Get your spoons and your appetites ready: the 32nd Annual Budweiser/Bud Light Chili Cookoff is coming up on Saturday, February 21st in Hannibal, MO! The Chili Cookoff will take place at the Admiral Coontz Armory, where up to 25 businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals all will compete for cash prizes totaling $1750, plus the coveted title of ?Best Local Chili.? Doors will open to the public at 11:00am. Admission is $5.00 per person. Sampling begins at noon and each participant will be given a cup and spoon to sample the various chilies. This is an adults-only event; absolutely no one under age 21 will be admitted. This year?s theme is ?Cirque du Chili.? Each registered team will decorate their booth and/or dress according to the vintage circus/carnival theme for the chance to win an additional $250 cash prize for the best costume. Games and other fun activities will be held throughout the day. San Diego, CA theatrical circus duo Mango and Dango will perform a full slate of acrobatic and other awe-inspiring, big-tent wonders for the crowd. Chili judging will take place at 4:00pm, with 1st place taking home $1000, 2nd place $500 and 3rd place $250. The Hannibal Jaycees will sell adult beverages, with a wide variety of domestic and craft beers available. Soda, coffee and various food items will be available for purchase from the Centennial Circle of King?s Daughters. ?Golden Eagle and the Jaycees have a very exciting day planned for participants,? said Sam Calicotte, Hannibal Jaycees 2015 Chili Cookoff Co-chairman. ?We?re proud to partner with Golden Eagle on this fun community event and the worthy charity it supports.? Proceeds from this year?s Budweiser/Bud Light Chili Cookoff will benefit the Great River Honor Flight, a program that provides no-cost flights to Washington, DC for local military veterans who served in World War II, Vietnam or Korea to visit the war memorials that commemorate their service. For more information about the ?Cirque du Chili,? or to see if team entries are still being accepted, contact Cathie Whelan at Golden Eagle Distributing in Hannibal today. Call 573-221-0908 (toll-free 1-800-467-7008), or stop by their offices at 9669 Hwy 168 Monday through Friday between 9am and 5pm. The Hannibal Jaycees look forward to seeing you on Saturday, February 21st at the Admiral Coontz Armory, 301 Warren Barrett Drive in Hannibal. Join in the fun at the amazing ?Cirque du Chili??the Greatest Show (and Chili) on the Mississippi!