When it comes to snacking, Americans love their potato chips.

We eat more than $6 billion worth of the salty favorite each year, making it by far the chip of choice (sorry, tortilla chip fans). And we enjoy those chips in countless varieties — seasoned, kettle-style, baked — courtesy of brands big and small.

But which chip is truly tops?

With the number-one snacking day of the year — Super Bowl Sunday — just around the corner, we thought we’d find out. So, we enlisted four football and spud-crazed local chefs and we put 15 varieties of chips in front of them — without revealing the brand identities.

To keep things on an even playing field, we limited our picks to varieties that could be readily purchased in local markets (in other words, no regional brands à la Utz). We also decided to keep it simple — we considered only chips that contained three ingredients: potatoes, oil and salt (no barbecue or salt-and-vinegar chips).

Oh, and forget about any chips made from potato flakes (à la Pringles) or prepared in a low-cal way (à la Baked Lay’s). We wanted the real deal.

And so did our four judges: Nunzio Billante of Rocco’s Tacos in West Palm Beach, Chris Corvelle of The Breakers’ Seafood Bar in Palm Beach, Joey Giannuzzi of The Green Gourmet in Delray Beach and Bobby Orfanos of Taverna Opa in West Palm Beach. After an hour’s worth of crunching (and swigging plenty of water), they settled on a top spud and a few other worthy contenders:

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For the past several months, Bob Miller has played a key role in staging this year’s South Florida-hosted Super Bowl. But his efforts don’t involve anything remotely related to the showdown next Sunday between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts at Sun Life Stadium.
Instead, Miller is fixing homes in a neglected Miami neighborhood.

“I won’t even be going to the game,” says Miller, who chairs Rebuilding Together Miami, an organization that’s partnering with the National Football League on this community-minded venture. Read the full story

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Carrie Underwood is going to the Super Bowl — and she’ll be singing the national anthem.

The country superstar won’t be alone in singing America’s praises. Queen Latifah will perform “America the Beautiful” as well.

Underwood joins other big names who have sung the national anthem at the game, includiing Beyonce, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston.

The Feb. 7 Super Bowl in Miami pits the Indianapolis Colts against the New Orleans Saints.

The Who will provide halftime entertainment.

The Super Bowl will be shown live on CBS.

The Who plan to present a medley of their classics at halftime of the Super Bowl. (Bradley Kanaris / Getty Images)

Pete Townshend, longtime guitarist for The Who, told Billboard magazine about the “compact medley” the band will be playing at Super Bowl XXIV at Sun Life Stadium.

The set was conceived by lead singer Roger Daltrey, along with Pete’s brother and longtime Who collaborator Simon Townshend, executive producer Ricky Kirschner and director Hamish Hamilton.
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This special Clematis by Night is an official Super Bowl Celebration of the South Florida Super Bowl XLIV Host Committee featuring a football frenzy of activities including: professional athletes, two stages of entertainment, interactive sports games, contests, prizes and a Spirit Competition between cheerleaders and bands from Palm Beach County schools. At 7:45 p.m. on the Meyer Amphitheatre Stage will be Starship featuring Mickey Thomas. The Gypsy Lane Band will perform party music from reggae to disco at 6 p.m. on the Centennial Square Stage.

What: Super Bowl Clematis by Night featuring The Gypsy Lane Band on the Centennial Stage; Starship featuring Mickey Thomas on the Meyer Amphitheatre Stage. Read the full story

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The new CBS reality series “Undercover Boss” will make its debut in one of the most coveted time slots on television — right after the Super Bowl.

The series follows corporate executives who slip anonymously into low-rung jobs in their companies. The first episode features the head of Waste Management as he cleans portable toilets and sifts through waste at a landfill.

The show will air on Sundays, replacing the drama “Three Rivers.”

The Super Bowl traditionally gets the biggest TV audience of the year, and the show following it benefits from people who keep their TV on.

The Super Bowl, which takes place Feb. 7, will air on CBS.