Live music this weekend on the lake!
Join us on the lake deck near the swim-up bar and lazy river for LIVE MUSIC! Saturday, October 9th, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
Charity chili cook-Off
Chili chefs, bring your A-Game as we raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project – additional donations are welcome, even if you don’t plan on cooking or eating!
Cook-off entry
- Entry fee is $10 per pot of chili, and you can enter as many pots as you want
- $5 gets a wristband to try the tasting cups at each entry OR purchase one regular cup of chili
- Winner of the contest will get a $20 gift certificate to be used at the park
- Runner up gets a $10 gift certificate to be used at the park.
Cook-off rules
- Entry can be a single person or a team, but only one gift certificate given for the winning entry.
- Contestants must furnish their own ingredients, cooking and serving utensils, equipment, fuel (anything used to actually make/serve the chili).
- Fireside will provide tasting cups and spoons for voters and regular cups can be purchased by anyone who just wants chili. Napkins will also be provided.
- Contestants should cook a minimum of two gallons of chili.
- Chili is to be cooked at individual campsites and brought, ready for consumption, to the judging station.
- Please provide an ingredient list for judges. (Not your recipe. We just want to make sure no one has an annoying allergic reaction.)
- Entries can’t come out of a can or be store bought. They must be cooked on-site.
- Contestants are responsible for maintaining the chili at the proper temperature for serving.
- Please label your chili mild, medium, or spicy.
Ingredients
Your chili, your recipe! With or without beans. With or without meat. Beef, pork, turkey, venison, lamb, chicken, even vegetarian. It’s up to you.
Voting
Each pot of chili will be given a number.
Those wishing to take part in the voting will pay a $5 fee and be given a wristband. The wristband allows the participant to receive sample cups at each chili entry. When the voter makes their decision, they will then write the number of their choice on the wristband and turn it in at the bar by 2:45pm. If they so desire, a voter can buy as many wristbands as s/he wants, enabling them to cast several votes for their favorite chili. (We’ll even allow the contestant to buy the wristbands and give them to the voters but the wristbands must be blank while tasting so the voter actually makes the decision.)
Those not wishing to vote can still pay $5 and receive one bowl. They can then go to the contestant of their choice for their chili. If they want seconds, they have to purchase another bowl. (It’s for the Wounded Warriors, remember.)
Cook-off time
- Entries must be at the judging area by 1:50 pm
- Tasting starts at 2:00.
- Votes must be turned in at the bar by 2:45, at which time, votes will be tallied. (Late votes will not be counted.)
- Winner will be announced at 3:00
