Chili cook-off update

Just another reassurance that I'm not the great cook I think I am sometimes. I made chili and a pie for the ward party last night. Neither landed in the top 3 spots among 20+ different pies and 20+ different chilis. Oh well...I just need to keep trying. I think I just need to be more creative. I tend to make the old stand-bys. I'll keep watching the Food Network.