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Chili Cook-Off Party

Throw a chili cook-off and find out whose dish is really hot stuff.
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By Tracy Saelinger | Photography By Tina Rupp
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Chili cooks have one thing in common: They all think their recipe is the best. We can sit around and debate the fundamentals (beans or no beans, hot or not, chicken or beef) forever, but there's really only one way to settle the score: an old-fashioned chili cook-off. By the end of the night, everyone will leave full and happy -- and someone will go home with bragging rights.

menu

Tex-Mex Corn Chip Chili  >>
Cornbread with Honey Butter  >>
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tips + how-tos
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QUICK TIPS

HOW TO KEEP SCORE

1. Assign each chili a letter -- this is a blind tasting!

2. Evaluate color and aroma on a scale of 1 to 4. Then rate the texture, flavor and heat.

3. Tally the scores and print your own scorecards!

Tight Rope

Wind twine tightly around candleholders and vases to give them a Tex-Mex twist.

SET THE SCENE

Hot Plate

Spice up your serving tray with jalapeño chiles.

Prize Fight

Attach award ribbons to small, medium and large bottles of hot sauce (countrystore.tabasco.com) to make trophies.

Print your own scorecards  >>
 

 

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