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Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown - First Round - Bigfat's 608 Pineapple Habanero Hot Sauce VS. Ladybird & Friends Ladybird Hot Sauce
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It was certainly a case of the underdog David overcoming Goliath in the battle held earlier this week between heavy cult favorite Huy Fong Sriracha and "little guy" Dragon's Blood Elixir Unique Destiny Sauce. As much as foodies go ga-ga the rooster sauce, Dragon's Blood Elixir was able to gather enough votes to emerge as the victor.
The sauces going toe-to-toe this time out will be Bigfat's 608 Pineapple Habanero Hot Sauce and another offering from Ladybird & Friends, their "regular" Ladybird Hot Sauce. 
In this duel, I have no prediction which way it will go. Remember, it is up to YOU to decide!
Vote below! You have until the End of Day on Saturday, May 25, 2013 to make your choice.
You can view the bracket as it currently stands here.
Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown - First Round - Huy Fong Sriracha VS. Dragon's Blood Elixir Unique Destiny Sauce
The most recent duel between Puckerbutt Definitely Reaper Puree and CaJohn's Oaxacan Hot Sauce, no pun intended, was a heated one! Puckerbutt possessed a sizable lead through most of the match-up, but in classic Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown style, CaJohn's with their equally classic Oaxacan sauce pulled out ahead to claim a Second Round spot.
Today's duel is going to be an interesting one! The wildly popular and almost cult-like garnering Huy Fong Sriracha Sauce, AKA "Rooster Sauce", is the "Goliath" looming large over the "David" of Chef Doug Crane's Dragon's Blood Elixir Unique Destiny Sauce. 
As you could probably guess, Sriracha is the heavy favorite, as it's now available in the majority of American supermarkets, and it's by far the most "nationally available" of all sauces in the Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown. And although it doesn't have 1/100th of the notority of Sriracha, the absolutely wonderfully-tasting (and, uh, unique) Dragon's Blood Elixir Unique Destiny Sauce is raved about in hardcore chilehead circles, and the "silent hoardes" of diehard hot sauce fans could possibly help Dragon's Blood pull off a victory.
Vote below! You have until the End of Day on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 to make your choice.
You can view the bracket as it currently stands here.
Patter Fams Starts Kickstarter Campaign For New Wing Sauces
Award winning gourmet sauce company - Patter Fam Sauces, launches their new line of wing sauces! Sure to be a hit on your table soon!
Like many other fiery foods companies, Patter Fam Sauces is hoping to fund their efforts by getting people to donate to their Kickstarter Campaign:
Three New Wing Sauces
Here's what Patter Fams say on their webpage:
"After three years of branding their company as one with high quality and fantastic flavor, they are finally ready to meet the request of our loyal customers and release our three wing sauces.
We have a mild buffalo wing sauce called "Sissy Sally Sauce" With a milder heat and a sweet honey background this sauce is great for those folks that shy away from the hot wing sauces that most people buy.
Our traditional flavor buffalo wing sauce is called "Kickin' It Old School". We have the traditional heat level you're used to with buffalo wings, but we've included our own special proprietary blend of spices and peppers to give this "Old School" flavor a new twist.
Our hot wing sauce is called "Burnin' Love Wing Sauce". It's a hunka, hunka burnin' wings love feast! Using a proprietary blend of peppers, this sauce will get your feet moving and your sweat rollin' as you devour those wings on the plate.:
Kickstarter Page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/404102673/new-wing-sauce-project
Weekly Firecast Episode #34 - Adam Fehr of Endorphin Farms Talks About Co-Packing Sauces
The Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:
Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #34 - Adam Fehr of Endorphin Farms Talks About Co-Packing Sauces
Adam Fehr, general manager of Florida-based co-packing company Endorphin Farms, answers questions about using a co-packer and when a young hot sauce or BBQ sauce maker should use a third-party company to bottle their products. Weekly guest Ken Alexander lists what he thinks are the top best hot sauces for beginners, and Scott offers a fiendishly tricky suggestion for his Foodie Tip of the Week.
Links mentioned in the episode:
• Endorphin Farms Website
• Ken Alexander's Fiery World Site
• Tabasco
• Valentina
• TryMe Tiger Sauce
• Sriracha
• Born to Hula
• Frank's RedHot
• Defcon Sauces
• CaJohn's Oaxacan and Quetzalcoatl
• Cholula
• El Yucateco
• Captain Thom's
• Smoke Canyon
• Peppers
• Mike and Diane's Ring of Fire
• Tom's Roid Rippin
• Scott Roberts Facebook Page
• Scott Roberts Twitter Page
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Peppers and Chillies Featured on Jamie at Home Season One
British chef Jamie Oliver focused an entire episode of his now-defunct TV series, Jamie at Home, on Peppers and Chiles. Now, most foodies know that peppers and chiles are in fact one and the same type of fruit of the capsicum genus; in this show, Jamie differentiates the two by referring to bell pepper as "peppers", and their smaller, spicier cousins as "chiles" (the British spelling is chillies).
