Weekly Firecast Episode #31 – Chopper of One Screw Loose Jellies Interview, Plus Hot Sauce and Hypnosis

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #31 - Chopper of One Screw Loose Jellies Interview, Plus Hot Sauce and HypnosisThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #31 – Chopper of One Screw Loose Jellies Interview, Plus Hot Sauce and Hypnosis

Scott chats with Chopper of One Screw Loose, a Georgia-based jelly and jam company that employs ingredients such as beer, bourbon, wine, chile peppers, tea, fruit and coffee in their sweet spreads. Scott retells his account of how he got hypnotized not to feel the heat of hot sauces, and also reviews Scotty O’Hotty Hot Sauces.

Links mentioned in the episode:

•  One Screw Loose’s Official Website
•  One Screw Loose’s Kickstarter Page
•  Scotty O’Hotty Official Website
•  I Love It Spicy
•  Scott Roberts Facebook Page
•  Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Weekly Firecast Episode #30 – YouTube Chile Pepper and Hot Sauce Reviewer Brad Bishop Chats with Scott

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #30 - YouTube Chile Pepper and Hot Sauce Reviewer Brad Bishop Chats with ScottThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #30 – YouTube Chile Pepper and Hot Sauce Reviewer Brad Bishop

One of the best known video reviewers on the web, Brad Bishop, talks about eating chile peppers and hot sauce on his YouTube channel, as well as the motivation behind doing his various characters. In his Fiery World segment, Ken Alexander talks BBQ and grilling with Scott. The Product Review of the Week is Blair’s Death Rain Jolokia Pepper Potato Chips.

Links mentioned in the episode:

•  Brad Bishop’s YouTube Channel
•  Voodoo Chile Sauces
•  Rev. Tommy 2 Tone’s YouTube Channel
•  Hellfire Hot Sauce
•  It’s a Fiery World – Ken Alexander’s Blog
•  Blair’s Sauces and Snacks
•  Scott Roberts Facebook Page
•  Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Weekly Firecast Episode #29 – Steve Seabury of High River Sauces Talks about the New York City Hot Sauce Expo

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #29 - Steve Seabury of High River Sauces Talks about the New York City Hot Sauce ExpoThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #29 – Steve Seabury of High River Sauces Interview

During my chat with Steve Seabury of High River Sauces, we discuss his exceptional hot sauce products, plus talk about his role as producer and promoter of the 1st Annual NYC Hot Sauce Expo, which takes place on April 20-21, 2013. Ken Alexander waxes poetic about High River Sauces’ Grapes of Wrath and Rogue pepper sauces and speaks briefly about fruit-based hot sauces. I give a brief but blustery foodie tip of the week, and I review Jimmy’s Sticky Jerky Fire-flavored Jerky.

Links mentioned in the episode:

High River Sauces
NYC Hot Sauce Expo
It’s a Fiery World – Ken Alexander’s Blog
Ken Alexander’s Rogue Sauce Review
Jimmy’s Sticky Jerky
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Weekly Firecast Episode #28 – BBQer Jack Waiboer of GrateTV

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #28 - BBQer Jack Waiboer of GrateTVThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #28 – BBQer Jack Waiboer of GrateTV

Three-time South Carolina State BBQ Champion Jack Waiboer drops by and chats with Scott about his GrateTV online video show, his involvement with the Southern BBQ Network (SBN), his role as founder and teacher of the Carolina Pit Masters Barbecue Cooking School, and his duties as the Official Pitmaster of Kraft Foods. There’s also the Ken’s Fiery World segment, in which Ken Alexander talks about the art of reviewing, Scott gives some grilling advice for his Foodie Tip of the Week, and reviews The Chesterville Pepper Company’s A Fistful of Pineapple Hot Sauce.

Links mentioned in the episode:

GrateTV
Carolina Pit Masters Barbecue Cooking School
Southern BBQ Network (SBN)
Jack Waiboer’s Facebook Page
Jack Waiboer’s Twitter Page
Barbecue Tricks
It’s a Fiery World – Ken Alexander’s Blog
The Chesterville Pepper Company
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Weekly Firecast Episode #27 – Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns Interview

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #27 - Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns InterviewThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #27 – Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns Interview

