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Non-Chili Guest Appearance: VonderHaar-Family Getta
Okay, taking a little detour from the chili to share some of the recipes we've honed and perfected over the years. This one goes way...


2013's Entry: Hangover Helper Breakfast Chili...aka STL Hoosier Chili (3rd place winner, 1st in
After two years of Asian-inspired chilis, we knew we wanted to shake things up a bit in 2013. With our 2012 chili being inspired by our...


2013 Chili Accessory: Chipotle Cheddar Biscuits ala Brendan
I legitimately cannot believe that I somehow managed to never take a picture of the little spicy, cheesy drop biscuits we made for the...


2014's Entry: 5-Pepper Chili Ramen (Honorary Mention: Judges)
This Japanese wasabi chili was the very first chili recipe I ever mastered, way back in college. So yeah, there was some pride in the...


2014 Chili Accessory: Bacon Fried Ramen
2014 marked the only year we technically re-used a recipe. Since the Chili Takedown took place just two months after our wedding, we...


2015's Entry: The Other White Chili (1st Place Winner)
They say you're supposed to love all your children equally. Well thank goodness these chilis are not our children, because Jesse and I...


2015 Chili Accessory #2: Refried White Beans
Okay, I only have one photo for this aspect of our 2015 white chili, so I'm going big! The shame of it is, these refried white beans were...


2015 Chili Accessory: Ghost Pepper White Queso
Let's be real here: who doesn't love a good queso? Actually, who doesn't love a queso, "good" or not? I brought a couple jars of the...


Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce
Over the years, we've drawn on a lot of different inspirations for our chilis (Korean food trucks, St. Louis greasy spoons, Nashville)...
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