homade chili , how hot ? poll

February 22, 2018, 12:02 PM

meat, no meat, bean , no bean vegetarian , this ain't about that. soupy, dry, stackable, creamy , not about that either . spicy is what this is aboutWhen you pry yourself away from the forum and take the time to make your perfect chili, how hot do you make it ? (1 is the weakest heat, ten is hotter than the sun)1 or two is what I preferthree or four at mostrght exactly at a fivesix or seven is most agreeablealways an 8 or aboveI don't eat chili

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February 22, 2018, 12:17 PM

SIG4EVA

I want enough heat where you break a slight sweat/nose run, but where you still get the full flavor of the chili. I hate thing to be hot just to be hot. It should complement, not overpower.

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February 22, 2018, 12:21 PM

SBrooks

If it was being made just for my consumption, I'd make a 6 or 7. Since I have to account for wife and daughters eating it, I stick to a 3-4 range and then add some hot sauce to my own bowl when I'm serving it...

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February 22, 2018, 12:39 PM

GT-40DOC

Chili and hot peppers are like peanut butter and jelly.....they go together!! I step on my chili pretty hard with cayenne pepper during the preparation process.

February 22, 2018, 01:06 PM

jhe888

I like it hot. For myself, I would make it hot enough to that most would call it an 8 or more on the hot scale. (Englishmen would call it inedible.) But I like Thai hot, so on the worldwide heat scale, I make my chili about a 6 or maybe a 7.

I have eaten Thai and Indian food that gives you an endorphin rush from the spice. My chili it no where near that hot.

I tone it down two notches if I am not the only one eating it. When I make it for outsiders (like the recipe I have posted here), it is moderately spicy in my eyes. To me it is about a 4, and others probably would call it a 6.

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February 22, 2018, 01:10 PM

Perception

I typically add one Carolina Reaper for every two pounds of ingredients. I don't know where that fits in on your scale, because heat tolerances are very relative.

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February 22, 2018, 02:16 PM

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I like a medium (Texas version of medium not Canada version of medium) as I’m trying to avoid 2 things:

burn my taste buds where I can’t taste anything

have it burn twice (aka experience afterburn)

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February 22, 2018, 02:17 PM

arfmel

Not near as hot as I used to fix it. Prostatitis and a history of bleeding duodenal ulcer will change your desire for spicy foods.

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February 22, 2018, 03:45 PM

NavyGuy

Usually make it pretty mild as the old lad.... er loving wife doesn't do much spice. Easy enough to add to taste when serving.

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February 22, 2018, 03:56 PM

maladat

If it's just for me, pretty hot.

If it's for my family (wife and two little girls), pretty mild, and then I add a bunch of hot sauce to mine.

February 22, 2018, 04:03 PM

flashguy

I don't make my own, but I sometimes add chili powder and cayenne pepper to what I buy in a can. (I miss my mom's chili!)

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February 22, 2018, 04:15 PM

side_shot

most of the time i like 8+ sometimes i like 5-6 i just got done putting together a bach of 3 bean chili stew this should be 6-8

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