Chili Cook Off

Chili Cook Off Rules

Basic premise

Each Company is given six hours to create a chili dish. The Company can only use tools and equipment that they can ordinarily bring to camp.

Rules

No preparation cooking is allowed. That is: no marinating, pre-cooking, or chopping is to be done before the official time starts.

Any and all garbage must be disposed of (including hauling it home from camp)

Food prepared should be considered something you would cook for a normal camp meal.

Alcohol – even for cooking purposes – is prohibited.

Interference with other teams is highly ill-advised.

Tasting rules

Food offered should be in quantities only enough for the judges to get a good idea of overall taste. You are not feeding the judges; you are teaching yourselves to cook better food at camp.

Bribes will be accepted. Naturally you should cook enough for both tasting and enough for your own dinners. Portions to be shared among other teams are encouraged.

Judges will visit cooking team sites in turn. Team presentations are encouraged.

Judges’ decisions are final.

To the winner go the spoils (a.k.a. “The prizes are…”)

The winning team will be named the camp’s “Chili Cook-off Champs” a.k.a. “The Camp California Iron Chefs” and will receive a prize to be determined at a later date. But the best prize is that they will get to lord their victory over the losers.

The winners will be expected to return next year to defend their title as “Chili Cook-off Champs”.