Chili

[Burke]

Anyone else do these chili competitions?... I cooked at the Mineral Wells VFW last year and ended up qualifying for Terlingua. Cooked down there and got quite the education, but had an absolute blast. I will be defending my title in Mineral Wells on the 10th & 11th of April.

There are BBQ & drink competitions as well... if you guys can make it out, you should come.

 

[rsayloriii]

Don't do the official competitions, but I do one at work every year. They have it during rodeo time. Highest I've gotten is 3rd place. Generally I don't place, even though everyone says it's so good AND it's empty when most pots are not. Unfortunately, I feel that the "competition" is rigged. Administration tends to be the winners. Also, they allow "not chili" chili like chicken, pork, beans, hominy, tomato chunks, etc. so when I make true Texas chili, they don't know what to do with it.

 

[vmax]

I have done a few local competitions that were done in a professional manner.
I would rather do it that way then impromptu "competitions" where anything can be called chili.

Our competition chili rules are simple. Meat and Sauce. No chunks of anything allowed. You want beans in there???
Put them in a blender and add them to your sauce!

I did one at a church and there were people bringing all sorts of abominations and calling it chili and the judges just went with what they liked because there were no baseline rules for entries or judging. I won't do those types again.

It's like a guy who entered his new off the lot Prowler he had bought the first year they came out and took it to the local Cruise Night and won first place.... what a joke, there were nice resto-mods and restored classics there and that jackass drove a production car up there and won.

 

[shortround]

Just out of curiosity, who gets the left-overs?

Or do they just get thrown out with the trash?

 

[Burke]

this one is Tolbert sanctioned... meat & sauce

as far as leftovers... at this particular event, you turn in a styrofoam cup of Chili to get judged. After the awards, cooks are first, and then everyone else can try the entries... but lots of the BBQ cooks are handing out samples while they're cooking

 

[TexasBrandon]

I would actually like to learn how to make a decent Chili. Mine sucks and is just something I whip up and isn't really Chili I guess. I can BBQ all day long but Chili...nope. Any useful tips other than just meat and sauce which is a given?

 

[Burke]

STEP 1:
2 lbs. Course ground beef (chili grand)
1 TBS Cooking oil
1 TBS Granulated onion
Add ingredients together and lightly brown meat
STEP 2
Add:
1 can (8oz) Tomato Sauce
1can Beef Broth – I used 15oz
Cook for 30 minutes
STEP 3
Add:
1 TBS Dark Chili Powder
2 TBS Light Chili Powder
1 tsp Garlic powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 TBS Cumin
1/2 tsp Cayenne
1/2 tsp White Pepper
1 tsp Chicken Granules or 1 cube
Cook for 1 hour
Step 4:
Add:
1 TBS Light Chili Powder
1 TBS Dark Chili Powder
1 tsp Paprika
1/4 TBS Cumin
1/4 TBS Ginger
Add water (Beer) if needed.
Leave covered and simmer for 30 minutes.

Add 1 tsp of White Pepper 10 minutes before turn in for heat

 

[TexasBrandon]

Sweet thanks, I'll take it from there!

 

[karlac]

Sweet thanks, I'll take it from there!

Me too... enough of a cook to see the potential in the basic recipe.
It's now in my recipe file.
Thanks, Burke.

 

[Burke]

you might want to check this place out too... probably the best spices you can get short of growing them yourself

Home

 

[TheDan]

I've never entered a real competition; seems like too much work. My chili doesn't qualify as traditional anyways because I use chunks of meat in addition to the ground (I prefer the chunky texture) , and I like beans in it. Purists don't know what they are missing.

 

[Brains]

Chili can have whatever the hell you want in it. Purists be damned lol.

 

[karlac]

I've never entered a real competition; seems like too much work. My chili doesn't qualify as traditional anyways because I use chunks of meat in addition to the ground (I prefer the chunky texture) , and I like beans in it. Purists don't know what they are missing.

No beans for me, but I always make a batch from the same pot for the wife, with beans.

Gotta admit that the leftover chili w/beans, served over rice a couple of days later, is pretty hard to beat as a combination.

 

[TheDan]

Chili can have whatever the hell you want in it. Purists be damned lol.

I've put chicken gizzards and hearts into chili before. Any meat you want to simmer for a few hours is good in chili.

 

[karlac]

I've put chicken gizzards and hearts into chili before. Any meat you want to simmer for a few hours is good in chili.

If you're not from S. Louisiana, you missed a good chance, Cher.

 

[robertc1024]

Thanks for the recipe Burke - I'll be trying it out.

 

[bones_708]

Chili can have whatever the hell you want in it. Purists be damned lol.

Thank god for some people showing a little good sense. I get so tied of listening to Texas Chili Nazi's. It's like saying there is only one kind of BBQ. It's nuts.

 

[rsayloriii]

Thank god for some people showing a little good sense. I get so tied of listening to Texas Chili Nazi's. It's like saying there is only one kind of BBQ. It's nuts.

There is... No sauce. Chili, at home, can have whatever you want. Chili, at a competition, has to have standardized rules. If you don't, then there's no accurate way of judging.

 

[bones_708]

There is... No sauce. Chili, at home, can have whatever you want. Chili, at a competition, has to have standardized rules. If you don't, then there's no accurate way of judging.

Cus the best tasting just isn't good enough because what you call chili might not win! Even if you do have rules it doesn't mean it can only be Texas chili or nothing, and if you think there is only one BBQ then I feel sorry for you. Now go harass someone for calling a mag a clip or whatever else it is you get yourself worked up over.

 

[rsayloriii]

Cus the best tasting just isn't good enough because what you call chili might not win! Even if you do have rules it doesn't mean it can only be Texas chili or nothing, and if you think there is only one BBQ then I feel sorry for you. Now go harass someone for calling a mag a clip or whatever else it is you get yourself worked up over.

Panties in a bunch today?