Hot off the press!!! After a weekend of sauce, spice, and killer sales for vendors, here is the list of winners of the ever coveted Screaming Mimi awards for 2016. It’s a Fiery World congratulates all the winners! And apologies for the formatting- I wanted to get these pushed out as soon as I received them!! Because, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a Fiery World!!! 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 25th, 2016

                                                                                                NYC Hot Sauce Expo – Screaming Mi Mi Award Winners

The NYC Hot Sauce Expo is proud to announce the 2016 Screaming Mi Mi Award winners. With hundreds of entries the winners were selected by blind taste test by New Yorks finest and brightest in the culinary industry. The panel consisted of chefs from FOX, CBS and Food Networks, Food Critics from NYC Newspapers, Bloggers, Magazines, Hot Sauce Retailers, and some of NYC’s Top Chefs. The Screaming Mi Mi Awards have been creating a large industry buzz within the Hot Sauce Community. Past winners have received features on TV, magazines, newspapers creating a profile that has lead for their product distributed by wholesalers and national retail outlets.

This year’s top honors goes out to Ghost Scream Hot Sauce for winning the Grand World Champion. The panel of judges gave his Shost Scream Hot Sauce the top honors of all entries.

Here are your 2016 Screaming Mi Mi Award Winners.

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Asian Style

Yai’s Thai

Chili Garlic Hot Sauce

2nd Place – Jersey Barnfire – Ginger

3rd Place – BONMi – BONMi Bonfire Sauce

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Caribbean Style

Krista’s Caribbean Kitchen

Jerkalicious

2nd Place – Dashelito’s – Undertow Caribbean Curry Hot Pepper Sauce

3rd Place – Dirty Dicks – Pepper Sauce

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Louisiana Style

Hoff & Pepper

Hoff Sauce

2nd Place – Ed’s Red – XX Hot Sauce

3rd Place – Gater Hammock – Gator Sauce

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Chipotle

Caption Foods

Old Man Gourmet Creole

2nd Place – Jersey Barnfire – Smoked Ghost Taco

3rd Place – All Spice Café – Chipotle Garlic

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Fruit Based

Dirty Dicks

Hot Pepper Sauce

2nd Place – VooDoo Chile – Psycho Tropic

3rd Place – Clamlube Brand – Authentic Black

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Fruit Based Hot

Dirty Dicks

Hot Pepper Sauce

2nd Place – Angry Goat – Purple Hippo Hot Sauce

3rd Place – Red Flag Spicy Foods – Not Dead Yet

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Habanero

Crowley’s Hot Sauce

Haba Nice Day

2nd Place – Volcanic Peppers – Volcanic Dust

3rd Place – Heartbreaking Dawns – 1542

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Jalapeno

Hell’s Kitchen

Retro Jalapeno

2nd Place – Hot & Pepper – Hoff Sauce

3rd Place – Queen Majesty – Jalapeno

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Pepper Blend Mild

Jersey Barnfire

Black Garlic

2nd Place – Lucky Dog – Brown Label

3rd Place – Friendly Fire – Tamarind & Ghost Pepper

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Pepper Blend Hot

Ghost Scream

Ghost Scream Hot Sauce

2nd Place – Rescue Me Hot Sauce

3rd Place – Purple Pam – Kiss of Death

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

XXX Hot Sauce

Cully’s Hot Sauce

Firewater

2nd Place – Heartbreaking Dawns – Fervor

3rd Place – Primo’s – Swampadelic

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Chicken Wing

Defcon Sauces

Defense Condition #3

2nd Place – Defcon Sauces – Curbstomp

3rd Place – Defcon Sauces – Cluckwing Orange

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Spicy BBQ

Texas Rib Ranger

Hot BBQ Sauce

2nd Place – Tom’s Roid-Rippin’- Double RR Citrus BBQ

2nd Place – Rufus Teague – Blazing Hot BBQ

3rd Place – Southern Belle – Spicy Hickory Smoke

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Spicy Salsa

Texas Brew Salsa

Hot Iron Habanero

2nd Place – Todd’s Original – Ghost Pepper Salsa

3rd Place – Deception Salsa – Oink

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Best Hot Sauce Label

Puckerbutt Pepper Company

The Reaper

2nd Place – All Spice Café – Cayenne Habanero 

3rd Place – Mikey V’s – 512 Pot Sauce

2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo

Screaming Mi Mi Award

Grand World Champion

Ghost Scream

Ghost Scream Hot Sauce

For more information about the NYC Hot Sauce Expo please contact Steve Seabury: steve@highriversauces.com   

Official website: http://www.NYCHotSauceExpo.com

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