Food

Now here is a Kickstarter campaign I can definitely get behind! Our friends over at the the Scoville Food Institute are hoping to launch their new SCOVILLE SALSA STARTER™, which is a premade salsa mix that only calls that you add either fresh or canned tomatoes, blend it up in a food processor, and out comes delicious and spicy salsa!

To fund this tasty little venture yourself, just hop on over to Scoville Food’s Kickstarter page:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scovillefoods/scoville-salsa-startertm-from-the-scoville-food-in

This Carolina Reaper based hot sauce from High River Sauces has been out for some time now. If you haven’t been living in a cave, nor have been a shipwreck-survivor on a desert island, you certainly know that the Carolina Reaper was crowned in November 2013 as the world’s hottest chile pepper. Several hot sauce companies have been jumping in the bandwagon, and still are – a bit late-  now doing so as this super-hot is more widely available, in order to both show their skills on how they cook a hot sauce to bring in the potential of this peppers in terms of flavour and heat, and both following the fresh marketing trend to use the keywords “Carolina Reaper” on their label as a selling point.

High River Sauces made a special hot sauce using the Carolina Reaper and named it Foo Foo Mama Choo. It could sounds like a Cantonese interjection, actually this is what Steve’s Seabury daughter said when she tried to cast a spell and change him into a dragon while playing together. This “dragon” is now a sauce, so let’s see which kind of magic has been used inside this appealing bottle, and can it or will we breath fire…

Below are the winners for the 2014 Austin Hot Sauce Festival:

Individual Category

Red Sauce
1st Place: Keith Salas
2nd Place: Randy Kirchoff
3rd Place: Widespread Dave

Green Sauce
1st Place: Doraelia Brackin
2nd Place: Gary Peifer
3rd Place: Rachelle Farmer…

Volcanic Peppers is a company run by a gentleman by the name of Tim Bader based out of Omaha, Nebraska. Volcanic Peppers specializes in an array of hot sauces as well as super hot powders, peanuts, spice blends and even caramels. Todays review is for a sauce entitled “Death by Douglah.”

Ingredients:
Pineapple, Vinegar, Water, Chile Peppers (7-Pot Douglah, Chocolate Bhut Jolokia, Scotch Bonnet), Black Cherries, Sugar, Aronia Berry Extract, Carrot, Onion, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum, Lemon Extract

Aroma:
3 out of 5. The smell that hit me first was very sweet and fruity. As I took a second sniff, the sweetness was coupled beautifully by peppers and onion…

Save the Date for The Great Chicago Fiery Foods Show

It’s time for the Windy City to bring the heat!

Niles, IL, August 18, 2014: Breaking news! Today, it’s been announced that Jeremy Walsh, founder of Bigfat’s Hot Sauce, after months of research and consulting with other fiery food companies, will be hosting the first ever Great Chicago Fiery Foods Show on August 8 & 9, 2015 at the Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium located in Chicago’s popular West Loop. This show will feature some of the best spicy food vendors from across the country as well as great local companies and products. Save the date, and stay tuned for more details!

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatChicagoFieryFoodsShow

SMOKIN’ ED TO HOST PUCKERBUTT PEPPER PAVILION AT Q-CITY CHARLOTTE BBQ CHAMPIONSHIP

– Southeast’s Largest Sanctioned BBQ Competition Is About to Heat Up – CHARLOTTE, N.C.

(August 13, 2014) – PuckerButt Pepper Company Founder and Guinness World Record Holder for World’s Hottest Pepper, Smokin’ Ed Currie, will heat up the annual Q-City Charlotte BBQ Championship this October with the addition of Smokin’ Ed’s PuckerButt Pepper Pavilion. In this newly-created section of the 12-year-old BBQ festival (formerly Blues, Brews & BBQ), Pepperheads from around the country will descend upon Charlotte, N.C. Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18, to sell their hot sauce and pepper products.

“PuckerButt Pepper Pavilion is the perfect addition to this well-established event that entertains thousands and has taken place for more than a decade in PuckerButt’s backyard,” said Smokin’ Ed. “I hope it will become an annual gathering of the industry’s best pepper product producers and new destination for heat lovers.” Limited to 50 vendors, spots are $500 and available on a first come, first served basis. Registration form and payment must be received by organizers no later than August 29.

Commitments to date include: CaJohn’s Fiery Foods, High River Sauces, Heartbreaking Dawns, Race City Sauce Works, Bigfat Hot Sauces, Born To Hula, Cin Chili and Volcanic Peppers. To participate, email smokined@puckerbuttpeppercompany.com to request a registration form. For more information about Puckerbutt Pepper company, visit www.puckerbuttpeppercompany.com. For more info on the festival, visit www.charlottebbqfestival.com

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Immediate Release
August 12, 2014

NYC Hot Sauce Expo – Presents The Hot Sauce Hall of Fame

Steve Seabury, owner of High River Sauces and the organizer of the NYC Hot Sauce Expo, will present to the world the official Hot Sauce Hall of Fame Foundation. The Hot Sauce Hall of Fame will induct 5 people in its inaugural year and each of the following years they will induct 3 all of which have been very instrumental in the fiery foods industry. Each year the NYC Hot Sauce Expo will present and host the induction ceremony to enshrine the legends of the industry to this greatest of honors.

The Hot Sauce Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony will be held on Saturday April 25^th on the main stage after the Screaming Mi Mi Awards show. Inductees will receive a distinctive red jacket, an achievement trophy and will be featured on exhibit at the Hot Sauce Hall of Fame Library  each year at NYC Hot Sauce Expo.

This year the 3^rd Annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo will take place on April 25^th and April 26^th 2015.

The first group on the inaugural ballot are some of the biggest and brightest names in the industry:

Brian and Marilyn Meagher of Hot Sauce Daily are very well-known to us in the BBQ and fiery foods communities, and are like a brother and sister to some of us. They’re good people. They’ve selflessly helped promote many, many deserving companies, and it’s time to give a little back to them.

Brian is undergoing hip surgery on August 5, and he will have a recovery time of 6 to 8 weeks. Even though he is a longtime employee of the U.S. Postal Service, he unfortunately does not have any sick leave left because of previous health issues.

To help them get past this upcoming “bump in the road”, the Meaghers are asking for a little bit of financial assistance. Since we BBQers and Chileheads like to take care of our own, everyone can donate whatever they can spare to this GoFundMe page: http://www.gofundme.com/brianm.

Thanks!

Watch out before drying your kids’ tears!

Breaking news! Today, it’s been announced that the dates for the 2015 New York City Hot Sauce Expo will be April 25 & 26, 2015. Save the date, and stay tuned for more details!