The Best Chili Recipes

If you love chili, you've come to the right spot. We LOVE chili around here and eat it pretty often in the cooler months. Most of these chili recipes get made on a pellet grill, and a few start on the stovetop with leftovers. There are beef, pork, venison, and chicken versions, with beans and without. If you only make one, start with the top three below. They are the most-visited chili recipes on the site.

These recipes are the ones that you guys have made more than any other chili recipes on the site. They are delicious, and you're going to want them on repeat all chili season long.

Steak & Brisket Chili

Leftover brisket or steak turns into a good pot of chili with very little extra work.

Wild Game Chili

If you have venison or wild hog in the freezer, these are the two to try.

Chicken Chili Recipes

For nights you want something other than beef. The Traeger Chicken Chili is a reader favorite!

Regional Styles and Chili Cousins

Not everything here is chili in the strict sense. Cincinnati chili is served over spaghetti, and chile colorado is a stewed meat in a chile sauce. They are chili-adjacent, though, and count in my book.

Ways To Use Leftover Chili

Make a big pot, then use it a second time. Chili mac, chili dogs, loaded tots, and bread bowls all put leftovers to work.

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