The closest one can come to objectively choosing the world's best chili recipe is to hold a worldwide chili cook-off. Here are a couple of these contests, with lists of past winners (and their recipes): -The World's Championship Chili Cookoff (WCCC) http://www.chilicookoff.com/Recipe/Recipe_WCCC_Recipes.asp?Cat=1 -Terlingua International Chili Championship http://www.chili.org/recipes.html