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Road To TICC

Thu, Oct 29, 2026 · Marathon, TX · CASI-sanctioned

Our take written by Chili Times

Road To TICC is a Thursday CASI cook-off at the Marathon Motel and RV Park on US-90 in Marathon, the stop before the cooks caravan into the Ranch on Friday. The listing says it is the 5th year.

Entry is $25.00, turn-in is at 5pm, the meat requirement is open, and the charity is the Marathon PTO.

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

Road To TICC Thu, Oct 29, 2026

Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) · Marathon, TX

The CASI list entry
10/29/2026 Road To TICC 701 US-90 Marathon TX 79842 AQ: No turn in: 5pm Fee: $25.00 Meat Requirement: Open Charity: Marathon PTO
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
From the CASI list entry (our table of its fields).
Entry fee$25.00
Turn-in5pm
Meat requirementOpen
AQ (qualifier)No
CharityMarathon PTO

For visitors

Road To Terlingua.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
701 US -90 Marathon TX 79842. marathonmotel.com for reservations.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
Turn in: 5pm.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
Fee: $25.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
Meat: Open Charity: Marathon PTO.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
Come join us for a fun cookoff at the Marathon Motel and RV Park.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
The cookoff is THURSDAY.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
We will caravan into the Ranch on Friday through the park.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
This is the 5th year for the cookoff.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 2026
Great stop to get that RV ready and full of water for a week in the desert.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on October 14, 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 October 14, 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 October 14, 2026

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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 October 14, 2026.

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