tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80485760329024283802012-02-16T05:04:11.855-06:00ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-75012376752095240762007-10-07T19:21:00.000-05:002007-11-02T10:39:55.101-05:00WOW!!! Another awesome World's Championship Chili Cookoff!!<br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">1st WORLD CHAMPION - Jerry Buma $30,000</span></strong><br />2nd - Peter Skwiers $2,500<br />3rd - Diane Lentz $1,000<br />4th - Mike Kropp $700<br />5th - Richard Chauvin $500<br /><br /><p align="left"></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118758256676254130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/Rwl7g5xJMbI/AAAAAAAAAEc/upH7IhQXDIA/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+194.jpg" border="0" /><strong><span style="font-size:78%;">2007 World's Champion - Jerry Buma</span></strong></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118760404159902162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/Rwl9d5xJMdI/AAAAAAAAAEs/xofRUEzdgVE/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+211.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Back Row (l to r): Carol Hancock ICS CEO, Mike Kropp 4th, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Richard Chauvin 5th, David Hipskind ICS Chief Judge</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Front Row (l to r): Peter Skwiers 2nd, Jerry Buma World's Champion, Diane Lentz 3rd</span></div><div align="left"><br /><strong>Finals Table</strong> </div><ul><li>Mike Kropp</li><li>Richard Chauvin</li><li>Georgia Weller</li><li>Dan Bauer</li><li>Paul Whitney</li><li>Richard Dowling</li><li>Lynea Jones</li><li>Ed Pierczyski</li><li>Mike Hulka</li><li>James Rasey</li><li>Kit Hoff</li><li>Peter Skwiers</li><li>Bob Plager</li><li>Bob Alexander</li><li>Al Henry</li><li>Kim Eckley</li><li>Mick Joplin</li><li>Richard Drum</li><li>Darol Wetzel</li><li>Carrie Lentz</li><li>Rich Omerza</li><li>Dick Swenberger</li><li>Bill Donovan</li><li>Sachiko Brecke</li><li>Jerry Buma</li><li>Diane Lentz</li><li>Gail Donovan</li><li>Faye Mulligan</li><li>Scott Ruff</li><li>Nancy Swenberger<br /></li></ul><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-7501237675209524076?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-73357262791359342412007-10-07T19:00:00.000-05:002007-10-07T22:52:31.518-05:00The people of Omaha came out in droves to taste some great chili and to watch a World's Championship Cookoff! There was a lot of great chili and a lot of tasting and when the votes were counted here is who the people selected:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118792994371744338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmbG5xJMlI/AAAAAAAAAFs/ES86MKIxH5E/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+155.jpg" border="0" /> <div><p align="center"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmH4pxJMeI/AAAAAAAAAE0/M1Njsg6QHY4/s1600-h/WCCC2007-Sunday+155.jpg"></a></p><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;">(shown left to right)</span></div><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">1st - Mark Johnson $300</span></strong><br />2nd - Bill Dudzik $200<br />3rd - Lynea Jones $100<br /><br />Thanks to all of you for coming out to the cookoff and taking the time to vote for your favorite cook!</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-7335726279135934241?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-6023263379035028652007-10-07T18:55:00.000-05:002007-10-07T20:56:17.672-05:00<strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">1st - Alex Becker - Texas Roadhouse</span></strong><br />2nd - Josh Benson - HyVee<br />3rd - Harry Poulos - Katie's Res<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmNS5xJMgI/AAAAAAAAAFE/7itpb4gcv8w/s1600-h/WCCC2007-Sunday+156.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118777807367385602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmNS5xJMgI/AAAAAAAAAFE/7itpb4gcv8w/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+156.jpg" border="0" /></a>taurant<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-602326337903502865?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-27873023393778671752007-10-07T18:50:00.000-05:002007-10-07T20:44:14.010-05:00One of the great traditions at chili cookoffs is to pick a theme and decorate your booth and wear a costume. The ICS cooks love to have fun and the judges picked these cooks in the Best Booth contest:<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">1st - Bill Donovan $500</span></strong><br />2nd - Domino Ireland $200<br />3rd - Peter Skwiers $100<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(shown right to left)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmKRZxJMfI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Rk3n4dVxhPE/s1600-h/WCCC2007-Sunday+159.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118774483062698482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmKRZxJMfI/AAAAAAAAAE8/Rk3n4dVxhPE/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+159.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-2787302339377867175?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-10880173725298354052007-10-07T18:45:00.000-05:002007-10-09T11:59:39.852-05:00We had a great turnout for our fun categories and here are our winners:<br /><div><div><div><div><br /><strong>Miss Chili Pepper </strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Makayla Patrick $100</span></strong> </div><div></div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118791053046526530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmZV5xJMkI/AAAAAAAAAFk/rIRQB3qylFM/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+081.