Same here I don't have a set recipe. I use whatever I have or feel like tossing in the Crock pot lol I like using a variety of ground meat, usually ground beef and bulk sausage. But I've used ground lamb and bison too. The best chili I ever made was with ground bison. I also made a really awesome pumpkin chili once. The usual chili ingredients, plus a can of pumpkin and cinnamon and allspice, clove,ginger.. typical fall spices. I accidentally dropped the cinnamon in there and thought it would be horrible because there was so much in there. OMG it was sooooo gooooood.