Tracy McLachlan, left, Ian Stewart, center, and Paul Slye, of team Auto Works, stir up their pork green chili and green vegan chili on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, while competing in the Snowdown Chili Cook-off at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in the Exhibit Building. At noon the event was open to the public to sample all the teams chilis along with salsas and bloody Mary’s. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)