HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – Crowds gathered Friday night for the annual MAC Chili Cook-Off and Cornbread Competition in downtown Hopkinsville.

Participants competed for the best chili and best cornbread with hopes of winning the $1,000 cash prize. Visitors sampled chili from a variety of booths with a single ticket to cast their vote by the end of the night.

MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition at Founder’s Sqare, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)
MAC chili-cookoff and cornbread competition, Sept. 22, 2023. (Lily Russell)

Chili-Cookoff results

First Place: University Heights Academy

Second Place: The Walmart Distribution Center

Third Place: The Hopkinsville Fire Department

Cornbread Competition results

First Place: Terry Meacham, “Misfit Cornbread.”

Second Place: First Baptist Church

Third Place: Knights of Columbus

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