Tasters name 'best chili' during annual 302nd AW cookoff

Charli Kiley, 302nd Airlift Wing protocol officer, serves up a sampling of chili April 1 during the annual 302nd Airlift Wing chili cookoff event at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Located in the 39th Aerial Port Squadron, 18 competitors submitted their green or red chili creations for either a first, second or third place award recognition of "best chili" in their category. For the green chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. David Robbin; 2nd, Senior Master Sgt. Dean Firestein; and 3rd, Mrs. Katie Davidson. For the red chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. Pam Scharfenberg; 2nd, Master Sgt. Richele Beckett; and 3rd, Mr. Russell Dunlap. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Tasters name 'best chili' during annual 302nd AW cookoff

Lt. Col. Keith Wesley, 731st Airlift Squadron director of operations, takes on a serving of chili April 1 during the annual 302nd Airlift Wing chili cookoff event at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Located in the 39th Aerial Port Squadron, 18 competitors submitted their green or red chili creations for either a first, second or third place award recognition of "best chili" in their category. For the green chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. David Robbin; 2nd, Senior Master Sgt. Dean Firestein; and 3rd, Mrs. Katie Davidson. For the red chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. Pam Scharfenberg; 2nd, Master Sgt. Richele Beckett; and 3rd, Mr. Russell Dunlap. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Tasters name 'best chili' during annual 302nd AW cookoff

Master Sgt. Rusty Scharfenberg, 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, tastes chili competitor number five while making the rounds of taste-testing April 1 during the annual 302nd Airlift Wing chili cookoff event at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Sergeant Scharfenberg confessed that while he was enjoying the chili samples, he was biased on his choice because of his wife's own chili submission. Located in the 39th Aerial Port Squadron, 18 competitors submitted their green or red chili creations for either a first, second or third place award recognition of "best chili" in their category. For the green chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. David Robbin; 2nd, Senior Master Sgt. Dean Firestein; and 3rd, Mrs. Katie Davidson. For the red chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. Pam Scharfenberg; 2nd, Master Sgt. Richele Beckett; and 3rd, Mr. Russell Dunlap. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Tasters name 'best chili' during annual 302nd AW cookoff

Tech. Sgt. Kevin Kolln, 39th Aerial Port Squadron loadmaster, takes on a serving of chili April 1 during the annual 302nd Airlift Wing chili cookoff event at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Located in the 39th APS building, 18 competitors submitted their green or red chili creations for either a first, second or third place award recognition of "best chili" in their category. For the green chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. David Robbin; 2nd, Senior Master Sgt. Dean Firestein; and 3rd, Mrs. Katie Davidson. For the red chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. Pam Scharfenberg; 2nd, Master Sgt. Richele Beckett; and 3rd, Mr. Russell Dunlap. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Tasters name 'best chili' during annual 302nd AW cookoff

Airman 1st Class Angela Hall, a personnelist assigned to the 39th Aerial Port Squadron, chows down on a tortilla with her chili April 1 during the annual 302nd Airlift Wing chili cookoff event at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. "I liked number 18 out of the chili choices," she explained. "It was a little spicy and had a bit more flavor." Located in the 39th APS building, 18 competitors submitted their green or red chili creations for either a first, second or third award recognition of "best chili" in their category. For the green chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. David Robbin; 2nd, Senior Master Sgt. Dean Firestein; and 3rd, Mrs. Katie Davidson. For the red chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. Pam Scharfenberg; 2nd, Master Sgt. Richele Beckett; and 3rd, Mr. Russell Dunlap. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier)

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Tasters name 'best chili' during annual 302nd AW cookoff

Published April 2, 2010
By Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Collier
302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The 302nd Airlift Wing's annual chili cookoff event took place April 1 at the 39th Aerial Port Squadron on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Competing in both red and green chili categories,18 submissions were laid out for wing members to sample and to vote on for either a first, second or third place award recognition of "best chili" in their category. Winners in the green chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. David Robbin; 2nd, Senior Master Sgt. Dean Firestein; and 3rd, Mrs. Katie Davidson. For the red chili category: 1st, Master Sgt. Pam Scharfenberg; 2nd, Master Sgt. Richele Beckett; and 3rd, Mr. Russell Dunlap.