Top 100 Chili Team Invitations Announced

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Posted Apr 30, 2012

The World Food Championships committee announced today how the 100 best Chili teams in the World will be qualified into the ultimate Chili throw down in Vegas, where the winner will have a chance to compete for the loftiest food crown in food competition history.

The WFC will be sending invitations to the Champions of the following competitions:

International Chili Society

50 contestants (comprised by the Red and Verde champions at the following 26 events):

Laughlin Regional - Laughlin, NV
Great Forsyth Regional Cookoff - Forsyth, IL
Sunshine Regional - Kissimmee, FL
99.9 Kiss Country Chili Cookoff - Pembroke Pines, FL
Gulf Coast Regional – St George Island, FL (Red only)
Capital Market Green Chili Shootout – Charleston, WV (Verde only)
New England Regional – Somers, CT
DC Chili Cookoff – Washington DC
New Jersey State Chili Cookoff - Toms River, NJ
Tustin Street Fair & Chili Cookoff - Tustin, CA
River City - Old Town Elk Grove Regional - Elk Grove
Sangamon County Fair Regional Chili Cookoff - New Berlin, IL
Smoke on the Water – Charleston, WV
Big Bear Regional Cookoff - Big Bear Lake, CA
Fire on the Mountain Regional - Snowshoe, WV
Western Regional – San Diego, CA
Illinois State Fair Regional Chili Cookoff - Springfield, IL
Town of Superior Regional - Superior, CO
All Ohio Regional - Cincinnati, OH
West Virginia State ChiliFest - Huntington, WV
Kansas State - Wichita Wagonmasters - Wichita, KS
World's Chili Championship Cookoff - Charleston, WV
Great Lakes Regional - Plymouth, MI
North Carolina State - Havelock, NC
Chillinois Regional - Taylorville, IL
Oklahoma State - Owasso Harvest Fest Chili Cookoff - Owasso, OK

Chili Appreciation Society International

30 contestants (comprised by the overall champion at the following 30 events):

Tri State Open – Amarillo, TX
South of the Border Intl Open - Puerto Penasco, MX
San Miguel International Chili Cook-off – San Miguel de Allende, MX
Horned Toad Regional Chili Cookoff – Rankin, TX
Arizona State Open – Casa Grande, AZ
Cowtown Chili Cook-off – Fort Worth, TX
Texas Men’s State – Johnson City, TX
Texas Ladies State – Seguin, TX
Larry Joe Taylor Annual – Stephenville, TX
Kansas State Open CCO – Overland Park, KS
Howdy Roo Chili Cookoff – Marble Falls, TX
Houston POD CASI Chili Cook-off – Houston, TX
Alabama State Open Chili Championship – Hoover, AL
NC CASI Chili Championship – Greensboro, NC
Southwest Open Chili Championship – Durant, OK
Texas Open Chili Cookoff – San Antonio, TX
Oklahoma State Women’s – Tulsa, OK
Oklahoma State Men’s – Tulsa, OK
Three-I Regional Open Championship – Ottumwa, IA
Peppers on the Plaza – Cheyenne, WY
State of Colorado Chili Championship – Grand Lake, CO
Chili Cook-off In the Pines – Pinetop, AZ
Cloudcroft Chili Cookoff – Cloudcroft, NM
Massachusetts State Chili Championship – Middlefield, MA
Texas Society of the Virgin Islands Cookoff – St Thomas, VI
Four Corners Regional Cookoff – Red River, NM
US National Open Chili Championship – Buda, TX
Florida State Open Chili Championship – Homosassa, FL
Woodbridge California State – Woodbridge, CA
Terlingua International – Terlingua, TX

Tolbert

10 contestants (comprised by the overall champion at the following 10 events):

Giddy Ups Thanksgiving Cookoff – Manchaca, TX
Cedar Hall Special Olympics Chili & BBQ Cookoff– Lockhart, TX
Tolbert's Men's State Chili Championship – Maxdale, TX
Al Hopkins Tolbert Texas State Chili Championship – Lockhart, TX
Mud Dauber Fest/Chili Cook Off– Luckenbach, TX
Tolbert Chili and BBQ Cook Off – Glen Rose, TX
Roughneck Chili & BBQ Cookoff – Luling, TX
Texas Ladies State – Blanco, TX
Armed Forces International Chili Cook-Off – San Angelo, TX
Original Terlingua International Frank X Tolbert – Terlingua TX

WFC Special Invitations

5 contestants

TBD

Just A Pinch

5 contestants

TBD

If a Champion is not able to accept the invitation and participate in The World Food Championships, invitations will be extended to the 2nd place (or runner up) of the same competition from the same respective category. In the event that more than one of these special invitation events or divisions are won by the same Chili team, additional events will be added to the invitation roster to achieve 90 different competitors.

The remaining 10 contestants will come from online competitions at JustAPinch.com (5 spots) and WFC special exemptions (5) based on sponsor requests and/or an overall Chili rankings index used by the competition committee. All invited teams who qualify will receive a direct email message from the WFC on how to sign up and opt into the event. A $100 entry/processing fee will be required.

As for the official rules and sanctioning process, the WFC will be using a modified chili judging process. It will be both blind and fair, so that all teams are guaranteed a level playing field. However, the WFC has not yet announced the official categories that competitors will be required to cook in during the contest. Official rules, categories, turn in times and processes will be announced on June 29, 2012.

Rules for the WFC are subject to change, but all decisions made by the WFC competition committee are final.

*Denotes an event change made by the WFC competition committee due to a cancellation of a previous event. All events listed above are accurate as of today's date. Since the events are subject to change beyond the control of the WFC, check back often to see the latest qualifiers. All actual team entries into the WFC will be confirmed via an email invitation.

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