![]() The quest for real chili has traveled far and wide since settlers on the American frontier carried bricks of dried meat, suet, salt, and chili peppers to boil up over their campfires. For me, if it’s too fancy, too creative, too high-brow, it’s not chili. It’s gotta have peppers, it’s gotta have some spice, and it’s gotta make you think of the Chili Contest. I think you’ve got to stick with the real stuff. ![]() Personally, I think that beans are not chili. “I think it has to be meaty – I mean there’s vegetarian chili and that’s vegetarian chili, but it has to be meaty. “I think a good chili has to be a meal in itself, a typical macho meal in one bowl. “I felt like I had a pretty good recipe, and like we could hold our own with those guys,” he said. Lavalette and some friends decided to compete. “Kerry Alley, who runs the Red Stocking, is my father-in-law, and years ago he invited us down,” he said.Īfter a first year as an attendee, Dr. Jack Lavalette, a pediatrician from Connecticut, has competed in the Chili Contest for the past 10 years with his Dr. ![]()
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