The NYC Hot Sauce Expo is proud to announce the 2016 Screaming Mi Mi Award winners. With hundreds of entries the winners were selected by blind taste test by New Yorks finest and brightest in the culinary industry. The panel consisted of chefs from FOX, CBS and Food Networks, Food Critics from NYC Newspapers, Bloggers, Magazines, Hot Sauce Retailers, and some of NYC’s Top Chefs. The Screaming Mi Mi Awards have been creating a large industry buzz within the Hot Sauce Community. Past winners have received features on TV, magazines, newspapers creating a profile that has lead for their product distributed by wholesalers and national retail outlets.
This year’s top honors goes out to Ghost Scream Hot Sauce for winning the Grand World Champion. The panel of judges gave his Shost Scream Hot Sauce the top honors of all entries.
Here are your 2016 Screaming Mi Mi Award Winners.
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Asian Style
Yai’s Thai
Chili Garlic Hot Sauce
2nd Place – Jersey Barnfire – Ginger
3rd Place – BONMi – BONMi Bonfire Sauce
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Caribbean Style
Krista’s Caribbean Kitchen
Jerkalicious
2nd Place – Dashelito’s – Undertow Caribbean Curry Hot Pepper Sauce
3rd Place – Dirty Dicks – Pepper Sauce
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Louisiana Style
Hoff & Pepper
Hoff Sauce
2nd Place – Ed’s Red – XX Hot Sauce
3rd Place – Gater Hammock – Gator Sauce
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Chipotle
Caption Foods
Old Man Gourmet Creole
2nd Place – Jersey Barnfire – Smoked Ghost Taco
3rd Place – All Spice Café – Chipotle Garlic
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Fruit Based
Dirty Dicks
Hot Pepper Sauce
2nd Place – VooDoo Chile – Psycho Tropic
3rd Place – Clamlube Brand – Authentic Black
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Fruit Based Hot
Dirty Dicks
Hot Pepper Sauce
2nd Place – Angry Goat – Purple Hippo Hot Sauce
3rd Place – Red Flag Spicy Foods – Not Dead Yet
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Habanero
Crowley’s Hot Sauce
Haba Nice Day
2nd Place – Volcanic Peppers – Volcanic Dust
3rd Place – Heartbreaking Dawns – 1542
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Jalapeno
Hell’s Kitchen
Retro Jalapeno
2nd Place – Hot & Pepper – Hoff Sauce
3rd Place – Queen Majesty – Jalapeno
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Pepper Blend Mild
Jersey Barnfire
Black Garlic
2nd Place – Lucky Dog – Brown Label
3rd Place – Friendly Fire – Tamarind & Ghost Pepper
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Pepper Blend Hot
Ghost Scream
Ghost Scream Hot Sauce
2nd Place – Rescue Me Hot Sauce
3rd Place – Purple Pam – Kiss of Death
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XXX Hot Sauce
Cully’s Hot Sauce
Firewater
2nd Place – Heartbreaking Dawns – Fervor
3rd Place – Primo’s – Swampadelic
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Chicken Wing
Defcon Sauces
Defense Condition #3
2nd Place – Defcon Sauces – Curbstomp
3rd Place – Defcon Sauces – Cluckwing Orange
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Spicy BBQ
Texas Rib Ranger
Hot BBQ Sauce
2nd Place – Tom’s Roid-Rippin’- Double RR Citrus BBQ
2nd Place – Rufus Teague – Blazing Hot BBQ
3rd Place – Southern Belle – Spicy Hickory Smoke
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Spicy Salsa
Texas Brew Salsa
Hot Iron Habanero
2nd Place – Todd’s Original – Ghost Pepper Salsa
3rd Place – Deception Salsa – Oink
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Best Hot Sauce Label
Puckerbutt Pepper Company
The Reaper
2nd Place – All Spice Café – Cayenne Habanero
3rd Place – Mikey V’s – 512 Pot Sauce
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Grand World Champion
Ghost Scream
Ghost Scream Hot Sauce
For more information about the NYC Hot Sauce Expo please contact Steve Seabury: steve@highriversauces.com