Category Archives: It’s a Fiery World
High River Sauces Announces 2016 Screaming Mimi Winners!
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
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What’s all the Bugaboo about Rougarou!?
Well, I gotta tell you it feels good to be in the review mode once again! And it’s fitting that my first written review in a while comes from my backyard – Cajun Country!! The Rougarou lineup of Louisiana style sauces from the new startup company Bayou Blend, from Napoleonville, Louisiana did not disappoint.
Let’s start with the foundation of their lineup, Cajun Cayenne, since it appears that the Cajun Habanero builds on that profile. At first, this appears to be a pretty straight forward, cayenne based sauce, but it has some pleasant twists. It has a simple ingredient list – cayenne peppers, garlic, onion, vinegar, and spices. It’s a thin sauce, with maybe just a bit more consistency than another very well known Louisiana based sauce, but with a tad more texture. It has a very appealing look, where you can see the fresh spices suspended evenly throughout. I credit the textural difference to those visible flecks of spices and black pepper swimming around in the sauce, kinda like the beady eyes of a gator in the swamp, which is their label and logo mascot. In fact, the black pepper is a fairly dominant player on Cajun Cayenne’s flavor team. I could pick up the garlic and onion notes, and much to my liking, not a lot of salt! I really am not a fan of super salty sauces. Most traditional Louisiana style sauces are simply peppers, salt, and vinegar, and this sauce ( and the other 2 in the lineup) took a nice, bold step to break that mold! At only 40 mg of sodium per teaspoon, there’s lots of room to guage your own saltiness needs in your food, so the sauce compliments, rather than competes, with other ingredients being used.
The heat level is a mild to low medium for the average person, and a definite very mild for the Chilehead, with that quick pop of heat you’d expect with a cayenne pepper based sauce, accented by the vinegar on the front end, with a lingering zing and a playful heat tang. It pairs well with all the staples you’d think with a Louisiana style sauce- eggs, pizza, a “cajunized” bloody mary mix, etc. and with the way the spices are blended, it could easily compliment any sauce or dish.
The Cajun Habanero shares most of the above comments, with the following additions: It obviously adds a layer of heat from the habs, as well as that nice fruity, “citrusy” note that I enjoy from a habanero. The layering of heat with the cayenne is done smartly for this medium heat sauce. You get the quick up front palate pop, then the mid palate heat takes over, which lingers much longer than the cayenne sauce, as would be expected. And for both of these sauces, the vinegar is noticeable, and after all, it is a Louisiana style sauce, but it works well in the overall flavor profile.
These sauces are respectable, if not too, too remarkable and would work well with all the usual staples, as well a companion to lot of other dishes where you want a fairly mild, but somewhat zingy punch of flavor and heat.
Bayou Blend’s Luzianne Red Habanero is a straight up, Louisiana style sauce made of red habanero peppers, salt, and vinegar. It’s thin, red, with a big vinegar front end and a fairly mild habanero heat. I like a nice,traditional Louisiana style sauce to mix with ketchup, add to soups, beans, and eggs. The added heat from the habanero is a nice deviation from either tobasco or cayenne peppers, the stalwarts of Louisiana sauces. And speaking of heat, I would say that even though this is a Hab sauce, it’s only a mild heat, or possibly a medium heat for the faint of heart!
Now if you remember, I love me a good label, and Bayou Blend gets an A+ on their graphics and label design. it’s clean, catchy, not too busy, uses a really catchy font, and just has a great, marketable look about it. Their brand logo of the gator with the name embedded is really clever and eye appealing. And if you’re a sauce maker competing with lots of others on a shelf in the store (where folks buy on looks and impulse, cause they can’t taste it!), then your label is everything! Great job, Bayou Blend!
I’m gonna give Bayou Blend’s Cajun Cayenne and Cajun Habanero both a solid 3 Fiery Worlds, which is above average in my world. They had great flavor, a nice heat balance, and would pair well with most anything. I’m giving the Luziana Red Habanero an average rating of 2 1/2 Fiery Worlds, since it’s really not any hotter than most readily available Louisiana style sauces currently on the market. If the folks at Bayou Blend go back and truly do justice to the habanero’s heat potential, I’d rate it at least 3 Fiery Worlds, since I haven’t seen too many true Louisiana style hab sauces true to the flavor profile with enough heat.
