@#$% that burns!!

[terrabyte]

Gotta any PAINful stories? Share!

Bubba, maybe you can talk about that contest you won. The pictures are awesome, but I'd love to read a blow by blow narration of the event. Details of who died on what sauce. Which one almost did you in, etc.

[terrabyte]

PEDRO's

Some Fridays at work we go out to eat. A favorite is Pedro's Mexican Restaurant. We always ask for the wicker basket full of hot sauces, and we go to work trying them all out. They have a great range, anything from weak red vinegar, up to Pure Cap, which you have to ask for specifically, since they have it locked up.

One of my friends is from Australia, and of course his nick name is Aussie. One lunch he grabbed what he thought looked like the most innocent looking hot sauce: Dave's Insanity, and just poured it on. He started to sweat, and then we had a discussion (that should have happened earlier) where I set him straight and told him he picked the hottest one in the basket. He ended up having to take a breather and disappeared in the bathroom. He eventually came back and sat down next to me. He looked a little pale. He leaned over closer, and whispered to me: "It burns down there".

I laughed and said: "You didn't wash your hands did you?".
"Nope."
"It's going to fall off now."
"What??!"
"Just kidding. It's happened to me before, it'll go away."
"Thank god!"

[terrabyte]

PEDRO's #2

The most memorial Pedro visit was with Pure Cap. After a few of us tried a drop, one of my friends got a hold of the bottle and started to douse a chip in it. It was completely soaked. There was a guy there that SAID he liked hot sauce, so we started taunting him to eat it. We all got our wallets out and started putting money in the middle of the table. 50 bucks total to eat the chip.

Well, he chickened out so fast, it wasn't even funny. But then a guy that doesn't even like hot food said he'd do it. You could tell he was desperate for the money.

The anticipation was high. Man, we were getting rowdy. I started to giggle, we were all laughing and talking loudly. I can't imagine what the other patrons were thinking of us.

When we found out that he thought Tabasco was hot, we ordered him a glass of milk to have afterwards. When the waiter walked by, he grabbed him, and asked, "What will happen if I eat this chip?"

"You'll probably die."

hahaahah! I can't believe the kid said that! I was worried for a second that maybe the guy would back out. But, he kept the course.

Finally, the moment came. He popped the chip in, and chewed. Swallowed.
We all waited.

"Hmmm, that's not so bad," he said as he scooped up the money.
"Oh wait, it's getting hotter now."

Eventually the burn built up, and he chugged the glass of milk. And our water. And ordered another. Now we started laughing again as he did the ol' mouth-is-open-at-all-times trick.

Eventually we left. When we were outside going to our 2 cars, I saw him EAT SNOW. I asked him why, and he said that he didn't think he'd survive the car ride back. (3 minute car ride!)

[bubbaschili]

the event was at a local radio station rock 92 out of greensboro... i supplied the hot sauces and they suplied the victims. pretty mutch i did a color and info on the hot sauces for the radio station..i didnt participate. i brought several sauces and they supplyed a cpl im trying to think of the order i put it in...4 i think was daves insanity..number 5 was da bomb... 6 was brain damage...7 was possible side effects 8 was blairs 3 am (some of the pictures have it where im droping it out with the dropper) of course the picture of the moron in the flame hat is me. 9 was z and 10 was magnum 357
good thing we had these morons sign a waiver 2 of em ended up in the hospital. the one pic of the chick she says half way thru the competition she has a peptic ulcer(how bright is that) i pretty mutch just administered the pain and made color commentary. the guy in the picture laying down he went down after the daves insanity sauce.

[terrabyte]

i didnt participate.

Sorry about that. When I read somewhere else that you won the Bubbaolympics, I thought that was this. I realize now that they're 2 different things.

Cool event. I want to do something like that here.

And build me a suitcase (http://www.rock92.com/jpg/Hot%20Sauce%20Challenge/pages/Im002229_jpg.htm) like that!!

