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Like many others, growing up in Cincinnati, I can’t even begin to tell you how big of a thing this is out there… This video made me so happy…

Tip from a Cincinnati area guy; Should be soupy enough to ladle on, and the cheese should be finely shredded. Also, add beans for a 5 way. Coney should have mustard, and spaghetti should be served with oyster crackers and (optional) hot sauce.

I've lived in Cincy for 30 years and this is a good recipe for the chili with a few exceptions! The chili should be much more thinned out and the cheese needs to be super finely grated and probably about 3 times as much! Other than that great video

My Cincinnati native mom Joyce would love watching this. Rest in peace mom I love you.

From Ohio, went to University of Cincinnati and eating at the original skyline after getting absolutely shitfaced was a tradition 😂😂

Also, oyster crackers and hot sauce. And a York peppermint patty after!!!

And what’s crazy is if you’ve ever been to skyline before, Sam used no where near enough cheese.

I was born and raised right across the river from Cincy in Northern Kentucky. That smell you describe of the chili smelling different than what you would except is one of my favorite food smells. It's just something yummy and warm. Whenever you have a long hard day,a hangover or whatever the case this is your best bet. This mix matched bowl of ingredients will always take me home. Thanks for videos.

People from Cincinnati will tell you you're eating it wrong. Since it's so different from traditional spaghetti you've gotta use your fork to cut the pasta so you can build a good bite with a bit of everything on it. The usual spaghetti spin will only end up getting you pasta because everything else will fall off in the spin.

As a lifelong Cincinnatian I must say, the idea of eating chili without spaghetti is very strange to me

As a true Cincinnatian, I have to say you did our chili justice. Only critique would be making the chili a little thinner so it's more saucy. Just wanted to let you know that the spaghetti dish you made is called a "4-way." Sans onions is a "3-way," plus beans is a "5-way." I was hoping you'd make a Cinci chili tribute one of these days!

One more thing - if you are ever in Cincinnati and someone asks you if you want a three-way, don't get angry; all he is asking is if you want chili spaghetti and cheese. If you add either beans or onions (like Sam did), it's called a four-way; put all them together, it becomes a five-way. Absolutely delicious.

Born, raised, and still live in Cincy. This doesn’t look runny enough. Cincy chili is not thick like this. You can literally drink it through a straw. Just sayin. Love you guys anyway!

I’m from Cincinnati, cracks me up how ppl respond to this. You love it or hate it. We love it ❤️

Sam, in Cincinnati you have to CUT the spaghetti and scoop it up with the fork, don’t twirl it, rookie move!

I was just hunting recipes for Cincinnati chili as an Ohioan transplanted to the west coast who missed one of my favorite dishes. Then I see you uploaded this today. So glad to see you guys enjoyed it as it can be an acquired taste for folks who didn’t grow up with it. Just missing the oyster crackers!

You forgot the yellow mustard on the dog! Classic Cincinnati dog goes- bun, mustard, dog, chili, onion, cheese. We have several versions of chilies here from skyline, goldstar, Cincinnati chili, to Dixie chili, they all have their own take and flavor profiles of which one will argue is the best. And the way we do are Spaghetti is by a 3 way, 4 way, or 5 way, and the mythical 6 way which includes a f-ton of garlic 🤔😜

Skyline is my top cheat meal. Get a 4-way with onions, 2 cheese coneys with everything on them....pure happiness

I think I just heard the entire state of Cincinnati scream in horror when you twirled the spaghetti onto your fork. 😆

"It's skyline timeeee" It's so good.

I get the coneys with extra mustard. That's what makes the hot dog, chili, cheese, and onion combo work in my opinion. That's why you only rated the dog a 3, SAM!

I’m from Cincinnati. I still live here. I grew up on skyline, Goldstar, and Camp Washington chili.

Living in Cincinnati . This is the first thing I eat when I get back from traveling anywhere haha

Wasn't until a year ago that i realized the spaghetti and meat sauce I ate as a child was Cincinatti Chili. Which makes sense as my mother was from Dayton a stone's throw from Cincy.

