Back your favorite NFL player by picking your favorite Chili’s Smokehouse Bacon Burger. The restaurant chain is in the midst of its Burger Showdown. Who’s it going to be? Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees or Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook? You know, this burger showdown thing could catch on. How about a similar system for the elections? Eat a burger to cast your vote!
Chili’s Grill & Bar has drafted three of the NFL’s hottest players to help promote its new Smokehouse Bacon Burgers while raising funds for charity.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, and Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook will each represent one of three new Chili’s Smokehouse Bacon Burgers in the name of their favorite charity. Available now, guests are encouraged to visit their neighborhood Chili’s to taste these new burgers, because the player with the best-selling burger at the end of the 60-day promotional period will receive $10,000 from Chili’s to donate to their charity of choice.
Guests can visit the Chili’s Web Site to track the competition and register for prizes, including an all-expense-paid trip for two to any 2008 regular season pro or college football game and team helmets autographed by Peterson, Brees, and Westbrook.
Peterson, who set the NFL rushing record in a game this season with 296 yards in the Vikings’ win over San Diego, is highlighting the new Chili’s Jalapeno Smokehouse Bacon Burger. His charity of choice is the Adrian Peterson’s All Day Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for the purpose of inspiring hope, enriching children’s lives and building a better future for our children.
Brees, who set numerous New Orleans passing records in 2007, was a starter for the NFC in the Pro Bowl following the 2006 season when he led the Saints to their first NFC Championship Game. Brees is supporting the Southern Smokehouse Bacon Burger, to benefit the Drew Brees Foundation — which provides care, education and opportunities for children facing adversity.
Selected as a starter for the NFC at the 2008 Pro Bowl in Hawaii, Westbrook will promote the Smokehouse Bacon Triple-the-Cheese Burger. Westbrook has partnered with Soaring Toward Educational Enrichment via Equine Discovery (STEEED), a non-profit effort aimed at providing District children equestrian, ecological and environmental science education and recreation activities through after-school, Saturday morning, teen work-study, and summer camp programs. Additional information can be found by logging onto http://www.steeed.org/.