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CaJohn’s “Frostbite” to be on Food Network this week!

CaJohn gave us a heads-up that his Frostbite hot sauce will be featured on this week’s Unwrapped show on the Food Network. He does go on to say that they “took a few liberties with the extract part of the show.” and that “they show us processing some jalapenos for mash and turned it [...]

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When being called ‘Bonehead’ really works for you

If you’re lucky enough to live in select parts of Georgia and Florida, you might have access to the Boneheads Grilled Fish and Piri Piri Chicken franchise, which is starting to make some progress at expanding. Featuring menu items that are spicy (and spicier), it looks like a place we would love to try. [...]

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Torchbearer Sauces: Invading your home through the TV

One of our many favorites in the hot sauce biz continues their impressive assault on the media by having their debut on one of the most popular shopping networks on the planet. Courtesy of Vid Lynch from Torchbearer Sauces, here’s the press release:
TorchBearer Sauces is scheduled to make its debut on QVC (R) Friday, [...]

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Debating the world’s hottest chile pepper

This cool article from the Dorset Echo out of England is a rather interesting take on one part of this whole new “controversy” about the world’s hottest pepper(s).
Heated debate over world’s hottest chilli
By Rene Gerryts
WHAT’S hot and what’s not in the world of chillis is the subject of heated debate after the announcement that there’s [...]

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Passow Visits the 2007 Fiery Foods Show- Part 4

Sunday was the final day so I decided to get to the event center at 8AM. It was kind of neat to see all the vendors stumble around searching for coffee like zombies looking for brains. The heavy drinking done the night before had most of them on the search for aspirin as well. But [...]

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More info available for the Weekend of Fire

More news about Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire! Information for exhibitors can be found at:
Exhibitor Information
The attendees information (seen below) can be found HERE.

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Passow Visits the 2007 Fiery Foods Show- Part 3

After about 4 hours of sleep, I headed out to the second day, Saturday, of the event at 10AM. I was wearing my custom made t-shirt saying, “I ate the Naga Morich and all I got was this lousy t-shirt (which I bought myself)”. This caught everyone’s eye and I ended up becoming most vendor’s [...]

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Passow Visits the 2007 Fiery Foods Show- Part 2

After getting the interview with Blair out of the way, it freed up my day to go all out with the hot sauce tasting. The next thing on my list was to check out the two new Naga Morich based sauces.

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Passow Visits the 2007 Fiery Foods Show- Part 1

Every year, thousands of chili-heads descend on the Sandia Resort and Casino Events Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the event to end all events. On March 2-4, the 19th Annual Fiery Foods and Barbeque Show occurred and I was there to capture it in all its endorphin rush inducing action.

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Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire

We finally got the details for the Jungle Jim’s “Weekend of Fire” this upcoming August 4 & 5. If you live anywhere in the midwest and consider yourself a fan of hot sauces, spicy food, or just a chilehead in general…you need to make an effort to get to JJ’s for this show. [...]

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