3 creator recipes compared

3 ways creators make chili

Author (Crockpot cookbook), Food52 and Andy Cooks have each posted a version of chili on Instagram. Most of them use onion, garlic, tomatoes and soy sauce. Total time runs from 30 min to 6 hr 20 min. Below, each one is compared on time, ingredients and method, with a link to the full recipe and the original video.

  • 3 versions
  • 3 creators
  • 30 min to 6 hr 20 min
  • Instagram

Side by side

From each creator's recipe as we saved it: total time, servings, ingredient count, cooking method, and what no other version uses.

  1. Delicious Crock Pot Chili Recipe

    Serves
    6
    Ingredients
    11
    Method
    Slow cooker · Pan-fried
    Only this one
    ground beef, chili powder, cumin and kidney beans
  2. Food521 hr 10 min

    Ultimate Chili Experiment

    Serves
    4
    Ingredients
    10
    Method
    Oven · Simmered
    Only this one
    coffee, dark chocolate, fish sauce and beer
  3. Beef Chili

    Serves
    4
    Ingredients
    15
    Method
    Simmered
    Only this one
    olive oil, beef mince, red capsicum and chipotle in adobo

What most versions share

In most of them

  • onion
  • garlic
  • tomatoes
  • soy sauce

Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ

  • Author (Crockpot cookbook) is the only one to use ground beef, chili powder, cumin and kidney beans.
  • Food52 is the only one to use coffee, dark chocolate, fish sauce and beer.
  • Andy Cooks is the only one to use olive oil, beef mince, red capsicum and chipotle in adobo.
  • Only Author (Crockpot cookbook) uses a slow cooker.
  • Only Author (Crockpot cookbook) pan-fries or sears.
  • Only Food52 uses the oven.
  • Food52 and Andy Cooks simmer, poach or braise; Author (Crockpot cookbook) doesn't.
  • Andy Cooks takes the least time (30 min); Author (Crockpot cookbook) the most (6 hr 20 min).
  • Food52 uses the shortest ingredient list (10); Andy Cooks the longest (15).

The other 2 versions

How this comparison works

Every version here was saved from the creator's own public video and turned into a structured recipe card. The comparison reads only those cards: ingredients, steps, times and servings. We haven't cooked these side by side or ranked them on taste.

Reposts and the same video saved twice count once. Times and servings come from each recipe card; short videos don't always state them, so treat them as a guide. Every version links to the creator's original video.