2003 Chili Cook-off
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JR's GOURMET ALL NATURAL DRAGON
FIRE TRI-TIP CHILI
Jerry (JR for Jerry Ray) decided to set up a booth and make his
great tri-tip chili in this years Chili Cook-off at Conejo Creek
Park on April 27th . . . and although he did not win anything, the
long lines and feedback from return visitors (many multiple times) indicated he had the best
chili at the event. His very good friend Al Guerrero helped
set up then Al and his wife Janice spent the entire day helping
prepare and cook . . . without their help, Jerry would not have been
done by the 10am opening or been able to keep up with demand . . .
we ran out twice and still only made it to about 2pm. We are
talking 6 plus gallons of chili served one small cup at a time.
We found out later that you can do all the prep at home and just mix
and heat on the day of the cook-off . . . we were wondering why
everyone else was just relaxing and having coffee while we were
busting our butts to get everything ready for the opening. We
just made it . . .
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Unloading the van . . .
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Still resting . . .it's only 6:30am
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Setting up . . .
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The castle for the dragons . . .
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We make two hugh batchs and we still run out twice.
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Cover the table . . .
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'JR's Gourmet All Natural Dragon Fire Tri-Tip Chili'
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Cut'n the tri-tip . . .
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Cooking the tri-tip . . .
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Cut'n the veggies . . .
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Amber and friends . . .
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. . . and the line never goes down.
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Serving the chili . . .
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Someone has a birds eye view . . .
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