What do you want us to say here? WMSE's 6th Annual Rockabilly Chili Contest takes place this Sunday, March 2nd, from 11AM until 4PM at a huge new location, the Kern Center, 1245 N Broadway, on the campus of MSOE. Ryan and Jason have lined up 42 area restaurants/cafés/taverns to dish out 50 chili recipes to anyone with a little red ticket.

It's $5 to get in, it's $1 per 2oz serving of chili, and while all of the money benefits WMSE, we do this one because it's the most fun we have all year. Free parking in the streets and MSOE lots will make things stress-free. WMSE DJ's Jonny Z of the Chickenshack and Dietrich of Saturday Morning Car Tunes will be providing music throughout the day, and Milwaukee Ale House will supply the beer. Thanks to them, and to The Onion and Clark Graphics for their sponsorship.

So if you haven't already devised a fool-proof scientific method for calculating what constitutes the best chili, now's the time. Why? Because those 42 area restaurants/cafés/taverns are trying to out-do each other for the titles of Best Meat Chili, Best Vegetarian Chili (there will 17 of those), Best Heat, and Best Table Presentation. And those awards are determined by you! So get to training like this is Rocky IV and Sunday you're eating chili to beat the Soviets. Because you are. Don't ask how, you just are.