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ScottRobertsWeb.com July E-Mail Newsletter
Welcome, *|FNAME|*! Here in most of the U.S., we've reached the dog days of summer and into the throngs of festival season. Whether its a local BBQ competition, a salsa festival or a hot sauce show, there's bound to be something within a reasonable amount of driving time from where you call home. To view upcoming national and major regional events, don't forget to check out the Spicy Food and Hot Sauce Calendar.

Keep it burning!
- Scott

Feature of the Month

Weekly FirecastThe Weekly Firecast
I've created a new video podcast show about the grub we chileheads and BBQ fans dig - hot sauce, salsa, barbecue sauces, meats and woods, wings, and more. So far two episodes are in the can, with many more on the way. If you haven't yet viewed them, what are you waiting for? You can see the goods at the Weekly Firecast page.

*Ep. 1: Majave Habanero Hot Sauce Review and a BBQ Woods Overview

*Ep. 2: Ott's Honey Blackberry BBQ Sauce Review and a preview of the Weekend of Fire
Other Fiery Bits

Product reviews by Scott - honest and opinioned tastings of spicy food.

*Chick-Fil-A's Spicy Chicken Sandwich

*Bacon Hot Sauce

*Blair's Golden Death Sauce

*Zane & Zack's Hellfire Habanero Cream Cheese

*Jake Albert's Fuego Azul Wild Blueberry Habanero Glaze
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Firetalkers

FireTalkers are my chats with the producers and makers, movers and shakers in the fiery food and BBQ world.

*He's done it all - he's been a chef, a restauranteur, a BBQ competition winner, and owns the largest collection of hot sauces on Earth. He also can tell you enough interesting stories to fill half the Pacific fleet. Here's
Chip Hearn of Peppers.

Scott's Videos

Here are the latest video
reviews on which I've appeared for I Love It Spicy :

*Ol' Gringo's Trailboss Habanero Pepper Sauce

*Ol' Gringo's Chuckwagon Chipotle and Howling
-Hickory


*Foods That Scare Me, Part One - Dave's Dragon Dust

Peppers and More

Lately on Peppers and More I've been reviewing a number of varied products.

*Peppadew Mango Salsa with Peppadew Fruit

*The Texas Pick-Up Que Rub

*Happy Dogs Hot Sauce

Around the Blogs

In addition to my own stuff, there's always entertaining and informative content elsewhere in the online chilehead community. Here are some of my picks for this month.

Hot Sauce Daily Mega's Taco Seasoning Recipe is one you'll definitely want to try out. It just might become a staple in your kitchen. Fiery FoodsA worldwide catastrophe may not spell the end of chile peppers. Select chile seeds are to be stored inside the Doomsday Seed Vault in Norway, north of the Arctic Circle.
 
The Hot Zone OnlineHere's a look at Chile Pepper Magazine: Rumors, Innuendo and what The Future Brings from The Hot Zone Online. I Love It SpicyIs this the best new wing sauce out there? See what three independent video reviews thought about Danny Cash's Fallen Angel Jolokia Ghost Wing Sauce.
Hot Happenings

Jungle Jim's Weekend of FireIf you're anywhere near the Cincinnati, Ohio area this coming weekend, you absolutely have to attend Jungle Jim's 4th Annual Weekend of Fire. The biggest hot sauce and spicy foods show in the Midwest returns Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1 and promises to be bigger and better than ever with up to 75 vendors on hand! There's slated to be lots of eating contests, including Defcon Sauce's Deathmatch National Wing-Eating Championship, so if you're attending and interested in grabbing the glory by winning ojne of these matches, be sure to sign up early! For more info on the contests, go to here, here and here.

CaJohn's Open HouseBookending the Weekend of Fire will be CaJohn's Open House on Monday, August 2, which is taking place at CaJohns' sauce making facilities northwest in the Columbus, Ohio area. Attendees will see the new building and get treated to a free lunch. The chile bloggers (myself included) with also have a contest to see who can best identify ingredients in several dishes concocted by CaJohn.

Hear Scott

Hot Sauce Weekly PodcastIf you desire lip smackin' good fiery food coverage in audio format then the Brian and Marilyn Meagher's Hot Sauce Weekly Podcast is what you've been after. Here are a handful of recent spicy food reviews I've done for the show:

*Episode 22: G & M Farms Super Chile Fire Salsa
*Episode 23: Peppahead Big Red BBQ Sauce
*Episode 24: Wicked Cactus Sauce Head Hunter's Paradise



BBQ Central Radio ShowDuring my July appearance on Greg Rempe's BBQ Central Radio Show, I reviewed the following products:

*Ott's Honey Blackberry BBQ Sauce
*Pork Barrel BBQ All American Spice Rub
*Peppahead Big Red BBQ Sauce


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