Customer Reviews

Wick Fowler's Products 2-Alarm Chili Kit, 3.625-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 12)

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My boyfriend tried this for the first time in the 80s. He's a sports journalist and had heard about it from his newspaper buddies back in the day. We've been making it consistently for 20 years. He likes it with ground buffalo meat, says it's a tiny bit sweet. It's also great with half ground turkey or beef and half pork. Adding a whole sauteed diced onion is a must. We add stewed tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, olives, chili and kidney beans. Right, we're not from Texas. But it is excellent with some chunks of steak. We leave out the mesa; it's thick enough. Oh, and a tiny bit of Dave's Insanity Sauce pushes it to out of this world delicious.

We've used this product for years, and have loved it's flavor & consistency - always something you can count on! We used to add the same spices using various recipes, but chili would always seem to come out differently each time. No 'hit or miss' with this product - individual packets of each spice give you maximum control, should you want to add less. We love this stuff so much, that we panic when we 'run low' at home (less than 3 kits), in case we can't find the Mix at our local grocery store! So, we bought a case!

I am a native Texan and I've had so many different chili's I can't even remember how many. This is the BEST EVER! We sadly moved from Texas to Seattle 6 years ago and I tried many times to make chili this good myself since I couldn't find a store up here that sells Wick Fowler's. So, YAY for Amazon! I bought some before Christmas (bought during a trip to New Orleans) and my family was in heaven again tasting the awesome flavors of Wick Fowler's 2 alarm chili. I used up the last of my supply for the Christmas party chili - even my native northwestern neighbors loved it. I was so happy to find some on Amazon, now we will be enjoying great chili again without traveling all the way back to Texas.

I have been using Wick Fowler's 2-Alarm Chili mix for over 10 years after discovering it on a visit to Texas. It is one of the best things you can find in a package. I usually add tomatoes and substitute beer for 1/2 the water, but it's great plain. You could duplicate the ingredients yourself but the package mix is very convenient.

I had used this product for years......then I couldn't find it at any of the stores where I shopped for groceries. I was delighted to be able to get it at Amazon. It is a wonderful chili mix.

I may get serious about cooking... but sometimes we find ourselves standing in the grocery store and wondering what the heck to make tonight. For at least 20 years one of my most reliable standbys has been the Wick Fowler 2-Alarm chili -- largely because it tastes good, is natural (no sugar or other junk -- just spices), is very cheap, and can be thrown together with almost no effort. It also reheats very well the next day, so this is "convenience food" for us busy foodies.

One of the reasons I like this mix is that it's very customizable. All the spices are supplied in individual packets, so you can adjust the heat by adding just a little of the "hot" chile (though even at the 2-alarm level it's not *super*spicy), or go light on the salt, etc. The basic mix calls for you to add 2 pounds of ground beef, an 8-oz can of tomato sauce, and two 8-oz cans of water. With the instructions' encouragement we usually add a can of pinto beans, too, and a can of diced tomatoes; we also substitute an amber ale for the water. See: It can be as complex as you want it to be. But cooking is simple: Brown the meat, dump in everything else, and simmer for half an hour. Add the masa packet at the end if you feel like it (and we usually do). Dinner's served.

And did I mention this is delicious? Sure, I can spend an afternoon making a pot-o-red from scratch that's better than this. But this is darned tasty stuff that takes almost no time. While it simmers, I can do something else... like write an Amazon review!

I was most disappointed in the 2-Alarm Kit I bought yesterday (January 29, 2011). I had bought it many times over the last several years but found that today's bowl of chili didn't taste as it used to. It was rather 'bla' and is missing a distinct chili taste. I was also disappointed with the coupon for $10,000 give-away vacation trip that closed nearly a month ago!

About 20 years ago my husband was installing drapes, and the woman was making chili, he remarked how good it smelled and she gave him a package. We didn't make it right away but when we did we both liked it allot, until then we only had bland chili. It was not available in our town so a coworker was going to Texas and my husband gave him money to buy us several packages, we don't eat this chili frequently because it is spicy and we had to get it from Texas. About 10 or 15 years ago we found it in a Dillons store here in town. My husband has passed away but my son was making it for me when I could no longer stand to cook it, we have about 4-5 time a year depending on the weather. Last week my son brought home another brand because 2 Alarm Chili was not available anywhere in town. We live in Lawrence Kansas and the other chili mix is not as good as 2Alarm. There is a Walmart & Target stores along with Dillons & HyVe, would like it to be available again but if not we will order on internet. Thanks for making such a good product..

I've rarely had better chili than Wick Fowler's, even by people who really know their stuff. It's a wonderful blend of spices, full-bodied, flavorful, warm but not hot. I usually swap out beer for the water, and I find that using a really rough grind on the hamburger makes a huge difference on its deliciousness. I also toss in a can of Goya kidney beans. Prepared exactly according to specs, it's a very good chili. With a little minor tweaking, it's epic.

It's much, much cheaper to buy this product at Amazon than it is by me, where the packages run about $4 each.

I bought this product for my husband, who's living in Kuwait for a year. He asked me to send him some Wick Fowler's Chili, but i couldn't find it in any grocery store. He suggested I look on Amazon, and sure enough, there is was. I bought it the same day and as soon as it arrived, I sent him a package with all his chili in it. He's very pleased as he's always loved the chili!!