After yet another exciting year of blogging, it’s time as we begin a new year to reflect upon the accomplishments of the year now passed. Here is what we did during 2008:

- Lots and lots of reviews, as usual. We reviewed:

38 hot sauces
8 spicy snacks
6 spicy BBQ sauces
14 salsas
8 condiments
4 misc sauces
3 spicy drink mixes
2 jellies & jams
2 wing sauces
2 jerk sauces
2 spicy sweets & candies
1 spice mix

- Featured a collaboration of reviews with our sister blog, Taste the Fear, during the month of July for the All American Hot Sauce Co.

- Our annual Autism charity event, Raising the HEAT for Autism, concluded with us raising over $3600 to benefit Autism awareness and advocacy through Autism Speaks. We hope to embark upon a new project sometime in 2009.

- Posted 9 new recipes of hot and spicy dishes definitely worth trying

- Posted reviews on 8 new Homemade hot sauce or other spicy products, generously donated for review by their creators. This idea keeps plugging along with excellent results.

- Added 2 new Featured Product articles to our list, one from the Sauce Cartel and the other from KP’s Specialty Products. This number is way down from the previous year, so we hope to do more in 2009.

- Add, and lost, new writers from our list. We truly appreciate the contributions of those who have given of their time and effort to contribute their take on our shared passions

- We, or some of our writers, attended all the major industry shows…including the 2nd incarnation of the Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire show here in Ohio.

2009 will be a big year for us here at the HZOB. Stay tuned for more and thanks for your continued interest in this ever-expanding area of the blogging world!!

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