Whose cheese will reign supreme? Quesoff returns to the Mohawk in October

Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American-Statesman
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Who's the big cheese when it comes to Austin's favorite dip? Restaurants, chefs and home-cooks will face off in a friendly competition to find the city's best queso when the Mohawk hosts its annual Quesoff on Oct. 8.

Queso-makers will compete in four categories: Meaty, Spicy, Veggie and Wild Card. A panel of judges — including Austin360's award-winning food writer Matthew Odam, Franklin Barbecue's Aaron Franklin and City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes — will also present a best-in-show award to the overall top queso dish.

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DJ uLOVEi will serve up saucy jams for your cheese sampling soundtrack. Proceeds from the event benefit Central Texas Food Bank.

This year's competitors include past champions Better Half, Eldorado Cafe and Cheesus Queso. Other cheese masters vying for the queso crown include La Condesa, Vamonos and Trudy's Tex-Mex Cafe.

Tickets to the event are $20 advance and $25 day of show. More information at mohawkatx.com.

Here's the full list of con-queso-dors:

  • Better Half

  • Eldorado Cafe

  • Cheesus Queso

  • Los Locos

  • The Cavalier

  • Chef Flaco's Salsa

  • Dough Squad’s El Queso

  • Fundudos

  • Voodoo Majic

  • FC Queso

  • La Condesa

  • Up To No Gouda

  • Team Indigo

  • Vamonos

  • Cielito Lindo

  • J.A.M. Catering's

  • The C.U.L.I.N.A.T.O.R.S.

  • Howdy Print Shop

  • NaughtyPug

  • OMG Queso

  • Creole Queso

  • Trudy's Del Mar

  • Trudy's Tex Mex

  • KG BBQ

  • Burning Ring of Queso (Lenoir, Vixen's Wedding)

  • Distant Relatives

  • Huckleberry

  • Carpenters Hall (Thomas Waltz)

  • Team Fairmont Austin

  • Credo Foods

  • The Cheese of Late Night (Delray Cafe)

  • Oseyo

  • Tejas Birria

  • Summer House on Music Lane

  • Dirdie Birdie

  • Hawk's Hot Chicken

  • ONETACO

  • Goodburn Sauce Co.

  • Downtown Cheesy Brown

  • Da Crack Houze

  • Le Pera

  • Shady Villa Hotel

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