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Named American chili pots, the beans rule, chile versus stew, heat, toppings, and the dried-chile shelf. TSHA keeps chili con carne in the Texas handbook. NMSU’s Chile Pepper Institute measures heat. USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service keeps leftover times. Lodge iron and Maseca live in the pantry.
Cookery tool
Heat vs beans
Scoville as a blunt instrument. Beans as a contest rule. Open the full tool.
Choose heat and beans. Nothing cooks until both are set.
Guides and shop
Regional styles
Texas red, Cincinnati ways, New Mexico chile, Oklahoma, Springfield chilli.
The beans debate
ICS and CASI cups versus home pots. Pinto, kidney, or none. Report the rule.
Chili vs stew
Chile puree, masa harina, reduction. Where chili stops being chili.
Heat management
Scoville as a blunt instrument. Seeds, ribs, and how to cool a hot pot.
Toppings and service
Fritos, saltines, rice, spaghetti. Onion, cheese, oyster crackers.
Dried chiles
Ancho, guajillo, pasilla, New Mexico, chipotle, árbol. Toast, soak, blend.
Large-batch cooling
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service leftover times. A hotel pan is not a six-quart pot.
Dry beans in the pot
FoodData Central for the cup. Contest cups still name their own bean rules.
Bowl magnet
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