Texas/Oklahoma Chili Cook-off

The Texas/Oklahoma Chili Cook-off is a fictional event featured in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre film series. It was referenced in the 1986 sequel film, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

The Texas/Oklahoma Chili Cook-off was an annual event held in Dallas, Texas wherein competitors from both Texas and the state of Oklahoma would proffer forth their best chili recipe in the hopes of winning the grand prize trophy. Muerto County native Drayton Sawyer was Grand Champion of the cook-off two years in a row ([1985]]-1986).

Other competitors in the '86 cook-off hailed from Austin and Waco in Texas, and Norman and Tulsa in Oklahoma. The event was covered by local media including KOKLA radio station DJ Vanita "Stretch" Brock and her co-worker L.G. McPeters.

A Gourmet yuppette presented Drayton Sawyer with the trophy, which was fashioned in the shape of the state of Texas and adorned with a cup filled with a sample of his chili. While Drayton waxed on about having an eye for prime meat, the host sampled a spoonful of his chili. She spit out an indigestible piece, and Drayton said that it must be one of those hard-shell peppercorns. In all liklihood, given his family's practices, there was a better than average chance that the peppercorn was actually a human tooth.