🏈 Kick off Super Bowl weekend with a fun, family-friendly chili cookoff supporting the moms, dads, and babies served by Hope Pregnancy Center.

How the Hope Bowl Works

Taste chili.
Vote with your cups.
Every vote equals $1 of support.

Come as a taster or enter as a contestant either way, every bite helps strengthen local families.

Hope Bowl MVP – awarded to the team that raises the most support through their fundraiser link.
People’s Choice – awarded to the chili that earns the most tasting votes at the event.

One lucky winner will receive a Blackstone Griddle, courtesty of Murdock's in Killeen!

🥄 Attend as a Taster

General Admission

Your entry includes:

Event wristband, 5 chili tasting cups, 5 People’s Choice votes
(1 cup = 1 vote = $1)

Taste the chilis and drop your voting tickets into your favorite team’s jar.
Each vote you cast counts as $1 toward that contestant’s fundraiser.

➕ Optional food add-ons

Frito Pie, Cornbread

Kids 6 and under: Free

🍲 Enter as a Contestant

Bring the heat and rally your people.

Entry Fee: $25 per team

Who can enter:
Individuals, families, businesses, civic groups, or church teams.

Each team receives:

A personal fundraising link for Hope Bowl MVP
Team name on the event leaderboard
QR code sign at your table so guests can vote for your chili

🏆 Two Ways to Win

Hope Bowl MVP – Top Fundraiser

Share your fundraising link before the event
Every dollar donated = one vote
Team with the most dollars raised wins MVP and the grand prize

People’s Choice – Top Chili

Guests vote at the event using tasting tickets
Chili with the most votes wins People’s Choice and the grand prize

Charity Chili Cookoff Benefiting Hope Pregnancy Centers

Kick off Super Bowl weekend with us at the first-ever Hope Bowl: Copperas Cove Chili Cookoff on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at Eastside Baptist Church-Copperas Cove. All proceeds further the life-changing mission of Hope Pregnancy Centers.