 1st place margaritas! Evidently she knows what to do with limes and tequila! This was a wonderful opportunity for CASI to show what they can do and it looks like some festivals will want to host a new CCO in the future. Thanks go to TFEA for asking Becky Allen to put together this event and Mike Baxter of Traders Village for hosting us at his facility. Also, thanks to all the CASI Directors who came out to support this CCO as well as several previous TICC winners. And we owe a huge thank-you to all those who helped with registration and the judging tables, especially Sherrie Davis for being Referee and Keith Karaff for serving as Head Judge. As the conference moves locations from year to year, we don’t know if we’ll get the opportunity to do this again, but if we do, we’ll certainly be ready!
Margarita Results – 14 margaritas
1st – Marolyn Blair
2nd – Dana Plocheck
3 – Susan Armand
People’s Choice – Marolyn Blair
Chili Results – 36 chilis
1st – Dana Plocheck
2nd – Becky Allen – Q’d
3rd – Pat Dozier
4th – Jo Quest
5th – Nancy Draper
6th – Doris Greenlees
7th – Phil Greenlees
8th – Vickie Hebert
9th – Phil Barnes
10th – Dave Pitts
Show Results
1st – Michael Mayorga – AYI MIJO
2nd – Becky Allen – The Buzzards Too
3rd – Julie Cooper – King Chili
From Jamie Burress:
The 27th Annual Purgatory Creek Pod Cookoff is Juy 17 & 18, 2010. It is one of the most laid back cookoffs of the year. We hope you will come cook chili, try our "new" event The Back Yard Chef, judge or just play in the river with us.
Cook's party Friday night, potluck dinner on Saturday and breakfast served both mornings. For information call 512-353-8895 or e-mail janieb@alertservices.com. Hope to see you there.
Again from Mama Sue:
Hi folks, Mama Sue Here:
Got another one of those "situations" and need some hep. The Waterhole Saloon in DelValle has scheduled a Chili /BBQ cook off on July 17. It is up against the PCP Pod cook off in Staples. We are not trying to pit one against the other, all we're asking is that if you are not cooking at Staples, please come to Del Valle.
Ken Rodd is needing help running the cook off and needs cooks. John and I are in the charge of our Annual Caffey family reunion and we cannot help out at either one. Please help us if you can. Please call Ken if you can help him on Saturday 210-887-8827.
A Request for Help:
As you can see this is not a formal, regulation style chili cook off but rather just a fun time of fellowship for some of our church families. I was hoping that if there were no other events this same weekend that perhaps one of your certified judges could come and take part in our event and lend their expertise to our chili creations. I know that this might seem like an odd request but I really thought it might be fun to have someone who actually knows what they are doing, judging and offering tips during our event.
If you could, would it be possible for you to contact those in the Atlanta area (specifically the south side) who might be qualified and see if they would be interested in helping with our event?
I would greatly appreciate it.
Eric Lunsford
678-234-0035 cell
Note: Life is never dull at our house. I think I will be glad to see 2010 come to a halt. After Dinner last night Cliff thought he heard water running and asked me if I had left water running outdoors. I said that it has been a full month since I have used a garden hose. We opened the garage door to see that the hot water tank was leaking every where. Guess What? I am making lemonade today!