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div><strong>Mr. Hot Sauce </strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Wayne Turner $100</span></strong><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118790009369473586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmYZJxJMjI/AAAAAAAAAFc/Hgh8Sb2EsnM/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+082.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong>Shoot-N-Holler <span style="color:#000099;">sponsored by Corazon Tequila</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Armando Sanchez $100</strong></span><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118799118995108450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmgrZxJMmI/AAAAAAAAAF0/ZcPxiYeJQow/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+121.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-1088017372529835405?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-38967658315645749422007-10-07T18:43:00.000-05:002007-11-30T13:49:37.697-06:00Congratulations to our new <strong>Grand Master Cooks</strong>:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(11th time cooking in the World's Championship)</span><br /><ul><li>Les Eastep</li><li>Jim Stoddard</li><li>Judy Wedemeyer</li><li>Bob Wetzel</li><li>Darol Wetzel</li></ul><p>Congratulations to our new <strong>Master Cooks:<br /></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">(6th time cooking in the World's Championship)</span></p><ul><li>Bill Donovan</li><li>Ken Horn</li><li>Erika (Tomasek) Knutson</li><li>James Richards</li><li>Nancy Swenberger</li><li>Greg Virant</li><li>Lynn Kost Virant</li><li>Paul Whitney</li></ul><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-3896765831564574942?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-24456302013893072312007-10-07T18:40:00.000-05:002007-10-07T22:24:27.857-05:00Hat Trick winners - those people that qualified for the 2007 World's Championship Chili Cookoff in all 3 categories: Red Chili, Chili Verde and Salsa.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118800557809152626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/Rwmh_JxJMnI/AAAAAAAAAF8/FmIinC1QBuc/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+129.jpg" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-2445630201389307231?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-28544633998462844402007-10-06T19:05:00.000-05:002007-10-22T14:56:43.360-05:00The Final's Table was packed with some awesome chili! The judges scores were counted up and a new World Champion was crowned:<br /><br /><br /><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119142059248792242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwrYlJxJMrI/AAAAAAAAAGc/3Li4z2degzI/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+267.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>1st - WORLD CHAMPION - Kimberly Mallory, Ohio $3,000</strong><br /></span><span style="color:#000000;">2nd- Dave Lorenz, NJ $700<br />3rd - James Heywood $300<br />4th - Charlie Ward<br />5th - TIE Christian Parker and Rhone Carr</span><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119459530346410754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/Rwv5UZxJMwI/AAAAAAAAAHE/3VHMWa1FzLw/s320/ChilliVerdeWinners.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">James Heywood 3rd, Dave Lorenz 2nd, Kimberly Mallory WORLD CHAMPION, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Carol Hancock ICS CEO, David Hipskind ICS Chief Judge<br /></div></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119142991256695490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwrZbZxJMsI/AAAAAAAAAGk/sSkvQmsvjmM/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+273.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">James Heywood 3rd, Dave Lorenz 2nd, Kimberly Mallory WORLD CHAMPION</span></div><br /><div><strong>Chili Verde - Finals Table</strong> </div><ul><li>Mary Ann Smith</li><li>James Richards</li><li>Sherrie Sutton</li><li>Lynn Pruett</li><li>Harry C. Robinson</li><li>Scott Barrett</li><li>Mary Nicoll</li><li>James Heywood</li><li>Judith Omerza</li><li>Nancy Swenberger</li><li>Raymond Bogart</li><li>Charlie Ward</li><li>Larry Weltikol</li><li>George Swick</li><li>Scott Navaroli</li><li>Jerry Simmons</li><li>Wes Carlson</li><li>Lloyd Wier</li><li>David Schulman</li><li>Dave Lorenz</li><li>Barbara Herrin</li><li>Christian Parker</li><li>Kay Rook</li><li>Diane Gatshet</li><li>Rhone Carr</li><li>Kimberly Mallory</li><li>Larry Lentz</li><li>Diane Lentz</li><li>Chuck Hoff</li><li>Jim Parker</li></ul><p>Congratulations to all the cooks!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-2854463399846284440?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-45251158355390349042007-10-06T18:00:00.000-05:002007-10-09T16:55:55.567-05:00<div align="left">Lots of great cooks and lots of great salsas! Here are this years winners: </div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119144511675118290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/Rwraz5xJMtI/AAAAAAAAAGs/nyclkceavXM/s320/WCCC2007-Sunday+266.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119458198906548962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/Rwv4G5xJMuI/AAAAAAAAAG0/5CEEqf8dEKE/s320/Salsa_BarbaraWard.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">1st - WORLD CHAMPION - Barbara Ward $1,000</span></strong><br /><strong>2nd - Bonnie Tomasek $500</strong><br /><strong>3rd - Chris Nicoll $300</strong><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119458289100862194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/Rwv4MJxJMvI/AAAAAAAAAG8/uXPqxJB8IbY/s320/SalsaWinners.