Even though these sauces haven’t made their way to Bayou Blend’s website, bayousnacks.com , I’m sure they’ll be there soon. I’ve tried their original jerky, which is tasty, with great flavor and texture. They have several jerky flavors available, so go check them out. And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen – 3 sauces from a bayou state newcomer to the scene. I encourage you to order some and try them for yourself, and do your own review. I’m just one man with a unique palate and an opinion. And there are lots and lots of tastebuds and taste prefenences out there! Why, you ask? Because we all know – It’s a Fiery World!!
2016 Houston Hot Sauce Fest Announces Partial Vendor List!!!
I have to admit my heart went pitter pat when I got a message from Carol Borge today with the initial list of fiery vendors for the 2016 Houston Hot Sauce Festival! And I’m sure there will certainly be additions to the list as the Festival, always tbe 3rd weekend of September, approaches! With great vendors, good food, music and entertainment, this gulf coast fest is one of the go to events of the year!! And with a new indoor venue, I can’t wait for it to get here!!! Why, you ask? Because, Ladies and Gentlemen – It’s a Fiery World!!!!
Austin Gourmet Foods
Backyard Grill
Big Daddy’s Hot Sauce
Bravado Spice Co.
Briggs TRUE
CaJohn’s Fiery Foods
Call Me Gourmet
Cin Chili & Company
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces
High Octane Sauce Company
Hot Line Pepper Products
Katie’s Premium Jerky & Snacks
Kearly Seeds and Pepper Co.
Ken’s Pepper Works
Lisa’s Sweet and Spicy Pickles
Mikey V’s
Mild to Wild Pepper Co.
Patsy G’s Mustard
Puckerbutt Pepper Company
Rib Rangers Products of Texas
Salsa Maya LLC
Salsa Works
Sauce Goddess
Silverleaf International
Smither Family Kitchen
Suhey Peppers
Texas Select Seasonings
Tricky Dix Mojo, LLC
Volcanic Peppers
2016 Golden Chile Winners Announced! Who’s Hot at Zestfest?
Hot off the press (thanks CaJohn for sending to us bloggers and Buddah for formatting!)!!!
Here is the winners’ list from the 2016 Zestfest Fiery Food Challenge Golden Chile’s! One of the fiery foods industry oldest and most prestigious awards, the Golden Chile’s are prized possessions by the creative and hard working artisan spicy foods community. Lots of newcomers in this year’s award winners and several awards for new products by more recognized companies!! All have an online presence or can be found at hot sauce shops nationwide! So check em out and support small batch, artisan companies!!! Why? Because, Ladies and Gentlemen- It is a Fiery World!!!
Barbecue Sauce: Mild – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Mountain Q Hickory Mild 1
Southern Belles BBQ Hickory Smoke 2
Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ Butch’s Mild 3
Barbecue Sauce: Medium – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Mountain Q Cayenne 1
Woody’s BBQ Sauce Co Woody’s Hot Hickory Bar-B-Q Sauce 2
La Raye’s Bar-B-Que Sauce Inc La Raye’s Louisiana Cajun Style 3
Barbecue Sauce: Hot – Consumer Ready
Southern Belles BBQ Southern Heat 1
Full Boar BBQ Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce 2
Black Swamp Gourmet Sweet & Fiery BBQ Sauce 3
Barbecue Sauce: X Hot – Consumer Ready
Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ Butch’s Super Pyro 1
Pepper Palace Mountain Q Jolokia 2
Pepper Palace Reaper BBQ 3
Barbecue Sauce: Alcohol Infused – Consumer Ready
