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Chili competition gets heated in Batavia

Participants from around the competed in the 23rd annual State Championship Chili Cook Off Saturday in Batavia.

The winner of the Chili Appreciation Society's contest moves on to the national competition in Terlingua, Texas.

Thirty cooks entered, with 20 chilis competing in the traditional category. The Illinois competition is the last of the state finals before the national competition.

  Rachel and Ryan Lynn of Batavia taste their seventh chili during the 23rd annual State Championship Chili Cook Off Saturday at the Batavia Riverwalk. The warm temperatures didn't temper their enthusiasm. "It's too good to be too hot," Rachel said. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
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