[bubbaschili]

the front of the suitcase has the biohazard stickers and all...... well you were correct on the bubbalympics in 2002 i won first place in bubbalympics my signature move was downing a bottle of hot sauce....the next 2 years i came in 2nd place. :(

[JA1LB1RD]

Bubba's modest so I'll share. A couple of years ago I helped him out (aka stirred) at a BIG chili event and witnessed the Bubbanator run off an arrogant jerk with nothing but hot sauce.
It was a beautiful day and all was going well. There was a HUGE turnout of, both, cooks and patrons. We had a pot of "Regular" and a pot of "Bad Attitude" and we rang the chili-shapped clangor whenever someone requsted "Bad Attitude." We were selling beads, applying temporary tattoos, dishing out tast cups (and bowls) of Bubba's chili, and generally having a blast.
Then a guy swaggered up to our humble little stand and said, "gimme' some."
I politely asked "Regular or Bad Attitude?"
To which he inquired, "huh?"
I elaborated, "hot or mild, pal?"
Then he complained, "all you guys say your chili's hot and I've tasted 'em all and they aint @*%%!"
"Bubba," I said, "this gentleman says the chili lacks heat."
So Bubba finished a delicate tattoo application and came over to assist the fellow.
"I have something for you right here, sir" he said as he twisted the cap off of a bottle of Dave's Ultimate Insanity Sauce.
He then proceeded to "liven up" the man's medicine cup of Bubba's Bad Attitude Chili with a generous dollop of brown lava.
"Stir that in real good, sir" Bubba advised.
"Whatever" the jerk replied before he tossed the capful into his gaping mouth.
What happened next is forever stored with my most treasured memories. The fellow squinted and chewed a few times, swallowed, opened his big mouth and gave the 'ol "aaaa" sound, as if to say "that aint @*%%!" Then he furrowed his brow, licked his lips, widened his eyes, and yelled "Jesus, what the hell am I supposed to do now?!"
I has too astonished at the man's "conversion" to reply and Bubba was too busy giggling to reply so the man LITERALLY RAN AWAY!!!
When I finally regained my composure I said "couldn't have happened to a nicer guy."

[bubbaschili]

i was hoping the clayminator would have elaborated on that particular event.....the best thing i enjoyed about that was the 2 or 3 min that he couldnt even speak...i kept saying something like.........what?? you want some more???
ill post you a funny one tommorow that happened to me at the eden apple festival.
right now i got to get some sleep.

[terrabyte]

Hahahah, that's great stuff. Keep em coming!

Mall Of America

Back when I was a tongue-virgin, and putting small amounts of Tabasco in my food to "spice it up", I burned myself pretty badly.

I was at the Mall Of America, and they have a hot-shoppe on the 2nd or 3rd floor. I was taste testing all sorts of salsas, and eventually settled on the perfect one. It was good, and a just a little bit spicy.

Well the next day when I was at home, I pried the top off my jar and got ready to wipe out a bag of chips. I put a little dab on the corner of my first chip and ate it. I don't know what the @#$% they sold me, but it wasn't the one I picked!!

I flipped out and chugged all the pop in my apartment. Thankfully I only had a 6-pak, cuz that sure didn't help at all. It must have taken me 20 minutes to return back to normal. Boy was I pissed about the wasted jar of salsa. I had to throw it away.

I sure wish I knew what brand it was. It would be great embarressent to try again. I know that at the end of my last event, I wasn't even able to taste the Dave's Insanity Salsa that I had.

[Tina Brooks]

lol, y'all have me in stitches!

Did I tell you about the gingerbread man, or was that on my blog???

T.

[terrabyte]

Did I tell you about the gingerbread man, or was that on my blog???

Spill it!

[Tina Brooks]

Oh, well, we were doing a show a couple of weekends ago out in Van Kleek Hill, street festival. And there was a young fellow dressed in a gingerbread man costume. He approaches our booth with great curiosity and asks what we do...

I tell him that we make hot sauces.

He says "oh, I'm afraid they'll be too hot for me."

I said, "really? Well how about the chocolate, do you like chocolate?"

He says, "Of course, who doesn't like chocolate?"

I give him a dollop of the Chili Chocolate Passion. He discreetly lifts the hood of his costume just enough to slip the sample stick into his mouth.

The next thing I know, he's jumping up and down screaming his head off! "That's hot!"

I reply; "Of course it's hot, we make hot sauce."

He says; "But it's chocolate, it's not supposed to be hot!!"

I swear, big baby carried on the whole rest of the afternoon and to add insult to injury, we had people approaching our booth all afternoon to tell us "You hurt the gingerbread man". Little old ladies wagging fingers at us.

Sheesh, it's a lucky thing I didn't give him the Fusion Fire!

T

[JA1LB1RD]

LOL
Run run as fast as you can!
You can't catch him he's the Gingerbread man!

[terrabyte]

You're so mean, Tina! That's pretty funny.

I'm sure most people have read this one before, but it belongs in this thread:
Chilli Contest (http://www.lotsofjokes.com/cat_409.htm)

[terrabyte]

Thai Restaurant

Way back in my Tabasco days, I found myself at a Thai restaurant with some friends. I looked at the menu and ordered something that had a picture of those little 'peppers' next to it. The waitress then informed me that the way it works there, is you can order it from 1-to-5, depending on how hot you want it. Being a self proclaimed hot-head, I ordered it at a 5.

