Beans are added more often than not and it depends on the chili type, as I've learned. Nothing wrong with either. I prefer beans.

Disagree. I've had horrible chili.

Cincinnati chili is awful by itself and the traditional way of putting it on spaghetti.

It's actually good drunk munchies when you put it on a hot dog with cheddar cheese on top (coney) and when mixed with bean dip (skyline dip_.

I always feel like a Chili is incomplete without beans. thats just me

No but beanless chili I always feel I should be putting it on a hotdog.

Beans seem to stick to the ribs and make it a hearty meal. I also like the report.

I always prepare to make chili after barbecuing food. Especially brisket. Irreplaceable flavor + good way to use leftovers that are often hard to reuse.

Do you brown the meat and drain or cook and leave the grease? I brown and drain just to make it a little more healthy.

I brown the chicken to kind of crunchy. Drain then input.

I typically prefer my chili straight (no beans). I've also been putting a very limited amount of tomatoes in it each time.

I love big hunks of tomatoes in mine.

Must drain. Some of the worst chili was from truck stops where the bowl would have an oil slick on top. I have actually had to take napkins and sop the grease up before eating. I hate that and is almost instant indigestion.

She is right. Sorry to break that to you.

What does that mean?

Again, I don't give two ****s either way. I'm not a chili guy. Then again, I probably just haven't had good chili.

On hot dogs: chili no beans

Bowl of chili: with beans.

To each their own; there isn't much a bible to chili. That's what makes it great.