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- Into an 4-quart or larger crockpot slowcooker (I've
used a RivalŪ Crockpot for some years now), pour the 1/4
cup of olive oil, swishing it around some, coating the
sides as much as possible. You may also use a larger, lidded cookpot on a stove eye like my wife does when she makes her version of this chili, but the cooking times won't be as applicable, they may be slower or faster, depending.
- Add 1 tbsp. of salt, 1/4 tsp. of Worcestershire
Sauce, 2 dashes of black pepper.
- Press 2-1/2 pounds of the 5 pounds of ground beef into the pot, firming it down, creating a level surface
middleway.
- Atop that, add another 1 tbsp. of salt, 1/2 tsp. of
Worcestershire Sauce, 2 dashes of black pepper.
- Add the remaining hamburger, again pressing it to
create a flattened top surface.
- Add the remaining 2 tbsp. of salt, 1/4 tsp. of
Worcestershire Sauce, 2 dashes of black pepper.
- Let cook on "HI" for one hour.
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- After one hour's undisturbed cooking, begin to break
up the forming plug of cooked hamburger, using a large,
flat-tipped cooking spoon.
- Continue to check on it while it cooks in its hot
grease, breaking the chunks of burger up into finer and
finer pieces, stirring slightly every 5-10-15 minutes or
so, for the next hour and one-half.
Timeclock: 2hr:30min
- Make sure all the hamburger is thoroughly cooked, that all the remaining chunks have no pink in their middle.
- Using a soup ladle, drain as much of the grease off
as possible. Typically, I'll fill up a large soup tureen
completely with unwanted grease. Press the ladle down into
the middle of the hamburger to form a crater to ease the
grease down to it.
- Add the 29 oz. and 12 oz. cans of plain tomato sauce,
and the 12 oz. can of plain tomato paste, stirring
thoroughly.
- Add 3 pinches of cinnamon, 1 pinch of allspice, 1
tbsp. of chili powder, 4 beef bullion cubes, 1 tbsp. of
paprika, 1/2 tsp. of mustard, 4 tbsp. of granulated sugar, 1/2 tsp. of lemon juice, 1 tbsp. of orange juice, 1/4 tsp.
of onion salt, 1/4 tsp. of garlic salt, stir well from
the bottom and middle.
- Let cook one hour.
Timeclock: 3hr:30min
- Stir well, then add 1/4 cup of water, 1 tbsp. of
orange juice, 1/4 tsp. of onion salt, 1/4 tsp. of garlic
salt, stirring well from bottom and middle. This should
fill the 4-quart crockpot close to the very top, close to
overflowing; stir slowly.
- Continue to cook on "HI" for thirty more minutes, then
it's ready to eat. You can now turn it on "LOW" and let it
simmer slowly and stay warm for hours more, without
affecting flavor balance.
Timeclock: 4hr:00min...FINISHED!!
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