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Jailhouse Chili, Dallas County Style If you know anything about Texas food, you know chili isn’t just a recipe — it’s religion. And this one comes straight out of Dallas County lore. Back in 1962, Dallas Morning News columnist Frank X. Tolbert wrote a piece called “That Bowl of Fire Called Chili” for The Saturday Evening Post. It was one of the first times Texas chili got a national spotlight, and folks across the country paid attention. Tolbert got more than 29,000 letters after it ran — proof that people take their bowl of red real serious. Now here’s where it gets good. In that article, Tolbert shared a chili recipe from a Dallas County sheriff in the 1930s named Smoot Schmidt. This wasn’t some fancy competition chili — this was jailhouse chili. The kind served inside the Dallas County jail system all the way into the early ’60s. Rumor has it former inmates even requested the recipe when they were released. That’s how you know it was legit. This was old-school Texas chili at its core: beef, chiles, garlic, and cumin. No fluff. No filler. Just bold flavor. Of course, this being Texas, the story doesn’t end without a little rivalry. Bill “Billy Goat” Hauck, the sheriff of Bexar County — home of San Antonio, the Tex-Mex capital of the world — took issue with Dallas getting bragging rights. He claimed his jail system produced a better bowl and even joked he ought to arrest Tolbert for suggesting otherwise. Problem is… Hauck never shared his recipe. So Dallas keeps the credit, the legend lives on, and the debate rolls forward — just like it always has in Texas. Because around here, arguing about chili might be our favorite pastime after eating it. Recipe: https://www.meatchurch.com/blogs/recipes/jailhouse-chili All our Chili videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLlcC6gl4PGKZYoQ8Ka_tejSxmIl5VtfF Texas Chili Seasoning: https://www.meatchurch.com/products/texas-chili-seasoning Meat Church BBQ Supplies: www.meatchurch.com Butcher Block - Rosewood Block: www.rosewoodblock.com Thermapen IR thermometer: https://thermoworks.sjv.io/aOodrZ Montana Knife Co - https://bit.ly/mcmkc Subscribe: ​http://bit.ly/3q5hn2t​ |​ Website: ​https://meatchurch.com Watch the newest videos: ​https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLlcC6gl4PGILxtSixGbazomfkqxqCQPm Follow Meat Church BBQ Instagram: ​https://instagram.com/meatchurch Facebook: ​https://facebook.com/MeatChurch Twitter: ​https://twitter.com/meatchurch Watch ​more videos! Shop Playlist: ​https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLlcC6gl4PGI-Jga_klQKru2avHaWm2Q-&playnext=1 Recipes:​ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLlcC6gl4PGLkBg2r_5Qv_lY-ned8_ewX Beef Recipes:​ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLlcC6gl4PGKW22deIWx7nSnfjSzI0ZaY Most Popular:​ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLlcC6gl4PGI2Qu2DYDk3exPSlV7iuvku About Meat Church BBQ: Welcome to the official Meat Church BBQ YouTube channel! Meat Church is a global lifestyle BBQ brand and has one of the largest social media reaches in the world of outdoor cooking. The unique brand offers some of the most popular craft BBQ seasonings, apparel, recipe development & live fire cooking instruction around the world. Matt Pittman is the pitmaster and the founder of Meat Church BBQ. He is an expert and respected authority on outdoor cooking. Students travel from around the world to attend BBQ schools in his private outdoor kitchen. Make sure to subscribe and enable ALL notifications! #MeatChurch​ #JailhouseChili #Chili