Chili Cook-off

Saturday, October 14

Registration is now open.
There will be chili beer on tap and chili food in crockpots.
Grab some Tums on your way.

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Rules & Regs

Contest is open to the first 40 applicants, and no entry fee is required.

  • Chili must be homemade. Duh.

  • Chili must be dropped off in a crockpot. It is the contestant’s responsibility to retrieve the pot after the contest.

  • Categories: You may only enter one category and only once. There are four categories this year. Vegetarian options are welcome in all categories.

    • Red Chili

    • Cincinnati Chili (any red chili with an emphasis on spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, or clove)

    • White/Green Chili

  • You may provide whatever accoutrements you feel are necessary for your chili. Naked chili is fine too!

  • Crockpots must be checked in at at the brewery between 2 and 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 14th. Judging will be held 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. The Chili Cook-Off award announcement will happen at 7 p.m. in the tap room.

  • Brink opens at 12 p.m. on Saturdays. Civilians may begin feasting on chili at 3 p.m.

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JUDGES

  • Tom McLean

    The smile on the face of judge Tom McLean says it all—he loves peppers, the hot and flavorful kind, not the green bell he terms the “pigeon of the pepper world.” Active in Cincinnati Chili Pepper Club for more than 25 years, the club grows from seed 40+ varieties and each season Tom tends to 75-100 plants in his home garden. He makes fresh salsa, bottles hot sauce (lemon drop is a fave), dehydrates to mix with salt, and freezes for winter meals. Tom also touts his own award winning chili.

  • Martin Eisele

    Martin is no stranger to chili. When he was tall enough to reach the sink, he was doing dishes in the kitchen at Mt Healthy Gold Star. His mom and her dad opened the first Gold Star franchise there in 1965, so chili has been in his blood since birth. His extended family has gone on to grow the business into over 70 locations.

  • Matthew Cuff

    Matt is the founder and owner of Just Q’in BBQ Restaurant and Catering. Just Q’in began as a food truck in 2009. Just Q'in opened a restaurant in Newtown in 2011 (now closed) and Walnut Hills in 2016.

    In addition to the restaurant business, Matthew is a licensed minister, past president of the Walnut Hills Business group and currently sits as chairman of the board of the Walnut Hills Redevelopment foundation and is a member of C12 roundtable for Christian business leaders. In his “spare time” Matt also competes in triathlons and marathons.

prizes

  • There will be 3 of these since there are 3 categories.

    -A crowler fill of your choosing
    -A Brink-branded wooden spoon

  • Since this is going to be a category winner, this contestant will receive the category prizes plus an additional crowler fill.

  • -A crowler fill of your choosing
    -A Brink-branded wooden spoon

QUESTIONS