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Toys for Tots

Sat, Dec 5, 2026 · Kemah, TX · CASI-sanctioned

Our take written by Chili Times

Toys for Tots is a CASI cook-off at 623 Daniel Dror Ave in Kemah, and its charity is Toys for Tots. Entry is $10 plus a $10 unwrapped toy, or $25 for an entry without a toy. Cooks are welcomed to a Friday dinner at the lodge, and RV hookups are limited.

The CASI chili turns in at 2pm and the meat requirement is Chili Grind. A Santa's Cookie Contest costs $10 to enter, with cookies turned in at 11:30am and cash prizes split 50-30-20 across the first three places. Judging is limited to 12 judges, with a $5 judges fee.

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

Toys for Tots Sat, Dec 5, 2026

Chili Appreciation Society International (CASI) · Kemah, TX

The CASI list entry
12/5/2026 Toys for Tots 623 Daniel Dror Ave Kemah TX 77573 AQ: No turn in: 2pm Fee: $25.00 Meat Requirement: Chili Grind Charity: Toys for Tots
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$25.00
Turn-in2pm
Meat requirementChili Grind
AQ (qualifier)No
CharityToys for Tots

For visitors

Entry fee: $10 plus $10 unwrapped toy.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
No toy entry will be $25.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
Santa’s Cookie Contest: $10 entry.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
Cash (50-30-20) prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
Cookie Turn in: 11:30am.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
Judges fee $5 - Limited to 12 judges.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
Cooks welcomed to Friday Lodge dinner.
CASI: Event List, Next 90 Days · our check found this text on November 2, 2026
Limited RV Hookups available.
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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