3rd Annual Chili Cook Off at Knickerbocker Saloon

This year's chili cookoff will be on 5th Street between Main and Columbia downtown Lafayette. All proceeds to the event will go to Isaiah 117 House.

Isaiah 117 House is a local nonprofit organization providing care for children awaiting foster placement. When a child is removed, the child must wait in the Department of Child Services office. The child is often unable to bring personal possessions and is dirty, hungry, tired, and scared. Isaiah 117 House exists to provide for that child’s needs, whatever they may be, in these critical moments between removal and placement. Indiana foster placement is higher than any of our surrounding states with 13,000 kids awaiting a home and only 6,200 foster parents.

This year's event will feature live performances by Rowan Wilson, and The Scratch Thing.

$5 General Admission
$10 General Admission and Tasting Ticket
Kids 12 & Under Free
**PLEASE BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS- TABLES WILL NOT BE PROVIDED THIS YEAR**
Tickets can be purchased day of or online (link below)

FREE ENTRY FEE FOR CONTESTANTS!

Bar/Restaurant registration fee is $50 gift cards from the contesting establishment. The winner gets $100 cash, a plaque to hang on the wall, and a year's worth of bragging rights!

Contestants can sign up online online (link below) or at the Knickerbocker Saloon 765-423-2234. All Chilli Cookoff contestants must be signed up by 10/07!

$500 CASH PRIZE FOR FIRST PLACE!
Categories include:
1.) Overall Best Chili ($500 CASH PRIZE)
2.) Spiciest Chili
3.) People's Choice
4) Best Alternative
5) Best Vegetarian/Vegan
6) Best Bar/Restaurant

Chili Cookoff Details:
All contestants must be at Knickerbocker Saloon at 3:30 PM on the day of the event. Contestants are required to carry in a 5-6 qt crockpot. Please bring a serving spoon and any toppings you may want with your chili (toppings will not be used during formal judging). We will provide spoons and tasting cups. We ask everyone to bring a 3-prong extension cord.

 

Judging will be blind and based on the following:
Color -- Does the chili look appetizing? Does it look bright and colorful or dull and bland?
Aroma -- Does it smell good? Does the aroma make you want to dig in?
Consistency -- How is the meat-to-sauce ratio? It shouldn't be runny, mushy, or overly thick
.Taste -- How is the flavor? Do the ingredients blend well, or is one too overpowering? Does the first bite make you want another one?
Aftertaste -- Once you swallow, is there a spicy taste ("bite") that stays on your tongue? Is it pleasant?