It ia the bane of the chili cook that though you may win the contest, there is always (ALWAYS) some schmo who will complain. You could bring mild, medium, hot, sweet, sour, sweet hot, hot sour, verde, chicken chili and vegetarian, yet, someone would sound off that you didn't bring vegan. I just hope that that guy suffered accordingly.
My other favorite thing is when someone comes up to the booth at a competition and tells you how good their chili is. How they don't even measure their ingredients. Blah, blah, blah. Then when you ask why they are not in the comtest, they act like it's below them.
Just spoutin off.
Congrats again to Bubba, I haven't been in a cook off since November, so I am living through your win for now. I cannot wait for April 15th!