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"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 was a particular fan of Texas-style chili.
In the 1880s, in partnership with an experienced range cook, he began
producing heavily spiced chili based on chunks of lean beef and
rendered beef suet, which he sold by the pot to local caf?s. In 1921,
Davis began canning his product, naming it for his pet wolf "Kaiser
Bill." Wolf Brand canned chili was a favorite of Will Rogers, who
always took along a case when traveling and performing in other
regions of the world. Ernest Tubb, the country singer, was such a fan
that one Texas hotel maintained a supply of Wolf Brand for his visits.
Both the Gebhardt and Wolf brands are now owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc.
In the UK, the most popular brand of canned chili is sold by Stagg, a
division of Hormel foods.
Another method of marketing commercial chili in the days before
widespread home refrigerators was "brick chili." It was produced by
pressing out nearly all of the moisture, leaving a solid substance
roughly the size and shape of a half-brick. Wolf Brand was originally
sold in this form.[11] Commonly available in small towns and rural
areas of the American Southwest in the first three-quarters of the
20th century, brick chili has mostly outlived its usefulness and is
now difficult to find. In southern California, the Dolores Canning Co.
still makes a traditional brick chili called the "Dolores Chili
Brick."[12]"
"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 was a particular fan of Texas-style chili.
In the 1880s, in partnership with an experienced range cook, he began
producing heavily spiced chili based on chunks of lean beef and
rendered beef suet, which he sold by the pot to local caf?s. In 1921,
Davis began canning his product, naming it for his pet wolf "Kaiser
Bill." Wolf Brand canned chili was a favorite of Will Rogers, who
always took along a case when traveling and performing in other
regions of the world. Ernest Tubb, the country singer, was such a fan
that one Texas hotel maintained a supply of Wolf Brand for his visits.
Both the Gebhardt and Wolf brands are now owned by ConAgra Foods, Inc.
In the UK, the most popular brand of canned chili is sold by Stagg, a
division of Hormel foods.
Another method of marketing commercial chili in the days before
widespread home refrigerators was "brick chili." It was produced by
pressing out nearly all of the moisture, leaving a solid substance
roughly the size and shape of a half-brick. Wolf Brand was originally
sold in this form.[11] Commonly available in small towns and rural
areas of the American Southwest in the first three-quarters of the
20th century, brick chili has mostly outlived its usefulness and is
now difficult to find. In southern California, the Dolores Canning Co.
still makes a traditional brick chili called the "Dolores Chili
Brick."[12]"
