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:''Not to be confused with Cooking off.'' 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 and serves as a way to decide which recipe is the best for that particular dish. == Chili cook-off == A chili cook-off is a social event, similar to a barbecue, in which competitors prepare their own particular recipe for chili con carne and submit it for taste testing. A cook-off may be an informal gathering with the simple goal of sharing recipes and enjoying food, or it may be a large-scale event with an official panel of judges and substantial prizes for winners. The Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) sanctions over 550 cook-offs annually that raise over $1,000,000 for charity. Corporate CASI, which has the function of sanctioning all of these cook-offs, doing the necessary work to tabulate cookoff results, and putting on the annual Terlingua International Chili Championship, has an annual income of approximately $250,000. Out of this annual income around $60,000 goes to charity. The CASI is a 501(c)(3) corporation. The International Chili Society (ICS) organizes chili cook-offs as fundraisers. Its annual cook-offs are on a grand scale, with regional qualifying events that attract tens of thousands of participants and a "World Championship" cook-off held in October. The ICS has raised millions of dollars for charity〔http://www.chilicookoff.com/History/History_Home.asp〕 while still awarding hundreds of thousands of dollars to winners. As early as 1970, many communities have hosted non-ICS cook-offs, leading to a competing "World Championship" cook-off in Terlingua, Texas. The UK Chilli Cook-off Association organises chilli cook-offs as throughout the UK as fundraisers, culminating in the UK grand final at the Upton Cheyney Chili Festival near Bath, UK - Winners qualify for the (World Food Championships ) Chili Cookoff Notable cook-offs include: * the Tustin Chili Cook Off (in Tustin, CA)- the biggest 1-Day chili cook off in the world * the ''Chilympiad'' in San Marcos, Texas (for men only) * the ''Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned'' cook off in Luckenbach, Texas * the Chili Appreciation Society International Chili Championship in Terlingua, Texas * the Frank X. Tolbert/Wick Fowler World Chili Championships in Terlingua, Texas * the Lone Star Chili Cook-off in New York City * the Reunion Church Braggin' Rights Chili Cook-Off in Plainfield, Indiana * the (Red Gold ) Tomatoes Chili Cook-Off (Crush Hunger Saturday ) in Elwood, Indiana 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cook-off」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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