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Out of the pot on my stove!

Not wrong at all yi, the Frito Pie at Dog Almighty is good with the vegan or the regular chili. I also like the bowl of red at Iron Works. But I love Frito Pie from any random rodeo or fair, served right in the Frito bag, cut open, chili dumped on top, with cheese, pickled jalapeno, and raw onion. Went to the Texas Chili Parlor lots of times but strangely never had a bowl there. Only had chili on a burger Carolina style here in NC, never a bowl either. Open to recommendations if anyone has eaten chili in North Carolina.

My lovely wife makes chili (with beans). I doubt that it's Texas
chili, but I love it.

My dad makes the best chili from a recipe he cut out of a newspaper in the 70s. It was featured in a weekly column and was an article for men and some "manly" dishes they could do in the kitchen! I think the recipe was created by some guy in the Midwest, but even now that we have lived in Texas for over 25 years, this is still our favorite!

oh man, my university dining halls make the best vegetarian cashew chili. but having been off the meal plan for a year, i forgot how much i miss it! will have to try to replicate it soon, after exams are over.

Terlingua Chili Cookoff

El Tango (Cleveland) is my go-to for anything Mexican or Latin American.

I would have to vote for my own, straight from the pot on the stove...

An old roomate of mine once made vegetarian chili, and it had peanuts in it, and I wish I had gotten the recipe from her.

Other than that, turkey chili made at my place. Sour cream, no cheese, and guacamole on the side.

My own vegetarian black bean chili

The International Chili Society posts the winning recipe every year from the World Chili Champions, these are the best recipes in the world and I've tried many of them with great success right in my own kitchen.

I'll join the from a pot on my own stove crowd. Got just the right balance of chocolate and beer down pat.

I trek back to my hometown in Texas and then fly back to the Great Northwest with a suitcase packed with Wolf Brand Chili. By the time I get back, my own chili is finally done simmering and I chow down on the best of both worlds. The battle is fierce - twice the chili against one man - but I prevail. Next time, I'm making cornbread.

I am in college in cincinnati, so I am supposed to say skyline, but there aren't any beans! So that means I'm going with my uncle's kitchen as the best place to get chili.

The type that cooks on my stove that's all beef, all the way.

hmm... never had chili

i really like the turkey chilli at whole foods. sad, i know, but it's tasty

I like my own...part of being born in Texas and being a cook in Texas is knowing how to make a great pot of chili.

I make my own - cubed pork, cubed beef, onions, celery, tomatos, serranos, cumin, chili powder, oregano, cilantro, beer, salt, pepper, and masa flour to thicken it up. (It's a Food & Wine receipe from the 80s that I've modified.) It's quite tasty w/ sliced limes, cornbread and a cold cerveza!
It freezes well, too.

I like to make chili. My favorite comes from a recipe from Gourmet based on the chili Dr. Huxtable makes on the Cosby Show. Ding-dong Five Alarm chili. It's made with brisket and lots of peppers.

I get my favorite bowl of chili in my own damn kitchen. Hand-chopped neck beef, onions, my own blend of chiles( a mixture of ancho, chipotle, anaheim (dry red) and dried jalapeno, soaked til soft, then blended in blender with water), some Mexican oregano, cumin, a bit of garlic, salt, water and masa harina. My method is to sweat the beef, add the onions and garlic, brown the mess, add the water (to cover), chiles, cumin and oregano, bring back to a boil, then simmer til tender. I adjust the seasonings, add a slurry of masa and water, cook to thicken, then serve with beans and tortillas on the side. Sometimes I put in a little cocoa with the spices, and beer with the water (always Shiner bock, 1 bottle per 2 pounds beef). No tomatoes, beans on the side - pinto beans, cooked with beer and a whole peeled uncut onion.

out of my own pot--no beans

I make a mean vegetarian chili; so I'd have to say my favorite comes from my kitchen.

I love my husband's chili everytime - but it's never the same pot twice. He puts in whatever's on hand + beer (and sometimes that's a lager, other times a porter or an ale). He doesn't cook much and he doesn't often cook well but his chili and his fish turn out delish every time.

Believe it or not, a Swedish co-worker makes a MEAN pot of chili. Not a herring in sight!

I get my best chili from my stove or from my mom's. Out recipes are pretty similar. We have a tradition that we've done for over 10 years. Every Halloween, we make a huge pot if chili, grill up some hotdogs and invite friends and family over to eat.
I always have to make my first bowl if chili into a Frito pie. Big scoop fritos, chili, cheese, chili, cheese, sour cream and green onions. It's the perfect way to kick of the Fall season!

I've never actually bought a bowl of chili. Instead I've had it as a biweekly meal where someone in our family makes it since I was about five...It actually doesn't have much meat in it, but it's loaded to the gills with chunks of veggies and spices. When I make it I use a hot italian sausage as the meat. All that fennel goes great with the port and the cumin (two other big ingrediants) Mmm...

*goes to make chili*

I think of Texas as a foreign country I know nothing about. Hope I win the book so I can start learning.

this is embarrassing because i'm from texas, but my favorite chili actually comes from the cafeteria's at school (in new york)... its a three bean chili that has no meat.... blasphemous, i know.