Beans are added more often than not and it depends on the chili type, as I've learned. Nothing wrong with either. I prefer beans.
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Disagree. I've had horrible chili.
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Cincinnati chili is awful by itself and the traditional way of putting it on spaghetti.

It's actually good drunk munchies when you put it on a hot dog with cheddar cheese on top (coney) and when mixed with bean dip (skyline dip_.
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I always feel like a Chili is incomplete without beans. thats just me
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No but beanless chili I always feel I should be putting it on a hotdog.

Beans seem to stick to the ribs and make it a hearty meal. I also like the report.
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I always prepare to make chili after barbecuing food. Especially brisket. Irreplaceable flavor + good way to use leftovers that are often hard to reuse.
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Do you brown the meat and drain or cook and leave the grease? I brown and drain just to make it a little more healthy.
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I brown the chicken to kind of crunchy. Drain then input.
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I typically prefer my chili straight (no beans). I've also been putting a very limited amount of tomatoes in it each time.
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I love big hunks of tomatoes in mine.
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Must drain. Some of the worst chili was from truck stops where the bowl would have an oil slick on top. I have actually had to take napkins and sop the grease up before eating. I hate that and is almost instant indigestion.
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She is right. Sorry to break that to you.
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What does that mean?

Again, I don't give two fucks either way. I'm not a chili guy. Then again, I probably just haven't had good chili.
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It's good, the texture is what I like. If it's through the week - it'll a very basic non chunky chili.
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On hot dogs: chili no beans

Bowl of chili: with beans.

To each their own; there isn't much a bible to chili. That's what makes it great.
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