Thanks for the tribute to Cincinnati! You guys need to come down get the real thing! -Chef Walter

Born and raised in Cincinnati. Thanks Sam for finally doing this... We ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ our Chili here... I am making this tonight. Tell Max and Chancy HEYYY

I'm a Cincinnati native now living in Atlanta. I bought a can of Skyline for dinner last night! This looks great, maybe a bit heavy on the tomato, but I'll have to judge that after making it! Cincinnati chili does not have a very pronounced tomato flavor. And you have to get the lingo down: 3-way: Chili, Spaghetti and Cheese 4-way: Chili, Spaghetti and either onions or beans (4-way onion or 4-way bean) 5-way: Chili, Spaghetti, onions and beans You also need hot sauce (something like franks red hot) and oyster crackers. Can't wait to try this recipe!

Texan who married a girl from Cincy. The first time she introduced me to the stuff I was like WTF...! Then I tried it and I was a believer! It’s still hard for me to call it chili, but now our family enjoys it often! P.S.A. Skyline chili is slightly runnier. And that cheese has to be finely shredded, and I mean finely!!!

Lifelong Cincinnatian who is an avid fan of yours. I never miss a video. Was so excited to see this one!

Recipe below: Instead of griping that Sam doesn't do recipes I'm gonna help Make America Cook Great Again by pasting the recipe here: Sweat down 1C diced onion Reserve 1/2 C of diced onion for topping Add a spot of oil, squeeze in 1-2 cloves garlic. Fry a minute. 1 Tbsp Oregano, Tsp Cinnamon and all spice 2 C beef broth 1 oz unsweetened dark chocolate 2 tbsp tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, Brown sugar, Worcestershire, Chili powder 1.5 C tomato sauce 2lbs ground beef Simmer 30-40 mins to a pasty dry like texture Serve over spaghetti with white onion, cheddar, and sour cream

Born and raised in Cincinnati and I almost lost it when he twirled the spaghetti on to the fork. Loved the video tho Sam!

Sam, you set off a bunch of Cincinnatians.😂

Yesss!!! I’m from Cincy and clicked on this the second I got the notification 😍

Sam, thanks for showing the world the king of all foods. I’m sure there are comments about how thick you made it, because it’s suppose to be a chili sauce, but mad props, brother!

I am from Cincinnati and here some things you did wrong. The cheese is supposed to be shredded thinly and long. Also, never twirl the spaghetti, you should always cut it with a fork. Top the 4 way with oyster crackers and maybe Louisiana style hot sauce. The chili needs to be wetter with finally grounded beef by using a big tall pot. I always use my hands to break it up really small in the water before turning the stove on. The onions are usually never sweated/sauteed but do give it a layer of taste. It should simmer for hours.

Northern Kentucky boy here, just across from Cincinnati. All you were missing on the coney is a squirt of yellow mustard. Thanks for doing the Cincinnati chili! It’s addictive!

You don’t ever twirl the chili, you cut it with your fork and use an oyster cracker to get it onto the fork, and then after the bite you use the oyster cracker to clean your palate.

One thing I think you’d like to know, one that’s a hell of a 3-way, 2 I don’t know for sure if Greek chili is a thing, but being a skyline delicacy, the founder was Greek, and I’ve heard people call there chili Greek style, mentioning the fact of chocolate being introduced in to it. The best thing, it doesn’t matter what you want, or how you make chili. As an Ohio native who only eats chili this way, make your best chili, load it on top of some spaghetti noodles, and throw a boat load of cheese and onion and you have “Cincinnati chili”. FYI looks delicious. Perfect coney sauce too by the way.

New drinking game. Take a shot every time he says "gorgeous". Good luck.

It’s a Greek meat sauce, essentially. But this video is now the reason I’m heading out the door for some carry out. And you forgot the mustard on the coney’s!

I believe the reason the Chilli is the way it is is because a Greek guy was running a hotdog stand in cinncinatti which at the time wouldve been mostly German customers, so for Chilli dogs he made a Greek Chilli, flavored more for Germans. And Germans love onions and mustard, so those were added too. Also, to anyone watching this to make the chili, you want to add a bit of water, cumin and nutmeg, its a dryer chili but you still want some sauce in there, and you should also let it cook for like 4 hours on a low heat like its a stew, that let's the meat really absorb the sauce flavor.

