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(tranquil sound)
All: (singing "Feliz Navidad")
Anthony: Yeah, what he said.
(hip hop music)
Anthony: I'm Anthony Anderson and I'm on a mission
to find the best home cooks in America.
(hip hop music)
Today we are in San Antonio, Texas.
We're going to the kitchen of Christine Knight-Ober,
better known as Obi Wan Knight Kenober.
Christine: You totally made that up.
Anthony: I did. (laughing)
To cook up a vat of her award winning chili.
(hip hop music)
Anthony: This is your late husband's recipe.
Christine: Yes.
Anthony: That you compete with.
Christine: Yes.
He tweaked it, did things with it, cooked with it,
competed with it, and then I borrowed it and I kind of won.
Anthony: He took 13th place, you took 1st place.
Christine: Yes, not the same year, but that's right.
Anthony: What's the difference?
Christine: I think there's magic.
I've got some magic in me. (crosstalk)
(rock music)
Anthony: We're not going to put the fat meat in there.
Christine: No.
Anthony: We're going to get all the -
Christine: We like skinny meat.
Anthony: We like skinny meat.
Is that -
Christine: Would you put that in there.
Anthony: I would not put that in there.
Christine: Okay, that's what I'm saying.
Anthony: You notice I cut all the meat off of the piece of fat.
Christine: I still see some meat.
Anthony: That's just a morsel.
That's just something that gets stuck in your tooth right there.
Look here.
Christine: Oh.
Anthony: They didn't see that. (laughing)
(hip hop music)
Anthony: Can I guess?
Christine: Go ahead.
Anthony: Cumin.
Christine: Yes.
Anthony: Paprika, paprika.
Christine: And then you've also got three tablespoons of chili powder.
Anthony: Of course chili powder.
Christine: Not just any chili powder.
Anthony: Not just any chili powder?
Christine: Oh no, you've got to have the right blend,
the heat, front heat, back heat, sweetness of it.
(drums playing)
Anthony: Fancy, I don't even ...
Christine: Do you need some help?
Anthony: Is it cutting the whole can?
I think something's wrong with your -
I've never used one of these before.
Christine: It's the can opener.
Anthony: Yeah, do it.
Christine: Okay.
We also like to float a jalapeno, keep it fresh.
Anthony: Float a jalapeno in it?
I don't see a jalapeno.
Christine: Well, I have some out in the garden.
(rock music)
Anthony: (making shaking noises)
Christine: The dog'll appreciate that.
Anthony: Yeah, I'm just going to eat all those.
Christine: Or you could appreciate it.
Anthony: I just dropped that in the grate of the oven.
That's going to cook a little bit later, after we leave.
Christine: That's for later.
Anthony: I smell chili.
All right, now that we have this here,
this is going to cook down for another 30 minutes?
Christine: Yeah, about 30 minutes or so and then it's chili.
(music)
Anthony: Andrew's her 13 year old son,
who also competes in food competitions at the youth level.
What do you like to cook in the kitchen?
Andrew: Well, I think it's chili.
Anthony: Chili?
Andrew: Yeah.
Anthony: I've cooked this chili right here.
I just want to let you know that.
Andrew: With assistance.
Anthony: Obi Wan Kenober is just standing there
just telling me what to put in here.
I know what to put in here.
She tried to sneak in a chicken bouillon cube in there.
She couldn't put that past me.
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This is some of the best chili I've ever eaten.
Christine: Thank you, sir.
Anthony: But I noticed you don't have any chili in your bowl.
Christine: I don't, I'm having beans.
Anthony: Why is that?
Christine: Superstition.
Anthony: Really?
Christine: I won't eat my own chili.
Anthony: You will not eat your own chili?
Christine: I'll taste it, make sure it's right,
but I don't sit down and have a bowl of it.
(music)
Anthony: You and Chris compete.
Christine: We do.
Anthony: Has Chris ever beaten you in a competition?
Chris: Just a couple times.
Christine: The second time he cooked ever in competition.
Anthony: Was it chili or was it something else?
It was chili?
Same recipe?
Chris: I tweaked it a little bit.
Anthony: (laughing) I want to know,
is there a family cooking competition? (crosstalk)
Christine: I think that's a great idea.
Anthony: I think that's something we should work on.
Chris: How about you cook for the families?
Anthony Feeds America.
Anthony: That's another show!
Hear that AOL?
Anthony Feeds America.
(rock music)
Andrew, this question is for you.
Since you cook and you won a chili cook off contest
in the youth division and all that, does this help you out with the ladies?
Andrew: Not a lot of people know about it.
Anthony: Well, they will know about it now. (laughing)
A family that cooks together, stays together.
(hip hop music)
Christine, Chris, Andrew, thank you.
This is delicious.
Just let me know what bedroom is mine, because I'm going to sleep.
(hip hop music)
Anthony: I'm running out of chili. (laughing)
They're going to hate me in first class. (laughing)
(rushing sound)