NYC Hot Sauce Expo
2015 Page 5
High River Sauces Presents The 3rd Annual
NYC Hot Sauce Expo
April 25 & 26,
2015
Brooklyn Expo - 79 Franklin Street - Brooklyn, NY
Rocky’s Hot Sauce:
It was nice to talk to Becky DeCarlo of Oreland, PA based Rocky's
Hot Sauce again this year. Rocky's Hot Sauce has a line of 5 flavor filled
sauces. Rocky’s also have another flavor upcoming as mentioned on their website,
called ‘Bacon”. Some of the flavors Rocky’s have available are Lime, Garlic,
and BBQ. Be sure to check out the Rocky’s Original, which I had before and
really liked. Rocky's Hot Sauce has no preservatives and uses all natural
ingredients.
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| Rocky's |
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| Rocky's Booth |
Red Hawk Premium
Peppers:
I missed seeing my friend Dan Lowenstein at his booth, but
we caught his wife in full effect slinging Red Hawk Sauces. Red Hawk makes great
Garlic based hot sauces and are local to us in NYC. It was great too see Red
Hawk two years in a row at the NYC Expo. Red Hawk has a nice line of sauces and
they are based in
Reedsville, PA.
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| Red Hawk |
Voodoo Chile and Salsas:
Based in
Leesbury, VA
Voodoo
Chile
and Salsas had a rocking booth again this year with their wide variety of
sauces and toppings. Voodoo makes some amazing sauces and has a line of various
Bacon hot sauces I think are the best in the industry. Voodoo, the brainchild
of our friend Thom Toth, delivers flavor and extreme heat and has something for
everyone. They are also the company that makes some truly flavorful sauces with
the Peppadew® peppers. These sauces are full flavor and enhance any dish you
could think up. I tell all my friends that Voodoo’s “Porcus Infernum” is the
“Best Sauce on the Planet”. I purchase goods online from Voodoo Chile and
Salsas and recommend you place an order ASAP. After talking to my friend Thom
Toth, I purchased some new items like Xtreme Bacon (A hotter Porcus Infernum)
and Bacon Taco. We are fans of the Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Peppers) based sauce
they make entitled, Bhuty Thyme. Voodoo makes sauces so well that you could
actually order new stuff without even tasting it as rest assured the flavors
and/or heat (if applicable) are there. I am often seen at local events sporting
Voodoo’s Porcus Infernum t-shirt. Voodoo also makes extreme tinctures for
extreme heat seekers. If you want flavor they have it, and if you want extreme
they deliver. It was great to see Thom again. “Saucesomness” will always
prevail. Ætérnus Sauceworks has been recently launched by Voodoo. We thank Thom
for doing an advance vendor interview for this years Expo.
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| Voodoo Staffers |
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| "Saucesomness" |
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| Voodoo Seasonings and More... |
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| Mr. Thom Toth our friend and Voodoo Chili-master. |
High Octane Sauce
Co.:
It was great meeting TX based High Octane Sauce Co. crew
this year. High Octane won a Screaming Mi Mi Award for Spicy BBQ for their 1100
RPM Sweet & Spicy. We look forward to
trying their sauces in the future.
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| High Octane Sauce our new friends. |
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| High Octane Booth |
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| Even more sauce and products at the High Octane Booth |
Tango Spice Co.:
It was great to see Joe Tango from Tango Spice Co since I
have not seen him in awhile. Based in
Sound Beach,
NY Tango Spice offers a versatile and
extensive line of seasonings and rubs for your cooking and BBQ needs. He makes some great rubs for the kitchen, outdoor BBQ's and good on wild game as well.
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| Tango Spice Co. |
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| Tango Spice, great seasonings and rubs. |
Loud Hot Sauce:
It was our first time meeting
Ossining,
NY based Loud Foods crew at the Expo this
year. Loud make a hot sauce called Loud Orange Sunshine Hot Mango Habanero
Sauce. This one sauce can be used to make an array of fabulous recipes listed
on their website.
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| Loud Foods |
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| Loud Orange Sunshine Hot Mango Habanero Sauce |
Benny T’s Vesta (Dry
Hot Sauce):
Raleigh, NC
based Benny T’s Vesta had a cool booth of their spice tasting. Benny T’s Vesta
makes a spicy and flavorful Dry Hot Sauce and it was good to see them in NYC. Founded
in 2007, Ben Tuorto was inspired to use only fresh chiles in his condiment food
topping.
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| Benny T's Booth |
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| Benny T's Vesta product |
Chile Spot:
Chile Spot from
Downingtown,
PA had an impressive setup showcasing their
products. Chile Spot were near the window area which was well lighted from the natural
light coming in. Chili Spot has a large line of wonderful
Chile
goodies from snacks all the way to hot sauces and salsas.
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| Chile Spot products |
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| Chile Spot Booth lots of sauces |
Chelsea Fire:
Chelsea Fire from
Chelsea, MA
had a cool booth with decorative chili pepper cloth bags for their sauce
bottles. This was the first time we saw Chelsea Fire in NYC. The owner’s wife was
even modeling the sauce for patrons to photograph. Chelsea Fire’s Wicked Hot
Sauce brand was inspired by and named after The Great Chelsea Fires of 1908 and
1973 which nearly devastated a community.
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| Chelsea Fire Hot Sauce |
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| Chelsea Fire Hot Sauce Staffer and Model |
Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce:
Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce had an outdoor table showcasing
their locally Bronx Market sourced pepper sauce. Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce is
available at some markets locally to us in the
Bronx.
The green Serrano sauce is sure to eventually become a hot item both locally
and afar. They had sauce and t-shirts available, as well as flyers with
detailed information about this new product. Go Green and support local companies
and order some Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce today. Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce
is a partnership between GrowNYC, Chef King Phojanakong and Small Axe Peppers.
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| Bronx Greemarket Hot Sauce's friendly staff |
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| Bronx Greemarket Hot Sauce Booth |
Walkerswood Caribbean
Foods:
Walkerswood Caribbean Foods had an outdoor booth of their sauce
product line in the
VIP area next to salad,
burgers, and sandwiches. Walkerswood Caribbean Foods had a really awesome staff
and topped our burgers with some of their great BBQ sauce. The BBQ sauces were
quite flavorful. We took pics of them and they took a picture of Allen too.
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| Walkerswood Hot Sauces |
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| Walkerswood's has great staffers |
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| Walkerswood Caribbean Foods |
Caleb’s Kola:
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We would like to suggest for the future a check in area for
jackets and at least some seating for dining. The venue was great, but lacked any
seating for Handicapped and Disabled or folks that had way to much hot sauce
and needed to sit down.
We would like to extend a special thank you to Steve and
Lisa Seabury and everyone from High River Sauces, for putting together another
amazing event. We cannot wait for next year!
For further information on the NYC Hot Sauce Expo and all
the vendors’ links, please visit: www.nychotsauceexpo.com
To view all the Screaming Mi Mi Award winners, please visit
our friends and fellow bloggers at Hot Sauce Daily:
hotsaucedaily.com
-Allen and Sophia/Two Frys
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