Although this is a few years old, the cooking portions of this episode alone are worth watching.
Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown - First Round - Puckerbutt Definitely Reaper Puree VS. CaJohn's Oaxacan Hot Sauce
Last week's battle between Heartbreaking Dawns' 1841 Ghost Pepper Sauce and Ladybird & Friends' Zeus - The King of Heat Hot Sauce resulted in favorite HBD getting crushed by the Ladybird. The winning Zeus Hot Sauce will move onto round 2, and both HBD and Ladybird have other sauces still ready to duke it out in future Round 1 bouts.
Today's matchup is involves the legendary CaJohn's Fiery Foods with their Mexican-flavored fan favorite Oaxacan Original Sauce and the newer PuckerButt Pepper Company with their unbelievably hot Puckerbutt Definitely Reaper Puree. 
As the last poll showed us, anything can happen when it comes to these Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown wars, so it could be anybody's victory this time! Vote below! You have until the End of Day on Thursday, May 16, 2013 to make your choice.
You can view the bracket as it currently stands here.
Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #33 - Derrick Riches of BBQ.About.com Offers Grilling and BBQ Tips and Tricks
The Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:
Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #33 - Derrick Riches of BBQ.About.com Offers Grilling and BBQ Tips and Tricks
Prepare to go to outdoor cooking school as grilling and barbecue expert Derrick Riches, administrator of one of the most trafficked BBQ websites, bbq.about.com, chats with Scott and reveals all about the art and science of grilling and smoking, and covers everything from how to purchase the best grills and hardware to how to properly cook many types of meat. Regular contributor Ken Alexander gives tips on how to travel with hot sauce and seasonings in order to eat heat on the road. Scott gives a so-simple-it's-ridiculous tip on how to detect a grill's temperature using only your hand, and also reviews Gator Hammock Gator Hot Sauce.
Links mentioned in the episode:
• BBQ.About.com
• Meat Temperature Chart
• Ken Alexander's Fiery World Site
• Gator Hammock Sauces
• Scott Roberts Facebook Page
• Scott Roberts Twitter Page
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San Diego Padres Plant Chile Pepper Garden at Petco Park's Bullpin
The San Diego Padres are heating up.
The Major League club has put a new twist on an old baseball drill called "pepper," where fielders surround a single batter who has to hit the ball quickly back to them. (Many teams have banned this game because it can get a little dangerous.)
Now, the Padres are playing pepper in a whole new way.
The team has planted a honest-to-goodness garden of hot chile peppers in its bullpen at Petco Park. It turns out the sandy soil used in Major League parks is a perfect environment for sowing the seeds of success.
"We were on a losing streak and decided we needed to get hot as a team, so guys started picking them off the plants and just eating them,"" said left-handed pitcher Joe Thatcher.
"You're down there, you’re bored, you're losing, you'll do anything," added closer Huston Street. "We just said, 'Let's eat the peppers, maybe we'll get hot.' Like as a joke. We won that day, then we won the next day and the next day."
Street is the leader of the pepper players and that isn't always a mild task.
"A lot of times I have to be the ice-breaker, so I have to take a big bite," he said. "Then, they get to watch me suffer for like three innings, and then they'll take a little bitty bite.""
The Padres fans can also get in on the game; the team's head chef plans to incorporate the peppers into condiments, appropriately called "Strikeout Sauce" and "Bullpen Relish."
Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown - First Round - UHSS - Ladybird & Friends Zeus VS. Heartbreaking Dawns 1841 Ghost Pepper Sauce
Wow, you talk about it coming down to the 11th hour! The latest duel was a tight race between Wicked Cactus Sauce Headhunter's Paradise VS. Jungle Heat Smoked Glaze, with Wicked Cactus winning by a hair over Jungle Heat, and moving onto Round Two.
The latest brawl is between one of the most beloved hot sauce makers of the past few years, Heartbreaking Dawns with their 1841 Ghost Pepper Sauce, and a newer, lesser-known fiery foods company named Ladybird & Friends with their Zeus - The King of Heat Hot Sauce. 
While it may be easy to predict a landslide victory for HBD, don't count Ladybird out as they chalked up wins with their Zeus Sauce in the "Fiery Food Challenge: Hot Sauce - Hot" (1st Place), and
"Zest Fest People's Choice Award: Hot Sauce" (2nd Place) categories at ZestFest 2012.
YOU get to decide the outcome. Vote below! You have until the End of Day on Friday, May 10, 2013 to make your choice.
You can view the bracket as it currently stands here.
Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns to Appear on CNBC Prime's Crowd Rules
Our good friend and genius flavor maestro, Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns, will once again grace the cable airwaves (he appeared on "Chopped" early last year) to appear on the premiere episode of "Crowd Rules" on CNBC Prime.