La Raye’s Bar-B-Que Sauce Inc La Raye’s Tequila Sunrise 1
Pepper Palace Ole Smoky Moonshine Chipotle BBQ Sauce 2
Skipkenny BBQ Skipkenny Whiskey BBQ Sauce 3
Barbecue Sauce: Asian Style – Consumer Ready
Sweet Heat Gourmet Bulgogi Asian BBQ Sauce 1
Southern Belles BBQ Pineapple Twang 2
Pepper Palace All Natural Sweet Bourbon Glaze 3
Barbecue Sauce: Fruit Based – Consumer Ready
Butch’s Smack Your Lips BBQ Butch’s Happy Apple 1
Southern Belles BBQ Hot N’ Sassy Peach 2
Pepper Palace Apple Cinnamon 3
Barbecue Sauce: Molasses Based – Consumer Ready
Southern Belles BBQ Original Belle 1
Griffins Wing Sauce Griffins Honey Barbecue Sauce 3
CRC BBQ Riley’s Triple R Sauce 2
Barbecue Sauce: Mustard Based – Consumer Ready
Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods Hickory & Cracked Black Pepper Mustard Sauce 1
Aunty Lilikoi Products Passion Fruit Kiawe BBQ Sauce 3
Pepper Palace South Carolina Style 2
Barbecue Sauce: Tomato Based – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Mountain Q Honey Habanero 1
Southern Belles BBQ Southern Heat 2
Firefly’s BBQ Memphis Sauce 3
Barbecue Sauce: Vinegar Based – Consumer Ready
Woody’s BBQ Sauce Co Woody’s Original Mild Bar-B-Q Sauce 1
Woody’s BBQ Sauce Co Woody’s Original Hot Bar-B-Q Sauce 2
CRC BBQ Riley’s Triple R Sauce 3
Best Barbecue Sauce
Pepper Palace Mountain Q Honey Habanero
Condiments: Asian – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Sweet But Sassy 1
Danielle’s Sauces Danielle’s Sweet Chili Sauce 2
High Octane Sauce Company Dragon Boat 3
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Condiments: Horseradish – Consumer Ready
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces Bayou Cocktail 1
Pepper Palace Horseradish Oyster Hot Sauce 2
Pucker Butt Pepper Company I Dare You Stupit Horseradish 3
Condiments: Jam/Jelly Mild/Medium – Consumer Ready
Brazos River Provisions Company Holy Smoke Mama 1
Johnson Berry Farm Raspberry Habanero Jam 2
Johnson Berry Farm Strawberry Pepper Jam 3
Condiments: Jam/Jelly Hot/X-Hot – Consumer Ready
Johnson Berry Farm El Diablo Strawberry Stinger Jam 1
Pucker Butt Pepper Company I Dare you Stupit Jelly 2
Angry Goat Pepper Co. Blackberry Ghost Pepper Jam 3
Condiments: Ketchup – Consumer Ready
Papa Perry’s Pepper Products Pepchup 1
Pepper Palace Habanero Ketchup 2
Pepper Palace Chipotle Ketchup 3
Condiments: Mustard – Consumer Ready
AmberFyre Foods Verona Cayenne Garlic Mustard 1
Uncle Bunk’s Mustard Relsh – Hot 2
Aunty Lilikoi Products Passion Fruit Wasabi Mustard 3
Condiments: Relish – Consumer Ready
Lone Star Pepper Co Hot-n-Sweet Pepper Relish 1
Cottage Lane Kitchen Get Me a Switch 2
Cottage Lane Kitchen Cape Fear 3
Condiments: Salad Dressing – Consumer Ready
Stagecoach Salsa Sheriff Mike’s Spicy Salsa Ranch 1
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces Bayou Remoulade 2
Aunty Lilikoi Products Passion Fruit Wasabi Dressing 3
Condiments: Steak Sauce – Consumer Ready
Geno’s Steak Sauce-Marinade & BBQ A Distinct Savory Sauce Spicy 1
Pepper Palace Spicy Steak Sauce 2
Geno’s Steak Sauce-Marinade & BBQ A Distinct Savory Sauce Mild 3
Condiments: Taco Sauce – Consumer Ready
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces Bayou Taco Sauce 1
Woody’s Orginal Clamllube Brand Woody’s Original Clamlube Brand Hot Sauce – Xtra Virgin Mildly Adulterated 2
High Octane Sauce Company Camino Morita Taco Sauce 3
Best Condiment
Brazos River Provisions Company Holy Smoke Mama
