Woodland Chamber's 11th Annual
Woodland Dynamite Chili Cook-off

When: Saturday, September 20, 2008

Where: Yolo County Fairgrounds -

For more information: Call (530) 662-7327 or visit www.woodlandchili.com 

Woodland Dynamite Chili Cook-off

The aroma of competition chili will be filling the air in downtown Woodland on Saturday, September 20th, as the eleventh annual Woodland Dynamite Chili Cook-off gets under way. The event will feature cooks and their teams vying for cash and trophies along with the chance to cook in the International Chili Society World Championship.

First through fifth place winners will be chosen from those competing in the International Chili Society sanctioned district cook-off with additional prizes being awarded to Peoples' Choice Chili, People's Choice Professional, Best Showmanship, Best Yolo County Chili, and new this year People's Choice Salsa.

Ongoing entertainment will be provided. Bowls of chili, chilidogs, nachos, soft drinks and bottled water will be sold throughout the event. Food and beverages will be available starting at 10 a.m.

The Peoples' Choice competition is open to ICS and non-ICS cooks alike. The entry form states that Peoples' Choice competitors must fix at least 10 gallons of chili and that it must have beans in it. Chili judged in the ICS competition cannot have beans.

Tasting kits will be sold. These kits will contain ballots to enable the holder to vote for his or her favorite Peoples' Choice chilis, salsa and motorcycle.

A panel of judges, including a number of Woodland dignitaries, will judge the ICS competition chili. During the ICS judging the judges do not know which team's chili they are tasting.

Cook-off chair John Fenrich emphasized the local competition, "What makes these cook-offs so much fun is the rivalries that go on - police against fire, Army against Navy, service club against service club - all of the results and judges comments are posted at the end of the cook-off so everyone know how they did compared to their neighbor or rival."

Proceeds from the cook-off will benefit youth programs and promotion of Woodland tourism through the Woodland Chamber of Commerce.