From 11-3pm, $8 "Fish Fry" platters will be on sale with all the fixin's and I'm sure some Chili tasting will be going on too.
For more information about vending, registration, and rules for the Chili Cook Off call 610-876-6347.
Rules and Regs for the GCUMC Trustee’s Annual Chili Cook-off and Fish Fry
The following rules and regulations for cooks at the GCUMC Annual Cook-off are as follows:
1. Traditional Red Chili is defined by the International Chili Society as any kind of meat or combination of meats, cooked with red chili peppers, various spices and other ingredients.
1. Traditional Red Chili is defined by the International Chili Society as any kind of meat or combination of meats, cooked with red chili peppers, various spices and other ingredients.
2. Chili Verde is defined by the International Chili Society as any kind of meat or combination of meats, cooked with green chili peppers, various spices and other ingredients.
3. Salsa: there are no rules as to the ingredients or how to prepare your Salsa. It may be prepared at home and brought to the site that day, or it may be store bought and brought to the site, or it may be prepared at the Cook-off.
7. The trustee chairman shall conduct separate Judge & Contestant’s meeting, at which time final instructions are to be given and questions answered, no later than 1 hour prior to the official starting time of the cook-off.
8. Contestants are responsible for supplying all of their own cooking utensils, etc. The Trustees will provide a presentation area for each contestant and electrical outlets.
9. Each contestant must cook a minimum of one quart of competition chili prepared in one pot, which will be submitted in testing cups for judging.
10. Contestants will be permitted to sell or participate in People’s Choice Chili give away in compliance with State and local agencies sanitary food handling requirements.
11. Each contestant will be assigned a contestant’s number by the Trustee chairman and be given official numbered judging cups. Each contestant should verify that the number on the bottom of their cup is the same as their assigned contestant number. Each contestant is responsible to deliver their cups, which must be filled to the bottom of the cup’s rim, to the trustee chairman who will present it at the judging area at the official time for judging.
12. Judges will be told they should vote on their score cards for the chili they like best based on the following major considerations: good flavor, texture of chili, consistency, blend of spices, aroma, and color.
13. The decisions of the judges using their scoring cards shall be final.
8. Contestants are responsible for supplying all of their own cooking utensils, etc. The Trustees will provide a presentation area for each contestant and electrical outlets.
9. Each contestant must cook a minimum of one quart of competition chili prepared in one pot, which will be submitted in testing cups for judging.
10. Contestants will be permitted to sell or participate in People’s Choice Chili give away in compliance with State and local agencies sanitary food handling requirements.
11. Each contestant will be assigned a contestant’s number by the Trustee chairman and be given official numbered judging cups. Each contestant should verify that the number on the bottom of their cup is the same as their assigned contestant number. Each contestant is responsible to deliver their cups, which must be filled to the bottom of the cup’s rim, to the trustee chairman who will present it at the judging area at the official time for judging.
12. Judges will be told they should vote on their score cards for the chili they like best based on the following major considerations: good flavor, texture of chili, consistency, blend of spices, aroma, and color.
13. The decisions of the judges using their scoring cards shall be final.
14. All contestants shall receive a participation prize and the winner will be awarded the trophy after his/her name is engraved on it for retention at their church for one year after which it must be returned to GCUMC for the next year’s contest.
Look good...I just may enter my award winning chilli.
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