# Name my chili **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619 "2009-09-10T23:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/1 "2009-09-10T23:26:35Z")
I’m entering a chili cookoff tomorrow at work, and apparently I have to have a name for my chili. I’m stumped, so I thought I’d throw it out there. A description: it’s made with big chunks of chuck roast, black beans, lots of onion and garlic, and my homemade top secret chili powder. It’s very rich, and spicy enough to let you know it’s chili but not searing. I’d like clever but not cutesy. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/2 "2009-09-10T23:30:33Z")
You put beans in it, which leads me to suspect that **Silenus** will be here shortly to call you a blasphemor. Maybe call it Blasphemous Boil? I, on the other hand, approve of beans in chili, so if you offered me some, I’d probably just call it supper. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/3 "2009-09-10T23:57:26Z")
You’re asking here, so how about Straight Dope Chili? I too love beans in chili, though I think yours is the first time I’ve heard of using black beans. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/4 "2009-09-11T01:50:05Z")
Dr. J’s Good For What Ails Ya Chili ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/5 "2009-09-11T02:00:09Z")
“Stu.” ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/6 "2009-09-11T02:16:17Z")
This extra just popped into my noggin, Dr. J’s Good For What Ails Ya Black Bean Supreme Chili ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/7 "2009-09-11T02:19:29Z")
Fred. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/8 "2009-09-11T02:35:10Z")
As a fellow black bean chili cook, I applaud you. Pyromaniac’s Choice? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/9 "2009-09-11T03:13:20Z")
Chuck Black Chili. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/10 "2009-09-11T03:29:02Z")
Shut Up and Eat Chili ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/11 "2009-09-11T03:38:29Z")
Double-Dog Dare Chili! ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/12 "2009-09-11T03:53:45Z")
DoctorJ’s If You Don’t Vote For This Chili I’ll Break Your Goddamn Kneecaps Chili ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/13 "2009-09-11T04:10:48Z")
This ain’t from Texas. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/14 "2009-09-11T04:26:35Z")
BBC America ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/15 "2009-09-11T04:28:33Z")
No chili thread can be complete without an obligatory link to [Texas Chili Contest](http://www.jokecrazy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1322) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/16 "2009-09-11T04:34:22Z")
“I Don’t Know What Chili Is” chili. Heretic. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/17 "2009-09-11T04:42:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “I Don’t Know What Chili Is” chili. > > Heretic. This took fifteen posts? You’re slipping, dude. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/18 "2009-09-11T05:35:35Z")
“WTF? ZOMG! BEANS IN CHILI Chili” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/19 "2009-09-11T10:52:39Z")
In chile contests are bean and non-bean separate categories, or do they all just got at it? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619/20 "2009-09-11T11:31:05Z")
> [@astro](#): > > In chile contests are bean and non-bean separate categories, or do they all just got at it? I entered and “won” a very small contest. They gave out three prizes but there were only seven contestants so I don’t mean to sound like that gives me cred. We had best red, best green, and best tasting (which I won, despite the fact that they thought I made it “hot” when in fact I toned it down tremendously). Yeah, beans in chili, what’s that about? That’s like “chili lite” or something. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-chili/509619.md?page=2)