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Hi! My name is Steve, and I cook chili. On the left, is me behind the stage in Terlingua with my first-place trophy and the hand-painted Wendell Rankin stove. My show team is named ChiliPodCast.com and to my knowledge is the only chili and/or show team that is an actual URL. I won the One-Person Show division on Nov 1, 2008, at the Terlingua International Chili Championship and it was good!

I did a talk show called Terlingua Talk and I guess it impressed the judges, or they were getting tired of me trying and are hoping I quit after this win. They may be on to something?

Since the One-Man show division has only been around for three years and I have gotten a second and a first, I am now the most winning One-Man show team in the history of world.

The above picture is of Elvis at the 2007 Cowtown CASI Cookoff at Cabela's. Proving that old guys like podcasts, too! I hope you will subscribe and don't be too concerned that you will be overloaded with so many episodes.

This site along with its award winning podcast* is dedicated to the promotion of chili cooking and fun in Texas, and the promotion of Steve Heaser. If you have never heard of this "chili thing" most cookoffs are one- or two-day events. They are held around the world but the lion's share are in the United States and most of those are in Texas. There are cookoffs all year long, but it gets exciting during late summer/early fall when cooks are trying to get the last few points to qualify. (The chili year is from October 1 to September 30.)

If you are coming here from the Steve Crescenzo Communications site, (I was interviewed by him) please don't try to learn too much here. This is intended as fun. It is also to track the cooking and points of Steve, Jim, and Chris of South Side Foggy Mountain chili. (Well, not so much Jim or Chris). The photo above is from November 1, 2008, backstage after winning the one-person show division at the Terlingua International Chili Championship. The photo below is from 2007, with my 2nd place trophy pointing out me in the picture from the 2006 cookoff. Life imitating art, imitating life.

I started this site and podcast in 2005 as a way to spend excess income. Some days I just feel the need to run up the credit cards and pay only the interest on them. Sure I'll never catch up, but hey, it's the American dream! We all have to sacrifice for our art. I just wish I had worn different shirt from one year to the next.

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Some Links:

CASI Web site The Chili Appreciation Society International
South Side Foggy Mountain Chili Their no-longer lame, out-of-date Web site, thanks to Mike Peters.
The History of Chili A well researched and written paper by Linda Stradley, author of I'll Have What They're Having - Legendary Local Cuisine
All About the Chile Pepper A good entry from Answers.com

*Best Podcast about Chili Pod for 2005 and 2006 as voted on by chili cooks in the North Texas area.