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Noun
Another highlight will be the 2026 cook-off, which will be the largest in festival history with more than 100 teams.—Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026 How much America’s Culinary Cup relies on head-to-head cook-offs to send people home gives all those slivers of information a little more urgency, though.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
Verb
Brahmi dusted off his chili recipe that won him first place in a chili cook off against other Dallas chefs years prior, and the Frito Chili Soufflé was born.—Claire Ballor
staff Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026 Rice finishes cooking off the heat.—Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cook-off