You guys we really messed up! Chili everywhere… I bet heaven is just like this: chili and pillows. This year- a face-punching record of 29 Brooklyn Chilis showed up!!!!!
Thanks for a brilliant time, chili heads! Thanks to all the fans, for voting with their heads and not their hearts- like true chili heads, you didn’t just vote for your friends… you voted for the yummiest – in a sea of yummy chili!!!!!
After the jump, here’s all the recipes and the champion chilis of this 11th Annual Chili Takedown!!!
THE TAKEDOWNERZ:
#1 Star Trek Black Out Chili – Ida Vega Landow & The Captain
#2 Hangover Helper Breakfast Chili – Melissa Vonder Haar and Jesse Peretz
#3 Flavor to Savor – Becky MacGregor Clark
#4 True Chili – Gerard Figueroa & Caesar Alfano
#5 Tallboy Chili – Douglas Doble
#6 3 Pigs Chili – Patty Clark
#7 It’s Not Cold, It’s Chili – Bryan Gittleman
#8 Souly Moly Chili – Jimi Daly
#9 Gentleman’s Chili – Andrew Coyle
#10 Holy Smkin’ Drunken Chili – Jason Wiker
#11 Verde Chili Dog – Guinevere Osborn
#12 Thunder from Down Under – Katie Hinsen
#13 Duck & Wabbit Season Chili – Adrian Ashby
#14 Classic Texas Red – Sid Milspaugh
#15 The Mason Dixon Chili – Stephanie Wortel & Richard Pearson
#16 Dirty South – Jenn De la Vega
#17 12 Hour Pulled Pork Slow Cooked Chili – Tony Santoro
#18 El Conquistador – Mel Stern
#19 Mexican Chocolate Chili – Alice Anigacz
#20 Chespirito Chili – Eyrn Stutts
#21 Hot Like Your Face – Basil and Kevin
#22 Bourbon & Bones – Ian Goldberg
#23 Monte’s Super Local Tall Tale Chili – Monte Isom
#24 Ancient Chinese Secret – Carl Hum
#25 Brisket & Biscuits – Drew Kane
#26 3 Way Chili – John Koerner & Laurence Lombart
#27 Pennsylvania Dutch Chili Con Carne – Kristine Schmidt & Mike O’Neil
#28 Chili-Ila – Ezra Gale
#29 Barbie’s Jamaican Brew – Steven Cash
People’s Choice!
1st #21 Hot Like Your Face – Basil and Kevin
2nd #18 El Conquistador – Mel Stern
3rd #2 Hangover Helper Breakfast Chili – Melissa Vonder Haar and Jesse Peretz
Judge’s (Emily Takoudes, Steve Seabury, and Keith Wagstaff)
1st #13 Duck & Wabbit Season Chili – Adrian Ashby
2nd #18 El Conquistador – Mel Stern
3rd #21 Hot Like Your Face – Basil and Kevin
Honorable Mention #4 True Chili – Gerard Figueroa & Caesar Alfano