This chili mix, by far, has the best flavor of any chili that I’ve ever had, or even cooked myself.
- Dan Davis, Great Mills, MD
Many thanks to all my loyal fans who agreed to take advantage of my facebook offer and test out a free sample of my forthcoming Texas chili mix!
The instructions were to use the exact recipe I provided (which will be printed on the label of the chili mix package) so I could gain accurate reviews of the actual mix I plan to sell. However, I know a couple people had to alter the recipe a little bit just to eff with me — or maybe even because they didn’t happen to have the exact ingredients in the house — but even in these cases I was pleasantly surprised. After all, it’s nice to know you can get good reviews even if people don’t make what I consider to be the ideal recipe.
OK, I don’t want to give away all the results upfront, so here are the reviews that have come in so far. I know one tester is waiting until New Year’s to make his batch, so I’ll just append this post as new reviews roll in.
I’ll simply add that this type of thing generally makes me nervous because you never know what people will say — this was an open offer to any takers and I’ve promised to post the reviews exactly as they’re written — but I don’t spend my time doing this because I want to have the second-best chili mix on the planet!
With that, here ya go …
REVIEWS:
Made sample last night. Fantastically easy and delicious! Perfect for a quick chili!
- Joe Sheelar/Amy West
Got our sample yesterday and my son, who is 15, made the chili. He loves to cook. It was a little spicy for me but he loved it. Easy to make. I would definitely make it again, but put it on a baked potato with some cheese and sour cream! Thanks Trevor 
- Corenne Forrest Grimes
The chili was great! Perfect food to enjoy while watching football. One thing I did different is that I used meatloaf mix (beef, pork and veal) instead of ground round (just something I do whenever I make chili). Either way, your chili mix is good stuff.
- Ann Takeuchi
As a proud guinea pig for any of Trevor’s future products, I wasted no time stepping up to the plate once again. We already have plenty of Stiff Willi products on hand, which are used pretty frequently. Especially the pepper sauce! Speaking of which, I ran out of my work bottle. Time to restock!
I was eager to try the Texas chili mix and took advantage of a night when my wife was on travel, to have a guys’ dinner with my son! So I started gathering the ingredients and realized I had no tomato puree and only ground beef… no time to go out and get anything, so I had to make do. I took a can of Hunt’s Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes and ran them through the Ninja (which is awesome, by the way), unpackaged the ground beef and got ready to cook!
However, instead of me cooking the chili, I made my son take the wheel on this one. So, I had him read the recipe, turn on the stove and off he went.
Needless to say, the directions are pretty easy! So easy a 9 yr old can do it! If you mess this up, there is something wrong with you.
My son followed the directions and before he knew it, he made his first batch of award winning chili.
Unfortunately for us, it took a little longer to get to the right consistency since we used pureed diced tomatoes. Let me add that we opted to use 1 cup beef and 1 cup chicken broth (instead of 2 cups water).
As soon as the chili was ready, we dug in. Nothing extra was added… no sour cream, cheese, green onions or anything else people put on top of their chili. Just the chili!
Well, not only did I like it (Why would I not? It’s Trevor’s masterpiece for Christ’s sake!) but my 9 yr old did as well! This says a lot, since he’s not a big chili fan.
This chili mix, by far, has the best flavor of any chili that I’ve ever had, or even cooked myself. Just the right amount of heat that lets you know you’re eating chili, but doesn’t make you reach for a drink after each bite. Bravo, Trevor! Another home run!
Now, since it was only 2 of us eating that night, there were plenty of leftovers. Which is fine! Chili always tastes better the next day.
I can’t wait for these packets to hit the market. I’m drooling just thinking about this Texas chili over some hot dogs!
- Dan Davis
