European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                My l � Achili Day in Germany As evidenced by this team of longhorns from the 512th tac fighter so at Ramstein a Germany there was no shortage of showmanship at the Cook off in bad Kreuz Nach. By Rosemary Sawyer staff writer no self respecting texan would have believed it. A team of three male nurses and a respiratory therapist from Frankfurt beat out a Bunch of bonafide Chili Heads to win the biggest Chili Cook off North of the Alps. And if that Ain t enough to get them texans riled the team gave their winning brew a couple shots of French Beaujolais from a 1984 bottle they picked up for a Buck and a Quarter. Twenty six teams Wagon trained to bad Kreuz Nach s Community Park and travel Camp saturday to try to whip up True Chili Good enough to Send them on to Rosamond calif., in october to compete against another 85 Chili Heads for a $25,000 prize. Unlike their Veteran competitors who bragged about special ingredients such As Goat Lizard and armadillo pronounced Arm a dil lawmakers of Doc Bones world famous b-3, alarm a dillo Chili stuck to a simple recipe. We agreed to not be too complicated said spec. Ron Reynolds respiratory therapist at the Frankfurt army regional medical Center. We tried not to overdo  since the team had never competed in a Chili Cook off before it would have been easy to overdo. Team Leader staff sgt. John Mahon even admitted thinking Chili was supposed to have Beans in it a notion that would leave a texan so red with laughter you d think his Bolo tie had him too tight around his neck. Along with Lowan sgt. John Black the Doc Bones team did sport one texan although you d never know it from his name Dennis Doeppe Schmidt. Doeppe Schmidt s wife Tammy provided the Basic recipe which incidentally did not Call for cheap wine. Despite being new to the Chili game the Hospital workers quickly Learned the Chili Heads ninth commandment thou shall always Bear false witness when asked about thy  after they won they decided their Chili specifics would t be made available for Public consumption until after the California Cook off put on by the International Chili society. Along with first place in the True Chili category the Doc Bones team won second place in the Maverick Chili category which allows for such unorthodox ingredients As Beans pasta and Rice. Staff sgt. Raymond Rice master sgt. Michael Moran sgt. 1st class Steve Hougham and sgt. Leslie Warford of he co 8th inf div made the Best pot of Maverick Chili and took second place with their True Chili. The Maverick winners who said they d never even seen a Chili Cook off before used a doctored up version of Connecticut native Ray Rice s recipe. We added a Little special ingredient from Wil Flecken Moran said Kreuzberg Beer from the Kreuzberg  when the team bought the Beer from the monks near the East German Border their primary purpose was to have a Good time with it but it was inevitable that some would end up in the pot too he said. George Buzzard breath Anderson official Chili Cook off director has been deep in Chili for 11 years. Having spent a lot of time in Texas the state where Chili contests Are held As regularly As Baptist Church services and where a Chili contest on Christmas does t Surprise folks much Anderson led the Cooks meeting. Twenty judges will judge your Chili on consistency taste texture color and Aroma Anderson told 26 Cooks whose headgear was heavy in baseball Caps and Cowboy hats. You Don t want to make it too thick or too thin. You Don t want it sticking to the spoon. Two or three Chews. Should t be Tough or grisly he said. On flavor it should have a Little bite. We Don t want no Peter the dragons running around Here. The bite should hit us right Here he said pointing to the base of his neck. One Chili head explained better it s supposed to taste great in the Kitchen and hit you in the living  the color should be Rusty red not Bright red or Black Anderson continued. And if it looks Good and smells Good Damn it s going to be  As far As ingredients go Anderson offered Only one 8 stripes Magazine August 11 f 1988