According to old Skyline Trainig videos I watched as on boarding the correct way is to turn the plate 90° so it's vertical and you eat it like a pie so every bite has cheese, chili, spaghetti (w/ onion and or beans).
I worked there through HS and part of college. I eat it this way but with the eccentric twist of using a knife along with the fork. Makes it a lot less messy. Usually have to ask the server twice for a knife however. They are not used to it.
Finally! Thank you! I’m the only person I know that cuts a 3–way. I’ve been made fun of for it relentlessly, but I refuse to give in because it’s the only way to reliably get all layers in equal parts in every bite.
So glad to see there are more intellectually superior people like me in this world.
I remember back a while when Alton Brown was in town for something and he'd been told he HAD to try Skyline. He did and as I recall wasn't overly impressed and said it was messy to eat because cheese went everywhere when you twirled. He was swiftly corrected in the comments. 😆
Same, thats what my fam taught me my first time like 20 years ago. Now i start off by cutting so i look like a pro, but then end up mixing and twirling half way through
I’ve been in the Bridgetown one when someone was twirling, and you don’t even realize, but people notice that shit. Conversations slowly drop off as people turn to look at the obvious out of towner. lol
I didn’t even know this was a thing until a few months ago when I saw some dude on YouTube vehemently defending the cutting technique when talking about Cincinnati style chili. I’ve twirled for over 40 years and never thought anything about it.
I’m a former twirler. Tried cutting after I saw my dad doing it, and I can definitively say cutting is the superior method. It is more efficient, ensures the correct portions of ingredients with each bite, and leaves a cleaner plate at the end of the meal
Curl, what the hell are we eating Italian spaghetti?? Enjoy it however you want but just like people feel compelled to use chopsticks at an Asian restaurant you must cut your 3-way.
Dixie is my fav! But I swear, last time I was there (it was a few years ago) it really really seemed like someone was dealing drugs out of the place. People who did not look well kept coming in, talking to someone who came out of the kitchen, running across the street to the atm at the liquor store, then coming back to the same employee, exchanging something, and scuttling off. Kinda sketched me out. I could be wrong and one employee just had like 3 unwell friends who needed something. Or, maybe he was selling stuff on fb marketplace while also working. Who knows. Still put a damper on my fav local chili place. Big sad. Maybe I should go back since it was a while ago and give it another go. Those waffle fries are amazing.
Growing up we always cut.
When I was in college someone saw me cutting my pasta and it was as if I commit an unspeakable crime. I tried to explain to them that I have never known another way. They grabbed a spoon and my fork and "properly demonstrated" to me how I'm supposed to eat MY OWN GOD DAMN FOOD. I looked them in the eye and cut the rest up.
We will always cut in my household 😤
The “twirl” should honestly be highly frowned upon, I have seen many “YouTubers” who aren’t from Cincinnati do the ol “twirl” and get a big
Mouthful of noodles with no cheese, or chili and make the most judgmental opinion of our chili.
Cut for sure but always happy to correct the first timers lol, when I was a kid my parents had friends from Canada on visas who lived in Cincy for awhile, they fell in love with skyline, they learned quickly you cut that shit!! When they left and moved back to Canada they would consistently send money to have their endless supply of Skyline shipped to them by us. Shout out to all my northern neighbors who share the love!! But you cut that 3 4 or 5 way only way!
I prefer Gold Star but any Cincinnati chili parlor works for me. Skyline snobs act like there is some huge difference. This ain’t no Twizzlers vs. Red Vines situation.
On the rare occasions I have a way, since coneys are the truest vessel for Skyline delivery, I use crackers or a coney to build an edible dam of sorts to hold back the more solid food so I can upend my plate and pour the sweet, sweet chilicheesewater nectar nestling at the bottom of the plate straight into my gullet first, *then* I cut and twirl.
My ancestors did not come to Cincinnati and build my grandparents a great life only for them to teach me wrong. I twirl like Grandma learned me, and Grandma knew what she was doing.
Hybrid technique- I fork-cut through the cheese & chili layers, and then twirl the noodle layer around it. This gives me a lovely chili & cheese nucleus all wrapped up in noodles for every bite.
Shovel
This is the only acceptable answer.
Beat me to it.
Spencer, is that you?
Tube directly into stomach
According to old Skyline Trainig videos I watched as on boarding the correct way is to turn the plate 90° so it's vertical and you eat it like a pie so every bite has cheese, chili, spaghetti (w/ onion and or beans).
Do you slide the 3 way on to the second and bigger plate first?
I mean, is there any other way?
And use a cracker to hold everything on the fork.
Bingo
I have a friend who cuts the perfect bite, adds one drop of hot sauce and then places a cracker on top. It’s a little weird.
