Pie contest and bake-off scorecard
Guests rate numbered entries on their own phones. Everyone sees the ranking when you close voting.
- Free
- No app or account for guests
- Takes about a minute to set up
- See a sample
Start from an example
Each one fills in a title and example entries. Change both to your own.
- Pie contest
- Cookie bake-off
- Cake contest
- Bake-off
- Blind taste test
- Family holiday contest
- Salsa contest
- Pumpkin carving contest
- Costume contest
- Ugly sweater contest
- Office decorating contest
- Gingerbread house contest
- Friendsgiving dish contest
- Soup cook-off
- Wing cook-off
- Trunk-or-treat contest
- Big game ad ratings
- Holiday lights contest
- Chili cook-off
How it works
- Create the scorecard. You get a host page with a link for guests and a private host link.
- Print the table card (it has a QR code for the guest link) or send the link to the group chat.
- Guests rate the numbered entries from 1 to 5, or pick one entry per award if you chose awards. Ballots are anonymous.
- Close voting on the host page. The ranking with the entry names appears for anyone with the results link.
See a sample contest to view the guest ballot and the results page.
What the ranking looks like
Example with made-up numbers, not a real contest.
- #1 Dad's pumpkin (Entry 3)4.6 / 5, 9 ratings
- #2 Aunt Lisa's pecan (Entry 1)4.2 / 5, 9 ratings
- #3 Sam's apple (Entry 2)3.8 / 5, 8 ratings
Good to know
- No accounts and no tracking cookies. A browser can only tell it has voted if it remembers, so a determined guest can vote twice. For a party that is rarely a problem.
- A contest holds up to 20 entries. Contests are deleted 30 days after you create them. You can delete one yourself from the host page at any time.
- Keep the host link private. Anyone who has it can close or delete the contest.
Judging guides
- Pie contest judging sheet: the crust row, blind slices and which pies need the fridge.
- Cookie contest score sheet: chewy, crisp and decorated cookies, and tasting plates at a swap.
- Cake contest judging: crumb, frosting, cupcakes and decorated cakes.
- Bake-off judging criteria for mixed bakes: bread next to cookies, a tasting order and office logistics.
- Salsa contest judging: heat classes and a mild-to-hot tasting order.
- Pumpkin carving contest judging: carved, painted and lit classes.
- Halloween costume contest judging: awards, a numbered parade and a phone vote.
- Halloween costume contest categories: twelve awards, what each rewards and who decides it.
- Ugly Christmas sweater contest judging: ugliest or best ugly, awards and a 10-minute vote.
- Office decorating contest judging: doors, cubicles, safety checks and remote staff.
- Trunk-or-treat contest judging: a sheet for decorated cars, safety checks and a visitor vote by car number.
- Christmas lights contest judging: a night route, a score sheet and a neighbors' vote.
- Holiday lights contest voting: a numbered QR yard sign per house, a December timeline and a worked example.
- Big game commercial ratings party: a printable ad list, paper award categories and a numbered phone vote.
- Friendsgiving dish competition: categories, anonymous numbers at a potluck, kids voting and a score sheet.
- Gingerbread house contest judging: structure, edible rules and kids' classes.
- How to judge a chili cook-off: criteria, blind cups, ranking and tie-breaks.
- Soup cook-off judging: a soup score sheet, broth and cream classes, slow cooker rules.
- Wing cook-off judging sheet: a printable wing score sheet, heat classes, holding and tasting order.
- Pumpkin carving contest rules: real pumpkins, carved vs painted classes, carve at home or on site, and a rule sheet.
- Chili cook-off rules: batch size, hot holding, judged cup vs people's choice and a rule sheet.
- Office chili cook-off planner: pots, cups and outlets by headcount, a lunch-hour timeline and work rules.
- How to host a pie contest: rules, categories, a timeline and an entry form.
- How to run a blind taste test at home: snacks, chocolate or hot sauce, kept blind.