Middletown's 1st Annual
Chili Cook Off

  Saturday, March 20, 2010
 

Cooking Times:

7:30 am--11:30 am

Participant Entry Fee: 
$5.00

Deadline to Enter:  Friday, March 12, 2010
UPDATE:  Anyone entering must complete a permit from the Health Department, prior to the date of the event.  The permit is $20.

2010 Chili Cook Off Entry Form & Rules (Word)

2010 Chili Cook Off Entry Form & Rules (PDF)

Please return entry form, with payment to:

Grace United Methodist Church
Attn:  Thom Bailey, Chili Cook Off
PO Box
Middletown, VA 22645

Please make checks payable to:
The Town of Middletown
Please include in the memo:  2010 Chili Cook Off

Participant Rules:

• All participants must be registered by March 12, 2010. Payment is due at the time of registration.

• All participants are required by the Virginia Health Department to obtain a special permit in order to participate.  The fee of the permit is $20.

• All participants will be given a minimum of 3 hours and a maximum of 4 hours for cooking their chili.

• Participants must provide their own cooking utensils, equipment, and chili ingredients.

• Prep work may be done off-site (i.e. cutting vegetables, etc.), however, the chili itself must be cooked on-site and visible to the judges and event staff.

• REVISION:  Meat may also be cooked off-site, prior to the event if the permitted cooking time is not long enough.

• Participants must cook a 2-quart minimum and are encouraged to provide at least one topping/condiment for their chili (i.e. cheese, crackers, cornbread, sour cream, etc.).

• Spaces are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

• All fires must be off of the ground (i.e.—grills, etc.). No fires can be on the black top.

• NO ALCOHOL is permitted on the event site, as this is a community and family event.

• You are encouraged to give your booth/cooking space a theme. Make it fun!

• Judges will take a sample from each booth and will judge on the following categories: aroma, consistency, color, taste, and aftertaste.

• No one without an armband is allowed to taste chili or help cook chili.

• All cooking spaces must be cleaned up by 4 pm. Nothing is to be left behind in your designated area. Everything that is brought in must be taken with you.

• Have fun!!