He was one of the founders of the cook-off but history doesn't show any wins - he was supposedly more of an aficionado than anything. Seems odd a competitive person didn't at least try (maybe he just wasn't very good? hah).
His kits are a good starting point for a good basic chili though. I grew up with piles of half-used cayenne packets from those in our spice cabinet - always tasted better than most of the supermarket cans of cayenne pepper.