Scott has an hour-long-plus conversation with rising hot sauce superstar Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns, who talks about his background, the origins of several of his products, his latest adventures in pit beef, his new soda line put out under the 1776 Beverage Company name, why pure capsaicin crystals in hot sauces won’t be a trend, the Columbus North Market Fiery Foods Festival and more. Chilehead reviewer and blogger Ken Alexander of FieryWorld.com debuts his Ken’s Fiery World segment. Scott reviews Bone Lee Tadpole’s Original Gourmet Hot Sauce, and gives some cheesy advice for his Foodie Tip of the Week.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Official Heartbreaking Dawns Website
Cooking Up the Hits – Heartbreaking Dawns’ Cooking Blog
It’s a Fiery World – Ken Alexander’s Blog
Hot Sauce Weekly Podcast – Johnny McLaughlin talks about his appearance on Food Network’s Chopped
Bone Lee’s Original Gourmet Hot Sauce
2013 North Market Fiery Foods Weekend Recap and Photos
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Weekly Firecast Episode #26 – Dave DeWitt on the 25th Anniversary Fiery Foods Show

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #26 - Dave DeWitt on the 25th Anniversary Fiery Foods ShowThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #26 – The Pope of Peppers Dave DeWitt on the 25th Anniversary Fiery Foods Show

Scott chats with chile pepper expert and author Dave DeWitt (aka the “Pope of Peppers”), who is also producer of the National Fiery Foods and Barbecue Show, on the 25th anniversary of the annual event. The late Tabasco CEO Paul McIllhenny is also remembered. Scott debuts the Foodie Tip of the Week and reviews Fri-B-Que Hot Sauce.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Official Fiery Foods Show Website
Dave’s Fiery Foods & Barbecue SuperSite
Fri-B-Que Hot Sauce Website
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Tabasco Working On Own Sriracha Rooster Sauce Version

Tabasco Working On Own Sriracha Rooster Sauce VersionAccording to the New York Times, Huy Fong now sells more than 10 million bottles of sriracha a year. The McIlhenny Company’s Tabasco Brand Pepper Sauce is the best selling hot sauce in America and the McIlhenny family wants to keep it that way. CEO Paul McIlhenny, before he recently passed away, was interviewed by Business Week about the growing popularity of sriracha sauce. McIlhenny confirmed they were working on their own recipe for a Tabasco brand sriracha:

“We’re just playing with it at the moment, but we’re definitely looking at the Asian category.”

Although the McIlhenny Company is over a hundred years older than Huy Fong, the two sauce makers have…

Weekly Firecast Episode #25 – Interview with Tracy Carter of JAC’s Tailgaters

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #25 - Interview with Tracy Carter of JAC's TailgatersThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #25 – Interview with Tracy Carter of JAC’s Tailgaters

JAC’s Tailgaters is one of the most underrated companies of seasonings, hot sauce and BBQ products, and the Louisiana-based outfit is the brainchild of Tracy Carter and his wife Kristi Carter. Scott chats with Tracy via Skype and converses about everything from Tracy’s collaboration with Shane Draper of Draper’s BBQ (see Weekly Firecast Episode #24) to what Scott named his favorite Product of the Year for 2012, JAC’s Tailgaters Pineapple Orange Habenero Finishing Sauce. Also in the episode, Scott reviews Addiction Sauces Bhut Jolokia and Habanero Hot Sauces.

Links mentioned in the episode:

JAC’s Tailgaters
Draper’s BBQ Official Website
Addiction Sauces
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Weekly Firecast Episode #24 – Talkin’ Barbecue with Shane Draper of Draper’s BBQ

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #24 - Talkin' Barbecue with Shane Draper of Draper's BBQThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #24 – Talkin’ Barbecue with Shane Draper of Draper’s BBQ

Scott has an extensive interview with Shane Draper of western Kentucky-based Draper’s BBQ. Shane talks about his family’s BBQ history, his early influences, his sauce and rub products, his preferences and pet peeves and his opinion on what makes quality barbeque and hot sauce products. Plus Shane gives an exclusive reveal on his collaboration with Tracy Carter of JAC’s Tailgaters on what he hopes are going to be championship-winning sauce and seasoning products made for both competition BBQ and for recreational use.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Draper’s BBQ Official Website
JAC’s Tailgaters
Hot Sauce/Chilehead Events and Festivals Calendar
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Review – Hot Line Pepper Products Hot Sauces

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I’m excited about the next batch of reviews forthcoming from ScottRobertsWeb.com. The reason is simple: there are some outstanding products coming down the pike that you definitely should take notice of if you call yourself a fan of fiery foods.

The first in this short series comes from a a new company headed up by Houstonian Kerry Stessel under the banner of Hot Line Pepper Products. I first sampled these when Kerry visited ZestFest 2011 in Irving, Texas. As he made his way around the show floor, he stopped by the Bloggers Booth (with its lone person running it being me) and let me taste some out of his test bottles that he brought from his drive up. Now, if you’ve ever attended a hot sauce show, you know that it can be a dizzying proposition to keep track of the dozens – or even hundreds – of new products dished out by vendors. But I remember being impressed by the Hot Line Pepper Products offerings.

