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Final vote totals:

bsak16 3 -- ntndeacon(1), MollyMurphy(3), Chief Rum(4)
Chief Rum 1 -- bsak16(5)

Not voted: Barkeep49

Mouth of Hell Chili
Yield: 6 servings

1 large onion, chopped
2 tablespoons peanut oil
2 pounds rough ground beef brisket
2 cups stewed tomatoes
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1 teaspoon molasses
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons paprika
1 cup (12 ounces) beer
3 cloves garlic crushed
5 tablespoons HOT chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cayenne flakes
2 tablespoons Masa Harina
1 ounce 150-proof tequila

Saute the onion and garlic in the oil. Add the meat and saute meat is browned. Add all remaining ingredients except the tequila and cook for 1 hour 15 minutes.

Pour the tequila over the top of the chili in the bowl when serving.
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Don Wiltee loved three things: dentistry, his wife Ramona and chili. Some friends joked that chili might have come before all the rest. He won the national championship back in 1996 and 1999, and had been looking for just the right recipe to get himself back into the winners circle. He thought he had found it with what he called Mouth of Hell chili. He had thought the judges were crazy when they had disqualified Earline Riser, and so he was apprehensive as he saw them approach his station. He got the bad news, and was heard to mutter “hope all your teeth abcess” as he packed up his things in his 1998 black Mustang with the inevitable license plate CHILIDOC.

Bsak16, regular competitor, has been eliminated.