Firecast Podcast Episode #84 – Starting a Hot Sauce Club, Plus the Health Benefits of Chile Peppers

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Episode #84 – Starting a Hot Sauce Club, Plus the Health Benefits of Chile Peppers

Scott guides you step by step on how to launch a local hot sauce club. Ken Alexander and Scott discuss the health benefits of chile peppers, capsaicin and hot sauce. Boston Ballastic Hot Sauce is reviewed.

Links mentioned in the episode:

Health benefits of chile peppers & capsaicin sources and articles:

The Firecast is Sponsored in Part By:

  • American West Beef Company – Get FREE SHIPPING and meat delivered to your house for up to 60% off!
  • Chilehead Tees – Are you a heat freak? Whether you love hot sauce, chile peppers, buffalo wings, BBQ, bacon, or anything dealing with fiery & spicy foods, this is the place to get t-shirts and swag to show off your obsession.
  • Sucklebusters – Texas BBQ Rubs, BBQ Sauces & Texas GunPowder! SuckleBusters is preferred by competition BBQ Cooks, and has won numerous awards including back-to-back 1st Place sauce wins at the American Royal – the World series of BBQ competitions.
  • Dr. BBQ’s Low & Slow BBQ at Home Online Barbecue Class

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Sriracha Rooster Sauce Infographic

sriracha-rooster-sauce-infographicSome Like It Hot…especially when it’s srircaha sauce.

Here’s a little Sriracha Sauce Infographic created by graphic designer (and die-hard sriracha aficionado) Tiffany Matthews. Although the term “sriracha sauce” can be applied to any one of the hundreds of brand names that manufactures a red, sweet, Asian-style sauce similar to “Rooster Sauce”, this one has a focus the most popular sriracha sauce maker, Huy Fong Foods. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

Pizza Fries Recipe

pizza-fries-recipeHere’s a ridiculously simple recipe for family night that is sure to please everyone – pizza fries!

Pizza Fries Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 (2 lb) bag frozen french fries
  • 1 cup pasta sauce
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 cup diced pepperoni
  • Dried Oregano for Seasoning
  • Crushed Red Pepper Flakes for Seasoning (optional)
  • Hot Sauce (Optional)
  • Marinara Sauce for Dipping (Optional)

DIRECTIONS:

1.Prepare the fries according to the package directions. Remove them from the oven. Pour the pasta sauce over the fries.

2.Top with the cheese, pepperoni, and a few dashes of oregano.

3.Bake for 5 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

4. Top with several shakes of red pepper flakes or hot sauce, if desired, or fork and dip pizza fries into marinara sauce.

Firecast Podcast Special Edition – Scott Roberts’ Appearance on the Budweiser Big BBQ Radio Show

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Firecast Special Edition – Scott Roberts’ Appearance on The Budweiser Big BBQ Radio Show

This is Scott’s recent interview appearance on The Budweiser Big BBQ Radio Show on KTRS in St. Louis with hosts Frank Schmer and Kevin Haberberger. The smokin’ discussion touches on barbecue, chile peppers, hot sauce and more! Recorded live from St. Louis Home Fires.

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Other Links mentioned in the episode:

The Firecast is Sponsored in Part By:

  • American West Beef Company – Get FREE SHIPPING and meat delivered to your house for up to 60% off!
  • Chilehead Tees – Are you a heat freak? Whether you love hot sauce, chile peppers, buffalo wings, BBQ, bacon, or anything dealing with fiery & spicy foods, this is the place to get t-shirts and swag to show off your obsession.
  • Sucklebusters – Texas BBQ Rubs, BBQ Sauces & Texas GunPowder! SuckleBusters is preferred by competition BBQ Cooks, and has won numerous awards including back-to-back 1st Place sauce wins at the American Royal – the World series of BBQ competitions.
  • Dr. BBQ’s Low & Slow BBQ at Home Online Barbecue Class

 

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Hot Sauce Hall Of Fame Ballot 2016

2016-hot-sauce-hall-of-fameOnce again, the New York City Hot Sauce Expo is presenting the official Hot Sauce Hall of Fame, now in its second year. The Hot Sauce Hall of Fame will induct 5 people that all have been instrumental in the fiery foods industry through the years. The induction ceremony will be presented live on the main stage at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo on April 23 and 24, 2016.

And, you can be a part of this and help select the nominees for this year’s induction. To be eligible to vote as the 2016 Selection Committee, you must have operated within the fiery foods industry for a minimum of 3 years. This Selection Committee determines the Hall of Fame Class each year.

Kickass Ketchups Custom Ketchup Recipes Infographic

kickass-ketchups-recipes-inforgraphic-thumbnailI love ketchup on french fries and on meatloaf, but it’s hard to find other applications on which I can put plain ol’ tomato ketchup on and not have it taste “off”. But if you get a flavored ketchup, and then it opens bold new dimensions for this popular condiment.

Below is an infographic I found on Reddit on different recipes for ketchup variations – Kickass Ketchups! Indian Spice Ketchup? Bloody Mary Ketchup? Chipotle Lime Ketchup? I cannot wait to play around with these ketchup recipe combinations!

The Chile Pepper Awards 2015 Winners FULL LIST

the-chile-pepper-awards-2015-winners

The following is the full list of The 2015 Chile Pepper Award Winners that were held by Chile Pepper Magazine.

Congratulations to all the winners!

