The Voice Magazine July 2017

Big Bear Old
Miners Chili
Cook Off blazes
onto scene Sat.,
July 15, 2017
Masticate your
Mylanta; pack your
Pepcid and take your
Tums to enjoy a new
epoch of lip-smacking-good
chili, live
bands, beer, dancing,
DJs, a Miss Chili Pepper
contest, outhouse
races, a shoot n’ holler
contest, vendors,
treats and so, so,
much more when the
Big Bear Old Miners
Chili Cook Off blazes
onto the scene with a
10 a.m. spicy time on
Sat., July 15, 2017.
The Chili Cook Off
will take place in the
Bartlett Street Parking
Lot in the heart of the
Big Bear Lake Village.
The world-class Big
Bear Old Miners Chili
Cook Off contestants
prepare red chili; chili
verde and homemade
salsa for judging.
The annual Big
Bear Old Miners Chili
Cook Off is free to attend;
however, for the
chili enthusiast there’s
a $5 tasting kit fee so
you can indulge in the
great bowls of fire.
With band listening,
beer drinking and
chili tasting in high
gear by midday, the
annual outhouse races
begin at 1 p.m. During
this bloodthirsty battle
of mobile bathrooms,
the driver is
mounted on a porcelain
throne inside an
actual outhouse on
wheels—and it must
contain the appropriate
paperwork—as
fleet-footed teams
push these high-speed
porta-potties forward
to traverse a truly
treacherous course.
The championship
team is awarded the
highly coveted Golden
Outhouse Trophy.
There is also a People’s
Choice Award for
“Best Decorated Outhouse.”
For more information
on the chili cook
off, call Henry Moreno,
chair, at (760) 490-
9264, or email dizzyjbear@gmail.com.
The Old Miners
Web site is www.
OldMiners.org. You
can also find information
on Facebook by
searching Big Bear Old
Miners.
The Voice Magazine July 2017 • Page 17