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Hot Sauce: Asian Style – Consumer Ready
High River Sauces Foo Foo Mama Choo 1
Lingham & Sons Garlic Hot Sauce 2
Mikey V’s Foods Sweet Ghost Pepper Sauce 3
Hot Sauce: Caribbean Style – Consumer Ready
Todd’s Originals Inner Beauty Hot Sauce 1
High River Sauces Tears of the Sun 2
Pepper Palace Mango Habanero Hot 3
Hot Sauce: Chipotle Style– Consumer Ready
High River Sauces Hellacious 1
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce Ridiculously Tasty Mustard Chipotle 2
Pepper Palace King Chipotle 3
Hot Sauce: Latin Style – Consumer Ready
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces Frogs of the Bayou Hot Sauce 1
The Karma Sauce Company The Goblin 2
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce Ridiculously Tasty Mustard Chipotle 3
Hot Sauce: Louisiana Style – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Scandanavian Gold (Uff-Da) 1
Addiction Sauces Habanero 2
Frankie V’s Ktchen Orange Label 3
Hot Sauce: Fruit Based – Consumer Ready
Dirty Dick’s Hot Sauce Dirty Dick’s Hot Pepper Sauce 1
Pepper Palace Pineapple Serrano 2
Mikey V’s Foods Peach Habanero Delight 3
Hot Sauce: Pepper Blend – Consumer Ready
Born to Hula, LLC Habanero Guajillo 1
Elijah’s Extreme Gourmet Sauces Extreme Ghost Pepper Sauce 2
High River Sauces Rogue 3
Hot Sauce: Mild – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Tequilapeno 1
Seafire Gourmet Sweet Spicy Girl 2
Angry Goat Pepper Co. Red Armadillo Sauce 3
Hot Sauce: Medium – Consumer Ready
The Lucky Taco Imperio Jalapeno Hot Sauce 1
Pepper Palace Sriracha 2
Lingham & Sons Original Hot Sauce 3
Hot Sauce: Hot – Consumer Ready
The Karma Sauce Company Cherry Bomb 1
Scotty O’Hotty Premium Habanero Sauce 2
Red Kitchen Foods-Smokin’ Texas Gourmet Angry Twist 3
Hot Sauce: X Hot – Consumer Ready
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces Reaper Hot Sauce 1
Lingham & Sons Extra Hot Hot Sauce 2
Born to Hula, LLC Reaper of Sorrow 3
Hot Sauce: Ultra Hot Pepper – Consumer Ready
Primo’s Peppers Swampadelic Sauce 1
Pepper Palace Tres Diablos 2
Elijah’s Extreme Gourmet Sauces Extreme Ghost Pepper Sauce 3
Best Hot Sauce:
Primo’s Peppers Swampadelic Sauce
Jerky: Beef – Consumer Ready
Born to Hula /Mammoth Mammoth Beef Jerky 1
Mikey V’s Foods Cowboy Black Pepper 2
Pepper Palace Black Rose 3
Jerky: Mild/Medium– Consumer Ready
Katie’s Premium Jerky & Snacks Katie’s Half Heat Beef Jerky 1
Pepper Palace Black Rose 2
Katie’s Premium Jerky & Snacks Katie’s Spicy Teriyaki Beef Jerky 3
Jerky: Hot/X-Hot– Consumer Ready
Katie’s Premium Jerky & Snacks Katie’s Ghost Pepper’d Beef Jerky 1
Mikey V’s Foods Cowboy Reaper 2
Katie’s Premium Jerky & Snacks Katie’s Scorpion XXX Beef Jerky 3
Best Jerky –
Katie’s Premium Jerky & Snacks Katie’s Ghost Pepper’d Beef Jerky
Fresh Salsa: Mild – Consumer Ready
Olympus Fare Aphrodite Mild Fresh Salsa 1
Smokehouse Garden Foods Extinguished 2
Cita’s Salsa Garden Green 3
Fresh Salsa: Medium – Consumer Ready
Cita’s Salsa Red Rage 1
Smokehouse Garden Foods 3 Log Fire 2
Olympus Fare Zeus Medium Fresh Salsa 3
Fresh Salsa: Hot – Consumer Ready
The Salsa Works Viva La Verde 1
Cita’s Salsa Holy Habanero 2
The Salsa Works Nuclear 3
Fresh Salsa: Fruit – Consumer Ready
Olympus Fare Athena Fire-Roasted Tomatillo 1
Cita’s Salsa Mango-Pina 2
The Salsa Works Guac ‘N Roll 3
Best Fresh Salsa:
Olympus Fare Athena Fire-Roasted Tomatillo
