Chili Cook-Off

Always Third Place and never Grand Prize Winner! In 2000 Kirby, some friends and I planned and organized the first Chili Cook-Off at Paradise Village in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. Ten years later it is still going strong! Our chili was called "Ta-Kill-Ya Chili" and had a bottle of Tequila in it. We won 3rd place! This week at work, I helped to organize our first chili cook-off in a few years and guess what? Kirby and I won! Third place again!

Actually Kirby won because while I worked, he made the winning Chili! It is called "Ma's Chili" and really is a winner. (we didn't use tequila this time.....we are in South Carolina and this was at work!)
This was 2000 in Paradise Marina. Dale, Kirby and Luigi. We had so much fun. We had beans in a container and our guests got to guess the number of beans. The winner received - you got it - a bottle of Tequila!
Here is the complete team after winning. Suzie, Kirby, Dale, Kathlee and our very own - Luigi!! (he is a spaghetti western here - an Italian in cowboy clothes!)

I just love a good Chili Cook-Off!