Because I am a dick:You can avoid the top cutting if you do the other diagonal, it's faster then and safer but this is easier:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCGS067s0zoAs for the chili, you forgot the chile. Chili powder is fucking retarded. Read the ingredients. Two major portions are cumin & peppers NEITHER should ever be used more than a few days from their whole state. Even better if you can do it in hours. Both also require a pre-roast before cooking. Throw the store bought BS away.Now the burger. Your pan was NOWHERE near hot enough. You burn your steaks, but are afraid to cook burger? For instance, when done browning dump the meat into another container. When you look at the pan and go OH SHIT I've got 3 hours of scrubbing to do you've got it about right. Now deglaze that pan with a liquid. For what you made I like beer. Homemade stock is never a bad choice. If you didn't season (ie salt) your hamburger and EVERY layer of the chili you failed.Cheese. Grate your own from something real, you lazy bastard.Looks to me like you also fucked up on the tomatoes. Find the cheapest big can of San Marzano's you can find. Seriously.And lastly, stop buying fake ass hot dogs. You just got part of a cow, why the fuck didn't you turn some of the less savory parts into hot dogs. Great use for ground beast. And yes, I have problems with garbage fast food - the way I "helped" it would be far from that.The beans are about perfect though. There are no beans in Chili.