Chili Cook Off Registrations

Rules & Regulations

The purpose of the chili cookoff is to offer the community a fun event, this year asongside the car show , and to give your group a great opportunity to promote yourselves . You accomplish this by:

REPRESENTIN':

The more signage the better! Bring your company/team banners, tents, BBQs, Tshirts and whatever else to make yourselves known. Feel free to bring promotional items for giveaways to the judges and the crowds! This year’s cook-off theme is “Past Decades” and each booth will be judged and ranked based on how they are representing their table, characters and chili overall.

FOLLOWING THE RULES:

  • Tents to be no larger than 10x10.
  • Participants vehicles must not be parked directly on event ground. The town parking lot can be used as overflow
  • All teams must provide their own cooking supplies, ingreditents and items in their booth space. Items of importance to bring is sandbags for the booth, tables, chairs, cooking source such as generator and cleaning supplies. Don’t forget your can openers! THERE WILL BE NO POWER PROVIDED!
  • Safety first! Everyone is encouraged to keep a fire extinguisher or bucket of water near by in the event your chili gets too hot.
  • Upon checking in you will be handed a poster to display your team/chili name. This poster must be displayed at the front of your booth.

COOKING ETIQUETTE:

  • All chili MUST be cooked on site and in the open at your booth.
  • Meat can be prepared and precooked at home and vegetables can be precut.
  • Cook and prep in the most sanitary way possible. Please prep and cook with the use of gloves and taste test with disposable spoons.
  • If alcohol is used in the chili, the judges must be notified ahead of time and this must be stated prominently in your booth for the general public.
  • All spoilable foods such as meat, seafood and dairy MUST be kept at temperatures below 4 degrees C (40F) or above 60 degrees C (140F)

KEEPIN IT CLEAN:

Chef’s are to prepare and cook their chili in as sanitary way as possible. You must have gloves, sanitizer and disinfectant on hand and must ensure your utensils are kept as clean as possible. Hand wash stations will be available.

MAKIN A HOT FIRST IMPRESSION:

Judging will begin at 11:00am sharp and will commence by 11:55. You will receive a 5 minute warning before the judges arrive at your booth. Once the judges arrive at your booth you MUST be ready to serve them, there will be no delaying. There are absolutely no limitations are far as presentation of your chili. You can go as extreme or as reserved as you’d like. You must dish judges in your own assigned judges bowls (3 total) and they will have their own spoons. Samples for the judges cannot exceed more than 1oz of chili. You will have up to 5 minutes to leave your mark on the judges with the chili, and overall team impression in keeping with the “Past Decades” Theme. Be creative but please be respectful. You will be judged on the following categories.
 
  • “Best in Showdown”- The overall best tasting chili.
  • “Ring-A-Ding-Zing-(Spiciest)”- You will have the opportunity to display your heat level to the judges and the public on the poster you are given for your team name. Your chili does not need to be spicy in order to have a chili booth.
  • “Funkadelic Fusion- Most Creative” - Think outside the box to see how “creative” you can get with your pot of chili. You do not have to have a creative twist in order to have a chili booth.
  • “The Dream Team” - This award judges the team as opposed to the chili. You will be judged on your overall team spirit, booth display and how your team “follows through” on the theme of your team name.

CHILI COOKIN CHECKLIST:

  • Ingredients, spices and cooking source (no power on site). We recommend a minimum of a 20L pot for public serving.
  • Cooking utensils, can opener, thermometer, bowls for personal use & taste testing
  • Rubber Gloves, sanitizer, ice and a cooler for spoilable items.
  • Tables, chairs, tent, weights for tent such as sand bags. You will be provided 1 table.
  • Promotion items, decorations for booth, giveaway items(if applicable). No alcohol or cannabis is permitted for giveaway use.
  • Fire Extinquisher & water source in event of emergencies.
  • Please limit public servings to one small scoop of chili per bowl. Serving sizes for judges not to exceed 1oz of chili.

Submit Your Entry

Main Contact Name:(Required)
Each team is judged in overall best taste, most creative and team spirit. Please indicate if you would like to be judged for spice(Required)
Set up can begin 8:30am Saturday June 6th at 49th Ave alongside the car show. 
Please "submit" this form to officially register and we will be in contact with you prior to June 6th with further instructions for the day. 
**registration deadline June 1st, 2026**