🌶️ Chili Cookoff Rules 🌶️
⏰ Judging will start promptly @ 2:30pm
• All entrants need to be checked in prior to judging start time
• All crockpots will be assigned a random number as they check in their chili 🔢
👩⚖️ 4 anonymous judges will be selected prior to cook off day. With no relation to any entrants in any way!
• They will judge from another room so they cannot see which crockpot they are sampling from 🚪
🙋 An additional volunteer will be selected following the same restrictions listed above
• This person will be the one to handoff the chili samples to the judges 🥄
• This person will also oversee the tabulation of the scorecards 📊
🍲 Each pot will be stirred a minimum of 3x before pulling the judging sample
• Approximately two (2) spoonfuls will be given to each of the three (3) judges
• An additional sample can be asked for from any of the judges @ any time during the judging time
⭐ Chili will be judged on five (5) categories on a scale of 1–5, w/ 5 being the highest
👀 Appearance
The chili should look appetizing & obviously look like chili
👃 Aroma
The chili should smell good. The aroma is normally a good indicator of the taste
🥩 Consistency/Texture
The chili should have good meat to sauce ratio
It should not be too thick, watery, grainy, lumpy or greasy
🔥 Taste/Flavor
The chili should taste, well, like chili & it should taste good. This is the most important factor
The taste should consist of the combination of meat, spices & all other ingredients, with no particular ingredient being dominate
Contrary to what most believe it shouldn’t be so hot that you can’t taste the other flavors
🌶️ Aftertaste
The aftertaste or bite is the heat created by the various types of spices or peppers
🏆 After all samples have been judged the score cards will be totaled & winners selected
• Winners will be announced during the Ship Show radio break.
• Should there be a tie the Taste/Flavor categories score will be doubled 🔥🔥
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