Idaho State Championship Chili Cookoff Saturday

Friday, July 25, 2008

This year's Idaho State Championship Chili Cookoff will be held in Carl Miller Park in Mountain Home on Saturday, July 26, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Admission is free to the event. Entertainment during the cookoff will be provided by the band "Third Take." A 50/50 raffle is planned.

The event is sponsored by the Mountain Home Chili Society (MHCS), a chapter of the International Chili Society.

The MHCS is looking for local residents to enter the People's Choice Chili competition. The entry fee is $15. Prize money is $150 for first place, $75 for second and $25 for third place.

People's Choice is a chili made to a person's own liking that contains a filler such as beans, pasta, rice, etc. Due to the Idaho Central District Health Department requirements all chili must be prepared on site that day at Carl Miller Park.

The schedule for the day is:

* Set-up time -- 7-9 a.m.

* Cooks' meeting -- 9 a.m. (All ICS categories)

* Chili verde preparation -- 9:30-10:30 a.m.

* Red chili preparation -- 11 a.m. to noon.

* Cooking and serving times for People's Choice Chili -- Cooking 8-11 a.m.; Serving 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

* Cooking times for ICS competitions are: Chili Verde -- 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Red Chili -- noon to 3 p.m.

* Turn in times for ICS competitions are: Salsa -- noon; Chili verde -- 1:30 p.m.; Red Chili -- 3 p.m.

For additional information call the Chief Judge, Charlie Ward, at 587-4924.

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