Central Texas Tolbert Chili Group

Central Texas Tolbert Chili Group
All Over Central Texas
ph: 512-507-4948
dwight@centraltexaschili.com

Tolbert Texas Open Lockhart 3/19/2011

Congratulations to Tabitha Williams,

2011 Al Hopkins - Tolbert Texas State Winner!

Raising a toast to BB.
Special thanks to Kathi Bliss of the Lockhart Post-Register for sending us this picture.

LOCKHART, March 19, 2001. This gal's only been cooking competition chili for about a year. That's a whole lotta luck and a good recipe. Tabitha hails from Luling, Texas and is sponsored by Cedar Hall Bar & Grill in Lockhart. Congratulations again Tabitha! You are now qualified to cook Behind the Store in November! May your stove function properly for years to come.

We had record numbers this year. There were 72 chili cooks that turned in samples, 44 beans, 15 Margaritas, 16 Bloody Marys, 23 pork ribs and 23 brisket entries. All together we raised nearly $3,000 in entry fees. We'll finish our accounting in the next few days, but it looks like we've raised a good bit of money to help support the cookoff Behind the Store and the CTTCG Terlingua events.

Chili was the star of the day, but other things were going on too. Sam Brown of Red Rock won the first 50/50, and Sharon Seygart of Cedar Creek won the second. Both took home an unexpected wad of cash, about $250 each. Doug Higgins of San Marcos won the Electric Cajun Injector fryer raffle, and Janet Matthews representing Matt's Bait won the People's Choice chili tasting contest. Congratulations to all the winners. Want more details on who won what? See the Tolbert Texas Open page for all the stats and a slide show too.

A special thank you to our special celebrity judges: Joe "Willamina," and Jane Felty of Waxahachie, Tom Nall, Jack and Rhonda Potter and The Scorpion Wrangler himself, Mr. Richard Willis of the Greater Fitzhugh Metropolitan Area for helping to select this year's winner. Thank you also to Wayne and Debbie Turner for their much appreciated advice and support.

The City of Lockhart not only extends their well wishes to Tabitha Williams on her first place win, they also want to thank all of the participants for being so conscientious and leaving the City Park as clean as we found it. Short of cleaning the bathrooms, their grounds crew had little to do in picking up behind us. So. keep up the good work folks - we love it when they talk nice about us!

We also want to thank all those folks that worked so long and tirelessly to keep this cookoff on track, and put in the extra effort to pull off a smooth, seemless event. Special recognition to Wayne Bock and Becki Womble of the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce, Terry and Peggy Wright, Greg Dockery, Ron Faulstich, Tom Stephens, Debbi Tucker, Janet Matthews, Teri Hamilton, Matthew Sturn, Jamie Brown, and Russell Seeglier. There are others - and you know who you are - we love you and couldn't do it without you!

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Al Hopkins - Tolbert Texas State Chili Championship

Lockhart City Park

Lockhart, Texas

Chili - 72 Entries

1^st Place - Tabitha Williams, Luling - Automatic qualification for Terlingua 2011

2^nd Place - Debbie Turner, Waxahachie - Automatic qualification for Terlingua 2011

3^rd Place - Peggy Wright, Lockhart - Automatic qualification for Terlingua 2011

4^th Place - Bethany Castaneda, Lockhart

5^th Place - Tom Stephens, Lockhart

6^th Place - Rex Morgan, Buda

7^th Place - Terry Wright, Lockhart

8^th Place - Steve Bonnell, Austin

9^th Place - Jim Mitchel, Lockhart

10^th Place - Christine Knight, Cibolo

Final Table

240955

240966

240987

240999

241005

240974

Semi-Finals

240985

240989

240983

241009

241010

241000

240959

240948

240943

240984

241012

240992

240945

241006

240965

240997

240962

Showmanship

1^st Place - Tommy Dippel of Cedar Creek with Two Horse Productions - Automatic qualification for Terlingua 2011

2^nd Place - Bubba Thorpe of Paige with Pants on the Ground

3^rd Place - Victor Soliz of Bastrop with Smoking Soliz Barbeque

Bloody Marys - 16 Entries

1^st Place - Matthew Sturn, Lockhart

2^nd Place - Debbie Thompson, Del Valle

3^rd Place - Tabitha Williams, Luling

Margaritas - 15 Entries

1^st Place - Dewey Lawhon, Kyle

2^nd Place - Melvin Euers, Red Rock

3^rd Place - Jill Burrows, Lockhart

Beans - 44 Entries

1^st Place - Bobby Earl Mitchell, Lockhart

2^nd Place - Dwight Hamilton, Rockne

3^rd Place - Jimmy Smith, Harker Heights

4^th Place - Tom Burrows, Lockhart

5^th Place - Natalie Phillips, Lockhart

6^th Place -Tina Chandler, Lockhart

7^th Place - Tabitha Williams, Luling

8^th Place - Adam Ainsworth, Houston

9^th Place - Brittney Goin, Lockhart

10^th Place - Daniel Law, Lockhart

Final Table

3463

3526

3466

3315

3312

3445

Ribs - 23 Entries

1^st Place - Debbie Thompson, Del Valle

2^nd Place - Martin Zapata, Lockhart

3^rd Place - Ray Chandler, Lockhart

4^th Place - Bubba Thorpe, Paige

5^th Place - Darla Long, Lockhart

6^th Place -Paul Faulk, Taylor

7^th Place - Matthew Sturn, Lockhart

8^th Place - Jaime Guerra, Lockhart

9^th Place - Jason Bell, Austin

10^th Place - Adam Ainsworth, Houston

Final Table

8029

8016

0688

Brisket - 23 Entries

1^st Place - Russell Seeliger, Lockhart

2^nd Place - Marty Costello, Lockhart

3^rd Place - Dan Dornak, Del Valle

4^th Place - Matthew Sturn, Lockhart

5^th Place - Martin Zapata, Lockhart

6^th Place -Chad Halliburton, Lockhart

7^th Place - Dan Pappan, Austin

8^th Place - Steven Lege, Danbury

9^th Place - Adam Ainsworth, Houston

10^th Place - Sam Brown, Red Rock

Final Table

8028

0687

0670

0928

0925

#1 50/50 - Sam Brown of Red Rock took home $255

#2 50/50 - Sharon Seygart of Cedar Creek took home $241

Raffle of Electric Cajun Injector Cooker was won by Doug Higgins of San Marcos

People’s Choice was won by Janet Matthews representing Matt’s Bait.

Marty Costello, veteran of the Afghanistan war, presented Dwight Hamilton the flag originally given to him by CTTCG when he was deployed, and certified to have flown over his tent during his recent tour of duty. The flag will become part of the traveling BB’s Big Red Chili & Beans Show.

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Central Texas Tolbert Chili Group
All Over Central Texas
ph: 512-507-4948
dwight@centraltexaschili.com