Originally Posted by
jaysouth
I am a former member of the International Chili Society and judged a number of Chili cookoffs in Virginia and NC. chili samples that contained beans or visible sign of tomato were not judged.
Having said that, I had a 10 gallon steam kettle in a restaurant that I owned and operated that cooked off at least one batch of chili daily. Texas style chili with NO beans. However, there was a pan of cooked pinto beans on the steam table that could be ladled over your chili if you so chose. I also served the same chili over spaghetti (chili-mac) a bowl of Fritos (Chili pie) or rice (Corpus Christi style)
The most ordered was chili mac with raw onions, pinto beans, grated cheddar and sour cream (called 5 way on the menu). Served on the table with corn bread squares and a bottle of pepper vinegar. There were also several dozen brands of hot sauce on a shelf around the dining room. I also sold a lot of buttermilk and beer to go with the chili dishes. There was actually one other chili dish called "wet shoes". it was a large order of boardwalk style fries covered with chili, cheese and onions.
I also got a lot of sales from a dish called the "Rochester Garbage Plate". It was two hot dogs on buns smothered with a large ladle of chile, boardwalk fries, from scratch baked beans and from scratch cole slaw. However it happened, Saturday was a big day for the 'garbage plate'.
Bottom line, it is OK to put beans over chili, if that turns you one, but NO, you do not cook the two together.