Sunday, April 6, 2014

NYC Hot Sauce Expo 2014 - 5

NYC Hot Sauce Expo 2014

High River Sauces
It is always awesome seeing Steve Seabury from High River Sauces, a local NY based company. He really did a stand up job on the event again this year. High River sells a vast selection of sauces, and were previously featured on our blog. Some of my faves are Rouge, Tears of the Sun, and Hellacious. High River had the new reaper chili product available, Foo Foo Mama Choo Hot Sauce. Steve was also the man behind the expo itself. At the booth, Chris Caffery and staff were selling sauces and giving everyone a taste of their hot products. The sauces pack great heat, bold flavors, taste and are made from cool people. Two Frys highly recommends all sauces from High River.

High River Sauces, Foo Foo Mama Choo Hot Sauce
High River Sauces, Tears of the Sun Hot Sauce
High River Sauces, Hellacious Hot Sauce
Heartbreaking Dawns
It was awesome seeing my friend and long time blog supporter, Johnny from locally based Heartbreaking Dawns at the expo. Johnny was busy and took some time to talk to us about sauce and his new product FERVOR (Reaper Pepper). I purchased a bottle of FERVOR to make some recipes for Two Frys. We have cooked with Heartbreaking Dawns on our blog many times. I have had great success making hot wings with their hot sauces (instead of wing sauce).

Johnny, Heartbreaking Dawns and Allen, Two Frys
Heartbreaking Dawns, FERVOR
Heartbreaking Dawns
Heartbreaking Dawns had extreme sauces available in addition to the original three sauces. I tried all sauces in the past years, and am never disappointed. Heartbreaking Dawns is highly recommended by Two Frys, and is one of my top favorites in the USA.

Heartbreaking Dawns
Heartbreaking Dawns
Heartbreaking Dawns
Dragon's Blood Elixir Hot Sauce
Zane & Zacks International Society of Culinary Pyros
Peppers.com
Great to see Chip Hearn (The King of Wings) at the expo again this year and speak to him about events and contests he has at the store in Delaware

Allen, Two Frys with Chip Hearn, Peppers.com
Peppers.com
Chip's company Peppers has a massive mail order division as well as a retail store in LewesDE. Some companies that do demos and more at Peppers are my friends, High River Sauces and Heartbreaking Dawns.

Peppers.com
Peppers.com
If I shopped Peppers store, I would need a truck to bring it all home. Peppers had a variety of sauces for sale and tasting and Sriracha popcorn. They also had several catalogs available.

A&B Pepper Sauce
Scotty O' Hotty
Big Fat's
It great to see Big Fat's again this year. I meant to talk to Jeremy the President, but he was very busy and dosing the attendees with his flavorful sauces. Bigfat's is from Niles, IL and have an extensive line of flavorful sauces. 

Big Fat's
The line of sauces goes from low heat to very extreme heat with a lineup of more than 8 sauces for sale online. Big Fat's sauces are all low sodium, gluten free and vegan such as hot sauces Garlic Basil and Naga Jolokia. Get some Bigfat's for your pantry.

Big Fat's
Alchemy Creamery specializes in dairy-free, gluten-free, ice cream delights
Bronx Baking Co selling their signature pretzels
For those who purchased or had VIP access, one could enjoy libations and sample grilled cheese from Jarlsberg featuring slabs of Chef Ron Johnson (Chef and Owner of Mrs. Dorsey's Kitchen) Sweet 'n' Spicy Onion Jam Sam spiked with High River Sauces Tears of the Sun. I sampled some, and the sweet and habanero heat with the nutty Jarlsberg cheese was fantastic.

Jarlsberg
Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine did not have their moonshine available for sale, but samples were available. The Lemon Drop was tangy and bold. A local Bronx company Tirado Distillery, gave Sophia a taste of their Tirado El Caribe Whiskey with a touch of passion fruit and it was divine.

Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine
Tirado El Caribe Whiskey
Ashman Manufacturing Co, a retail and wholesale company based out of Virginia Beach, VA had two products for sampling in the VIP area. KimKim Korean Hot Sauce had a very nice tangy and spicy kick. The A. Smith Bowman Hot Sauce, Barrel-Aged Bourbon Hot Sauce made with smoked Chipotle and aged in bourbon barrels is unique and delectable.

