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The fence the “chili heads” used was constructed by undocumented Mexican workers who labored annually for the Cook-Off organizers at $5 a day plus meals and rustic lodging. [26] Among the founders of the first chili cookoff in 1967 was car manufacturer Carroll Shelby, who owned a 220,000-acre (890 km 2) ranch nearby. [27]
The event was a competition of chili cooking. Winners of the contest automatically qualified for the World Championship Chili Cookoff at Terlingua, Texas. [1] The rules were few and simple, being no more than: All chili must be made from scratch at the site of the contest. Women are barred from entering the contest as chefs.
Brewster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.It is in West Texas and its county seat (and only city) is Alpine. [1] It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and borders Mexico.
A cook-off is a cooking competition where the contestants each prepare dishes for judging either by a select group of judges or by the general public. Cook-offs are very popular among competitors (such as restaurants) with very similar dishes, such as chili, and serves as a way to decide which recipe is the best for that particular dish.
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The first Texas Chili Cook-off was held in 1994. [1] Attendance at the event was under 100 and only 8 chili teams competed. Today, the event draws upwards of 1,500 in attendance, has 36 teams competing and has a panel of 9 judges with professional experience in the food industry. The 2013 Cook-off is widely regarded as the most competitive to date.
This list of airports in Texas (a U.S. state) is grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Farm to Market Road 170 (FM 170) is a 114.6-mile (184.4 km) highway maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in Presidio and Brewster counties in Texas, United States. The route, known locally as the River Road , runs along the United States side of the Rio Grande which in Texas forms the international boundary between the U ...