Then, you toss in the sticky question of beans or no beans... that's when the fireworks can get a little blown out of proportion. The Question went out on Facebook? As for me:I like my chili both ways, but my wife makes it with beans, and it is by far the best chili I've ever stuffed in my face. But hey, you do you...~JimSome are dead set against it...Paul said:Real chili does Not have beans! Amanda had the mic-drop moment:If beans didnt belong then why do we call them CHILI BEANS?