“Chili is a largely a state of mind,” wrote Bill Bridges in “The Great American Chili Book,” and nowhere is that truer than in the spicy world of chili cook-offs, where a champion’s ...

A little bit of chili, a little bit of fun ... Pierce accepted a thank you plaque from the organizers for Tri-Hop’s support of the cook-off and then in turn presented that plaque to Hooper.