Which Chili Gets Your Vote? Taste more than 15 Competitors’ Chili at the Batavia Viking Ring Lodge’s 3rd Annual Chili Cook-off

Proceeds from the Saturday, Oct. 5 event will benefit Batavia United Way and the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Burn Camp.
 
Batavia, Ill. – October 2, 2013 – Fall. Football. Tailgating. Chili! No doubt, they go together well. Taste more than 15 competition-style chili recipes at the 3rd Annual Chili Cook-off at the Batavia Viking Ring Lodge #18.

The event takes place on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Viking Lodge, 104 N. VanNortwick Avenue in Batavia. Public festivities begin at 1:00 p.m. The Vikings are collaborating with Batavia United Way to support local non-profit agencies and the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Burn Camp. Tasting tickets cost $5 each and are available at the door.

The chili cook-off organizers welcome anyone who would like to try their hand at cooking chili. Because the Chili Appreciation Society International, Inc. (CASI) sanctions this event, the cook-off will use CASI’s competition chili rules. This means cooks will prepare the chili on site and from scratch, with no fillers. The entry fee to cook is $20. Besides the best tasting chili winners, cooks can earn a showmanship award.

To learn more about this year’s event, please contact Bill Pierson of Illinois’ local CASI chapter, the Chillini Chili Pod, at 630-879-7934. You can also call Jody Haltenhof of Batavia United Way at 630-879-4041 or email her jody@bataviaunitedway.org. A downloadable PDF with CASI chili rules is available at www.BataviaUnitedWay.org.

Rain or shine, this hot event will take place on Oct. 5. Join in the fun and support two worthy causes. Who knows, you may find a new ‘favorite’ chili recipe.

About Batavia United Way:
The Batavia United Way is a nonprofit community based organization that raises funds for programs that directly benefit Batavians. Batavia United Way envisions a community where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability and healthy lives. The group values all members of our community as well as its volunteers, donors and partners. The goal is to have a measurable lasting impact in the community and do so with accountability and integrity. An all-volunteer board and an executive director, Jody Haltenhof, run Batavia United Way. Visit www.BataviaUnitedWay.org for more information, or call the office at 630- 879-4041.

Learn more about the Chili Appreciation Society International, Inc. (CASI) on their website at chili.org.