How About A Cook Off EVERYONE Can Participate In?

[Mosca]

Okay, I rummaged through my freezer looking for something to make my Navajo Green chili:



That is 3.75lbs of organic pork shoulder. It gets stewed with Green Hatch chiles and other assorted chili goodies!

The last time I remember making this would be maybe 40 years ago! The reason I distinctly remember it? The recipe called for “2 16oz cans chopped green chiles”, which we couldn’t find in a supermarket in Pittsburgh in 1980. So we used 2 lbs of chopped fresh jalapeños.

It was… spicy.

This time I have the Hatch!

[CHNeal]

Looks like I am gonna miss this cook. I didn’t plan my vacation very well so next weekend I have back to back overnight / double shifts Friday and Saturday then a 12 hour on Sunday.
I will be watching and wish all the competitors good luck!

[Panhead John]

Hopefully! It’s klflowers

[CHNeal]

Panhead John klflowers There is something very poetic about the idea of Hormel Spam Gubmint Cheese Chili in a $500 pan!!!

[klflowers]

I got something for you right here... Can't remember if that is from a movie or not.

[SheilaAnn]

I’m working all weekend! 🙁 But I will follow with delight at all the entries.

[Panhead John]

Just in case anyone missed it, this Friday morning I’ll start a new post for everyone to show off their 2nd place chili pics. 😉

[Bogy]

Hopefully I'll get a chance to make some chili sometime. This weekend is getting complicated with a son and grandkids coming to see us, a dinner invitation to one daughter when her sister is supposed to be staying with her while she attends a conference, my commitment to smoke some briskets for a church dinner, and to top things off, a positive test for our son in law with the disease which must not be named .

[Panhead John]

Sounds to me like you’re just afraid of coming in 2nd place….

[Bogy]

🤣😂🤣😂 I think I have a time worked out. If nothing else happens!

[Jerod Broussard]

They had a chili cook-off at church last week. The guy who got first place made it from a Ram (adult male sheep) he shot for somebody because it was attacking everything, and somebody accidentally put barbecue sauce in it.

I only ate some of the pulled chicken chili and it was pretty dang good.

[WayneT]

CaptainMike Don’t forget damn good cook on your list of careers.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

CaptainMike it's never been easier to fly a RC jet both in cost and actual lower skill required thanks to technology... or ya could just pay for a ride and tick that off your list.... a few more years and one of them rides with mr Bezos or Musk will knock out the space dream You already accomplished the 2 hardest things

[CaptainMike]

ItsAllGoneToTheDogs Of the few regrets I have in life one is not plunking down a hundred dollar bill for a ride in a B17 when I had the chance.

[WayneT]

I’d really like to reprise my 3 duck chili for this cook off but, despite how amazing it was, it seems rather anti-climactic now. I’ll have to do some additional research.

[Texas Larry]

I’m in with Texas Jailhouse Chili. None of the updated imposter versions either from Texas Monthly and other places. Backstory with the recipe later. Only ingredients: meat, chilies, spices. Not to everybody’s taste, but a few of y’all might end up incarcerated🤣.

[Finster]

The way chili should be 👍

[CaptainMike]

Well, making a simple pot of red this evening (evening sure came fast today!) so I'll have to put my thinking cap on and come up with something for next weekend. Now, where the h-e-double hockey sticks is my thinking cap...?

[bbqLuv]

My favorite recipe for chili
canned chili brands - Search (bing.com)

[Panhead John]

Just a reminder about the chili cookoff this weekend! I’ll start a new post in the morning….carry on.

[Clawbear57]

Just like you Panhead John to change the rules. Just brought my ingredients lol.

[Bogy]

Panhead John I'll probably have to sell a cooker to pay for it. Anyone want to buy a Bronco Pro for $5000?

[Bogy]

Clawbear57 I don't know what is wrong with some people. They're called "Chili Beans" right on the label. They wouldn't call'em that if that isn't how you were supposed to use them!

[lca756]

Good morning from St. Augustine by way of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and most important, Washington, PA (1966-86)!

Western PA: Yinz...I'm a long-time user/follower of the Rib Shack and Bat(man) Sauce! Used to go there (multiple Monongahela River area locations) with college dates (it was a moveable feast due to raids and tormenting). Three vats going with thin "seasoned and dry" pork chops BBQ'n atop bed springs atop a railroad tie fire pit (cough, cough) under open air shed/lean-to, with a new 8' 2" x 4" railing nailed between posts. Napkins, day-old Wonder Bread, paper plates and if you were quiet or did not bring your own beverage, a semi-cool Bud would appear to guzzle. Laughter! Joy! Roughing it! College "preppies" regaling in this special and humble but tasty environment. Put us all on equal ground...if you could still stand up sober and the fire in your mouth still penetrated your stomach or had subsided!

Want to thank MOSCA for retrieving the forgotten recipe for Bat(man) Sauce that appeared a while back and actually attracted me to this site. His experiences at The Rib Shack parallel mine...and perhaps I stepped in his tracks on occasion. One of the highlights of my simple life...that I still recall to this day! Danny, Fred, TR, Wally, Bits, Clucky, Al, Steinman, Spence, Billy, Back, Bubba, Hergy, and so many others frequented The Rib Shack. New friend here, Burns N'at from Mt. Pleasant, also visited/ate/drank with Beans in tow!

Yes...Stello brand Bat Sauce is "sweet" and only hints at what was!

I'm on this site to learn recipes, techniques and hear stories/exaggerated and real!

Onward Pitmaster Club! Thanks for having me!

[Allon]

Welcome to the Pit from Central Massachusetts.

There's a thread for introductions called appropriately enough... Introduce yourself.

Husky has\will send you a homework assignment. It really helps...

Welcome aboard...

BTW, if you don't have pictures... It didn't happen.

[lca756]

Thanks Allon for your welcoming reply. BTW…my last post was at Worcester State University!

Initial PIT intro was so much bling and I became disoriented. Sorry, Everyone! Will get in line!

[Allon]

I want to Worcester State to take the consortium to take classes at WPI.