I won my second chili cook-off! On March 6th, 2006 I entered my first chili contest. I won that contest and the bragging rights to say, "I am an award winning chili champion."

When you are a married stay-at-home Dad of two growing boys and the family is living on one (small) paycheck you learn how to be frugal. Being frugal does not mean that a little competitive fun is out of the question, so when my wife informed me about the chili competition at her work, I just had to enter.