Chili on smoker

Smoked Chili, also known as Over the Top (OTT), is the BEST chili you will taste in your life. Smoked ground beef mixed into a perfect blend of classic chili ingredients, all cooked in the Big Green Egg or electric smoker. Then a secret ingredient is the finishing touch that sends the depth of flavor over the moon.

This over-the-top smoked is a flavorful twist on traditional chili featuring seasoned ground beef smoked on a rack above a pot of chili.

This Traeger Over The Top Chili is hands down the best I’ve ever had! The meatball you put above the chili turns out smokey and so juicy!

This hearty bowl of Smoked Chili is perfect year-round but especially during the winter months. This is a simple recipe with little prep time.

There's something about smoked chili that just makes everything better. It's smoky, spicy, and hearty, and it always seems to hit the spot.

This over-the-top smoked chili features a spicy chili base topped with a smoky, crumbled meat loaf made from ground beef.

Smoked Chuck Roast Chili is my 'Lotsa Meatsa’, super heavy on meat, very thick, light on beans version of chili. It has a deep, complex flavor from Guinness Stout, bacon, traditional chili spices, cocoa powder, and smoke. You don't need a smoker to make it, but it is made on a barbecue grill.

There are as many variations of Over The Top smoked chili as there are variations of ‘regular’ chili. Often referred to as OTT chili, the basic idea is that you smoke a ground beef mixture over a pot of chili mixings, such as tomatoes, beans (oh no! I used beans!), etc. As the beef cooks some of the fat drips into the chili pot, adding flavor. And of course the smoked beef picks up on some smoke flavor, too.

Once you've made Smoked Chili you'll always want your chili smoked! #chili #soup #glutenfree #smoked #grilling #grill #blessedbeyondcrazy

​OTT chili (which stands for over the top Chilli) is pretty much a Technique than a recipe, a very simple one and yet so useful and effective! You basically smoke the meat over the chili sauce, then you break-up the ball of cooked once and add it to the chili and continue to cook at […]