Dublin Lions Club Bean Cook Off

April 25, 2009  

Dublin Lions Club Bean Cook-Off Rules

1.  Pinto beans only
2. No restrictions on ingredients.  Cooks using any alcoholic beverages in their cooking are required to have a sign advising the public that alcohol was used in the recipe.
3. Set Up Time is 8AM. Head Cook Meeting is 10AM.
4. Judging will be done by the public.  At 12:00 noon, the cook-off will be opened to the public.  Each person entering the cook-off area will pay an admission fee of $1.  They will be given a tasting spoon and bowl along with a voting token.  Each cook-off team will have a jar displayed prominently to receive voting tokens.  At the close of the cook-off, tokens will be counted by members of the Dublin Lions Club.  Teams will be awarded prizes as determined by the number of tokens they have received. 
5. The Cook-Off will close at 2PM.  Cook-off teams are asked to have their site cleaned and be offsite by 3PM.
6. Prizes will be awarded for first place - $75, second place - $50, and third place - $25. 
7. Participants will provide all materials for cooking – pots, pans, ingredients, coolers to cool food/ingredients, portable stoves, etc.  Absolutely no fires to be built on the ground.  All fires must be contained in a grill, stove, etc. 
8. No electrical hook-ups will be available for contestants. 
9. Participants are asked to provide one table to place bean samples on for voting purposes.
10. No pets or animals in the cook-off area. 
11. Contest area must be kept clean.  All trash and items must be removed. 
12. No glass containers allowed. 

All proceeds will benefit the Dublin Lions Club “Eye Glasses for Dublin Children” program.