RESULTS and UPCOMINGS

“CHICAGO IL—A "Hot Time in the City" was had by the 17 cooks at last Sunday's Windy City Chili Cookoff in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Chicago. Inner-city cookoffs have a somewhat different feel from cookoffs held in wide-open fields or parks. The cookoff is part of the neighborhood street festival, so for lack of a better place, we cook in the street. There is also an ICS Regional held on the same street, so several cooks get to compete on the other side of the isle. Our own Patrick Gustafson won the ICS cookoff. There were many, many tasters there which added to the festivities. The winners:

CHILI
1. Cheryl Pierson, Batavia IL
2. Larry Lentz, Nicholasville KY
3. Bill Pierson, Batavia IL
4. John Gastaldello, Downers Grove IL
5. Bill Thomas, Naperville IL
6. Sherrie Sutton, Indianapolis IN
7. Patrick Gustafson, Chicago IL
8. Tom Hoover, Columbus OH
9. Dennis Lane, Cedar Rapids IA
10. Bob Hall, Taylorville IL

SHOW
We could not compete with the show the spectators gave us, so we didn't try.” Bill Pierson

“It's time for the annual EMPIRE STATE POD CHILI COOKOFF!

We have a new location this year: TIOGA DOWNS RACE TRACK & CASINO

Date: AUGUST 29

TIME: Set up starting at 9:00 am - TURN IN: 3:00

Prizes for Top 10 Chilis and Top 3 Showmanship

Tioga Downs is located at: 2384 West River Road in Nichols, NY
Exit 62 off I-86/U.S. 17

Come join us for the POD cookoff and then try your luck with the "ponies" or the now "armless" bandits

Entry fee is a mere $15.00 Make checks payable to: Empire State POD

The Community Hunger Outreach Warehouse (CHOW) will benefit from the POD cookoff.

For additional information you may contact our website at: www.nyschili.com or contact me at rockr323@aol.com or 585-453-0422

LATE (very late) and not exactly breaking news:

Results of the NY State CASI Chili Championship:

Top 10 Chilis:
1. Jim Penzo - Windsor, NY - "Q'd"
2. Don Polhamus - Endwell, NY - "Q'd"
3. Tom Finney - Binghamton, NY - "Q'd"
4. Ray Parks - Newark Valley, NY
5. Joe Sellepack - Binghamton, NY
6. Rocky Rockwell - Rochester, NY - "Q'd"
7. John Enright - Binghamton, NY
8. Ann Grossman - Corning, NY
9. Dave Grossman - Corning, NY
10. Charles Schwartzberg - Brooklyn, NY

Top 3 Showmanship:
1. 5 Pepper Sirloin Chili - John Enright
2. Haute Stuff - Jennifer Werner
3. Grandma Rose's All American Chili - Rose Blaine

FYI - The "Q'd" indicates these cooks have qualified for the International Chili Championship November 7th in Terlingua, Texas - Jim, Don and Tom "Q'd" by virtue of being the top 3 NY resident cooks in the State Championship and Rocky "Q'd" by accumulating the required number of points for the championship.

Please come join us for the POD cookoff. Bring your friends, neighbors, relatives and anyone who might be interested in cooking up a pot of red with us. New cooks are invited and encouraged to join us.” Rocky Rockwell

POTPOURRI

Happy Birthday to Larry Guffey, Ted Hume, Nancy Swenberger, and Judi Walker. Happy Anniversary to Rodney & Carol Lilly.

“Real strength is not just a condition of one's muscle, but a tenderness in one's spirit.” - McCallister Dodds

News items and pictures for the CHN can be emailed to pepperdean@ctesc.net