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Salsa: Mild – Consumer Ready
Salsa-Holics Mild Salsa 1
Daniel’s Fire Roast Mild Salsa 2
Daniel’s Fire Roast Black Bean & Corn 3
Salsa: Medium – Consumer Ready
Daniel’s Fire Roast Medium Hot 1
Daniel’s Fire Roast Black Bean & Corn 2
The Karma Sauce Company Tommy Tomatillo 3
Salsa: Hot – Consumer Ready
CajunTex Salsa & More Five Pepper Extreme Hickory Smoked Salsa 1
Daniel’s Fire Roast Hot 2
La Casita Hot Sauce Caliente 3
Salsa: X Hot – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Reaper Salsa 1
La Familia Salsa Co XX Red Brainstrain 2
Cady’s Products Super Chunky Salsa 3
Salsa: Bean & Corn – Consumer Ready
CajunTex Salsa & More Bayou Gold Hickory Bean & Corn 1
Daniel’s Fire Roast Black Bean & Corn 2
Pepper Palace Gourmet BBC HOT 3
Salsa: Chipotle – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno 1
Todd’s Originals Chipotle Salsa 2
Pepper Palace Mesquite Smoked Jalapeno 3
Salsa: Fruit – Consumer Ready
Todd’s Originals Pineapple Salsa 1
Pepper Palace Pineapple 2
Pepper Palace Hot Apple 3
Salsa: Exotic Blend – Consumer Ready
AmberFyre Foods Ginger Peachy Salsa 1
Smither Family Kitchen Habanero Dillapeno 2
Texas Select Seasonings Wild Bill’s Ghost Pepper 3
Salsa: Verde/Tomatillo – Consumer Ready
Sabrosos Salsas LLC Salsa Verde 1
Pepper Palace Tomatillo Salsa 2
Casa Maya Salsa Dill-icious Salsa Verde 3
Best Salsa:
Daniel’s Fire Roast Medium Hot
Snack: Pickles – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Habanero Chunk Pickles 1
Mikey V’s Foods Spicy Reaper Pickles 2
Uncle Bunk’s 14 Day Hot Sweet Pickles 3
Snack: Pickled Other – Consumer Ready
Red Kitchen Foods-Smokin’ Texas Gourmet L’il Gems Candied Jalapenos 1
Taste Elevated Sweet Jalapenos with Tumeric & Ginger 2
Tim’s Texas 2 Step Fire Roasted & Smoked Jalapenos 3
Snack: Prepared Dip – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Spinach Avocado Dip 1
Pepper Palace Artichoke Crab Dip 2
Pepper Palace Crab & Spinach Dip 3
Snack: Queso Dip – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Queso Blanco 1
Pepper Palace Queso Amarillo Hot 2
Pepper Palace Queso Amarillo Mild 3
Snack: Nuts – Consumer Ready
Ranch Candies Hot Cinnamon Pecans 1
Frenchie’s Fabulous Nut Company Frenchie’s Fabulous 2
Ranch Candies Hot Pecans 3
Snack: Popcorn – Consumer Ready
Pams Market Popcorn Brutus Blitz 1
Pams Market Popcorn Mo’s Jacked Nuts 2
Pams Market Popcorn Peanut Butter Pizazz 3
Snack: Salty Snack – Consumer Ready
Pepper Palace Wasabi Peanuts 1
Fatdog Inc Fatcat Pretzels-Spicy 2
CajunTex Salsa & More Plantain Chips 3
Best Snack
Pepper Palace Wasabi Peanuts
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Zesty Sweets: Candy/Chocolate – Consumer Ready
Texas Toffee Gotcha Cinnamon Pepper Toffee 1
Ranch Candies Hot Caramel with Pecans 2
Little Bird Dark Chocolate Fire Bites 3
Zesty Sweets: Cookies/Desserts – Consumer Ready
Papa Perry’s Pepper Products Habanero Pecan Pie 1
Zesty Sweets: Dessert Sauce – Consumer Ready
The Jelly Queens Habanero Chocolate Sauce 1
Pepper Palace Spicy Caramel Banana 2
Johnson Berry Farm Strawberry Pepper Sauce 3
Best Zesty Sweets
Texas Toffee Gotcha Cinnamon Pepper Toffee
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Cook-Off Food: Chile Con Carne
Pecos Red Products Pecos Red Chili Mix 1
Uncle Bunk’s Chili in a Bottle – Hot 2
Texas Select Seasonings Ghost Dust Chili 3
Cook-Off Food: Dip/Salsa Mix
Pepper Palace Salsa Mix 1
Most Delightful Foods, LLC Taste the Seasons Cajun Trinity Mix 2
