Over the top chili smoker

Smoked Chili, also known as Over the Top (OTT), is the BEST chili you will taste in your life. Smoked ground beef mixed into a perfect blend of classic chili ingredients, all cooked in the Big Green Egg or electric smoker. Then a secret ingredient is the finishing touch that sends the depth of flavor over the moon.

This is an easy no-bean version of our Over The Top Chili recipe! Perfect on its own, over a hot dog, or mixed into mac and cheese.

SMOKED CHILI loaded with ground beef and sausage, tomatoes, peppers, onions and bold spices. OVER THE TOP instructions included!

This Traeger Over The Top Chili is hands down the best I’ve ever had! The meatball you put above the chili turns out smokey and so juicy!

There are as many variations of Over The Top smoked chili as there are variations of ‘regular’ chili. Often referred to as OTT chili, the basic idea is that you smoke a ground beef mixture over a pot of chili mixings, such as tomatoes, beans (oh no! I used beans!), etc. As the beef cooks some of the fat drips into the chili pot, adding flavor. And of course the smoked beef picks up on some smoke flavor, too.

This over-the-top smoked chili features a spicy chili base topped with a smoky, crumbled meat loaf made from ground beef.

This hearty bowl of Smoked Chili is perfect year-round but especially during the winter months. This is a simple recipe with little prep time.

You really haven’t had chili until you’ve had recteq Over-the-Top Chili. So simple, so smoky, and so delicious, you’ll never want to make it any other way!

There's something about smoked chili that just makes everything better. It's smoky, spicy, and hearty, and it always seems to hit the spot.

Smoked Over the Top Chili gets its unique name by cooking a seasoned ground beef meatball over the top of the chili pot in your pellet grill.