Six stars! It's our chili of choice; I start a new batch when we get down to a quart in the freezer. (Freezes well.) In California, all (fresh) chilis are thankfully readily available, along with chili paste. Slow cook overnight-10 hours min; reduces "heat" a little but seems to enhance flavor, if that's possible. (Plus, we get to enjoy the aroma upstairs all night long.) Pepper seeds not removed; No Wimpy Chili! No water used; another beer added at 3:00am. Full pound of bacon. Double amount of garlic (or triple). When wife nukes a bowl for lunch at work, her workmates drool, ooh and ahh from the aroma wafting throughout the room. We really love all-beef HHCdogs or on top of rice. Thanks Edd Ryan; you've created a thing of beauty. Maybe it should be called Edd's Habanero Hellfire Chili?