chili cook-off

Chili Cook-offs Jan 13th & Jan 14th!

Two cook-offs in beautiful Rocky Point! Friday Cook-off  Jan. 13th Come early and cook on Friday, January 13th  (could be your lucky day) Cook-off sponsored by the CHOPPS Pod  (Chili Heads of Puerto Peñasco) Winner is automatic qualifier! Cook on the Beach! Charity:  The Rocky Point Christmas Club Myrl Coultas   myrlL@aol.com   25th Annual South […]

BWD Chili Cookoff – Nov 26th

Thanksgiving is just a couple days away, which means the BWD Chili Cookoff is happening this Saturday at the clubhouse in Cholla. Feel free to stop by and taste some of the best chili that Cholla has to offer. Tasting and voting will start at 2:30 p.m. then the raffle and awards will follow. As […]

BWD Chili Cook-off right around the corner!

Have you got award winning chili?  Enough for Big Wave Dave’s Chili Cook-off over T-day weekend? Still time to sign up and show off your chops…well, chili! The chili cookoff will take place on Saturday, November 26th at the Club House in Cholla Bay. If you plan on cooking chili for this event then here […]

Big Wave Dave’s 14th Annual Chili Cookoff was a huge success!

By Big Wave Dave This year there were 16 chili cookers, some veteran cookers and some first timers. All Chilis were extremely good, making it very hard to choose a winner. This year’s winner was 1st time cooker Rhea Dugan, 2nd place went to Randy Adams, and 3rd went to Darren Dodd for “Thunder Down […]

Congrats to 13th Annual Big Wave Dave’s Chili-Cookoff winners

Contributor: Brian Heffernan,  Photos: Selena Keesecker Another successful Chili cook-off benefiting Nancy Phelan’s Animal Adoption Center of Rocky Point was held on November 28th.  As tourism slows here in December and January, so do charitable donations.  The proceeds and donations help see the abused, neglected and abandoned animals through the winter that Nancy rescues.  This […]

Chili Cook-offs 1/17 & 1/18

Get ready for some spice on the beach as there are two chili cook-off opportunities this upcoming  holiday weekend! On Friday, Jan. 17th, the Annual CHOPPS Pod (Chili Heads of Puerto Penasco) Cookoff will be held along the beach area of Playa de Oro RV Park in the Mirador. Just as last year, this cook-off […]

More than just a dish, chili is a serious sport

By Shandra Keesecker That’s chili, not chile. What is the difference you may ask? Let’s just say that chili is the red-hot dish (TexMex style) while chile is the plant or pod (and of course there’s Chile the country). Speaking of pods, in the competition world of Chili, pods are also individual chapters of the […]

Chili Cook-Off keeps cooking up a storm Jan. 19th

The Chili Cook-offs at Playa de Oro RV Park will continue to spice things up on Saturday, Jan. 19th, with expectations for up to 25 chili competitors.  Cooking gets underway at 10 a.m., as well as the Swap Meet, and judging begins around 1 p.m. After a run by the chili stands today, the trick […]

Chilly? Chili! Weekend Rundown 1/18 – 1/20

The recent cold front that shivered through much of Mexico (including Puerto Peñasco), bringing with it bitter temperatures and school closings, is on its way out and warmer air can be felt blowing through town. Mornings and evenings are still chilly and though we see a brave tourist or two donning shorts from time to […]

5 de mayo Weekend Rundown

May is full of holidays and fiestas in Mexico! We started off the month with Labor Day, then there was 3 de mayo honoring builders, and this weekend there’s 5 de mayo to commemorate the Battle of Puebla. Right around the bend is 10 de mayo (Mother’s Day in Mexico and throughout Latin America) or […]

Cinco de Mayo Chili Cook-off @ JJ’s

First there was RCPM January Jam, then fishing tournaments, softball games, and let’s not forget the recent 1 club golf tourney out at low-tide by JJ’s in Cholla Bay. This weekend, 5 de Mayo, JJ’s has got it going on again with a Cinco de Mayo chili cookoff!  A glance at the walls throughout JJ’s […]

Chili Cook-off @ Playa de Oro Jan. 13 & 14

Grab your spoons! There will be two chili cook-off events this weekend at the Playa de Oro RV Park in the Mirador area, with proceeds from today’s cook-off (Jan. 13) going to the terrific activities of the Santa Claus Club.  Program notes indicate tastings and such will be going on from about 9 a.m. – […]