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High Country Chili Cookoff

 Saturday September 16th, 2006 Monument, Colorado

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3rd High Country CCO

September 16th, 2006 dawned clear and blustery in Monument Colorado as intrepid chili cooks from all over found their way to this beautiful Colorado town for the 3rd annual High Country Chili Cookoff.  We had some veterans and former winners in attendance and some new faces to welcome to the fun and intensity (or is that insanity?) that is Competition Chili Cooking.  It really was a gorgeous day for a chili cookoff; partly cloudy and just cool enough to want chili but warm enough not to need a jacket.  Thanks go to the volunteers that brought heavy blocks and rope to help keep the tents from blowing away in the wind.  

Cooks battled for top spots in Red, trying to get those last precious points for Terlingua, Green, Showmanship, and People’s Choice.

 The Town of Monument really got behind the event.  A few blocks away were a huge Farmers Market with items from A to Z and everything in between.  There was live music and demonstrations by the local emergency response teams. 

Soon the smell of chili was being carried on the breeze to entice the attendees at the other events to the cookoff.  As usual, the crowds were entertained by tastefully decorated booths and wildly decorated chili cooks. (or is that the other way around?)

 

 

For a slideshow of this wonderful event, press on the button below

Event Photos

 

 

And the Winners Are:
  CASI Red              
1 Julia Kimball Highlands Ranch Colorado   6 Carl Tillberry Monument Colorado
2 Steve Lee Longmont Colorado   7 Debbie Brown Colorado Springs Colorado
3 Rocky Kimball Highlands Ranch Colorado   8 Christi Batie Loveland Colorado
4 Lyman Wilkinson Loveland Colorado   9 Nate Chavez Broomfield Colorado
5 Karen Hendricks Broomfield Colorado   10 John Reed Littleton Colorado
                 
                 
  Showmanship              
1 Warriors of the Crimson Pepper Steve Lee Longmont Colorado        
2 Red Hot Reeds John Reed Littleton Colorado        
3 The Chili Shack Lyman Wilkinson Loveland Colorado        
                 
                 
  Green              
1 Steve Lee Longmont Colorado          
2 Kevin Holbrook Colorado Springs Colorado          
3 Todd Morgan Monument Colorado          
                 
  People's Choice              
1 Laurie Scott Colorado Springs Colorado