Ordered a chili from Wendy’s. Got a chopped up hamburger in chili sauce. What is this fuckery shit?

I'm almost positive this has always been how their chili is made.

Where do you think the JBC's go that you didn't order?

Can confirm. Wendy's takes hamburger that has been on the grill too long, stores it just above the grill in containers. It's not burned but it gets dry. Then later they freeze it, date the bags. Then when preparing chilli, you pull a bag of hamburger meat, boil it, chop it it up with a hand grated tool, and toss it in the pot. The steam that comes off the meat as you chop it with that hand tool is intense even if your hands are kitchen weathered.

There are few experiences that viscerally stay with you in this life but dumping a pot of hot water / boiled hamburger meat and then mashing at 6:45am is unfortunately one of mine. Hot greasy steam engulfs you and the smell isn't great.

The rest of the chilli comes in cans and packets of spices. Throw it all into a pot on the stove in the back.

I still eat the chilli.

Makes me wonder if all their chili is made that way now. I guess it is just ground beef but taking a burger patty and breaking it up to make chili seems wrong.