

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: NPYC Western-themed Chili Cook-off & Dessert Contest
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join National Potomac Yacht Club for our annual Western-themed Chili Cook-off and Dessert Competition. We will also continue the time-honored tradition of "Burning of the Socks" to celebrate the end of winter and the start of boating season.

Are you planning to dance with the best chefs of NPYC? Get your recipes ready, start battering those spoons, it's spring time and we're getting ready to challenge the reigning Chili Champs. Those entering the contest should arrive no later than 1:30.

What to bring? Please bring a side dish to share—if you're not entering your chili or dessert in the contests. Wear your best western outfit!

   Requested Side Dishes:
      - Pasta Salad
      - Baked beans
      - Mac &amp; cheese
      - Cornbread
      - Tortilla chips &amp; salsa
        * Please provide a serving spoon or tongs with your item!

The winner of the chili cookoff is forever memorialized in an engraved plaque that hangs on the wall of Island Time restaurant. Best Home-Made Dessert wins a prize too!

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This event is free for all club members who participate in our Catering Plan, and member prospects who register with rearcommodore@npyc.com, and anyone bringing a home-made food entry for competition. $25 for guests and non-renewed members attending in person. You're welcome to extend an invitation to fellow boaters and suitable membership prospects.

Visit store.npyc.com and scroll down to Guest at Event and select $25.  Please pre-pay online. We'll have your registration, no printed ticket needed. Thank you.

Sign up to volunteer and help make this event a success! Go here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/TBD/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/washington/npyc-western-themed-chili-cook-off-and-dessert-contest/200029692182909
- **Event Categories**: contests, food-drinks, dance, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 55

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029692182909?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=washington-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Columbia Island Marina
- **lat**: 38.875586981781
- **long**: -77.049309457363
- **full address**: Columbia Island Marina, Island Time Bar and Grill, Washington, DC 20024, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Columbia Island Marina, Island Time Bar and Grill, Washington, DC 20024, United States
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** contests, food-drinks, dance, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about NPYC Western-themed Chili Cook-off & Dessert Contest ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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