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Can you take the heat?

The best BBQ & chili cooks from across the Southwest will come to Red River to prove their skills and compete for cash, prizes, and bragging rights. Festival attendees are typically invited to taste samples of the offerings on Saturday.

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BBQ

Lone Star BBQ Society Sanctioned Event

Official State Championship
$10,000 Purse*

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Competition Categories:

• Brisket (7 Slices), Chicken (2 Halves), Pork Spare Ribs (7 Pieces)

• LSBS Beans

• People's Choice

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Awards​

• "Weldon Broaddus" Trophies for

Grand Champion & Reserve Grand Champion

• Top 10 for Each Meat

• Top 3 LSBS Beans

• People's Choice

*55-team minimum for full purse to be awarded

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Entry Fees

$225: Standard (Any/all meats)

+$25: LSBS Beans

+$25: People's Choice

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**You may enter LSBS Beans and/or People's Choice without a Standard Entry IF you are also entering the chili cookoff. Contact us at hello@redriverevents.org for questions about entry fees and included wristbands.

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NM Green Chile State championship

CASI Red Chili &
NM Green Chile

​Awards

Top 10 CASI Red

Top 10 NM Green

1st, 2nd, 3rd in Showmanship

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​Entry Fee

$70

Entry fee covers competition in one or both categories

Entry includes up to 2 wristbands for all Friday & Saturday events at Brandenburg Park

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CASI Rules & Regulations

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