The Spice Boys Ragin Cajun 3
Cook-Off Food: Dry Seasoning/Rub
Texas Select Seasonings Ghost Dust 1
CajunTex Salsa & More Spicy Bayou Dust 2
The Spice Lab Ancho Chilli & Coffee Rub 3
Cook-Off Food: Table Seasoning
Texas Select Seasonings Jalapeno Garlic Salt 1
Chili’s Fire Pit Hickory Mesquite Pit Rub 2
Texas Select Seasonings Herbal Red 3
Cook-Off Food: Asian Seasoning or Marinade
Lingham & Sons Garlic Hot Sauce 1
Lingham & Sons Ginger Hot Sauce 2
Lingham & Sons Sriracha Hot Sauce 3
Cook-Off Food: Jerk Seasoning or Marinade
Rasta Bros Jamaican Jerk Marinade 1
Secret Aardvark Trading Co Drunken Jamaican Marinade 2
Pepper Palace World Tour Jamaica 3
Cook-Off Food: Latin Seasoning or Marinade
The Karma Sauce Company Sabroso 1
The Spice Lab Chipotle Citrus Seasoning 2
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces Frogs of the Bayou Hot Sauce 3
Cook-Off Food: Pasta Sauce
Gorji Gourmet Foods Arrabiata Diavolo 1
Gorji Gourmet Foods Pomodoro 2
Gorji Gourmet Foods Puttanesca 3
Cook-Off Food: Soup/Stew Mix
Addiction Sauces Jalapeno Cheese Grits 1
Soupless Ramen with Tapitio Soupless Ramen with Tapitio Chicken Flavor 2
Soupless Ramen with Tapitio Soupless Ramen with Tapitio Shrimp Flavor 3
Cook-Off Food: Wing Sauce Mild/Medium
Culley’s Limited Culley’s Buffalo Wing Sauce #2 – Mild 1
Pepper Palace Smokehouse 2
Griffins Wing Sauce Griffin’s Original Style 3
Cook-Off Food: Wing Sauce Hot/X Hot
Pepper Palace Scorpion 1
Griffins Wing Sauce Griffin’s Hotter Than Balls 2
Pepper Palace Mango Habanero 3
Cook-Off Beverage: Bloody Mary Mix
Pepper Palace Most Excellent 1
What the Chuck Mix Hot for Bloody Mary 2
Barbecue Wife Bloody Mary Mix 3
Cook-Off Beverage: Maragaria Mix
What the Chuck Mix Margarita 1
Demitri’s Gourmet Mixes Traditional Margarita Mix 2
Cady Products aloeRita 3
Cook-Off Beverage: Other Beverage/Cocktail Mix
What the Chuck Mix Michelada 1
Pepper Palace Chipotle Hot Chocolate 2
Moondance Michelada Mix Moondance Michelada Mix 3
Cook-Off Beverage: Beverage Enhancer
Demitri’s Gourmet Mixes Bacon Rim Shot 1
The Lucky Taco Imperio Chili Salt w/Lemon n’ Lime 2
Red Kitchen Foods-Smokin’ Texas Gourmet Votew 3
Best Cook-Off
Pepper Palace Scorpion
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Best New Product Consumer Ready Food
Frenchie’s Fabulous Nut Company Frenchie’s Fabulous 1
Frankie V’s Kitchen Frankie V’s Chocolate Habanero 2
The Karma Sauce Company Tommy Tomatillo 3
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Best New Product Cook-Off
C&J Farms Applewood Jalapeno Smoked Sea Salt 1
Texas Select Seasonings Salted Vodka & Grapefruit BBQ Glaze 2
Cady Products aloerita 3
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Marketing: Label
Woody’s Orginal Clamlube Brand Woody’s Original Clamlube Brand Hot Sauce – Xtra Virgin Mildly Adulterated 1
Primo’s Peppers Swampadelic Sauce 2
Born to Hula /Mammoth Mammoth Beef Jerky 3
Marketing: Logo
Primo’s Peppers Primo’s Peppers 1
Woody’s Orginal Clamlube Brand Woody’s Original Clamlube Brand Hot Sauce 2
Angry Goat Pepper Co. Angry Goat Pepper Co 3
Marketing: Product Packaging
Frog Bone Cajun Sauces Frog Bone Cajun Gift Set 1
Barbecue Wife Bloody Mary Mix 2
Frenchie’s Fabulous Nut Company Frenchie’s Fabulous 3
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Best Overall Product / Best of the Best
Primo’s Peppers Swampadelic Hot Sauce
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