http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chili_con_carne#Canned_chili
"Canned chiliWillie Gebhardt, originally of New Braunfels, Texas, and
later of San Antonio, produced the first canned chili in 1908. Rancher
Lyman Davis near Corsicana, Texas, developed Wolf Brand Chili in 1885.
He owned a meat market and...