The 65th annual kicked off on Thursday evening at the , with a fiery battle to see who could create the hottest fire — both culinarily and literally.
The kettle boil competition is a yearly ritual where competitors are given a block of wood, an axe, a handful of matches and a tin of water. Whoever can make their tin boil over the fastest is the winner.
At the same time, local restaurateurs vied for gastronomical supremacy in between (sometimes literal) heats of the kettle boil. Each competitor served up their best chili, and tasters cast ballots for the best one. The results were then tallied at the end of the evening.
Adult kettle boil winners: Paul Maki and Dave Stitt - The Axe and the Fire
Junior-Adult kettle boil winners: Lucas and Colin McCarthy - The Dentville Bears
Chili cook-off winners: Jaime Grant and The 撸奶社区Valley Golf Club team
