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bake-off

The definition of a bake off is a contest in which people submit things they have cooked and prepared, such as cookies, pies or breads, in order to be judged and to determine the best recipe or food product.

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An example of a bake off is a contest at the fair when many different people enter homemade pies to see which gets the most votes.

See bake-off in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a cooking contest in which participants prepare their own recipes, as for a specified kind of cake

Origin: prob. < Bake-Off, trademark for an annual baking contest first conducted by the Pillsbury Company in 1949, although similar formations such as playoff and runoff date from the 19th c.

See bake-off in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A service mark used for a contest in which cooks prepare their own recipes, usually of baked goods, and prizes are awarded for originality and taste. This service mark sometimes occurs in lowercase with the meaning “any contest among cooks.”

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