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Steel Horses Chili Cookoff 2017

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A special thank you to all the riders who rode on True Blue Animal Rescue’s Steel Horses for Real Horses fun run to kick off the chili cookoff Jan 21, 2017. We had 22 riders and that meant so much to us. 13 years ago we founded True Blue Animal Rescue and we held our first fundraiser called Steel Horses for Real Horses at Yankees Tavern and Grill. After 3 years we stopped having that fundraiser but were blessed when Heather Beran invited us to be part of the chili cookoff to benefit TBAR. 
The chili cookoff was a huge success in so many ways! Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who worked tirelessly before and during the event. Thank you to Heather Baran for coordinating the event and for making it such a huge success. Thank you to Yankee and Tammy Pulkkinen for allowing us to hold the event at Yankees Tavern & Grill. They have supported us from the beginning and we are overjoyed to have moved the event back to where it belongs. Thank you to everyone who came out to see us. We had a huge show of support and that warms our hearts and keeps us strong and fighting for the animals. Not only did we raise over $6000 to help the animals but 4 of our pets were adopted too! Thank you to Brian Lippman and the Brazos Valley All Stars for playing during the event. Having Brian out with his band made it even more memorable because along with Lisa Allen (aka Kitty Spankworthy) they were the same band that played at our Steel Horses for Real Horses benefit and although the singers have changed they have supported us over the last 13 years by entertaining during our annual event. (Thank you Leanne and Patti) Finally, I’d like to thank our auctioneer this year too! Thanks to Israel Curtis we had the first live auction during the event. Thanks for coming out and showing us how to organize and put together a great live auction. We hope you’ll join us again next year! Here’s a few pictures to enjoy. It takes a village and together we can change the world!

True Blue Animal Rescue would like to thank the following vendors and businesses for donating items to auction off at the chili cook off on Jan. 21, 2017. These businesses care about the community and donate to help improve the lives of animals. Please support these businesses.

Bluebird off the Square 202 W Alamo St Brenham
Must Be Heaven, 107 W Alamo St Brenham
Park Street Bakery 112 S. Park St., Brenham
Chili’s, 2700 Wood Ridge Blvd, Brenham
Blue Bell Creamery 1101 S Blue Bell Rd. Brenham
Brenham Produce Co 1103 S. Market St. Brenham
Tractor Supply Co 2718 S Market Brenham
Lowe’s 2750 Hwy 36 Brenham
Spec’s Liquor 2410 Smith St Houston
Amy’s Pet Sitting of Brenham P.O. Box 1225 Brenham
Chappell Hill Bakery & Deli, 8900 Hwy 290 E. Chappell Hill
Puppy Dawgs & Cat Tails, 321 S. Baylor St. Brenham
Brenham Vet Hospital, 2455 US 290 Brenham
Home Depot, 2891 Wood Ridge Blvd Brenham
Dan’s Meat Market 1003 S Austin St #C Brenham
Radio Shack, 2612 Hwy 36 South Brenham
Lowe’s, 4451 Hwy 6 S College Station
Custom Pest Control, P.O. Box 331 Industry
Westwood Cinema in Brenham,
Home Depot in College Station
Olive Garden in College Station
Red Lobster College Station
Paolo’s , in College Station
Abuelo’s in College Station
Chuy’s in College Station
Steinhausers
Los Cabos 2800 Hwy 36 Brenham
Dumas Walker 1505 W Main St Brenham
Philips Vet Hospital in Brenham
The Ranch Harley Davidson in College Station
Target 32858 FM 2978 Rd, Magnolia
Windrose Golf Club College Station
Pet Supplies Plus in College Station
Cinemark Movies in College Station
Kristen Distributing in College Station
The Village in College Station
Marilynn Wrigley in Brenham
Fresh is Best, Companion Natural Pet Food
Doug and Patti Tucker in Bryan
Floozie Koozies / Alecia Arnold, 10424 Dilly Shaw Tap Rd. Bryan
Mary Francis
West End Elixir, 100 Church Ave, College Station
Dr. Kaiser, Family Dentist 2911 Texas Ave. South #101, College Station
Scentsy By Simone, College Station
Dean & Nancy Heard / Guest House on Washington on the Brazos
Smitty’s Cafe & Bakery, 1600 N Park St, Brenham
III Stephens, Inc, Michelle Winkelmann, 2450 Hwy 290 East, Brenham
Gail Baker, Brenham TX

Give Back Day at Chili’s – March 14

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Give-Back-to-TBAR-with-ChilisWe are going to have a give back day at Chili’s in Brenham on March 14th. That means that we will receive 10% of what is spent at Chili’s that day from anyone who eats there on that day and mentions True Blue Animal Rescue or brings in one of the coupons we are sharing in the post comments. Mark your calendar to eat at Chili’s in Brenham on March 14th. Let’s make it a day full of Animal Rescuers eating at Chili’s on 2700 Wood Ridge Blvd in Brenham, TX! Thank you to Chili’s manager Keri Vincik for your support!
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UPDATE