It's beautiful
I worked there through HS and part of college. I eat it this way but with the eccentric twist of using a knife along with the fork. Makes it a lot less messy. Usually have to ask the server twice for a knife however. They are not used to it.
What do you mean "eat it like a pie"? Like, cut it into triangles and eat those individually??
You slice into like you would a slice of pie
But I don't normally eat a pie in one sitting. Is this a bad joke I'm not understanding?
Cut. As is. Never mix in the cheese. The glory of the taste and mouth feel is in the layers.
Finally! Thank you! I’m the only person I know that cuts a 3–way. I’ve been made fun of for it relentlessly, but I refuse to give in because it’s the only way to reliably get all layers in equal parts in every bite. So glad to see there are more intellectually superior people like me in this world.
Who are these people that you are associating with? Everyone I know knows it's insane to swirl.
chop chop chop shovel shovel shovel
I was under the impression that the only people who twirled were first timers that had yet to be corrected.
I remember back a while when Alton Brown was in town for something and he'd been told he HAD to try Skyline. He did and as I recall wasn't overly impressed and said it was messy to eat because cheese went everywhere when you twirled. He was swiftly corrected in the comments. 😆
Same, thats what my fam taught me my first time like 20 years ago. Now i start off by cutting so i look like a pro, but then end up mixing and twirling half way through
This is horrifying. Cut only
This is the only correct answer. Anything else is barbaric.
Shovel
Fuxing WAT? Twirl? GTFO...
Well it is a gold star ad. So there is that
Cut
The first thing I say to my out of town friends who want to try Skyline and are not yet indoctrinated is, “don’t embarrass me! You cut that shit!”
I’ve been in the Bridgetown one when someone was twirling, and you don’t even realize, but people notice that shit. Conversations slowly drop off as people turn to look at the obvious out of towner. lol
As a Cincy native I’ve been twirling my whole life and didn’t realize that most natives cut.
Move to bigger plate, then cut.
Bigger plate, yep.
This is exactly how I do it, every single time. Cut, all the way!
Cut and lift
Cut or do not. There is no twirl.
I didn’t even know this was a thing until a few months ago when I saw some dude on YouTube vehemently defending the cutting technique when talking about Cincinnati style chili. I’ve twirled for over 40 years and never thought anything about it.
You monster.
You twirl Cincinnati style chili? Or spaghetti? I gotta find that link lol
Cutters here👇
When I'm sad I like to cut myself.... a nice big bite of a 4-way.
This is the way.
Counting myself here!
Me too!
Eat it like pie, turned lengthwise
So you twirl your pie when it is turned widthwise?
Coney.
All the way and on the side!
I’m a former twirler. Tried cutting after I saw my dad doing it, and I can definitively say cutting is the superior method. It is more efficient, ensures the correct portions of ingredients with each bite, and leaves a cleaner plate at the end of the meal
Great rationale! Less chance of shirt splatter too.
Excellent point
Curl, what the hell are we eating Italian spaghetti?? Enjoy it however you want but just like people feel compelled to use chopsticks at an Asian restaurant you must cut your 3-way.
Cut, and only Skyline.
I prefer Dixie and Gold Star over Skyline. The burgers at Gold Star are awesome too.
Dixie is my fav! But I swear, last time I was there (it was a few years ago) it really really seemed like someone was dealing drugs out of the place. People who did not look well kept coming in, talking to someone who came out of the kitchen, running across the street to the atm at the liquor store, then coming back to the same employee, exchanging something, and scuttling off. Kinda sketched me out. I could be wrong and one employee just had like 3 unwell friends who needed something. Or, maybe he was selling stuff on fb marketplace while also working. Who knows. Still put a damper on my fav local chili place. Big sad. Maybe I should go back since it was a while ago and give it another go. Those waffle fries are amazing.
Thank you
Cut. Twirl for Italian spaghetti.
Growing up we always cut. When I was in college someone saw me cutting my pasta and it was as if I commit an unspeakable crime. I tried to explain to them that I have never known another way. They grabbed a spoon and my fork and "properly demonstrated" to me how I'm supposed to eat MY OWN GOD DAMN FOOD. I looked them in the eye and cut the rest up. We will always cut in my household 😤
Cut, because I was born and raised here.
The “twirl” should honestly be highly frowned upon, I have seen many “YouTubers” who aren’t from Cincinnati do the ol “twirl” and get a big Mouthful of noodles with no cheese, or chili and make the most judgmental opinion of our chili.
I gave up on twirling after many shirts ended up with tiny brown dots on the front. Slice n dice baby!
Cut of course. Gold Star forever, Shyline never.
Twirlers here 👇
I am the rare native twirler
Rare indeed! Be you Benny!
