How About A Cook Off EVERYONE Can Participate In?

[Spinaker]

Yep! I would be in for this one. I love making chili. And it means I get to smoke a brisket, grill some brats and pork steaks. Oh yeah, and I throw some other unmentionables in there too. Bring it!

[Bogy]

WayneT even better, I can preach about the sin of envy the following Sunday!

[WayneT]

Bogy I’m guessing gluttony gets a pass.

[Bogy]

WayneT When I'm doing the cooking, gluttony gets a pass!

[ofelles]

Okay I'm in with my World Famous, you might as well drop out now, California Special Verde Enchilada Pork Chili!

I will hold back on the pineapple for the Texans though 😁

[Panhead John]

Want me to order your trophy now? 🥸

[ofelles]

yes please and nothing cheesy

[WayneT]

I’ve just sourced a chili recipe that will knock everyone’s socks off, except Panhead John who, I’ve heard, from reliable pillow fight sources, walks around barefooted all day.

[Panhead John]

,,,

[Panhead John]

Thank god my toenail polish wore off, that would’a been embarrassing!

[WayneT]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Philotius]

Ha!!! I’ve been saving a point the size a that left foot just for chili!!

[efincoop]

Sounds fun. I would definitely be up for this

[randy.56]

Soup is good food, in the past when we would make Taco soup, Chili, Chicken noodle, ect. we would take the left overs and place them in a bowl. Slip a piece of foil or plastic wrap over bowls and freeze. Then remove the frozen soup the next day and place in freezer bags for later. then microwave to warm up. Until we ran across these Souper Cubes, thought I would share the link with you all ya all. After frozen run a little warm water over the bottom, soup removes easy. The we place frozen cubes in freezer bags, or you can vacuum pack. They are reusable, as we have had our for about a year now. Hope this helps someone.
Beans in Chili or Taco soup is a gas. Warning if you eat Chili, or Taco soup with beans for lunch then dinner then lunch again the next day and then dinner, then gas becomes unsanitary. Ask me how I know.

https://www.amazon.com/Souper-Cubes-Extra-Large-Silicone-Freezing/dp/B07GSSR5V2/ref=asc_df_B07GSSR5V2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309764494680&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5198573608483759754&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016658&hvtargid=pla-573999856052&psc=1

[Jerod Broussard]

Ordered a set, thanks!

[Bogy]

If my wife isn't interested I have a daughter who will love them.

[treesmacker]

Well, I'm owner of the "Silver Ladle" trophy from my work as the winner of the final Chili Cookoff before they shut down the plant, so beware!
Also, I'm winner of the Fire House Chili award for accidently burning my chili at a prior cookoff, setting off the high decibel smoke alarms throughout the building, and having the fire brigade arrive on scene to answer the call, so beware!

[randy.56]

cannot wait to smell Silver ladle chili.

[Spinaker]

For the record.......Beans do not belong in modern day chili. Maybe on the frontier or during the depression where protein in the form of meat was scarce and you were throwing everything in the pot.........them days are gone. Meat, meat and more meat. Chili on and Carry On.

[DavidNorcross]

For the record, I add beans to my chili

[jfmorris]

I fully agree! Wish my wife did. My compromise when *I* make the chili is that I make a separate pot of pintos, and she can stir them into her chili if she wants them...

[CHNeal]

For the record I add 2 types of brand to my chili…

[Mosca]

For the record.......Beans do not belong in modern day chili. Maybe on the frontier or during the depression where protein in the form of meat was scarce and you were throwing everything in the pot.........them days are gone. Meat, meat and more meat. Chili on and Carry On.

Meat, and especially beef, is a budget stretch for many families these days.

Price Chopper:




Wegman’s:




Weis:

[treesmacker]

Yes... only beef I could find reasonably priced was beef heart at $1.98 lb. It looked vibrant red and fresh. I've never had it. Is it good for you? Does it taste good? Is it tender? How to cook it? Would it be good in chili?

[Mosca]

treesmacker doggone, I dunno, I’ve never tried it and never considered it. However, I am certain you can make chili from it, why not? Call it Aztec chili.

[Bogy]

Love heart. Ever had a chicken heart? Pretty much the same thing, except lots bigger. Very very lean, very fine grain. Obviously, the whole thing is a muscle that works 24/7. In chili it would be like putting the giblets, heart and gizzard into gravy or stuffing.

[Mosca]

Beans.

[Panhead John]

We do not allow joking around here sir! ….

Red kidney beans are the best way to ruin a pot of chili. 🤮

[Mosca]

Spinaker It did seem out of character for you!

[Bogy]

Wife uses Navy beans in her white chili, I use black beans in mine.

[hoovarmin]

That's it, I'm making my chili with squirrel meat now.

[Mosca]

One of the guys came in to work with some home made kielbasa. He offered me a taste, it smelled okay but tasted gamey. I put on a smile and said it was good. "Squirrel meat." Yeah, eff you.

[Philotius]

Lots of crows here, Always wondered if they’d match up with squirrel and skinned beans in a chili

[jfmorris]

Good way to stretch your ground beef! Mix it with squirrel...

[Philotius]

So down with cooking some chili! I’m pretty sure I can not wait until November though. "The Grey" is already starting to settle in here in The PNW.

[Philotius]

Sorry Texas….beans belong

[jfmorris]

I will have to do this too, and do it entirely on the kettle with my dutch oven or something like that. The problem is that my favorite chili recipe belongs to Troutman (his red!) and that wouldn't really be my own unique entry. I'll have to do my own twist on it I suppose... got a brisket point I could thaw and smoke and cube, or else grind for chili. Hmmm...

[treesmacker]

Speaking of Troutman, I haven't seen him here lately; I hope everything is OK with him!

[Michael_in_TX]

Before I started cooking my own chili at the age of 25 or so, this was the height of chiliness for me:



That is what I grew up with. Not bad actually, and really good atop hot dogs.

[Panhead John]

It’s the best chili from a can you can put on a hot dog! The spicy is my favorite.

[jfmorris]

I will be honest and say that if I am making hotdogs and hamburgers, I will frequently get a can of bean-free chili at the store as well, to have as a hotdog topping. I love a chili dog with good ole yellow mustard.

[CHNeal]

That's it, I'm making my chili with squirrel meat now.

Are you sayin that everybody doesn’t?

( not my picture)

[hoovarmin]

Oh my...