cooked off; cooking off; cooks off
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
Copeland, who competes in chili cook-offs, got ready to make a huge pot of chili.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Pair it with the tortilla press gift set above to get your cook off to a solid start.
—Scott Gilbertson Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 9 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The Diner Norman, Oklahoma Nostalgia fills every corner of this Sooner State treasure, where vintage photos of chili cook-offs and other small-town mementos cover the walls.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
Copeland, who competes in chili cook-offs, got ready to make a huge pot of chili.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
Meanwhile, Mike Conley looks absolutely cooked off the bench.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Pair it with the tortilla press gift set above to get your cook off to a solid start.
—Scott Gilbertson Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Cook-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cook-off. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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