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Fuego Box: Give the Gift of Fire for Father’s Day
If the man who sired you is a chilehead, you can’t do much better for Father’s Day than five flames of badass heat to the mouth. This “limited edition” Fuego Box comes in a rustic wood crate and is filled with small-batch spicy greatness created especially for Father’s Day. It includes a fabulous spicy honey, the world’s 1st “Dry Hot Sauce”, Chile Oil, Smoked Ghost Pepper Salt, and one of the world’s tastiest small-batch hot sauces. The package also includes recipes selected just for dad.
Jalapenos:Can Canned Heat Be Modified?
A reader recently emailed us, asking if there was a way to tone down the heat level in the canned jalapenos called for his chile relleno recipe. Sadly, there is no way to cool ’em down, since they’ve been processed for canning. What you can do, is substitute milder canned chiles. We recommend New Mexico or Anaheim peppers, which are much milder but still packed with flavor.
Kickstarter: Face on Fire Sauce!
Cory Chili is a cat in Australia who your face on his sauce. The married father of two is taking his Face on Fire hot sauce to the business level and is offering custom labels with buyer’s faces on their own bottles.
Fiery Foods Show and Chile Pepper Magazine Team Up
Good news! Chile Pepper Magazine has signed on as sponsor for our National Fiery Foods and Barbecue Show. Here’s how Dave Dewitt explains it on his blog.
BBQ Spot’s Ugly Grill Photo Contest
If that ugly grill of yours needs to go in favor of something new, enter BBQ Spot’s Ugly Grill Photo Contest and you could win your way out instead of shelling out cash for a new one. All you need to do is take a picture of your current, homely grill, including “#uglygrill contest,” “BBQ Spot,” or “BBQSpot.com” somewhere in the image, then send it in to them using the entry form.
Bartel’s Harley-Davidson 2016 Chili Cook Off!
Yours truly is competing again at the Bartels Chili Cook-Off in Marina del Rey, California this June. If you’re going to be in the area, stop by for some free food. Last year I made the only chile verde in a sea of red. This year I’ve got another offbeat offering going into the competition!
