Tales From The Dark Side - I Made KJ Smoked Chili

Fred19Flintstone

Here's the recipe.  Sorry for the picture quality.


I started with a 4 pound chuckie, cubed and seasoned with DP Cow Lick.


After I smoked them with apple chunks for about 75 minutes, I added them to the dutch oven with all the ingredients.  Yes, you Texans!  Those are kidney beans!


Pulling it off the egg.


Plated.


Thoughts on the dish:  I liked the smoke which is always good with chili.  I wanted to try this recipe because it looked pretty simple and that it didn't look like it would tilt the spicy meter for Wilma.  It did because I substituted Rotel for the tomatoes.  The recipe was also a bit of a one-note wonder as well.  And to think I wasted Four Roses Bourbon instead of the King of Beers I was drinking!  Bottom line is the meat and cooking procedure was good, but the rest needs some tweaking.  Meh.  

Photo Egg

Ceramic cooking has no dark side...

bgebrent

Very very dark Fred.  Tasted great I'm sure and no circular saws required. . Happy new year brother.

RedSkip

Looks great Fred.

The_Stache

Nice Fred!!

SmokeyPitt

It looks great from here Fred. One thing I have found is that switching the brand of chili powder can make a big difference. I really like the Carol Shelby chili kit. I basically use the recipe on the box with the optional suggestion of substituting a can of diced tomatoes for water and add chopped onions/peppers and I use leftover smoked brisket for the protein. 

Fred19Flintstone

SmokeyPitt said:no

It looks great from here Fred. One thing I have found is that switching the brand of chili powder can make a big difference. I really like the Carol Shelby chili kit. I basically use the recipe on the box with the optional suggestion of substituting a can of diced tomatoes for water and add chopped onions/peppers and I use leftover smoked brisket for the protein. 

I'm gonna give this a shot.  Being kinda lazy, using a kit suits me to the ground.  Thanks!

bud812

Try this stuff. I have to get it from Amazon but is good chit.

Fred19Flintstone

This looks like the makings of a head to head "Pepsi Challenge".

SGH

Great looking grub brother Fred.