The Terlingua Chili Cook Off is a big deal. People always rave about my chili, and when they ask me for the recipe, I tell them "I bought a book of chili championship winning recipes and I just use the ones from Terlingua"
I didn't know about this cook-off until this year. I thought it was still C.A.S.I.. it's wild.....I've been here two years and don't recognize a single person in that entire video. Lol
The "Beans in Chili" argument has 1 very simple solution and anyone that doesn't abide by it is an idiot. If the Chili is to be eaten by itself, alone, as the main dish - it should have beans. If the Chili is a topping, maybe for but not limited to hot dogs, then it must have no beans. It's literally as easy as that and anyone purporting anything else is an idiot.