Cincinnati "Chili" is a really poor excuse for chili. Hell, it's a poor excuse for food at all.
PS. I live in Cincinnati. I've lived here for 11 years. Trying to explain to the locals that Skyline and Whitecastle is crap is like trying to explain calculus to a bovine.
I've tried making chili a couple of times myself, but it's always been a disaster. I've used fancy recipies off the food channel. Guess I'll need to kick it DOWN a notch and try something simpler, like off the back of a can of chili beans or something.