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Over the Top Chili

Over the Top Chili

Our over the top chili is hearty and full of smoky and sweet flavors that stands out from traditional chili.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 4 hours
Total Time: 4 hours 20 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: award winning chili, award winning chili recipe, chili, chili recipe, chili with beans, over the top chili, over the top chili recipe, pasatiempo barbecue chili
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 300kcal
Cost: $40

Equipment

  • Dutch oven
  • Smoker

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Ground beef
  • 1 lb Italian sausage
  • 1 package Kielbasa
  • 1 can Dark red kidney beans
  • 1 can Light red kidney beans
  • 1 can Lima beans
  • 1 can Butter beans
  • 1 bag Frozen corn
  • 1 can Rotel
  • 1 jar V8
  • 1-2 bottles Dark beer
  • 1 bottle BBQ sauce
  • 3 TBSP Spicy mustard
  • 2 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Sweet onion
  • 3 Peppers green, yellow, red
  • 3-4 cloves Garlic
  • 2 TBSP Garlic powder
  • 2 TBSP Onion powder
  • 2 TBSP Coarse ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp Kosher salt
  • 7 TBSP Chili powder
  • ¾ cup Sugar

Instructions

  • Fire up your smoker to 300 degrees using your choice of wood
  • In a saucepan, sauté your onion, peppers, and garlic until soft and translucent. Add to your Dutch oven.
  • In the same saucepan, sauté your frozen corn along with a pat of butter, until soft and slightly blackened. Add to the Dutch oven.
  • Add your beans, Rotel, V8, beer, BBQ sauce, spicy mustard, and Worcestershire sauce to the Dutch oven and mix well.
  • In a large bowl, mix together your ground beef and Italian sausage. Add the garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt, and chili powder. Mix until well combined and form into a large ball. Place on a wire rack.
  • Once your smoker is up to temp and producing clean smoke, place your Dutch oven on the grate and set the wire rack with the meat over top of it. Also place your Kielbasa in the smoker.
  • Smoke for about 3 hours, until the meat reaches 160 degrees internal. When your Kielbasa is fully cooked, dice it up and add to the Dutch oven.
  • When the ball of meat has reached 160, carefully crumble it into the Dutch oven and mix in.
  • Add ¾ cup of sugar and mix until dissolved. Continue smoking for about 30 minutes to meld all of the flavors together.
  • Serve hot with your choice of toppings.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bowl | Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 7g | Sodium: 300mg | Sugar: 14g
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