The Firehouse Chili from Station No. 1 has taken the People’s Choice Award at Chattanooga Market’s annual chili cook-off four year’s running.
“People seem to enjoy it. It’s a conglomeration of three different recipes – mine, plus our cadets’ chili and George Ratledge’s chili,” said Capt. Richey Taylor. “We took what we liked out of all three of them and combined them into one.”
That’s the beauty of chili: It’s very forgiving. You can add what you like to a recipe and dismiss what you don’t.
Chili is on the menu at Station No. 1 a couple of times a month, Capt. Taylor said, adding that enough is made to feed anywhere from 10 to 16 hungry firefighters.