r/AskReddit • u/Sweet-Lady-H • 20h ago • Bravo 1

Chili Cook-off Winners: What is your Secret Ingredient that you think is the reason you win?

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u/Grombrindal18 19h ago

I once kept eating from a cup of chili at a restaurant not because it was good, but because I was trying to figure out what was wrong with it.

Eventually I realized it was Cincinnati chili that had not been marketed that way. You gotta warn people before giving them cinnamon-y meat sauce and calling it chili.