Monday, July 17, 2000
Chili champion gets gash with cash
By Jennifer Mrozowski
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Kirby “Major” Dunaway shows off his chili awards and gash in his leg.
(Mike Simons photo)
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Gold Star ChiliFest chili cook-off winner Kirby “Major” Dunaway learned Saturday that being a champion doesn't make you invincible.
The Eastgate area resident was unloading equipment from his pickup truck Saturday night after the 700 WLW Greater Cincinnati Firefighters Chili Cook-off contest and dropped a wheelbarrow on his shin.
Mr. Dunaway had been using the wheelbarrow to transport a grill, chairs and other equipment to and from the contest at Yeatman's Cove.
The accident sent the cook-off champion to the emergency room at Mercy Hospital Anderson, where he received 15 stitches.
“It was a pretty good gash,” Mr. Dunaway said. “I should've been smarter.”
Mr. Dunaway is a seven-time ChiliFest cook-off winner and has been competing since the late 1980s. He has won the contest five out of the past six years, he said.
His secret ingredients are three types of meat and “I drink a lot of beer when I make it,” he said, jokingly.
The accident won't stop Mr. Dunaway from competing next year, he said.
But the day wasn't all bad. Mr. Dunaway took home $300 and two trophies for his win, in addition to the big gash on his shin.
Winners in Sunday's International Chili Society Cook-off:
• Salsa, first place: Wayne and Dave Speer of Cincinnati.
• Chili Verde, first place: Dan Segal of Cincinnati.
• Red chili, first place: Heidi Hoover of Columbus.
• Showmanship, first place: George and Jamie Phelps of Cincinnati.
Winners in Saturday's 700 WLW Greater Cincinnati Firefighters Chili Cookoff - all from Cincinnati - were:
• Best Chili, first place: Kirby “Major” Dunaway, “Major's Chili.”
• Showmanship, first place: George Phelps, “Chili Rock Cafe.”
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