PHOTOS: Eleventh Hour Rescue hosts Chili Cook-off to benefit homeless

Eleventh Hour Rescue hosts a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Eleventh Hour Rescue hosts a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Eleventh Hour Rescue hosts a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Eleventh Hour Rescue hosts a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Anne Parsons, of Boonton, volunteer with Eleventh Hour Rescue, carries a tray of chili, during a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Samples of chili are placed in containers so they can be sampled later in the evening by judges, during a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs, hosted by Eleventh Hour Rescue. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Samples of chili are placed in containers so they can be sampled later in the evening by judges, during a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs, hosted by Eleventh Hour Rescue. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Luisa SanGiacomo, of Montville, checks the temperature of the chili, during a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs, hosted by Eleventh Hour Rescue. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

Eleventh Hour Rescue hosts a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record

(l) Anne Parsons, of Boonton and Luisa SanGiacomo, of Montville, check the temperature of the chili, during a Winter Warm-Up Chili Cook-Off Event to benefit homeless cats and dogs, hosted by Eleventh Hour Rescue. The event was held at the Rock Ridge Community Club House, in Denville, NJ, February 8, 2015. Mary Iuvone/For The Daily Record