ott chili

Smoked Chili, also known as Over the Top (OTT), is the BEST chili you will taste in your life. Smoked ground beef mixed into a perfect blend of classic chili ingredients, all cooked in the Big Green Egg or electric smoker. Then a secret ingredient is the finishing touch that sends the depth of flavor over the moon.

Smoked Chili (Over The Top)

Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

onions

green bell peppers

garlic (minced)

Tbsp + 1 tsp chili powder

garlic powder

(28 oz) can crushed tomatoes

(28 oz) can petite diced tomatoes

(15.5 oz) can red kidney beans (drained and rinsed)

Worcestershire sauce

tsp kosher salt

½ tsp fresh cracked pepper

tsp Montreal steak seasoning

chocolate

On the stovetop, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat in a cast iron Dutch oven. Add the onion, bell pepper, and garlic, and sauté 5 minutes or until onion is translucent. Remove from the heat.

Add the remaining ingredients for the chili base. Set aside.

Prepare the chili base

In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and Montreal steak seasoning until just combined taking care not to over work the meat.

Form the meat into a loaf without packing too hard. Set aside.

Prepare the ground beef &quot;loaf&quot;

Prepare the Big Green Egg to smoke with hickory wood at a steady 275°F-300°F with a plate setter inserted for indirect cooking, legs up.

Place a grill grate on the plate setter. Place the Dutch oven with the chili base, uncovered, on the grill rack.

Place another grill rack on the Dutch oven (alternatively, use the BGE extender kit for a second rack over the Dutch oven), and place the ground beef &quot;loaf&quot; on that.

Cook 2 hours or until internal temperature of the beef is 150°F.

Break up the meat into small crumbles and add to the chili. Cook an additional 2 hours. Do not add more wood for smoke.

Remove chili from the heat and stir in the chocolate. Serve as desired.

Smoke the chili in a Big Green Egg

Prepare the electric smoker to smoke with hickory wood at a steady 275°F-300°F.

Place the Dutch oven with the chili base, uncovered, on a grill rack.

Place the ground beef &quot;loaf&quot; on a grill grate over the Dutch oven.

Smoke the chili in an electric smoker

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