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Scovie Call for Entries!

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We have moved up the entire schedule for the Scovie Awards–entries, judging, and the sending of awards and banners. The reason: the entire process was taking too long and was running into the Christmas holiday or longer before winners received their awards. Our schedule may have changed but the fees haven’t. Here’s a breakdown of all the deadlines and entry fees.

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Burn! Tested: The Jeavenly Host

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That’s where Jalapeno Jeaven’s Jeavenly Host entered the story. They exhibited at the National Fiery Foods and Barbecue Show this year and agreed to let me review one. I was interested in what they had to offer not just because I needed a popper rack. Theirs had one significant difference worth noting—prongs.

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Burn! Fiery Foods Show Program Advertising

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Burn! The Official Fiery Foods & BBQ Show Program is a once-a-year opportunity to promote your products to the most targeted audience of chileheads and barbecue fans imaginable. Visitors use them to navigate through the show to find their favorite vendors. The newest batch of Scovie Award winners is also listed in this valuable resource. Buyers and the public alike take the programs home with them after the show and use them throughout the year for online shopping, etc.

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2013 Scovies: Deadline Extended

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A friend of mine used to say, “crack don’t smoke itself.” Well, your awesome spicy food won’t enter itself in the 2013 Scovie Awards, either. Unless you made some sort of zombie out of super hot peppers, of course. And if you have, we really, really want to do a story about it. Right before we put a shotgun slug in its noggin.