bigwheel wrote:Well the hunks..chunks and floaties is frowned upon for comp chili..mainly because of the possibility of a contestant using such items to create a "marked cup" which be easy for his/her pals to pick out at the judging table. Now CASI is a real stickler on this and have heard even so much a jap seed will get your cup tossed. In rules we adopted for TCA we wanted to be a bit more tolerant and allow chunks of onyawns and peppas and such things but they must be chopped up fine and cooked into the brew. We basically leave it up to the head judge to decide whether there is enough stuff floating around in there to make a particular cup look so dissimilar to its brethrens that it could be considered a marked cup. Having played around with bean juice over the years I dont personally like it because it can give a gritty mouth feel...but if it has worked for you in he past far be it for me to say dont use it. On most of the CASI flyers I have seen lately they seem to have evolved or maybe devolved into "chili grind only"..meaning cubes is not allowed at most of its contests. Now maybe they do still have some contests which allow em..I dont follow em close enough to know for sure. With TCA we allow either grind or cubes or a combo of the two..with the rule being the cubes cant exceed 1/2" in sized. Sometimes the judges seem to want cubes and sometimes they seem to want grinded. Would say the grinds seem to generally hit in the money more often.
bigwheel
bigwheel
Hey, that was kinda educational. Thanks Bigwheel.
but i can not do hot anymore 
but i still try 
