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Chili Chefs Charge To Meet Challenge At Ruskin Cookoff

Tribune photo by MICHAEL SPOONEYBARGER

Gunner Davis serves up his chili during the the 13th annual Chili Cookoff and Flea Market at E.G. Simmons Park today.

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By LOIS KINDLE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 21, 2009

RUSKIN - Cloudless skies, cool temps and hot chili drew more than 1,000 visitors to E.G. Simmons Park today, where a dozen amateur cooks talked trash and vied for a year of bragging rights.

They were contestants in the park's 13th annual Chili Cookoff and Flea Market.

First place and $300 went to Donnie Mitchell of Venice for his No Road Kill recipe; second was awarded to Patrick Pruitt of Seffner for "Back to Nature;" and third place went to Ronnie Barnes of Brandon and Tracy McLellan of Plant City for their "Graveyard Gruel."

All proceeds benefit Friends of the Park.

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