Maplewood Chili Cookoff founder Lester P. Chew offers a sample of his famous recipe at the inaugural Maplewood Chili Cookoff, 1857.
The Maplewood Girl Scouts present Honorary judge Eleanor Roosevelt with their ancho-infused seitan vegetarian entry at the 1939 Maplewood Chili Cookoff.
Our 1944 Chili Cookoff took place under improvised conditions, but was noted as a key morale-raiser during World War II