Americans love chili. Depending on where you live, you probably make the dish a little bit different. There’s a nearly unlimited number of ways to make variations of chili with the core ingredients of meat, beans, stewed tomatoes, sauce, and of course seasoning. With nearly every state hosting annual chili cook-offs, there’s plenty of opportunity to put your recipe up to the test. 

If you’re planning to host a chili cook-off or compete in one, you need to come up with some spicy team names your group an edge. Fortunately, you came to the right place. Even if you lose a chili competition, you’ll win with these team name ideas.

Creative Chili Cook Off Team Names

A little creativity is always appreciated in chili. So, here are some creative chili cook off team names for you.

  • Tailgate Chili
  • The Great White Heat
  • Dr. Chili Pepper
  • Hungry Heart Attack
  • The New Classic
  • Rhymes with Orange
  • Remember the Titans Of Chili
  • The Kidney Beans
  • Groundskeeper Chili
  • Slow Cooked Competitors
  • Call the Fire Department
  • The Spicy Sisters
  • Momma’s Top Secret Chili Club
  • The New Hotness
  • Hot Meat & Cool Beans
  • Machine Shop Chili
  • The Chili Chaps
  • Ben’s Best Q & Stew
  • A Taste of Heaven
  • Wet Hot American Chili
  • Ring of Fire
  • Flavor Country
  • So Fresh and So Green
  • Stew Live Crew
  • Blue Liver Chili
  • No Beans About It
  • Dr. Fischer’s Good Medicine for Good People
  • Red Hot Chili Preppers
  • Badass Brisket Chili
  • Conch Republic Chili
  • A Queen City Chili
  • Charred Oak Chili Kings
  • Beans and Jeans
  • Slap Your Papa
  • Long John Chili
  • Wiffle Dixie Home Run Chili
  • As Seen On TV
  • Competition Spanking Chili
  • Wednesday Night Chili Gang
  • Narrow Street Cook
  • Grandpa Bill’s Famous Wild Turkey Chili
  • Smoked Six Pepper Pork and Brisket Chili
  • Out of Our League Chili
  • Plight of the Buffalo
  • Three “B” Chili
  • Wrecked ‘Em Cheelee Freaks
  • Atlanta Miracle Chili
  • Game Day Chili
  • Awesome Gringo’s Chili
  • No Mercy Chili
  • Holy Nun Sauce
  • If I had 4 It Would be Smoky
  • Front Porch BBQ
  • 10 Second Chili
  • Local 1492 Firefighters Chili
  • The Habanero Special
  • The People’s Republic of Cabbagetown
  • Rocky Mountain High
  • Campfire Chili
  • Where’s the Beef
  • Sweet Serano Serenade
  • Passages Chili Powder
  • The Destructive Bowls
  • Nuclear Chili Chefs
  • Heavenly Chili
  • The Pepper Squad
  • The Bean Masters
  • The Ultimate Food Science Experience
  • Chili Experts
  • Red Sauce Experience
  • Firehouse Chili
  • All About the Chili
  • Chili Excellence
  • The Chili Fighters
  • Can’t Beat Our Chili
  • Fire in the House
  • Welcome to Chili Hell
  • Flavorful Chili
  • Sunnyside Chili
  • White Sauce Experts
  • Black Pepper Masters
  • The Ultimate Chili
  • Chili Explosion
  • The Atomic Chili
  • Chaplin’s Chili
  • Chili Con Carne Cadets
  • Chili Weather

Best Chili Cook Off Team Names

Bowl of chili with bread.

  • Girl on Fire Chili
  • Gator Chili
  • Mean Mama Chili
  • Hillbilly Chili
  • Feral Cat Chili
  • Frank n Beans
  • Hunks…of Meat
  • Pappy’s Hot Stuff
  • Shorty’s Chili
  • Chili of Doom
  • Heating and Air
  • Cumin Get It
  • Wild West Chili
  • Better Half Chili
  • To Bean or Not to Bean?
  • Drawer Droppin’ Chili
  • This Little Piggy
  • The Habanero is my Companero
  • Happy Ending Sauce
  • Cripple Creek Chili
  • Buckin’ Good Chili
  • Glory Bee Chili
  • Three Girls Chili
  • Stir Crazy Chili
  • Lee and Her Hot Tamales
  • Berman’s Super Bowl
  • Just Like Heaven
  • Jeopardy Chili
  • Chili Mosaic

