# Over the Top Chili

This is an over the top chili smothering a cheesy baked potato, one of the tastiest and most comforting meals out there.

- Total time: 240 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 lbs ground beef
- 1 lb bacon
- 4 Tbsp BBQ rub
- 2 cans baked beans
- 2 cans Samuel Adams Just the Haze IPA
- 1 onion
- 2 diced red bell pepper
- 6 minced garlic cloves
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 2 Tbsp cumin
- 2 Tbsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp cayenne pepper
- 0.5 cup chili powder
- 2 Tbsp salt
- 2 Tbsp pepper
- 1 baked potato
- cheese
- sour cream
- bacon bits
- chives

## Instructions

1. Season the ground beef with your favorite BBQ rub and form it into a loaf.
2. Cook the bacon in a dutch oven until crispy, then set aside.
3. Sauté the diced onions and bell peppers in the bacon grease until soft.
4. Add the minced garlic and sweat it down until fragrant.
5. Add the diced tomatoes, baked beans, cooked bacon, cumin, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, chili powder, Samuel Adams Just the Haze IPA, salt, and pepper to the dutch oven.
6. Stir all the ingredients together in the dutch oven.
7. Place the seasoned ground beef on the warming rack of a smoker or oven set to 225°F, directly over the dutch oven with the chili, to allow the fat to render into the chili.
8. Smoke for about 4 hours, stirring the chili every hour and spritzing the ground beef with Just the Haze IPA.
9. Once the ground beef reaches an internal temperature of 165°F, it's ready to be shredded into the chili.
10. Serve the chili over a baked potato, topped with cheese, sour cream, bacon bits, and chives.

## Equipment

- dutch oven
- wooden spoon
- knife
- smoker
- spray bottle
- ladle

## Tips

- Spritz the meatloaf with Just the Haze IPA every hour to keep it juicy and build flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTHGHgWah9aGv-bXwlM/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1e0d3e08-ed99-4f09-b3e4-dc51e5f58e8f
- Extracted: 2025-08-22

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