The 14th Annual Sundance Bluegrass Festival and Chili Cookoff again maintained its tradition of excellence with both food and Music! This is truly a fun day of cooking, music, dancing; craft show vendors and raffles with a HUGE crowd enjoying the beautiful fall weather in Northern Colorado. It started with a cool day which made it perfect for cooking chili. There was a large enthusiastic crowd to the support both the Cookoff and Craft Fair. Not only were they treated to a lot of excellent chili but they got to hear many talented local musicians who entertained all day. This year Hot Wings were added in addition to Traditional Red and Green. As the cooks tasty chilies and hot wings heated up so did the weather. Soon the jackets and sweaters gave way to tank tops and tee shirts and everyone began to soak up the sunshine and the freshness of a beautiful fall day. The emcee kept activities on-stage moving along nicely and the cooks enjoyed the camaraderie of fellow cooks and spectators as they served up their samples of red, green and hot wings. A big thank you goes out to all of the contestants and judges who prepared simmered, stewed, fried, barbequed and debated over all those delectable delicious delicacies.

And now on to the Winners:
CASI Red
1 Lyman Wilkinson, Loveland Colorado                6 Kyle Haberman, Scottsbluff Nebraska
2 John Montgomery, Golden Colorado                 7 Steven Lee, Longmont Colorado
3 Bob Ledet, Cheyenne Wyoming                        8 Linda Wilkinson, Loveland Colorado
4 Zach Flake, Fort Collins Colorado                      9 Bob Lamana ,Fort Collins Colorado
5 Dianne Heath, Fort Collins Colorado                10 Tom Parish, Cheyenne Wyoming

Showmanship
1 The Chili Hut Duane Minear  - Cheyenne Wyoming
2 The Chili Shack Lyman Wilkinson - Loveland Colorado
3 Warriors of the Crimson Pepper Steve Lee - Longmont Colorado

Chili Verde
1 Karen Hendricks Broomfield Colorado
2 Bob Ledet Cheyenne Wyoming
3 Janet Minear Cheyenne Wyoming

Hot Wings
1 Jeremy Howie Fort Collins Colorado
2 Duane Elliot Cheyenne Wyoming
3 Christie Batie Loveland Colorado