Rule 1: The registration is mandatory to participate. However, if anyone feels like participating without registering, he/she cannot be rejected. It is requested that anyone interested in participating should try to let the organizer know.
Rule 2: Anyone can participate either as an individual or as a team.
Rule 3: Any participants should be somehow loosely related to Sayre Hall, GFDL or the AOS Program to participate.
Rule 4: All items must match the inspirational theme. The chefs must be able to argue convincingly how their items fit the theme.
Rule 5: The secret ingredient must be used in the preparation of any item.
Rule 6: The entries will be evaluated by anyone who wants to evaluate them.
Rule 7: The evaluation criteria are at the discretion of the organizer.
Rule 8: The evaluation criteria can be modified by any testers or participants.
Rule 9: The winner shall receive a prize.
Rule 10: The theme, secret ingredient, date of the contest and prize shall be chosen by the organizer.
Rule 11: The organizer is the winner of the previous contest.
Rule 12: The rules can be changed at anytime and interpreted in many different ways depending on mood, weather and other unpredictable events.

Note: The Sayre Hall Iron Chef Contest may be commonly referred to as the IC competion or, even shorter, the IC. Please, be aware that this is not related to any well-known computing machine...