Third Annual Andalusia Chili Cookoff

Name: Third Annual Andalusia Chili Cookoff
Start: 2025-03-08T12:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-03-08T16:00:00-06:00
Location: 6462 N US Highway 281, Blanco, TX

Schedule

Sat Mar 08 2025 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

6462 N US Highway 281, Blanco, TX | Blanco, TX

🥣🔥 Join us for the Third Annual Andalusia Chili Cookoff! Details below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🗓 Saturday, March 8 from noon until 4 p.m. at Andalusia Whiskey Co.
🎟 $10 entry to sample all the chilis! Each sampling ticket comes with one ticket to submit to vote for your favorite team for the People’s Choice! All ages welcome, 21+ to drink. Tickets on-sale in person the day of the event.
🆓️ Free Registration! Team sign-ups are free but competitors are responsible for all their own table/tent display and cooking equipment. Power/fuel is not provided. Keeping reading for requirements!
🥇Prizes: Braggin' rights and we'll have some fun swag lined up!
🕖 Set-Up for contestants is 8–8:30 a.m. on the 3/8. Chili must be ready to sample by 12 p.m.
➡️ Email [email protected] to get more information and to sign your team up!
🔥 Chili Quantities:
Teams are asked to prepare a minimum of 2-3 gallons of chili for the Cookoff. Please ensure that your booth can adequately provide samples throughout the duration of the event. Sampling cups and spoons provided by Andalusia Whiskey Co.
👨🏻‍🍳 Booth:
You will receive your booth location upon arrival at the cookoff. These are assigned the day of the event in no particular order. You will need to provide your own tent (optional) and tables (required) for your booth space. Please arrive between 8–8:30 a.m. for check-in. Signage for the booth is the team’s responsibility (Not required). Vinyl or paper signs may be hung at the front top of the booth. Booth space is approximately 10’ x 10’. All decorations must be removed by the team at the conclusion of the event. Items left behind will be thrown away.
➡️ Teams are invited to submit their best tasting chili using only safe and edible ingredients. Chili must be cooked thoroughly PRIOR to the start of the event at 12 p.m. Chili ingredients may be brought in from home but we encourage preparing as much from scratch as possible and nothing be made in a commercial kitchen in the interest of fairness. Chili must be prepared in as sanitary a manner as possible.
🔪 Chili Cooking/Heating Equipment
Teams are responsible for supplying all of their own equipment, including: a working food thermometer, propane cook stoves or sterno fuel/chafing dishes, serving utensils (long handled but small bowled ladles), pots, etc., Plastic gloves for food servers, hot pads, small hand towels, a flat dish or basket to hold clean tasting spoons and any other kitchen equipment needed. Electricity will not be provided.
🥣 Chili Submission:
Chili will be submitted to the judges between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. Your judging cup must be filled 3/4 full. Do not bring your sample to the judging area. An Andalusia representative will collect your judge’s cup and provide your sample to the judges.
🏆 Award Categories:
Panel Judging – During the event, each team will be asked to provide one sample of their chili for the judges. The judges will be asked to select the best tasting chili from all the entries. Each chili will be judged based on the following criteria on a five-point scale:
1. Color - Chili should look appetizing. A reddish brown appearance is generally traditional and expected.
2. Aroma - Chili should smell good. This also indicates what is in store when you taste it.
3. Consistency - Chili must have a good ratio between sauce and meat. It should not be dry, watery, grainy, lumpy, or greasy. Ideally, it should be thick enough to eat with a fork.
4. Taste - Taste, above all else, is the most important factor. The taste should consist of the combination of the meat, spices, etc. with no particular dominant ingredient.
5. Aftertaste - The aftertaste, or bite, is the heat created by the various types of spices and/or peppers.
🌶 Categories:
1) Traditional Red:
Traditional Red Chili is any kind of meat, or combination of meats, cooked with red chili peppers, various spices and other ingredients. Beans and non-vegetable fillers such as rice and pasta are not allowed. Preference is not given to either cut meat, ground meat, shredded meat or cubed meat.
2) Homestyle Chili:
Homestyle Chili is any kind of meat, or combination of meats, and/or vegetables cooked with beans, chili peppers, various spices and other ingredients. Homestyle chili may be any color. Beans are required. Preference is not given to either cut meat, ground meat, shredded meat or cubed meat. Seafood is allowed.
3) People’s Choice