Two Frys: NYC Hot Sauce Expo 2014

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

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 Lewes, DE. Some companies that do demos and more at Peppers are my friends, High River Sauces and Heartbreaking Dawns.

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
1^stCaJohns – Firehouse
2^nd Race City Sauce Works – Carolina Cayenne
3^rd Culley's Limited – Trinidad Scorpion Hot Sauce

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Hot Sauce Label Artwork
1^st Grinders – Near Death
2^nd Cully's Limited – No. 1 Hot Sauce
3^rd 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/

Bonfattos: http://www.bonfattos.com/

Born to Hula: http://borntohula.com/

Bronx Baking Co: http://www.bronxbakingco.com/

CaJohn's: http://www.cajohns.com/