Submitting a tasty and well-constructed chili, Will Seyffer won Integra’s first annual Chili Cook-off on Saturday evening, defeating four other chilis, and doubling the score of the second-place winner.

“It was a good time, regardless of the outcome,” said Seyffer, who took home a gold trophy and a Stonewall Kitchen gift basket sporting a blue “First Place” ribbon.

Anne Gale produced a strong chili that barely took second, edging out third place by a single point.  The evening’s hosts, Tim Brooks, whose chili was immensely flavorful but contained too much heat for the judges, and Fiona Brooks, who ordered the bulk of her ingredients from Mexico, graciously shared third place.

Cooper Pickett submitted a Cincinnati chili that was good enough to receive one first place vote.

“Will’s chili was good,” said Tim Brooks.  ”He took no risks, played it safe, and produced a very descent traditional chili.”

The event was stage-managed by Hannah Brooks, who deftly devised the scoring procedures and ensured complete fairness for the event.

About Integra
Integra Strategic Technologies is a full-service Web design and development company based in Portland, Maine, with 16 years of experience offering strategic planning, Web site design, custom database solutions, ecommerce applications, Web hosting, and search engine optimization and marketing.

Portland, Maine – Integra Strategic Techologies, an Internet and Web strategy consulting company, is one of the recipients of MTI’s September Seed Grant.

The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) announced at its September meeting that Integra would be one of the twelve companies to receive a portion of the over $141,000 in funding ($220K in matching contributions).  Integra was awarded the grant for their Client, a web-based application for small businesses.  The software includes project management, client invoicing, issue tracking, and customer relationship management among other features.

“We are extremely grateful to MTI for its continued commitment to Maine’s technology industry,” said Integra Strategic president, Tim Brooks. “This grant will allow us to continue development of an innovative and costeffective client coordination application unlike any that is currently available to small businesses.”

Integra Strategic Technologies specializes in developing and designing Web sites as well as Web-based applications and online tool-sets.