Sam, Chance and Max! Thank you so much for fulfilling my Food Wishes (see what I did there) and making Cincinnati Chili! I'm heading to Cincinnati in May for a 4-way (what you made), but in the meantime, I'll make this using your exact recipe. I love how thick you got it, which is quite different than the way it's served in the chili parlors down there. They serve it in an oval plate with oyster crackers around the rim to soak up the excess liquid. Thank you!!!

As a Cincinnatian, I've never clicked on a Sam video so fast! haha looks good! a chilito is where its at tho :)

A resident of Southwest Ohio. When my family comes home to visit, a stop at Skyline or Gold Star is happening. This makes me very happy. The only criticisms are, more cheese more cheese, and then more cheese and never never just one dog!!!

My favorite episodes so far! I was literally about to ask you guys to do this one!

Late to the post - don't know how I missed it before. A few notes as I live in Northern Kentucky and I also have worked with some of the restaurant owners (not in the restaurants though): 1) Cincinnati chili is not chili. It is a Greek dish that looks like chili. As far as I can tell, it became to be known as chili since customers were requesting the chili and the owners of the first restaurants never corrected the customers. 2) It should be runnier/thinner. 3) Coney buns should be steamed and soft so the ends can be pinched to keep the chili in, since it is runnier. The coney usually has yellow mustard too. 4) You don't eat a 4-way like spaghetti. The 'proper' method is to cut the spaghetti, so you get some of everything in every bite. 5) The spaghetti was too dry. It typically should be moist but a lot of people do request it to be dry since it can be messy. 6) You didn't have beans, but the rule is similar to Texas chili. Cincinnati chili never has beans in it, but we will serve beans on top of it. 7) Ways can also be served with or without onions and/or beans. The number in front just signifies how many ingredients are in the way but a 3-way is always chili, spaghetti, and cheese. 8) It can also be served without cheese and is simply called chili spaghetti, with onions and/or beans if you want to add those too. 9) Cincinnati chili should be served with a bowl of oyster crackers. 10) Everybody seems to have their own method to eat the crackers. You can eat them with the 4-way/coney, you can sprinkle them on top, you can soak them in the juice (the combined spaghetti water and chili that forms under the spaghetti), etc. BONUS - the original Skyline chili was served with a glass of buttermilk and one of their chili parlors still had buttermilk on the menu for the old-timers a few years ago, but I am no longer sure if they serve it. I do know that a couple other parlors on the west-side of Cincinnati used to have buttermilk around 10-15 years ago but they stopped offering it since it was rarely requested.

It’s like he’s making Mexican Mole with the combination of those ingredients! Nice!

Also, you have to add hot sauce to the 3 way and hot sauce and mustard to the coney! 👍

Ohio born and raised, I just always thought this is how you eat chili...on a hot dog or noodles. Great video.

Cincinnati style chili comes from Greek immigrants who came there and opened restaurants. They started serving it on spaghetti to make it more appealable to locals. Thanks for trying our local treat!

Check my phone to find out it's Sam's Cincinnati chili day!? Day made. A big thanks from this Cincinnati kid.

I am from ohio. skyline and whitecastle are two of the things I miss about living there.

I was so happy to see that you did a Cincinnati chili recipe. it looks delicious! 😋 Like other Cincinnatians here have said, it should be a bit thinner though. Also, and I know this is a bit controversial, but you should cut through all of the layers of the four-way, instead of twirling it like Italian spaghetti. That way, you get a bite of everything all at once. thank you for showcasing a Cincinnati tradition! 🙂. *also, hot sauce tastes great on this too. (but be sure to put it under the cheese.)

Don't forget about the cracker bomb: you take an oyster cracker and put hot sauce on it. It's the best appetizer while you're waiting for your food, especially if you're there at 3 in the morning after a long night of drinking.....

Im eating Skyline while watching this lol good ol Ohio

“This is not a wet chili. This is essentially a dry chili.” It’s actually the opposite Sam! Our chili is very liquid-y but packed with flavor. Still, thanks for representing us. Here for the Cincy love :)

Growing up in Cincinnati, I ate this stuff every week. The only thing you are missing is the crumbled oyster crackers over the cheese on the spaghetti. All Cincinnati chili parlors I know of serve their meals with oyster crackers. For the chili dog, go with a small hot dog (and add mustard) so you get more of the chili and cheese and less dog. In Cincy, they use small dogs served on steamed buns. Lastly, double the cheese if you want to be really authentic. Living in Dallas now, I just might have to make this recipe over the weekend.

