Now for the tasty part ... THE MEAT!!
I had a large package of ground beef that I only ended up using half of. (It was 7.3 lbs originally.)
I also added some sausage meat .... 5 hot and 4 mild.
Now I think the pot is full enough.
I also add tons of other ingredients and it changes every time I make it. In this chili there is some beer, hot sauce, cheese, fresh basil and garlic, hot salsa, worcestershire, almost a full dried GHOST pepper, some dried Cayenne peppers, about 1/3 of a Giant White Habanero along with many other dried spices. Surprisingly not killer spicy. My son said it's the best one I've made yet. I'm not sure about that but it's certainly a good one.
Here it is all packaged up for the fridge/freezer.