Willis Original Chili Seasoning

Hello, my name is Ron Willis. Here is a story about me and how the Willis Chili Seasoning was created.

I was born into a family that had good home-cooked food. I never experienced a restaurant meal until I was grown. At 14 I went to work at Nickerson Farms, I had my first restaurant meal there. It looked like a big red and white barn, located on I-35 in south Oklahoma City. I left Nickerson Farms with two things. I knew what good chili looked like and I knew what good chili tasted like and that was it.

I worked on my chili recipe for a long time.  A few years later my wife and I opened a private dining hall. When we would make chili for guests they would ask for extra to take home, because it was so good.  Then a lady asked me to do a fundraiser for a local school. I told her sure, how much she wanted, and she said about 30 pounds. I cooked the chili and took it to the fundraiser. She called me back the next day and said they sold out in 20 minutes. She then asked if we could do it again, this time 80 pounds. I told her I’ll make the seasoning up and let you make it. She called back and they sold out again! We made up some sample packages and gave them out to some folks and we just kept getting more and more requests for our seasoning. This let us know we had something special and we should sell our chili seasoning! 

We hope you enjoy this chili as much as we have. 

The Willis Family

Each packet of Willis Chili Seasoning makes approx. 3 1/2lbs of chili (without Beans). Rich, bold, southwest flavor. Made in Oklahoma.