Can Frito Pie be made with this type of "Cincinnati Chili" or maybe Chili Fries?

“The guy’s got leather goggles on, and a scarf, and that’s it.” “That’s what she said.”

Anybody here for Dixie Chili? I know it's Northern KY but still the best by me!

I am from Cincinnati and I tell you that Sam hit the hammer on the nail with this one. Big Up Skyline Chili, Gold Star, Blu Ash Chili, Camp Washington Chili, and Pleasant Ridge Chili. Cincinnati chili over a bed of spaghetti 😍😍😍

I was born and raised in Cincinnati and we ate this chili at least once a week. We then moved to Florida and we had to order the Chili Packets from amazon because stores don't sell it down here. The chili really should be runnier though - not as thick as your video showed. Also if you go to a Cincinnati Chili parlor, the hot dogs are much smaller and the buns are never toasted. Then load them with the chili, cheese, onion and you eat it with a fork - it's too messy with your hands. Thanks so much for making this on your video - it was so much fun to watch.

OMG! You finally did my suggestion! A few things though. Cincy chili is a lot more saucy, the cheese needs to be shredded much more finely, the dog and bun need to be smaller, and you forgot the mustard on the dog. The more saucy chili works better on both the ways and the coney to coat everything, along with finer cheese. And you forgot the hot sauce. If you don't have Skyline's blend, a few splashes of Tabasco will work. Thanks guys!

Add me to the list of Cincinnati chili lovers in this comments section. I grew up on the stuff, its in my DNA. I'll be forever loyal to Skyline.

As a Cincinnati girl, we ate Skyline Chili exclusively (ok, maybe Gold Star Chili a few times....) but at home I really loved making Skyline Chili Dip. Take a bar of cream cheese, smear it until it's flat in the bottom of a casserole dish, then a layer of Skyline Chili, and then a layer of grated Cheddar Cheese (could do onions as well, but I'm not a fan of onions). Bake in the over until the cheese is all bubbly and then scoop it up with tortilla chips. That was my jam! I miss this chili a lot, used to bring cans of it home with me when I travelled, but now I live in New Zealand and it's a long way to go. I haven't made any at home in years, will have to give it a try soon!

This is easily my favorite "I'm giving up on life and health today" dishes.

I don't even read the title of these videos anymore. I see a new STCG video and I click. Then I get pretty amazed.

Coming from someone that went to University of Cincinnati and is from Ohio....you’re gonna need A LOT more cheese on that bad boy. Loved the episode!

I tell friends all the time 😂 im OBSESSED

So excited you did this video! Cincinnati native here. Pro tips though. When you eat a 3 way (the chili spaghetti cheese) you use the fork to cut bites, don’t twirl/mix. And you got wayyyy too fancy with the hot dog. Haha. And add mustard to the coney.

“All my friends!!”-young Chance😂

They put the chili in a burrito too and it's pretty amazing. Goldstar chili puts fritos in their chili burrito. 😋. That 3 way looks excellent by the way!

This was like watching a beautiful half court shot rim out. So much so right, but just not there. Texture is way off. You gotta hit that chili with a stick blender. And it is absolutely not a dry chili, exactly the opposite - it's downright soupy. But the real stab through the heart was twist of the fork. That's how we identify out of towners. One simply doesn't 'twirl' chili, you use the fork edge to cut a piece then scoop it up. But you got the spice mixture right, and I love the exposure. Good effort!

Chilly needs to be a bit thinner. And toss spaghetti in a little of the sauce. Then build it. Eat it like pie, no twirl. And the hot sauce on top is the true secret... Game changer.

I’m from Cincinnati I grew up on the westside of Cincinnati where the first skyline chili was from. Still my favorite! Cheese coneys and a good 3 way.

Sam, PLEASE do a "Sonoran Hotdog" regional to Southern Arizona. Bacon wrapped Hotdog on a soft Mexican bun, with ranchito beans on top and chopped onion, avacado cremma or salsa verde and grilled chilis on the side...DO IT!

