{"id":1316313,"date":"2019-10-31T16:32:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T22:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=990296"},"modified":"2019-10-31T16:32:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T22:32:33","slug":"silts-chili-cook-off-heats-up-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/silts-chili-cook-off-heats-up-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Silt\u2019s chili cook-off heats up Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When the new Silt Branch Library opened in 2012, the plaza between it and town hall quickly became a coveted community space.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just seemed like we should have events there,\u201d Janet Aluise, town of Silt community development director, said. \u201cOne of our staff members said that she had been to a chili cook-off in another locale and mentioned it about eight-years-ago so we got to work planning it, and it\u2019s been going strong ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s chili cook-off, put on by the town of Silt, will take place Friday, Nov. 1 from 5-8 p.m. in the town hall\/library plaza.<\/p>\n

Several participants from Silt and neighboring communities will each prepare at least three gallons of red or green chili for attendees to sample.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a tremendously serious competition, but there is some seriously good chili at the plaza,\u201d Aluise said.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday morning, Aluise said 10 chili cook-off competitors had signed up for Friday\u2019s event but expected a few more entrants.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe fill the plaza and sometimes it\u2019s just packed,\u201d Aluise said. \u201cOther times it\u2019s just a great event with a couple hundred people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tasting fees are $7 for adults, $4 for kids between the ages of six and 17 and $4 for adults 62 and over. Additionally, chili cookers pay an entry fee of $20.<\/p>\n

Fees allow attendees to sample both red and green chilis.
The event offers free coffee, water and hot chocolate as well as beer for purchase.<\/p>\n

Local Girl Scout Troop 244 will offer baked goods for sale as part of its fundraising efforts, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny nonprofit gets to enter for free because that\u2019s the least we can do for our nonprofits,\u201d Aluise said. \u201cMost every year we\u2019ve had the Girl Scouts making chili or putting on a bake sale and it\u2019s nice because it allows the community to see how hard these girls work.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s chili cook-off will also feature a DJ courtesy of Two Rivers Productions as well as a kids\u2019 tent equipped with foosball, table tennis, basketball and skee-ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just an area that the kids can escape to if they\u2019re not into chili, which some kids aren\u2019t,\u201d Aluise said.<\/p>\n

Aluise recalled one year when the temperature dipped to nearly zero degrees, however a couple hundred attendees still showed up for the annual chili cook-off.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving it as an outdoor event definitely gives it some flavor,\u201d Aluise said.
One of this year\u2019s chili cook-off competitors includes Silt resident, Lindsey Sidener.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hear the fire department puts out a really good chili every year, so we\u2019ve got some stiff competition,\u201d Sidener said.<\/p>\n

Sidener planned on utilizing locally sourced vegetables from Peach Valley CSA Farm, local brisket and a few other secret ingredients for her red chili.
Six cash prizes will go to the top three red and green chili concoctions, as determined by a handful of judges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe prize for first place in each category is $175. Second place is $100 and third place is $50,\u201d Aluise said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had the whole gamut. We\u2019ve had the young cookers come out, and they\u2019ve never done an event before, and then we\u2019ve had the people who are seasoned and have done several events.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s just a great social event.\u201d<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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