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HVFD Home                 Judging starts at 6PM

Entry Fee is $10.00 per entry, $8.00 if you bring cornbread or crackers
First Prize - $50.00 cash prize plus one year's dues paid to start after current dues have expired
Second Prize - $30.00
Third Prize - $20.00
First, second, and third place will receive ribbons and certificates
Prize for Showmanship will be awarded

Rules:
• Each entry should bring a pan of cornbread or small box of crackers.
• Each entry must provide a list of ingredients on the card provided and display it in front of the chili.
• Your name must be on the back of your ingredient card.
• Chili must not come from a can or purchased made from a store or restaurant.
• Each contestant must have made his or her entry.
• You may use any recipe, such as family, cookbook, magazine, etc.
• No road kill allowed.
• Chili must be made at home and brought in a crock-pot or other means of keeping the chili warm (propane stove, Coleman stove, etc.).
• Must have 10-12 serving minimum, no maximum on quantity.
• Each entry will be assigned a contestant’s number by the chief scorekeeper and given the official judge cups.  Contests should confirm that their number is the same as the number on the bottom of the cups.
• Each contestant is responsible to fill their cups half way full, to be picked up by the assigned person.
• Each judge will be instructed to vote for the chili that they like best based on taste, appearance, and texture.  Chili will be judged on a scale of 1 to 5 in each category.
• After judging samples have been collected, chili will be made available to the general public.
• A completed entry form and the entry fee must be submitted to a member of the department no later than 1-hour before the judging of the chili.  Checks should be payable to the Honobia Volunteer Fire Department.