Chili cook-offs, from the sanctioning bodies' own listings
When, where, what it costs to enter, and what the rules say.
Coming up
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026Airstreams on the Square Chili Cook-offEl Dorado, AR · ICS
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026Arkansas State Chili ChampionshipPrairie Grove, AR · CASI
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026Auburn Chili Cook-offAuburn, CA · ICS
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026ChiliFest - WV State Chili ChampionshipHuntington, WV · ICS
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026Cooking Up ComfortMaple Park, IL · CASI
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026Historic Jenks Chili Cook-OffJenks, OK · CASI
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026Houston Elks (Day 1)Stafford, TX · CASI
- Sat, Oct 17, 2026Kelly Crush Memorial ScholarshipWichita Falls, TX · CASI
Our count: 50 upcoming cook-offs; 38 are covered across 30 cook-off pages.
Our take written by Chili Times
Chili Times lists sanctioned chili cook-offs from the two sanctioning bodies whose listings we use, the International Chili Society and the Chili Appreciation Society International. Our count: 50 upcoming cook-offs, 38 of them covered across 30 cook-off pages that show entry fees, categories, prizes and what visitors can expect.
For cooks, the entry fee calculator adds up a cook-off's printed category fees, and the rules pages quote each body's rule book on beans, fillers and membership. For visitors, each cook-off page quotes the tasting hours and ticket prices where the listing prints them.
Our introduction to the pages linked here; each one quotes its sanctioning body.
Entry fee calculator
Tick categories, see the total the listing's fees add up to.
ICS rules · CASI rules
Beans or no beans, fillers, membership, in the rule books' words.