Gumbo Cookoff????

[duckman1911]

Originally Posted by mr crab

A good format is to charge a flat entry fee. Each entrant gets three tickets when they walk in. Once they are in, they can taste much gumbo as they want from the teams. They put their tickets in cans at the cook sites of their favorite gumbos. At the end of the day, each team turns in their cans, the tickets are counted and the teams with the most tickets are given recognition. Of course extra tickets would be available for sale. Not exactly fair, but this format maximizes the money raised

I like this. When I did the red cross cook off we sold tickets for a buck each. A ticket got you a cup of gumbo. Had people that would try every single gumbo. Some people would bring a bowl and load up on their favorite gumbo. A bowl was five bucks. It was great fun.
$20 entry fee for competitors sound fair?