Terlingua International Chili Championship 2027

Terlingua International Chili Championship 2027 runs Nov 2–6, 2027, in Terlingua, Texas.

Terlingua, Texas (Rancho CASI de los Chisos, Highway 170).

Nov 2–6, 2027.

Best categories: rv, towable, trucks-vans, off-road. The Chili Appreciation Society International runs its championship by a calendar anyone can work out: finals on the first Saturday of November, with the celebration opening the Tuesday before. That puts 2027 at Tuesday, November 2 through Saturday, November 6, at Rancho CASI de los Chisos, which CASI locates on the north side of Highway 170 about eleven miles west of Study Butte and seven miles east of Lajitas. CASI hosted the first Terlingua championship in 1967 and still runs the tradition; the week builds from side contests and nightly bands to Saturday's final, which only qualified cooks may enter. CASI's cookoff information page lists a local service for portable toilet rental and RV cleanout, a set of ranch safety rules to read before arrival, and Terlingua-area lodging for anyone who comes without a rig. Big Bend National Park is the neighbor; its Rio Grande Village campground keeps full-hookup sites for a longer stay after the cookoff.

Recommended lead time: 8 weeks. Event windows book up early, so search and lock your dates as soon as your plans firm up.

By its own rule. CASI says it holds the championship each year on the first Saturday of November, and that the five-day celebration starts on the Tuesday before. For 2027 that means November 2 through 6; in 2026 the same rule gives November 3 through 7, the dates CASI printed.

CASI's cookoff information page: it collects the schedule of events, the ranch safety rules, frequently asked questions about Rancho CASI, the band schedule for Thursday through Saturday nights, and the local tank-service contact. Come self-sufficient on water and fuel, since the ranch sits out on Highway 170 between Study Butte and Lajitas.

This is remote Chihuahuan Desert: top off fuel and water before the last stretch, expect warm days and cold nights in early November, and drive Highway 170 slowly after dark.

Arrange tank service before the week gets busy; CASI's own cookoff page points campers to the local outfit that rents portable toilets and does RV cleanouts.