Now over two years later, I’m finally giving you this formal review of the four main Hot Line hot sauces – Garlicky Greengo, Hatchanero, Evil Ooze, and Ghost Pepper Sauce, in all their Texas-born glory.

Weekly Firecast Episode #23 – ZestFest 2013 Report, Plus Chef Steve Lawrence of CaJohn’s Fiery Foods

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #23 - ZestFest 2013 Report, Plus Chef Steve Lawrence of CaJohn's Fiery FoodsThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #23 – ZestFest 2013 Report from Firehead Thomas Gately, Plus Chef Steve Lawrence of CaJohn’s

Scott gets a live report from ZestFest 2013 from chilehead blogger “Firehead” Thomas Gately, who talks about what new fiery products he likes from the show, and his recollection of the Fiery Food Challenge Awards Dinner. Later in the podcast, Chef Steve Lawrence, right hand man and GM of CaJohn’s Fiery Foods, talks to Scott about everything from the flavor and heat of chile peppers to his collaborative process with CaJohn Hard.

Links mentioned in the episode:

I Love It Spicy!
ZestFest 2013 Official Website
ZestFest Midwest
One Screw Loose
Lusty Munk Mustard
KA Ranch
Reva Foods
Deano’s Jalapenos
CaJohn’s Fiery Foods
Endorphin Farms
Hot Sauce/Chilehead Events and Festivals Calendar
The Following Podcast on the 2GuysTalking Network

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Weekly Firecast Episode #22 – Madison Chocolatiers West Interview, Plus Busting BBQ, Grilling and Meat Myths

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #22 - Madison Chocolatiers West Interview, Plus Busting BBQ, Grilling and Meat MythsThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #22 – Madison Chocolatiers West Interview, Plus Busting BBQ, Grilling and Meat Myths

Scott talks with Renee Rohrbach and Chef Ricky Sanders of The Madison Chocolatiers West, and talk about some of the unique, gourmet chocolates and confections that they create, including ones with trinidad scorpion chiles and ghost peppers, plus cover Scott’s favorite dessert product of 2012, the C3 Cinnamon Cayenne Caramel Sauce. Scott also tackles some of the most widespread BBQ, grilling and meat myths and gives the facts instead. Kelly’s Jelly Habanero Pepper Jelly is the review subject.

Links mentioned in the episode:

The Madison Chocolatiers West Official Site
The Madison Chocolatiers West on Facebook
ZestFest Website
ZestFest Midwest
Kelly’s Jelly
The Following Podcast on the 2GuysTalking Network
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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Kevin’s Review – Heartbreaking Dawns 1841 Ghost Pepper Sauce

Heartbreaking Dawns 1841 Ghost Pepper SauceToday I am reviewing Heartbreaking Dawns 1841 Hot Sauce. Last October I attended the Weekend of Fire in Ohio and tried out some hot sauces including this one. So I asked Johnny McLaughlin of Heartbreaking Dawns if I could take some home to try it out and review. And so I did.

Ingredients:
Pears, Applesauce, Cider Vinegar, Ghost Peppers (Bhut Jolokia), Water, Onion, Carrot, Lime Juice, Sugar, Sea Salt, Garlic, White Pepper

The sauce is orange, and it has a medium consistency. 1841 smells fruity and really spicy. In…

Weekly Firecast Episode #21 – John Rizzotti of Rippin’ Red Sauces Interview, Plus ZestFest 2013 Preview

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #21 - John Rizzotti of Rippin' Red Sauces Interview, Plus ZestFest 2013 PreviewThe Audio Weekly Firecast with Scott Roberts:

Weekly Firecast Podcast Episode #21 – John Rizzotti of Rippin’ Red Sauces Interview, Plus ZestFest 2013 Preview

Continuing the buffalo wing sauce coverage, Scott chats with John Rizzotti of Rippin’ Red Sauce Company. John discusses the origins of his first two wing sauces, plus talks about this new Forbidden Angel Custom Crafted Habanero Sauce (which Scott reviews earlier in the podcast episode). Also, Scott chats with ZestFest owner and producer Greg Bagarozy and finds out all the details on the annual Texas-held spicy food event.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Rippin’ Red Official Site
Rippin’ Red on Facebook
ZestFest Website
Fat Kid Sauces
Hot Sauce Daily Week of Wings
Super Bowl Sauces Sale
Columbus North Market Fiery Foods Festival
The Following Podcast on the 2GuysTalking Network
Scott Roberts Facebook Page
Scott Roberts Twitter Page

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