The premise of CNBC Prime's new reality competition series, "Crowd Rules," is that each week, three small businesses compete in front of an audience of 100 that votes to decide who wins a much-needed $50,000 prize.
You can watch Johnny and cheer on him when it debuts next Tuesday, May 14th at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central!
Watch the video for a sneak peek:
Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown - First Round - Wicked Cactus Sauce Headhunter's Paradise VS. Jungle Heat Smoked Glaze
The latest matchup had Intensity Academy Chai Chipotle Chup battling Zane & Zack's World Famous Honey Co.'s Stinger Sauce. Since Intensity Academy's owner and saucy queen Michele Northrup has a expert grasp on internet marketing & social media and is usually able to pull in an army of her fans at a moment's notice, so Zane & Zack's win was a stunning upset. Therefore Stinger Sauce moves on to Round 2 to take on Hellfire's Pure Hell Hot Sauce. Intensity Academy, on the other hand, will be involved in other First Round duels, so we'll see if IA fans will be able to gather in large enough numbers to pull their favorite hot sauce company through.
Today's competition will be another battle between the U.S. and Canada sauce makers - namely between Wicked Cactus Sauce's Headhunters Paradise, who hails from the St. Louis, Missouri metro area and Jungle Heat Smoked Glaze, who are based in Ontario. Will this be another tight face-off? Or will one go running away with an easy victory? It's up to YOU to decide the winner. Vote below! You have until the End of Day on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 to make your choice.
You can view the bracket as it currently stands here.
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Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #32 - Chile Pepper Gardening and Growing with Dave DeWitt
The Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:
Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #32 - Chile Pepper Gardening and Growing with Dave DeWitt
Scott once again chats with the "Pope of Peppers", chile pepper expert and author Dave DeWitt about growing and gardening chile peppers in North America. Scott also speaks with George and Brian Prior about their new outdoor cooking tool, the BBQ Dragon. Regular weekly guest Ken Alexander shares his sweet tooth cravings by discussing spicy desserts, and Scott reviews Captain Jim's Sauces Molten Orange Ambrosia Pepper Sauce.
Links mentioned in the episode:
• Dave DeWitt's Fiery Foods and BBQ SuperSite
• BBQ Dragon Official Site
• BBQ Dragon's Kickstarter page
• Ken Alexander's Fiery World Site
• Captain Jim's Sauces
• Scott Roberts Facebook Page
• Scott Roberts Twitter Page
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Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown - First Round - Intensity Academy Chai Chipotle Chup VS. Zane & Zack's Stinger Sauce
The previous poll had Xtinction Hot Sauce going up againt Jungle Heat Mango Heat Sauce, which had Xtinction coming out as the winner by a sizable margin against Jungle Heat. Personally, I think both are equally very tasty products, so be sure to try out both if you are curious.
Today's match-up will be between Intensity Academy Chai Chipotle Chup, a tea-infused spicy ketchup, and Zane & Zack's World Famous Honey Co.'s Stinger Sauce, one of their honey-infused hot sauces. Both are very unique in their own ways, so it's up to YOU to decide the winner. Vote below! You have until the End of Day on Friday, May 3, 2013 to decide.
You can view the bracket as it currently stands here.
Special Event at Peppers with Rippin' Red and Twisted Sister's Eddie Ojeda
Come to a special Peppers event Saturday, May 18th! Come meet Chef John Rizzotti of Rippin' Red Sauce and Eddie Ojeda, the lead guitarist Twisted Sister to debut Eddie's new Cherry Habanero Hot Sauce. They will be cooking and grilling up some delicious food with Rippin' Red Sauces and Eddie Ojeda's Cherry Habanero Hot Sauce. Eddie will be on hand to sign autographs and sign bottles and talk about his new venture into the world of hot sauce.
Peppers
Address: 17601 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958
Peppers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Peppersdotcom
Ultimate Hot Sauce Showdown - First Round - Xtinction Hot Sauce VS. Jungle Heat Mango Heat
In the most recent battle between Benito's Original Naranja Hot Sauce and Hellfire Pure Hell Hot Sauce, Vermont-based company Benito's simply did not drum up enough support from its fans to get close to defeating Hellfire. Since Benito's Hot Sauce is one of my top 10 favorite sauce companies, I was personally sad to see it lose in the first round. Please do me a favor and click on the link to their website and give a few of their products a try. You will not be disappointed.
The latest match-up will be between Xtinction Hot Sauce, which is produced by the fine people over at Golden Toad, and Jungle Heat Mango Heat Hot Sauce, one of the many fine condiments created by Canadian sauce maker Jungle Heat. Both are very unique in their own ways, so it's up to YOU to decide the winner. Vote below! You have until the End of Day on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 to decide.
You can view the bracket as it currently stands here.
