Carolina Chili Cookoff
Who’s got the best chili in the Carolina’s? We find out Saturday May 17th 2025 11am-4pm at Castle Boo in Thomasville NC. Click the “Register to Compete” button below to enter your chili. For official rules, please click the rules link above.
Taste Tickets/Entry Tickets include entry, taste and voting privileges to all chili, live music, seating, access to soft axe throwing, cor hole, and our bounce house obstical course for the kids. Vendors and food trucks will also be available, as well as on site beer, wine, and cider.
If you would like to vend at our event, please purchase a vendor ticket below.
Castle Boo Entertainment Complex located at 20 Fisher Ferry St Thomasville NC 27360
Who makes the Carolina’s Finest Chili?
You can help decide the winner by tasting every chili, then vote for your top three.
Castle Boo Entertainment Complex
Free parking for this event, plus:
We offer a family friendly outdoor environment for this event including live music, a bounce house for the kids, soft axe throwing, cornhole, drinks, beer, wine, cider, and snacks. We also have clean restrooms and private seating for 300+.
Castle Boo is also home to the biggest and scariest haunted house in the Carolina’s, Scream Dreams
Open every Friday and Saturday in October – Over an hour long tour and more than 31,000 square feet of terror, fun, and jump scares.
For events like the Carolina Chili Cookoff, Scream Dreams offers a Dark Maze Tour for just $10 additional, which gives you a small but thrilling sample of the biggest and scariest haunted house in the Carolina’s.
Castle Boo Also Does Birthday Parties
20 Fisher Ferry St. Thomasville NC 27360
Are you looking for the perfect place to have a birthday party for your family or loved one? Castle Boo is the place! Our midway has a huge bounce house, a dunking booth, soft axe throwing, a cool zone, seating for 300+, and clean restrooms, all of which make your party something they will never forget.
Escape the Scream – Escape Rooms at Castle Boo
We have a series of real life escape rooms and VR at Castle Boo in Thomasville!
Who’s chili Is The Best?
We will find out Saturday May 17th at the Carolina Chili Cookoff at Castle Boo in Thomasville NC. Plus, enjoy:
- Free Parking
- A Bounce House(socks required)
- Cornhole
- Soft Axe Throwing
- Live Music
- Drinks, Beer, Wine, Cider, and Snacks
Chili Showdown: Who Will Conquer?
Discover the sizzling spirit of the Carolina Chili Cookoff! Our mission is to spice up community engagement through friendly competition. Join us each year at Castle Boo and be part of a flavorful tradition that celebrates culinary creativity and camaraderie.
Show Off Your Chili Talents
We judge on these three elements of your chili. But when it comes down to it, the taste is what really matters.
Chili Taste
It’s not the spice, it’s the taste.
Chili Texture
The texture, the thickness, the thinness.
Chili Look
The look and color of your chili matters.
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