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  • Blame the Dog
  • Hurts So Good
  • What a Stupid Name Chili
  • Branch Davidian Chili
  • Bite Me Chili
  • Crock Pot Pals
  • A Taste of the Truth
  • Feasting in Florida
  • The Chili of Eden
  • Bubble and Simmer
  • Death by Chili
  • Warm Up Express
  • Ground Beef Bros
  • Billy Loves Chili
  • The Bean Team
  • Hot Meat & Kool Beans
  • Blind Willies Lowdown Blues Chili
  • A Bowl of Heaven
  • Chili Powder Champs
  • Chili from Chile
  • In Your Shorts
  • Adam and Eve’s Chili Beans
  • The Spicy Sisters
  • Where’s the Firehose?
  • The Passive Pinto
  • Black Pepper Cookers
  • The Steeple Spoons
  • Church of Chili
  • Heavenly Bread and Chili
  • Uncle Chuckles Chili
  • Bowls of Steel

Chili Cook Team Names

Chili with rice.

Listed below are a few fantastic chili cook names. These are perfect for solo competitors.

  • Slow Simmer Gang
  • Can’t Complain Chili
  • Twisted Tailgaters
  • Blue Liver Chili Gang
  • Drunken Turkey Chili
  • Grateful Red
  • The Chilly Willies
  • Spice It Up
  • Pawpaw’s Kitchen
  • Hunks of Burnin’ Love
  • The Chili Dawgs
  • Magma Mania
  • Not So Chill Chilies
  • Squashed Chili Pepper
  • Eat This Chili
  • The Party Kings
  • The Chili Crew
  • Chili, but Warming Up
  • Knock-Out Chili
  • The Exodus of Chili
  • Chicks with Chili Powder
  • Gonna Make That Baby
  • Off the Chain Chili
  • Mr. Beefy’s Revenge
  • Mad Dog Chili
  • Triple Fire Chili
  • Chili Blessings
  • Classical Chili Chefs
  • Redskins Chili
  • String Theory Chili
  • Band of Beans
  • The Spice Miners
  • Hot Hot Chili
  • The Genesis of Chili
  • The Secret Stache
  • The Silly Chili
  • Slow Cook, Fast Eat
  • Pinto Beans from Heaven
  • Greatest American Chili
  • Big Beer Chili
  • No Bull, No Buffalo
  • Runs To The Finish
  • Fiery Passion
  • Loose Cannon Chili
  • Pulled Pork Chili
  • Tangy Tango Chili
  • Six Pack Chili
  • Beach Bum Chili
  • The Rescue Remedy
  • Metal Head Chili
  • Wicked Rebel Brew
  • Kicking Cowboy Chili
  • The Great Pumpkin Chili
  • Chilly Willies Chili
  • Eddie and the Chili Eaters
  • The Steam Whistles
  • J Dog’s Chili
  • West Texas Kettle
  • Alabama Chili Champs
  • Mean Gene’s Chili Beans

Funny Chili Team Names

Chili with sour cream.

Having a funny name will help people remember you better. If you’re in search of that, here are the funniest chili team names that will make your team, judges, and others laugh out loud.