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Chris Nicoll 3rd, Barbara Ward 1st, Bonnie Tomasek 2nd</span></p><p align="left"><br /><strong>Finals Table</strong><br /></p><ul><li>Sherrie Sutton</li><li>Lori Walter</li><li>George Swick</li><li>Diane Lentz</li><li>Bonnie Tomasek</li><li>Chuck Hoff</li><li>Scott Navaroli</li><li>Chris Nicoll</li><li>Kim Swierczek</li><li>Mary Nicoll</li><li>Scott Barrett</li><li>John Jepson</li><li>Dione Cooley</li><li>Skip Cooley</li><li>Jodi Wiseman</li><li>John Ammerman</li><li>Mike Kropp</li><li>Mary Alice Kropp</li><li>Carolyn Roy</li><li>Marian Donato</li><li>Susie Decker</li><li>Butch Sutton</li><li>Christian Parker</li><li>Barbara Ward</li><li>Jackie Golterman</li></ul><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118809487046161026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Zghh7W51dlU/RwmqG5xJMoI/AAAAAAAAAGE/ZD-pq--Pe7A/s320/WCCC2007-Saturday+008.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:78%;">Salsa cooks at turn-in</span><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-4525115835539034904?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-57749495008656664952007-10-06T17:30:00.000-05:002007-10-07T20:58:59.530-05:00It was a great day, the weather was beautiful and the people of Omaha came out to enjoy of a day of family fun and taste some great chili! Everyone grabbed a sample kit and strolled around to talk to the cooks and taste some chili. Ballots were stationed around the cookoff area and the votes were tallied. Omaha selected the following winners:<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">1st - Jerry Simmons $300</span></strong><br /><strong>2nd - Jim Beaver $200</strong><br /><strong>3rd - Leroy Watson $100</strong><br /><br />Thanks to all the chili cooks and thanks to Omaha for coming out to help judge some chili!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-5774949500865666495?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-34798788272352844652007-10-05T19:13:00.000-05:002007-10-05T19:17:13.023-05:00What an awesome day! We had over 50 cooks participating in the Last Chance Cookoff. This cookoff provides one "last chance" for cooks to qualify for the WCCC event. The top 10 finishers in this event earned a spot to cook in the Traditional RED competition on Sunday and have a shot at the $25,000 prize money!!!<br /><br /><strong>Last Chance Winners<br /></strong><span style="font-size:78%;">(in alphabetical order)</span><br /><ul><li>Maureen Barrett</li><li>Gail Donovan</li><li>Ghon Eckley</li><li>Kevin Foley</li><li>Herb Holman</li><li>Mike Kropp</li><li>Christian Parker</li><li>Barbara Ward</li><li>Charlie Ward</li><li>Nibs Waters</li></ul><p>Good luck on Sunday!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-3479878827235284465?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-68115674793106085702007-10-05T19:02:00.000-05:002007-10-07T20:58:12.813-05:00<p>The spectators got in on the action and voted for their favorite chili during the Last Chance cookoff. Here are your winners:<br /><br /><strong>People's Choice</strong><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(winners and prize money)</span> </p><p><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">1st - Debbie Turner <name>$300</span></strong><br />2nd - Rob Wolfe <name>$200<br />3rd - Vicki Esford <name>$100<br /><br />Thanks to all of you who voted! Be sure to come back tomorrow for the Chili Verde and Salsa competition and you don't want to miss the Traditional Red Chili Championship on Sunday!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-6811567479310608570?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-40424599608801956522007-10-04T17:00:00.000-05:002007-10-04T14:07:20.797-05:00Over 300 of the best chiliheads in the world are heading to Omaha to take part in the 41st annual World's Championship Chili Cookoff presented by HyVee and produced by the ICS and Downtown Omaha, Inc! We will be crowning our 2007 World Champions in three categories: Traditional Red, Chili Verde and Salsa. We want to wish all our outstanding cooks the best of luck!<br /><br />We also want to invite all the local Omaha residents to come out and join us! It will be a great weekend of food, music, merchandise and fun! Come taste some great chili and try to pick out the World Champions!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-4042459960880195652?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-10735699805477891872007-10-04T15:20:00.000-05:002007-10-03T16:10:18.733-05:00We know you all have cameras and love taking pictures. Now you can share those great shots with all the ICS Members. Just email your pics to <a href="mailto:photos@chilicookoff.com">photos@chilicookoff.com</a> and we will post them on the website. Thanks!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-1073569980547789187?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8048576032902428380.post-8587761849297170932007-10-04T15:17:00.000-05:002007-10-03T15:37:34.420-05:00This year the ICS Web Team will be in Omaha at the 41st Annual World's Championship Chili Cookoff to join in on all the activities. We will be posting winners and pictures to this blog so you can see the results as they happen. Check back often!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8048576032902428380-858776184929717093?l=wccc07.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ICS Web Teamnoreply@blogger.com0