The 16th annual Chili Queens Chili Cook-Off at the Bonham Exchange celebrated an old San Antonio tradition with a modern twist.
Moore said the purpose of the cook-off is to join the Fiesta celebration, to honor an important San Antonio historical legacy, and to have some tasty fun. But the underlying goal is to benefit the community, in the spirit of Bonham Exchange founder“If we’re not doing something to benefit the community, then we’re off message,” Moore said.
In the second tent, six-year cookoff veterans and onetime second-place winners Paul and Alicia Rodriguez prepared bowls of fragrant steak and Kiolbassa sausage-centered chili, intent on taking first place this time. Barrios-Van Os said the signature tanginess in her recipe derived from a special preparation: “I chopped my garlic yesterday and kept it in a jar of organic olive oil overnight, and it really absorbed.”
Kat Burke sat smoking a cigarette at a yellow-painted picnic table on the patio, regarding a tall stack of empty tasting cups. “We tried everything twice to make sure,” she said. After a series of local drag queens lip-synched along to driving popular songs to energize the awards ceremony — collecting cash bills in copious amounts for the event’s designated charities — emcee Elena Marquez awarded the Tackiest Queen sash to Lyn-Z Andrews, who represented the Rodriguez team as a garish, maraca-shaking abuela, saying “you can’t say no to grandma.”
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