  • The Chili Club
  • Sour Cream Coasters
  • The Ten Chili Commandments
  • Chili Chili Bang Bang
  • Eating in the Pew’s
  • Hopped up Jalapeño
  • Chili Vacation
  • The Dangle Berries
  • All the Fixings Club
  • Fu King Chili
  • Blasphemous Chili
  • Racy Hot Pot
  • Bachelor Beer Chili
  • Burn, Baby, Burn
  • Buddha’s Revenge
  • Say Your Prayers
  • Unicorn’s Last Supper
  • Volcanic Chili
  • Dark Matter
  • Drunken’ Turkey Chili
  • The Bowels of Fury
  • The Thunder Gun Express
  • Texas Jailhouse Chili
  • Mad Thunder in Your Pants
  • The Notorious P.I.G.
  • Hell Hath No Fury
  • Bowels of Steel
  • Sweet Tater
  • Clay’s Leftovers
  • The Staplehouse Chili
  • Where’s the Water?
  • The Afterburn
  • Where’s My Chili?
  • Lucky Klucky Chili
  • The Gut Busters
  • Two Hands, One Glove
  • Fat Boys Chili
  • Cajun Hoedown Chili
  • Charlie Sheen’s Beans
  • Contagious White Chicken Chili
  • Phili Chili Masters
  • Climax Chili
  • Gnomen Left Standing
  • Welcome to Flavor Country
  • The Local Yocal
  • Cuffs and Hoses
  • Slammer Chili and The Wild Bunch
  • A Chilion in the Bank
  • The Cult of Chili
  • Something’s Burning
  • Fun Time In Your Pants
  • Spicy Saucy and Sassy
  • Party Hardy at Home Grown Chili
  • Come Busta Bowl
  • Please Don’t Botch the Execution
  • The Apocalypse Chili
  • Brisket, Beer and Bacon
  • So Fine Bovine
  • The Boss Chili
  • Chili con Carnage

Nerdy Chili Names

Fancy chili plating.

  • Revenge of the Chili
  • Lord of the Chilies
  • The Rockabilly Chili
  • Professor Frink’s Virtual Chili
  • The Chili That Ate Cleveland
  • The Chili Matrix
  • Explosive Bowels
  • Far East meets Wild West
  • Chili Con Blarney
  • Chief Wiggum’s Chili
  • The Mysterious Voyage of Homer Chili
  • Great Bowls of Fire
  • Sphincter Burner Overdrive
  • Mr. & Mrs. Tenorman Chili
  • The Flaming Colon
  • Chili Con Carnival
  • Stellarator Amalgamation
  • Cotton Candy Surprise
  • The Chili That Saved Pittsburgh
  • Chili Con Kanji
  • Lone Star Chili
  • Big Rooster Chili
  • Ball Buster Chili
  • The Breakfast Chili
  • The Big Black Kettle
  • Down South Kettle
  • She’s All Chili
  • Mean Chillies
  • American Chili
  • Chili Busters
  • Back to the Chili
  • 3 Broads Chili
  • Tiger Blood
  • Blue Springs Smokers
  • Hormel Chili #1 & #2
  • Cousins Chili
  • Nasty Nate’s Nastiness
  • Athena’s Warehouse Warriors
  • General Hood’s Revenge
  • 19th Bowl Chili
  • Cookin Man Chili
  • Headhunter Chili and Brunswick Stew
  • Fork University
  • String Theory Chili
  • The Texas Terror
  • The Science of Chili
  • Abbott’s Suck up Chili

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  • The Biblical Kidney Bean
  • Cod Sac Chili
  • Give us this Day our Daily Chili
  • Angel’s Delight
  • Death by Dysentery
  • Mouthwatering in Florida
  • Big Top Yankee Chili
  • You Had Me At Meat Tornado
  • Chili Verde All Day
  • Slow Cooked Baptist
  • The Griswolds
  • Fischer & Cantrell Traveling Apothecary
  • The TNT Chili

Chicken Chili Names

White chicken chili.

Naming a chicken chili dish is hard, but I made it easy for you. Below is a list of delicious chicken chili names to consider.

