As the big day approaches for the first Patriot Chili cook-off, chile cooks from around the state are opening lock boxes and bringing out their secret ingredients and carefully kept family favorite chili recipes are being prepared.  One can imagine a chili wizard, late at night, murmuring incantations while stirring  a bubbling cauldron of their aromatic concoction. Or perhaps it's just a chili aficionado expressing their joy over the flavor that the special ingredient gives their pot of Red.

But the real proof will be in the tasting. Come and join in the fun. Taste a bit of everyone's best offering and you be the judge.

I'm sure you'll agree, I make the best chili in the known universe!