A. Smith Bowman Barrel-Aged Bourbon Hot Sauce
KimKim Korean Hot Sauce
Screaming MiMi Awards 2014 Complete List of Winners
(*List of winners source - Ken Alexander, It's a Fiery World)

Louisiana Style
1st CaJohns – Firehouse
2nd Race City Sauce Works – Carolina Cayenne
3rd Culley's Limited – Trinidad Scorpion Hot Sauce

Chipotle
1st Hoboken Eddies – Home Grown Smoke
2nd Puckerbutt Pepper Co. – Voodoo Prince Death Mamba
3rd Dog Gone – Chipotle

Fruit Based
1st Frankie V's – The Serranos
2nd Dirty Dicks – Dirty Dicks
3rd Loud Foods – Orange Sunshine Mango Sauce

Fruit Based Hot
1st Hellfire Hot Sauce – Elixir
2nd Volcanic Peppers – Lava Death by Douglah
3rd Puckerbutt Pepper Co. – Pineapple Ginger

Jalapeño
1st NW Elixirs – Verde
2nd Queen Majesty – Jalapeño Tequila
3rd Lucky Dog – Green

Habanero
1st Dirty Dicks – Dirty Dicks
2nd Frankie V's – Habanero Classic Recipe
3rd Freshies Food Corp. – Sweet Fire

All Natural
1st Race City Sauce Works – Aleppo
2nd Scotty O' Hotty – The Ghost Sauce
3rd Heartbreaking Dawn's – 1498 Apricot Scorpion

XXX Hot Sauce (Non Extract)
1st Race City Sauce Works – Cirque De
2nd Grim Reaper Foods –The Raven
3rd Tahiti Joe's – Ulane' Akai XXXX Hot Sauce

Pepper Blend
1st Scotty O'Hotty – Premium Habanero Sauce
2nd Born To Hula – Ghost of Ancho
3rd Salvy Salsa – Boom Boom

Chicken Wing
1st Defcon Sauces – Defense Condition #1
2nd Rizzotti Foods – Rippin' Red Mild
3rd Rizzotti Foods – Rippin' Red Hot

BBQ Sauces
1st High Octane – Peach Ghost Scorpion BBQ Sauce
2nd Torchbearer Sauces – Chipotle BBQ
3rd Davis Sauces – 1929

Spicy Salsa
1st SilverLeaf International – Ghost Pepper Salsa
2nd Gunther's Gourmet – Jalapeno Salsa
3rd Apsara Foods – Pepper Salsa

Best Hot Sauce Label Artwork
1st Grinders – Near Death
2nd Cully's Limited – No. 1 Hot Sauce
3rd Puckerbutt Pepper Co. – Reaper Sauce

If the NYC Hot Sauce Expo is at the Penn Pavilion next year, I suggest more seating in the public and VIP areas. I am partially disabled and had a tough time finding a seat and this presents a challenge for people with disabilities.

For further information, please visit:
NYC Hot Sauce Expo: http://www.nychotsauceexpo.com/
A&B American Style: http://www.abamerican.com/
Alchemy Creamery: http://alchemycreamery.com/
Ashman Manufacturing Co: http://www.ashmanco.com/
Benny T's Vesta Dry Hot Sauce: http://vestatoppings.com/
Bigfat's Hot Sauce: http://www.bigfatshotsauce.com/
Baron's International Kitchen: http://www.baronsinternationalkitchen.com/
Born to Hula: http://borntohula.com/
Deano’s Jalapeños: http://deanosjalapenos.com/
Dragon's Blood Elixir: http://dragonsbloodelixir.com/
Gemini Crow Sauce Company: http://geminicrow.weebly.com/
High River Sauces: http://www.highriversauces.com/
Hoboken Eddie's: http://www.hobokeneddies.com/ 
Homesweet Homegrown: http://homesweethomegrown.com/
Horseshoe Brand: http://horseshoebrand.com/
Hot-Cha WAA-Cha Sauce & Spice Co: https://www.jordanssauces.com/
It's A Fiery World: http://www.fieryworld.com
Jacky's Jams & Jellies: http://www.jackysjamsandjellies.com/
Ron Johnson, MDK Mrs. Dorsey’s Kitchen: http://mrsdorseyskitchen.com/
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce: http://www.luckydoghotsauce.com/
Mr. Saucy: Website Expired
Murph's Bloody Mary Mix: http://murphsfamous.com/
Ojeda's Sauces: http://ojedasauces.com
Ole Smokey Tennessee Moonshine: http://olesmoky.com/
Owen G. Willikers' Chocolaty Chile Elixirs: http://www.omgwillikers.com/
Peppers.com: http://peppers.com/
Puckerbutt Pepper Company: http://puckerbuttpeppercompany.com/
Race City Sauce Works: http://www.racecitysauceworks.com/
Red Hawk Premium Peppers: http://www.redhawkpeppers.com/
Rocky's Hot Sauce: http://www.rockyshotsauce.com/
SilverLeaf International: http://silverleafinternational.com/
Swamp Yankee Products: http://www.swampyankeeproducts.com/
Tom's Roid-Rippin' Hot Sauce: http://www.tomsroidrippinhotsauce.com/
Torchbearer Peppers: http://www.torchbearersauces.com/
Volcanic Peppers: http://volcanicpeppers.com/
Whitehouse Station Sauce Company: http://www.whitehousesauce.com/
Zane & Zacks International Society of Culinary Pyros: http://www.zandzhoneyco.com/

-Allen and Sophia/Two Frys

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