Smoked Chili with Ground Beef

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Preheat your smoker to 250 degrees with hickory woodchips.
2. While the smoker preheats, cook the ground beef. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the ground beef and cook completely, breaking apart while it cooks, about 10 minutes. Pour the beef into a strainer to drain the grease.
3. Add the beef to a large mixing bowl with tomato sauce, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, great northern beans, kidney beans, chili powder, butter, salt, pepper, dried onion, garlic powder, and beef broth. Mix until well combined.
4. Depending on the size of your smoker, either pour the chili into one large foil pan or 2 small foil pans, whatever will fit in your smoker.
5. Place in the smoker and smoke for 3-4 hours, stirring every hour and adding more woodchips as needed.
6. When ready to serve, scoop into bowls and top with shredded cheese and sour cream. Eat with a spoon or scoop with Fritos or tortilla chips. Enjoy!