Saturday, October 11 @ 4pm
A fun day with a chili cookoff and free dinner, pumpkin decorating, a make your own scarecrow workshop, and a cornhole tournament!
Cook’s Chili Bowl 2025 is just around the corner – Saturday, October 11, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Dust off your best chili recipe and come show off. Loosen that throwin’ arm up and enter yourself (and your bestie) in our Boss of the Toss Cornhole Tournament, too. There’s room for you – even your whole family – at one of two Scarecrow Workshops (life-sized!) as well.
Here’s all the info!
CHILI COOK-OFF
● Competition Chilis must be registered no later than 10/9/2025; registration fee is $25
(non-refundable).
● Chili must be ready to serve at 4 p.m. on 10/11/2025; we suggest 2 gallons.
● Cook’s will provide a 4’ table, electricity for crockpot, 2-ounce tasting cups with spoons,
napkins, a voting vessel (for fan favorite award) and an ingredients list display frame.
● Competitors must have an 81/2 x 11 list of all ingredients for display on table to aid those
who may present with food allergies and provide proper serving vessels/utensils for any add-ons that you make available at your table.
● The space will open at 3 p.m. for decorating and set-up.
● Prizes will be awarded for fan favorite, most traditional, spiciest, and most original.
● Only tasting amounts will be served until judging is completed; no chili may be sold to patrons from competition tables/vessels.
To register for the cook-off, go to https://tinyurl.com/cookschili25
SCARECROW WORKSHOP
● Registration closes on Friday, October 9; please choose between the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. workshop times.
● Registration fee is $5 per family and non-refundable. One scarecrow per family no matter the number of participants.
● Individual/family is expected to bring clothes for the scarecrow (shirt and pants or overalls).
● All material other than clothes will be provided by Cook’s UMC.
● Children under 12 y.o. must be accompanied by an adult (18+)
To register for the scarecrow workshop, go to https://tinyurl.com/cooksscarecrow25
CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT
● Registration before October 8 is $25 per two-person team, non refundable. Registration
after October 8 is $35 per two-person team, non-refundable.
● We will use random seeding to start and will use a double elimination format.
● You may register for Champion Level (27’ foul line to foul line) OR Junior Level (21’ foul line to foul line)
● Players 12 and under and/or special needs players must be accompanied by an adult (18+) per team even if that adult is not playing
● Rules and other guidelines will be sent by email to registered participants prior to the day of tournament
To register up for Corn-Hole, go to https://tinyurl.com/cookscornhole25
PUMPKIN DECORATING
● There is no registration fee for pumpkin decorating.
● 1 pumpkin per person
● Painters 12 y.o. and younger must be accompanied by an adult (18+).
● Please let us know how many in your group intend to participate in pumpkin painting.