  • The Hot n Spicy Chick
  • The Kackle Chili
  • Red Rooster Chili
  • Chicken Farm Chili
  • Boneless Chili Chicken
  • The Hen Chili
  • The Delicious Megaphone
  • Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Chili
  • All Chicken Chili
  • The Chili that Clucks
  • The White Chicken Chili
  • So Green Chicken Chili
  • White Bean Chicken
  • The Chillest Rooster
  • Great Hen Chili
  • Backdraft Chicken Chili
  • Chicken in Red Sauce
  • Some Dynamite Chicken
  • Purely Chicken Chili
  • The Atomic Chicken
  • Healthy and Spicy Chicken Chili
  • The Ghost Peppers
  • Cheesey Chili Chicken
  • Crockpot White Chicken Chili
  • The Minister’s Kettle
  • Cool Beans & Spicy Chicken
  • E-Bowl-A Chili
  • Explosive Chicken
  • A Match Made In Heaven
  • Your First Chicken Chili
  • Chili That Lays Eggs
  • Kentucky Fried Chili
  • The Ultimate Chicken Chili
  • The Choir’s Song
  • Our Father’s Choice
  • Cayenne Pepper People
  • Beans and Chicken Skins
  • Buck Wild
  • Mad Chick Chili
  • The Good Hen Chili
  • The Boss Rooster
  • Sin Free Taste
  • Flavors of Chili Chicken
  • SD Fine Bonnine Extra
  • Big Chicken & Beans
  • Boneless Chicken Chili
  • Mouthwatering Chicken Chili
  • Dude Chicken
  • Backyard Chicken Chili
  • Cackling Chicken
  • Mother Hen
  • Rising Sun Chili
  • The Chicken Chili From Heaven
  • Nuclear Chicken
  • Mother Knows Chili
  • Pappy’s Chicken Chili
  • Confetti Chicken Chili
  • Drunken Chicken Chili
  • Pumpkin Chili
  • Andhra Chili Chicken

Chili Competition Jokes to Lighten the Mood

Traditional chili with crackers and cheese toppings.

Everyone likes a good joke here and there, especially in competitions where tensions are high. So, here are some hilarious chili competition jokes to help lighten the mood. Keep these ready for those award moments.

  • We are thinking about making chili for Christmas Eve. We’re starting a new tradition called ‘silent but deadly night’.
  • Can you tell me why the Irish only put 239 beans in their chili? Well me boy, one more would be “twofarty”.
  • Why did the Chihuahua put on a jacket? Because it was a chili dog!
  • How do you determine the mass of a red hot chili pepper? Give it a weigh, give it a weigh, give it a weigh now.
  • Why couldn’t the chili practice archery? He didn’t Habanero.
  • So I was at Chili’s the other day and when a waiter came to take our order, I asked him to turn the heat up and when he asked why. I replied it seems a bit chilly in here. I’m now banned at all Chili’s restaurants in the USA.
  • Nobody wanted to buy my Red Hot Chili Peppers cd. I have to give it away now.
  • Why was the television repair man called out to the Red Hot Chili Peppers hotel room? Scart issue.

Do you know why I don’t eat at Chili’s or Applebee’s? Because I’m old enough to microwave my own food…

  • What did the jalapeño say in the blizzard? I’m a little chili.
  • Why did the chicken skip a track on his Red Hot Chili Peppers CD? To get to the Otherside.
  • It’s ironic that chili is hot… and not chilly.
  • What do you feed an angry person? Chili.
  • My girlfriend and I wanted to spice up our sex life. The chili peppers were unsuccessful.
  • What happens when you add Cold hot sauce on Hot food? You Chili things up.
  • What do dead Norsemen like in their chili? Vallhallapenos.

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  • Do you know how to make a good vegetarian chili? Stick her in the freezer.
  • What’s Lightning McQueen’s secret chili ingredient? Carbonzo beans!
  • What’s the most popular chili in the Middle East? Halalpeño.
  • What’s the opposite of a hot dog? A chili dog.
  • I’m gonna make chili on Sunday. I’ll be charging one sup per bowl.
  • Some people say that when a pepper is really small it’s a sign that it is very hot… but, in reality, it’s a little chili.
  • What do you call Muslim chili peppers? Halalapenos

Why didn’t they make chili in ratatouille? They’d have to call it ratatooty.

  • No netflix and chili for you.
  • Why was the chili pepper disliked by all the other vegetables? Because he was always jalapeño grill.
  • How do you know when a chili pepper is getting a bit too nosey? When it starts getting jalapeno business.
  • My mom refused to tell me her secret chili recipe until she was 85 years old. Then she spilled the beans.
  • What do you get when you cross a chili pepper, a shovel, and a terrier? A hot-diggity-dog!
  • What happens when a chili pepper gets mad at you? He gets jalapeño face!!!
  • I visited my girlfriends family in Mexico during the summer. They all laughed at me for wearing a sweater. But, my girlfriend told me it would be chili tonight.
  • What will the “Red Hot Chili Peppers” become when they die? Ghost Peppers.
  • Dried chillies are so unreliable. They’re totally flaky.
  • My girlfriend told me to heat up the chilli in the fridge for dinner. I asked if I wasn’t better off heating up the chilli in the microwave. No response.

