Welcome to the Gainesville Chicken Festival
Use this site to manage contest entries, submit judge scores, monitor category completion, publish results, and prepare team handouts.
Judges
Log in with your assigned Judge ID and password. Enter the box Entry #, confirm the category, score Appearance, Taste, and Texture, add any notes, then submit.
Administrators
Import teams and entries, open judging for everyone, manage category closing times, and watch the completion monitor to make sure every entry receives six scores.
Cook Teams & Results
Once results are published, use Cook Team to review team results and feedback. Awards displays the published contest results.
How judging works
Before you submit
Double-check the Entry # and category. Each judge may submit only once for an entry. If something looks wrong or an entry is unavailable, contact the contest administrator before continuing.
Admin
Logged in as: —teamNumber,teamName,divisionEntries CSV
entryNumber,teamNumber,categoryIdAdd Single Entry (Admin)
Category Judging Windows
A category can be closed manually or automatically at the date and time entered below. The global “Judging Open for All Judges” switch must also be enabled.
Categories & Multipliers
Health Checks
Entries Imported: 0
Total Score Submissions: 0
Incomplete Entries: 0
Entries With No Scores: 0
Judge Score Review
Select a judge to inspect submitted scores and comments. Edit or void judge submissions. All changes require a reason and are saved to the audit log.
Entry Score Review
Look up an entry to review all active judge submissions, identify missing scores, and correct keying errors. Enter the six assigned judge IDs to identify which judge is missing; submissions alone cannot establish the table assignment.
Team Results Lookup
Administrator onlySearch by competition team number or team name to inspect entries, totals, and judge comments for the selected year.
Category Standings — 1st through 4th
Grand Champion — Top 5
2026 Private Cook-Team Reports
Administrator onlyPublishing public awards does not automatically repair unmatched team logins. Review the matches below and refresh private reports after score corrections. Each report is saved under that account’s Firebase UID.
Only use this when you have confirmed which account belongs to which team. This creates a private report for that account without changing the competition team number.
Cook Team Account Assignments
Administrator only2025 archive only: verify a returning team's historical identity once to make its private archived results available. For 2026, reports are matched automatically by exact team name when results are published.
Judge Scoring
Score each assigned entry from 1–9 for Appearance, Taste, and Texture. Your account stays signed in while you move around the site.
Cook Team Portal
Your competition entries, official results, and judge feedback—all in one place. Private results are available only to your team after publication.
Awards & Recognition
View published 1st–4th category winners, the top five Grand Champion places, and printable team handouts.
Awards & Printables
Official resultsPer Category Winners
Grand Champion — Top 5
Team Handout (Admin only)
Generate a detailed score sheet for one team, including every judge score, the dropped low score, final total, and comments.
Winners Handout (Admin only until published)
Public handout: top four entries in each category and division, plus Grand Champion places 1–5, with official scores. No judge comments.