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I have Homemade Chili and it’s Excellent!

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Originally Posted by JRcorvette (Post 2404479)

I have Homemade Chili and it’s Excellent!

Very happy with the chili I make have several days worth for lunch each time

I’m having a chili cook-off for my Village - you should come and be my judge!

I won chili cookout with over 50 contestants. Still have framed certificate stored up in attic. Or should I say my wife won the chili cook off and I took the prize, but gave her credit with reporter’s interview. Not big fan of chili in my old years..

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Originally Posted by justjim (Post 2404428)

I have good luck at Culver’s for their Chili being served hot and tasty. Steak ‘n Shake chili has been disappointing.

I ordered a bowl of chili at Texas Roadhouse today and asked the server to make sure the chili was hot, not luke warm. What did I get? Luke warm chili. Why can't they heat up the chili???

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Originally Posted by Kelevision (Post 2404269)

Weird. I just went to the website and they have both bowl and cup of chili listed on the menu. They use the chili to make the queso dip too. It would be very very strange for them to take that off the menu since they have every ingredient already supplied.

What's on a menu doesn't always apply unfortunately. Went to a few establishments a couple days ago looking for an IPA (Indian Pale Ale), and 3 with some on their menu didn't have it. I miss SS World of beer!!! But that's not the topic at hand, please no comment about that!

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Originally Posted by JerryLBell (Post 2404213)

Chili's has been around for 50 years and I've eaten at them a LOT of times at a LOT of locations over the years. Several years ago they changed their chili recipe and it went (for me, anyway) from "OK" to "Pretty Darned Good". It's not Texas-chili-cookoff-super-hot and it's not bland-bean-soup-with-some-beef (I'm looking at YOU, Texas Roadhouse on 441, despite other decent dishes!) but it's pretty, pretty good. I have had it basically every time I've gone to Chili's since then.

Today, we went to Chili's and I ordered a meal combo with a bowl of chili on the side. I was told they don't do that anymore. So I dropped the meal combo and went with a bowl of chili. I was told that, no, they don't actually make chili anymore. At all. WTF? Going to Chili's and not being able to get chili is like going to Burger King and being told they don't actually make burgers anymore (except that their burgers aren't very good to begin with - I should really come up with a better analogy)!

I am outraged! But mostly sad. I'm going to make a big ole' honkin' pot of chili tomorrow and drown my sorrows in it. And I don't see myself going back to Chili's for a long time, despite the restaurant being clean and nice, the service good, the prices OK and all that. They just killed the differentiator that brought be into to their restaurants versus all the other choices out there.

P.S. - The chili at World of Beer, while completely different from that at Chili's, is Really Quite Good. Don't suggest Wendy's for chili - they make vegetable soup out of leftover burgers. Same goes for some of the country clubs here.

Well, that's all just my opinion. That and a nickel will buy you... not much of anything anymore, I guess!

That's CRAZY!!!

Rotary Club of The Villages annual Chili Fest will be held this Saturday, February 1st, in Lake Sumter Landing
from 12:00-3:00PM. There will be over 30 participants. I am pretty sure you will find several chilis to your liking.
All are welcome. Enjoy

I entered the very large annual chili cook off at my employer for decades - I placed a few times. Living in Colorado, I had easy access to fresh, roasted Pueblo and Hatch chilis in the late summer/early autumn. Nothing compares to homemade chili - fairly easy to make in a crockpot - and then freeze in small batches to enjoy throughout the winter months.

I grew up near the first Chili's. It was one of the most popular restaurants in Dallas and was packed almost every night. It had great ambience.
What It Was Like To Eat At The Original Chili's

https://www.thedailymeal.com/img/gal...717081458.webp

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Originally Posted by Kelevision (Post 2404269)

Where's the Beef

At McD's once I got a hamburger and there was no burger patty. They promptly replaced my burger with only a tiny bit of embarrassment.

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Originally Posted by cherylogt (Post 2404548)

We went twice. Paid our $…got the wristbands. Both times most participants ran out of chili. So if you go….go early.
And eat a sandwich first…..you don’t get much chili

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Originally Posted by JerryLBell (Post 2404213)

Chili's has been around for 50 years and I've eaten at them a LOT of times at a LOT of locations over the years. Several years ago they changed their chili recipe and it went (for me, anyway) from "OK" to "Pretty Darned Good". It's not Texas-chili-cookoff-super-hot and it's not bland-bean-soup-with-some-beef (I'm looking at YOU, Texas Roadhouse on 441, despite other decent dishes!) but it's pretty, pretty good. I have had it basically every time I've gone to Chili's since then.

Today, we went to Chili's and I ordere

d a meal combo with a bowl of chili on the side. I was told they don't do that anymore. So I dropped the meal combo and went with a bowl of chili. I was told that, no, they don't actually make chili anymore. At all. WTF? Going to Chili's and not being able to get chili is like going to Burger King and being told they don't actually make burgers anymore (except that their burgers aren't very good to begin with - I should really come up with a better analogy)!

I am outraged! But mostly sad. I'm going to make a big ole' honkin' pot of chili tomorrow and drown my sorrows in it. And I don't see myself going back to Chili's for a long time, despite the restaurant being clean and nice, the service good, the prices OK and all that. They just killed the differentiator that brought be into to their restaurants versus all the other choices out there.

P.S. - The chili at World of Beer, while completely different from that at Chili's, is Really Quite Good. Don't suggest Wendy's for chili - they make vegetable soup out of leftover burgers. Same goes for some of the country clubs here.

Well, that's all just my opinion. That and a nickel will buy you... not much of anything anymore, I guess!

Chili's restaurants are named for chili peppers, NOT bowls of chili! See their logo?