GREAT NEWS! The give back day for True Blue Animal Rescue will be at the Chili’s in Brenham AND the Chili’s in College Station on March 14th. That means that we will receive 10% of what is spent at both Chili’s that day from anyone who eats there on that day and mentions True Blue Animal Rescue or brings in one of the coupons we are sharing in the post comments. Mark your calendar to eat at Chili’s in Brenham OR College Station on March 14th. Let’s make it a day full of Animal Rescuers eating at Chili’s on 2700 Wood Ridge Blvd in Brenham, TX OR on 1063 Texas Ave in College Station, TX! Thank you to Chili’s manager Keri Vincik for your support and to the Chili’s manager in College Station too!
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Event Recap: Chili Cookoff 2016

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The chili cookoff was a huge success! The weather was fantastic so a lot of people rode or drove out to say hello, meet our dogs, eat some chili and bid on our wonderful silent auction items. Thanks to all of you we raised a LOT of money to pay vet bills this year. Thank you to all the wonderful TBAR volunteers for working so hard to make this event a huge success. We are all thankful to Independence Harley Davidson for hosting the event and to CASI for organizing chili cookers. Thank you to Leannasaurus Rex for the excellent music and to all of the chili judges for testing and selecting the best chili of the day. We had more chili cookers this year then ever before so it must have been a difficult task. In True Blue Animal Rescue we face a lot of challenges and see a lot of the negative things that people do to animals. Seeing the huge gathering of good people that care about animals and come out to help gives us renewed faith! Thanks for reminding us that good people that care far outweigh the bad. Knowing that keeps us pushing forward toward our mission to END abuse, neglect and overpopulation and we will never give up until that happens. Thank you for being a part of our team!

Upcoming Event: Chili Cookoff

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TBAR-Chili-Cook-Off-2016ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY!! Vendors and chili teams welcome. Rescues and shelters are welcome to join us with pets too. Email [email protected] or [email protected] or call 979-690-1669 if you want to participate. Hope to see you all there. Please share!!

Visit the Facebook Event Page for more info!

Chili Cook-Off with cash prizes!
All you can eat chili for $5 starting at noon
Leannasaurus Rex Band
Silent Auction

Chili Cook-off:
CASI – $20 entry
H-D Challenge – $10
50/50 Bean – $10 entry
People’s Choice – Free to enter; $500 is cash prizes!

Proceeds benefit True Blue Animal Rescue

CHILI COOKING RULES

A. CHILI COOKED ON SITE – All chili must be cooked from scratch on site the day of the cookoff. All chili must be
prepared in the open (no cooking in motorhomes, etc.).
1. CHILI COOKED FROM SCRATCH – “Scratch” is defined as starting with raw meat. No marinating is
allowed. Commercial chili powder is permissible, but complete commercial chili mixes (“just add meat” mixes
that contain premeasured spices) are NOT permitted.
2. NO FILLERS IN CHILI – Beans, macaroni, rice, hominy, or other similar ingredients are not permitted.
3. SANITATION – Cooks are to prepare and cook chili in as sanitary a manner as possible.
a. INSPECTION OF COOKING CONDITIONS – Cooking conditions are subject to inspection by the head
judge or his/her designee and CASI Referee. (Failure to comply is subject to disqualification.)
b. COOKS MAY HAVE TO TASTE THEIR CHILI – At the discretion of the head judge or CASI Referee,
chili cooks may be required to remove the lids from their chili cups and taste their chili before turning in for
judging. (If a contestant refuses, his or her chili will be disqualified.)
B. ONE CHILI PER COOK – Each head cook is responsible for preparing one pot of chili that he or she intends to be
judged and turning in one judging cup from that pot. No more than one judging sample can be taken from any one
pot.
C. COOKS MUST SIGN NUMBER SLIPS – Chili cooks must sign their secret ticket slips in ink with their first and
last names at the time cups are issued. A cook will not be eligible to win (place in the top 10), if their secret ticket is
unsigned when presented. NOTE: Cooks must present their signed secret ticket to win.
D. PROTECT THE JUDGING CUP – Once judging cups have been issued, each head cook is responsible for his or
her judging cup. Cooks must not remove or tamper with the ticket on the outside of the cups. Any marked or altered
cup must be replaced prior to turn-in or it will be disqualified. (See Sections A.4. and 5. for cup replacement.)
E. FILLING CUPS – Cups must be filled to ¾ inch from the top of the cup or to the level designated at the cooks’
meeting.
F. CHILI TURN-IN – Chili will be turned in at the place and time designated at the cooks’ meeting or as otherwise
designated by the head judge.
G. PYROTECHNICS – No chili contestant may discharge firearms or use any pyrotechnics or explosives at a chili
cookoff. Contestants discharging firearms and/or using explosives or other pyrotechnics will be disqualified from
the chili cookoff.
H. PENALTIES – Failure to comply with CASI rules will result in disqualification of an individual cook for the
cookoff. Decisions of the official(s) are final. In case of disqualification, the CASI official monitoring the cookoff
will immediately notify the head cook and give a reason for disqualification. In the event disqualification of a cup
of chili occurs after judging has started, it is not necessary that the cook be located or given an explanation for the
disqualification.