Chili Cookoff Party

Featured Cookbook:

Chili Madness

37 chili recipes along with instructions on entering professional chili cook-offs.

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Chili Cookoffs aren't just for the Elk's Lodge and County Fair.  You can have your own chili cookoff right at home with the following suggestions.  With a little practice, you might even be ready for a real cookoff!. 

Games

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Chili Pepper Eating Contest (please do this safely!)

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Guess the Tequila

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Piņata

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Chili Matching Contest - guess who brought which

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Shower Games - Anyone who says "chili" during a designated time period is out. You can also use words like "hot" or "spicy"

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Everyone eats with left hand, eat with your right and you are out

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)For Above Games, scorecard can be kept with small paper chile peppers

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Pin the chile on the... (pot, host, plant, supermodel, professional wrestler, John Wayne)

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Scavenger Hunt

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Name That Chile - By taste, smell, touch or sight

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Name that Chili - Name each other's chili with creative, descriptive or off the wall names

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)Who will drink the worm (doesn't have to be real if you just want to scare them)

HH01353_.wmf (6144 bytes)You're Gonna Drink What? - Have a list of  odd ingredients and hand them out randomly.  Each team has to create a drink with that ingredient.

Other Chili Cookoff Ideas:

Judging Chili    Party Games    Prizes    Drinks    Accessory Foods

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