Bud, I'm sure you can understand that sometimes there are no-win situations! We have had complaints in the past about attendees voting for their friends rather than for the best chili, so we decided to change it up this year. Judges (3 local restaurateurs - yes, that is the correct spelling) will be tasting all the entries but will not know who submitted them. We'll determine after the event whether we should return to public judging next year!