Is Your Chili Worth $500?

October 7, 2011 By Lisa Grigsby Leave a Comment

On Sat, Oct 22, the Kroc Center is hosting a Chili Cook Off from 10am – 2pm. Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 chili cooks, as well as a people’s choice and best decorated booth. First place wins $500, 2nd will win $200 and 3rd place is $100. Entrants must apply with a $25 booth fee by Oct 14th. There are 12 spots available and all chili must be prepared and cooked on site. Participants must prepare at least 2 gallons of chili for judging and public tasting. Chili must contain 95% lean ground beef. See complete rules here.

Guest are invited to stroll the Kroc campus, sample chili and enjoy live music and their will be a costume contest and inflatables for the kids. The Ohio Beef Council will be on hand doing live food demos and there will even be a pumpkin patch. $5 admission. The Kroc Center is located at 1000 N. Keowee Street, however the parking lot entrance is off Webster Street.

About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro.

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