Sam, Max, Chance - I have spent on and off maybe a couple of months in the Cincinnati area for work over the past 3 years. One of the places I enjoyed was Skyline but I never tried the "ways" or spaghetti. Always just the chili dogs. Sam your insistence on the spaghetti inspired me to make your recipe today.....and you're right. Phenomenal. I'm not really sure I want to have normal spaghetti ever again. I even have a little bowl of oyster crackers on the side just like they do in the 'nati. Thanks!

Made this yesterday for the whole family. I swear - The ones who didn't really like it don't deserve taste buds. Most of the people (the ones with taste buds) loved it. Note to folks - This does have a pretty darn unique taste. If serving to your "i want everything bland" friend - beware.

Please do goetta, can do it as burgers, breakfast and soooo much more. True cincy food

This better be good . I am from Cincinnati, fella!

As a life long Cincinnatian, I think you did this dish justice. However, from a cosmetic standpoint, you made what looks like GoldStar chili (by far the inferior chili stop between that and Skyline.) Otherwise it looks amazing. Quick tip: if you make it at home from scratch, or get the cans from the store, use angel hair/ thin spaghetti. Far less thick and you get more of the actual chili and overall a better taste.

Ohioan here! This made me want to try a thicker Skyline, for science, but as some others have pointed out, it is supposed to be a lot thinner than that. And I cannot stress enough how mustard changes the flavor on the coney. You need just a little. Lastly, while it might seem like cheddar cheese is cheddar cheese, the way skyline cheese is shredded into a fluffy light mound, it creates a unique and crucial texture.

I used to go to Skyline Chili in Fort Wayne, IN all the time just for this meal. SO good.

Hi Sam, as a guy who grew up in the Cincinnati area with Skyline; I'm making your recipe next week (you've never steered me wrong yet, my wife loved the Chicken Parmo and told all her friends from the UK). Fun fact, the spaghetti-chili-cheese is called a three-way, if you add beans it's a four-way.

Thank you Sam for making one of my favorite dishes. Oh...and the hot dog needs mustard too!

Thank you Sam! What an excellent recipe!! I appreciate you!

I feel like a famous person now. Cincinnati made it to Sam the cooking guys channel . The name of the chili company is called “Skyline chili”. Glad to see my city is super famous now. Load that up with cheese !!!

to do it proper 5 way for the Spaghetti you need to triple that amount of cheese and add Kidney beans. You said a lot of cheese, that was NOT a lot of cheese.

Sam!!!! As someone who was raised on Cincinnati chili, THANK YOU for making this video. One recommendation to take the dog up another notch? Add mustard.

Love your food prep and presentation!

I had to mentally prepare for this .. I started getting swamp ass and bubble guts 15 seconds into the video.

Holy shit, I was going to ask you to do this recipe!! My wife and I eat this almost every other week.

I HAD to make the Cincinnati Chili after I saw your video...and it was great!! I added some oyster crackers to the dish, and I gotta say it added even MORE character and flavor to that tasty dish! Thank you for making that recipe!

This one with spaghetti looks delicious! Also, lots of replies from Sam in this video. Nice to see the interaction with his viewers!

I’m from Cincy. I wish the chili was that thick !!

In NJ, we have a place called Jimmy Buffs. It’s a small little joint where they put a hot dog in a pizza pocket with deep fried potatoes. Hopefully you can make your version of this meal.

We cooked in the office, then one day my father made the best version of chili he ever has. It was a little sweet, then we discovered he put a container of peaches that he thought was tomatos. it was wonderful!!!

That spaghetti concoction you just made is called a “4 way” around here. Minus the onion is a 3 way and add beans for a 5 way. I grew up eating this with “cheese coneys”. That’s the hot dog thing. I’m from Northern Ky and there is a heavy competition between Skyline and Goldstar Chili restaurants where these delicious things are served. Bon Apetite!

I didn't even grow up in Cincinnati but is popular in certain places in the Midwest including outside Cincinnati. Hands down, Cincinnati gets all the credit between Skyline and Gold Star. This is a big dish, at least in my household.