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6th Annual Golden Age Cookoff

Sat, Jan 23, 2027 · Lufkin, TX · CASI-sanctioned

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The 6th Annual Golden Age Cookoff is a CASI cook-off at 2801 Valley Ave. in Lufkin, benefiting the Angelina County Senior Citizen Center. CASI entry is $30.00 with a 1pm turn-in and Chili Grind meat.

Side contests are an open local chili category at $25 with a 1pm turn-in, 50/50 salsa at $10 turning in at 11am, and 50/50 beans at $10 turning in at noon. RV parking is limited, with no hookups.

Our plain-language reading of the sanctioning body's listing quoted on this page. It adds no facts of its own.

6th Annual Golden Age Cookoff Sat, Jan 23, 2027

Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) · Lufkin, TX

The CASI list entry
1/23/2027 6th Annual Golden Age Cookoff 2801 Valley Ave. Lufkin TX 75901 AQ: No turn in: 1pm Fee: $30.00 Meat Requirement: Chili Grind Charity: Angelina County Senior Citizen Center
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
From the CASI list entry (our table of its fields).
Entry fee$30.00
Turn-in1pm
Meat requirementChili Grind
AQ (qualifier)No
CharityAngelina County Senior Citizen Center

For visitors

Open local chili category, $25 entry fee, turn in at 1pm .
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
50/50 Salsa $10 entry fee, turn in 11am.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
50/50 beans, $10 entry fee, turn in at noon.Limited rv parking, no hookups
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026

How to enter

CASI: membership
Although one does not have to be a member of CASI to participate in chili cookoffs
CASI: Official CASI Rules (PDF) · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
CASI's event list
**On all the events listed, CASI RULES APPLY!
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026

Add up entry fees for the categories you'd cook →

Check before you go. Cook-off dates, fees and details change, and events can be cancelled. Confirm on CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days and CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days; we last found these words there on November 2, 2026.

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