Patterson's Beef Hot Dog Chili Review

I love chili on hot dogs, but I'd rather do without than eat bad hot dog chili like Texas Pete. Ugh. We had that growing up, and I thought that was the worst stuff ever. They do call it "chili sauce" and not just chili, but it looks and tastes more like dog food I think. No slam on Texas Pete. I like the hot sauce, but the chili sauce is just WRONG.

I've tried a couple of other brands which were not much better, but I did find that Patterson's Beef Hot Dog Chili is pretty tasty for a canned chili. It's not as good a homemade (not that I expected it to be), but when I don't have time or don't feel like making chili for the hot dogs, I go with Patterson's chili.

Patterson's is a fairly smooth but still meaty tasting chili. It has a tad more tomato than my favorite homemade chilis but OK and the spice blend is pleasant.

This is my back up plan for hot dogs. Generally, I make bigger batches of homemade chili for hot dogs and freeze back some for extra meals. But, we do run out from time to time. Until I found Patterson's chili, we just ate them plain with mustard, but this is a good chili and certainly a step up from other canned brands I've tried.