Texas Heat is a lively chili cookoff and tasting experience built around big flavor, local personality, and a little friendly competition. Guests can sample chili from restaurant teams, hospitality pros, backyard cooks, and family recipe keepers, then vote for their favorites while enjoying live music, drinks, giveaways, and interactive activations from Austin’s hospitality community. It’s part food festival, part neighborhood cookoff, and part industry party, all designed to celebrate the people, stories, and flavors that make Austin’s food scene special.