 

Barbecue Sauce / Alcohol-Infused
1 Ole Ray’s Sauces Ole Ray’s Kentucky Red Bourbon Barbeque Sauce
2 Deep River Specialty Foods Rodeo Whiskey Grill Sauce
Barbecue Sauce / Cayenne
1 Wood Bar B Q Sauce Woody’s Hickory Hot Bar B Q Sauce
2 Stagecoach Salsa Co. Miss Cynthia’s No So Spicy Stagestop BBQ Sauce
Barbecue Sauce / Chipotle
1 Firefly’s BBQ Firefly’s Beelzebar Sauce
2 CaJohns CaJohns Bourbon St Smoky
Barbecue Sauce / Fruit Based

Firecast Podcast Episode #82 – Jersey Barnfire Hot Sauce Interview

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Episode #82 – Jersey Barnfire Hot Sauce Interview

Austin D’Almeida  and John Sauchelli of Jersey Barnfire Hot Sauce join Scott on the Skype chatline and describe their unique approach to make flavorful sauces. Ken Alexander takes a turn to review some spicy products, and Scott covers Elijah’s Xtreme Ghost Pepper Sauce.

Links mentioned in the episode:

The Firecast is Sponsored in Part By:

  • American West Beef Company – Get FREE SHIPPING and meat delivered to your house for up to 60% off!
  • Chilehead Tees – Are you a heat freak? Whether you love hot sauce, chile peppers, buffalo wings, BBQ, bacon, or anything dealing with fiery & spicy foods, this is the place to get t-shirts and swag to show off your obsession.
  • Sucklebusters – Texas BBQ Rubs, BBQ Sauces & Texas GunPowder! SuckleBusters is preferred by competition BBQ Cooks, and has won numerous awards including back-to-back 1st Place sauce wins at the American Royal – the World series of BBQ competitions.
  • Dr. BBQ’s Low & Slow BBQ at Home Online Barbecue Class

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5 Tips For Fall Grilling and Barbecue

Fall sunshine on suburban patio and gardenAutumn is the one time of year the weather is nice in most parts of the country at the same time. In the warm southern and southwest regions, people who have been kept inside by the blazing summer temperatures start to enjoy the outdoors more. In the northern regions, the nights start to get crisp but the daytime temperatures are very pleasant. And pleasant weather means an ideal time for grilling and barbecue.

1. We all tend to have a few recipes that are our favorites to prepare on the grill, the dishes we know are going to turn out nearly perfect every time. The old reliables. But part of the fun of grilling is experimenting, finding new dishes…

Ten Ingredients in Your Kitchen You Cannot Live Without

ten-items-in-your-kitchen-you-can't-live-withoutWhat are the food ten items in your kitchen you cannot do without? Most of us in the western world will have ingredients such as milk, eggs, butter/margarine, sugar and some type of flour on hand, but what else do you need (or makes it hard to get by without) for everyday cooking and meal creation?

1. Garlic Powder – I’ll add this stuff to a wide variety of dishes. It’s almost as good and universally useful as salt, even if it’s just a pinch. If a recipe calls for fresh garlic, then I’ll use fresh garlic. But for things that need a quick “spicing up”, garlic powder is the answer….

Cooking With Smoke BBQ Infographic

how-to-smoke-meats-on-a-gas-or-charcoal-grill-infographic-thumbnailWe barbeque junkies know and appreciate the benefits of having wood smoke applied to our outdoor cooks. So much, in fact, that virtually all BBQ purists and aficionados don’t even consider it to be “real” ‘que unless the meat the slow-cooked meat gets a healthy dose of savory smoke flavor. If all you know is to set your charcoal or gas grill on “high” and blaze the heck out of your meat, then you’re missing out on the best of what BBQ has to offer.

Here is an outstanding infographic on how to cook with smoke on a gas or charcoal grill. Even veterans may glean something new from these excellent tips laid out before you. Enjoy!

Rewind: Ghost Pepper Pumpkin Spice Coffee Recipe

ghost-pepper-bhut-jolokia-pumpkin-spice-coffee-recipeWe’re fast approaching my favorite time of the year – Autumn. Yeah, yeah, I know – you probably don’t want to hear for the umpteenth time of why Fall is so great. Nor do a lot of you care about the annual resurgence of pumpkin spiced food items.

Well, I happen to love pumpkin spice (and wish it were available year ’round, just like egg nog), and for those of you who also do, I’ve gone back in time 5 years and and unearthed a recipe I made for an excellent Ghost Pepper Pumpkin Spice Coffee for the original video version of the Weekly Firecast.

This is a good, sweet, creamy, spicy blend of java that’s perfect for both coffee lovers and chileheads for an Autumn morning. Enjoy this Ghost Pepper Pumpkin Spice Coffee Recipe:

Homemade Copycat Spicy A.1. Steak Sauce Recipe

homemade-copycat-A1-steak-sauce-spicyBeing the crazy tinkerer in the kitchen that I am, I’ve had lots of experience at testing out recipes, as well as starting from scratch when concocting various sauces and dishes. Unfortunately, more have failed than have been successful, but those failures have only pushed me harder at finding ways to make something work out.

Such as the case at making my own homemade spicy steak sauce. There are a lot of copycat A.1. Steak Sauce recipes flooding the interwebs, but through a lot of trial and error, I believe I’ve tweaked a great facsimile of a copycat A.1. Steak Sauce. Not all sauces I consume have to be fiery and peppery, but I did want to make one that had a touch of spiciness to it. So here is my version of a spicy A.1.-style Steak Sauce that you can brew up in your own kitchen…

The Firecast is Returning For Fall 2015 Episodes

firecast-podcast-fall-2015After taking a nice little Summer hiatus, everyone’s favorite fiery foods podcast, The Firecast Podcast, is rolling out new episodes here in September!

With all the hot sauce and BBQ coverage you’ve come to expect, The Firecast has become the most popular spicy food podcast on the web.

So keep your eye on either ScottRobertsWeb.com or TheFirecast.com for a new installment this week!