Comments on: Chili cookoff report from the 2008 North Market Fiery Foods Festival, part 1

By: cajohn

cajohn — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:12:50 +0000

Rich and Cindy, it WAS GREAT! Buddah’s was too! YOu both have a lot to be proud of…

By: Buddah

Buddah — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:03:36 +0000

Congrats to you and Cindy, it was some fine tasting chili.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:26:04 +0000

In case anyone is interested, first place in the competition went to newcomers Rich and Cindy Terapak of Bexley for their Rich & Cinful chili.

Cant wait to do it all over next year!

By: Buddah

Buddah — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:22:09 +0000

Thanks guys it was a fun time, and my belly was so full after trying all the chili from the Amateur and Pro contests. I still can hardly believe that I won. Yes it was lamb as well as two kinds of sausage, plus 3 jars of CaJohn’s new Hot Italian Salsa.

The winner got 95 out of 120 points, I got 93 and the 3rd place chili got 91 pts. I really liked your chili so don’t like it was a failure. You really should’ve read the comments so you know how close you were from finishing in the top 3. I can’t believe there were professional chili competitors in the event that enter their chili in other US contests.

I checked out my score sheets and the comments. One comment was about how the sour cream made the difference in the chili. Can you believe that? For those not there, I bought the sour cream about 10 minutes before the contest started as a last minute decision. It might have been the difference between a winning and losing chili.

I had a ball throughout the entire weekend and meeting and hanging with you guys. Once it was over and I had to head back to Virginia on Sunday, there was such a finality to it. I so look forward to Albuddahquerque and having more Chilehead fun and meet some new faces like Sam, Parker and HZO’s own DD. It is going to more good times.

Thanks guys for the props!

By: hudd

hudd — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:51:12 +0000

I didn’t get a chance to sample the chili. I had a 100 dollar bill and couldn’t get it broke in time to pay the 5 bucks for samples. Would’ve really liked to tried everyones chili.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:38:44 +0000

WOOHOO! Congrats to Buddah and his Mary Had a Little Lamb Chili!

By: Jonathan Passow

Jonathan Passow — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:06 +0000

Awww, you didn’t even check the rankings?

To bad I didn’t even know there were rankings posted because I would have looked for ya