Calling all chili cooks!

Fallbrook’s chili contest, the last of the downtown Hot Summer Nights Series, is looking for chili cooks. Friday, August 31, between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. will be the time to prove that your chili is the very best in Fallbrook.

Contestants are required to provide six gallons of chili for the tasting, “prepared and delivered hot,” with provisions for keeping the chili hot during the serving. Tasters are allowed to vote up until 7:15 p.m. for their favorite chili.

Competition between the chili cooks is a lot of fun, besides a chance to win a plaque or cash prize in the amateur or professional divis...