I ate five alarm chili last night… this morning I’m declaring a National Emergency at my southern border.

  • What do you get when you throw chilli into the sea? Heat waves.
  • The secret to making slow cooked chili is placing the bay leaf on top, not the bottom. A good chili doesn’t rest on its laurels.
  • I was cooking dinner last night, and made a mild, vegetarian Chilli con carne. I guess you could also call it a con.
  • Do you know why I don’t eat at Chili’s or Applebee’s? Because I’m old enough to microwave my own food.
  • A man in New Mexico asked a farmer if he had any local chili peppers for sale. Unfortunately, the farmer said he had 99 poblanos but a Hatch ain’t one.
  • What did the child habanero say to his father? “Dad, could we turn up the heat? I’m a little chili”.
  • I bought a tiny chili pepper plant today. I wanted to spice up my apartment.
  • A boy runs into his parent’s bedroom at 3am and says, “Dad! Dad! There’s a burglar in the kitchen eating all of mom’s leftover chili!” The dad replies, “Go back to bed, son. We’ll bury him in the morning.”
  • Why do the Irish serve up their chili with 139 beans? Because one more would be one-farty bowl of chili!
  • What happens to Pastors who eat chili dogs? They have to sit in their own pew.
  • What’s Obi-Wan’s favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers song? Higher ground.
  • My dad loves to boast about he can get Mexico on his ham radio set up. That’s nothing I’d say, I can open my window and get Chili.
  • Your mama’s so fat, she heard the weatherman say it was chili outside she grabbed a bowl and spoon and ran out the door.
  • Why was the baby jalapeno shivering? He was a little chili.
  • What happens when you add Cold hot sauce on Hot food? You chili things up.
  • A sandwich, steak, and chilli walk into a bar The barman says: “we don’t serve food here”.

I had a Red Hot Chilli Peppers CD for 4 minutes and 43 seconds. After hearing this one track, I decided to give it away, give it away, give it away now.

  • The difference between cold and hot is imaginary. Chill and chilli.
  • I just ate a pizza covered in pepperoni and chillies. To be honest, I looked pretty ridiculous.
  • My mother has been teaching me how to make my favourite meals, but there’s one that I just can’t seem to get right. I’m great at lasagne, fantastic with casseroles but as soon as I get my hands on minced beef and beans.. It’s chilli-con-carnage.
  • What’s Californians’ favourite dish? The Chilli Con Valley.
  • What’s the best thing to eat on a cold day? Chilli!!!
  • A snowman wants to go on vacation. He wants to go to Chile because he thinks it will be chilly–BUT–he actually lands in a bowl of chilli.
  • How do you measure chilli peppers? Give it a weigh.
  • My vegetarian flatmate was cooking for us this evening and I asked him what he was cooking. He says “I am cooking a vegetarian chilli”. So, I say “Oh so you’re making Chilli non carne.”

Chili Competition Categories

What category will you enter?

Here are some of the most common categories you can enter in a chili competition. Pick the category that best matches your style and recipe.

  • Homestyle Chili
  • Salsa
  • Chili Verde
  • Red Chili
  • Spicy Chili
  • Chicken Chili
  • White Chili
  • Mild Chili
  • Amateur Chili
  • Professional Chili
  • Saucy Chili
  • Classic Chili
  • Cheesy Chili
  • Smoky Chili
  • Beefy Chili
  • Slow Cooked Chili
  • Momma’s Chili
  • 30-Minute Chili
  • Sweet and Spicy Chili
  • Vegetarian Chili

Where to Find Winning Chili Recipes

Still looking for a chili recipe?

Here at Mobile-Cuisine, we do our best to make things easier for you. If you’re looking for some award-winning chili recipes, we’ve listed down all the websites where you can find them.

Keep in mind that the best recipes always include some personal variation so don’t copy these directly. Make them your own. Find a way to personalize the recipe with a unique seasoning, type of bean, meat, or topping.  You can’t go wrong with a little experimentation.