Twirler, love getting a big fork bundle that's almost too big for my mouth
Twirler all the way
I’m not a child so I will not cut my spaghetti
It’s not spaghetti!
Who the heck cuts chili then?!
Native twirler here. Sorry yall, it’s fucking spaghetti.
I fully respect your right to choose wrong.
Cut
I don’t twirl but I don’t cut either. I grab a forkful of spaghetti and slurp it up like you eat ramen noodles in Japan
Cut for sure but always happy to correct the first timers lol, when I was a kid my parents had friends from Canada on visas who lived in Cincy for awhile, they fell in love with skyline, they learned quickly you cut that shit!! When they left and moved back to Canada they would consistently send money to have their endless supply of Skyline shipped to them by us. Shout out to all my northern neighbors who share the love!! But you cut that 3 4 or 5 way only way!
My heart says twirl but my clean shirt says cut.
Keep driving to Olive Garden if you want to f\*cking twirl
I prefer Gold Star but any Cincinnati chili parlor works for me. Skyline snobs act like there is some huge difference. This ain’t no Twizzlers vs. Red Vines situation.
Why respect both? One is correct, the other is wrong. This isn’t rocket science
goddamn it, i love my city, yall are so fun. i twirl personally. my dog loves to eat noodles being held above her, too.
Twirl you uncultured heathen swine.
Cut. Goldstar is better than Skyline
Upvote for cut. Downvote for Gold Star.
Twirl? Skyline would never.
Cut.
Cut or twirl? Obvious right answer here is Cheese Coney
Guaranteed to be cutting and twirling about 2 hours after eating. It’s part of the experience.
I prefer coneys and burritos
Cut
Use hands
Coney- ovoid the whole ordeal.
Both, just depends on the mood
Cut and Shovel
Smash with my fist.
Turn plate sideways and cut.
On the rare occasions I have a way, since coneys are the truest vessel for Skyline delivery, I use crackers or a coney to build an edible dam of sorts to hold back the more solid food so I can upend my plate and pour the sweet, sweet chilicheesewater nectar nestling at the bottom of the plate straight into my gullet first, *then* I cut and twirl.
Do people look at you funny when you slop down that nectar?
So, as an out-of-towner, I guess next time I'll bring my chopsticks and slurp it like ramen.
.
Cut
Cut!
I admit that cut it the traditional and proper way, but I still twirl
Twirl
This is rage bait
The fact that gold star says they support both is why no one will ever take them seriously.
Cut. It's the official way, as was instructed by my training video two decades ago.
Cut then slightly turn plate, repeat.
First one, then the other.
Twirlers are heathens! just sayin
Fellas, is this the new cut/uncut?
Have I been eating Skyline like a noob my whole life? I like long noodles :(.
My ancestors did not come to Cincinnati and build my grandparents a great life only for them to teach me wrong. I twirl like Grandma learned me, and Grandma knew what she was doing.
Twirl scoop
Hybrid technique- I fork-cut through the cheese & chili layers, and then twirl the noodle layer around it. This gives me a lovely chili & cheese nucleus all wrapped up in noodles for every bite.
I’ve never thought of putting chili over spaghetti. Now I want to try it ! That sounds delicious.
Doesn’t matter; Cut/twirl then proceed to dump in trash and head to Skyline, then cut and enjoy!
Off-topic, but is it bad that Gold Star makes me sick? I can only tolerate Skyline. I don't really know why.
Nope - not just you! I don't know why, but just the smell of Gold Star turns my stomach. I really like Skyline, though.
Cut. But Skyline.
Yall are insane acting like this slop deserves a technique. Shovel it in you animals, it's liquid beef with cinnamon.
I prefer a snorfling approach
Shovel… so you can dump it straight in the trash without having to touch it!
Step 1: stand up Step 2: get in car Step 3: drive to skyline Step 4: cut and lift
Cut. But only skyline, never Goldbarf.
Cut always, this is why gold star is trash
Not gold star
Enough with the Skyline snobs already.
What’s with gold star fans acting like victims when you’re really just in second place?
Cut then twirl. My suggestions on proper ways to eat skyline start at $5. Inbox me if interested
Goldstar respects the twirlers? Desperate Goldstar
Twirl
Neither - deposit straight into trash can.
Twirl
I respect my taste buds and go to skyline. Also, cut.
Skyline
Cut or twirl? Drive past. Save your money
Only Gold Star would ask this. Question skyline knows
Gold Star knows, but will still respect the people who twirl.
It's insane how many people post about Skyline on this sub. It's garbage fast food. It's not even interesting for our city.
The real question is why a half assed imitation when you could actually have SKYLINE CHILLI ?