CHILI COMPETITION RULES
The Charity BBQ & Chili Competition is a fund raiser hosted by the Firefighters Charity Alliance of Central Florida. This fund raiser helps fund our Florian Fund. This fund provides financial assistance to local firefighters enduring catastrophic crisis such as PTSD and cancer treatments. We want this event to be fun for our participants as well as everyone who comes out to attend. The popularity of this event has really grown to be a premier food competition event in Central Florida. We have expanded the event even more this year and have added several fun events as well as community supportive events. We are pleased to announced we are approved as a Florida BBQ Association sanctioned event, however our judges are from a panely of chefs, afficionads, and other mixes of professionals and laypersons. Please do not hesitate to contact our organizer with any questions.
ENTER CHILI COMPETITION
Basic Rules FOR REGULAR AND COMMERCIAL COOKS:
GENERAL SUMMARY: Booth Setup begins on Friday, however must start no later than 12PM on Friday. Cooking may begin at 7AM to be prepared to serve to the public at 6pm until 8pm. Cooking must begin no later than 1PM. A team cook meeting is at 11:45am in the Events Tent on 5th Street and Main. You must prepare a 16 ounce thermal cup that will be provided to you for our judges to sample and rate for "Judges Choice". These cups must be turned in to the judges table at 5:30PM. Do not put any garnishes or toppings on your chili that you submit to the judges.
COOK ON SITE as much as you can. You can bring in partially prepped ingredients. Meat may be cooked prior to the event. Canned ingredients may be opened prior to event, however, all ingredients should be assembled on site of the contest. No rice or pasta.
PREPARE (ONE TYPE) minimum 7 Gallons or more of chili. We anticipate over 3,000 attendees that want to sample your chili and may vote for you. They can't vote for you if you run out of samples before they can try yours. We will provide 2 oz sample cups and spoons for your team to serve up your chili to the public. A few large crock pots work well but large cooking pots work even better when you are cooking in volume.
REQUIREMENTS: You will be given a 10 x 10 area on 6th street. Bring a tent, table(s), chairs, electric cords,electrical tape, napkins, condiments (i.e. cheese, onions, crackers, hot sauce, etc.) if you wish, and signage and decorations for your booth. We provide cups and spoons for tastings. Each team is given a 10 x 10 space to set up their tent for your cooking/serving area.
JUDGING: Guests pay a $10.00 entry fee to taste and judge chili entries on Friday night. Participating guests will have a wrist band to qualify to taste and judge your chili. Each registered guest will receive two tickets to vote in the chili competition. Dropping a ticket in the jars at each booth will constitute a vote. Additional tickets can be purchased for $10 each. No limit on purchases of tickets.
JUDGING BEGINS AT 6:00pm to the public and your turn in to the judges is 5:30PM. All winners announced at 9pm.
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AWARDS:
General Competition (Judges's Choice)
1st Place - $ 150 + trophy
2nd Place - Trophy
3rd Place - Banner
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General Competition (People's Choice)
1st Place - $ 250 & trophy
2nd Place - $ 150 - Tropy
3rd Place - $ 50 - Banner
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Rules, booth locations and prizes are subject to change by the host organization.
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