The meal came out and all went smoothly. It was really good. Until about half way through, that is. I pretty much got schooled in the way of true heat.

My nose started running something fierce, and I couldn't keep my mouth closed due to the heat. I took a two minute break until I thought I was back to normal, and commenced to eating. 3 bites later, it was as if I never took a break! That was the day I learned about heat building up, stacking, etc. For a while, I attempted to take a few bites, wait a few minutes, take a few bites. Eventually I admitted defeat, it had officially kicked my ass. I think I finished filling up on bread for the rest of the meal. I had already run out of napkins to blow my nose in afterall.

Not a funny story or anything, but here is the part I wanted to relate: The waitress came back later and we started talking... She said that they used a little thimble full of their magic powder to spice their dishes up. When you order from 1-to-5, it meant they added 1 to 5 thimblefulls of their powder. She then further kicked me in my manhood by explaining that they had contests there once a month where the (mostly Asian) compatriates would see who could eat the highest, with it typically ranging in the 15 to 23 range!

Wow, I thought.

Of course now, I am seriously wondering if I could find that place again, and try it out.

[Tina Brooks]

You're so mean, Tina! That's pretty funny.

Mean? You betcha... You kinda have to be to sell hot sauce. lol.

[terrabyte]

Quaker Steak & Lube

We have a new wing place in town called the Quaker Steak & Lube (http://www.lubewings.com/). My co-workers and I have frequented it quite a few times. I'm always invited, because they have the "Atomic Wings" which if you eat, they give you a bumper sticker and put your name on the Wall of Flame.

They're spicy, but nothing too extreme. We've had a couple others besides me 'survive' and get on the wall, so the novelty has worn off. Thus, I have attempted to have some fun on subsequent visits.

A favorite is to act like a complete noob when they come out with the waiver for me to sign. I start asking questions like, "What's this for? Are these really hot? Are they hotter than the Ranch flavored ones?" The waitresses usually start to panic, and look like they're wondering if they could sprint back to the kitchen in time to cancle the order. Unfortunately my friends always bust out laughing and the waitress asks if I'm pulling their leg. Yes.

The last time we were there, I went a different direction. Instead of the normal order of 8 with a side of fries, I upgraded it to 15 with no sides. (Same price) Her eyes went wide, "Wow, I've never had anyone order that many". I then asked if I could get extra sauce on the side. She said, "Ranch or Blue Cheese?". I shook my head.
"Oh, you mean MORE of the Atomic sauce?????".
"Yes please!"
"Um... ok".

She frequented our table quite a few times during the first half of the meal. She kept asking if I was ok, and I needed anything (Fire hose, etc?) After a while she realized that I was going to survive just fine. And infact was enjoying myself as I dipped each bite into the tub of sauce she brought out.

When I finished, with what was essentially the best meal I've ever had there, the cook came out to meet me. LOL. He just wanted to meet the man who ordered the extra sauce and shake his hand!

We talked for a while. He said that the company used to have a wing sauce 6 times hotter, but no one ever ordered it.

Bummer.

[Tina Brooks]

Thai Restaurant
Of course now, I am seriously wondering if I could find that place again, and try it out.

If you do... Tell us where it is, I want to try it!

T

[LinNJoe]

Dustin,

Hey, I'm a vet of the spiciest wings from "The Lube," and I can do one better.

Pick youself up a bottle of the Nate Dog's Killer Wing Sauce, either the 12 oz Extreme or Stoopifyin', from www.cajohns.com. We have a bottle of the Extreme in the fridge, and it utterly pollutes with heat anything it touches. It does taste good, and then overwhelms your palate. Tried it on chicken breasts made on the grill, and no one could finish one without a quart of milk. :twisted:

- J

[terrabyte]

Pick youself up a bottle of the Nate Dog's Killer Wing Sauce, either the 12 oz Extreme or Stoopifyin', from www.cajohns.com. We have a bottle of the Extreme in the fridge, and it utterly pollutes with heat anything it touches. It does taste good, and then overwhelms your palate. Tried it on chicken breasts made on the grill, and no one could finish one without a quart of milk. :twisted:
- J

Heheh. Sounds like a plan!

My father-in-law bought me a huge jar of Nate Dog's Wing Sauce. But I can't remember what flavor. Probably just Hurtin', since I ate it all in one sitting. I also suck at making wings... have yet to remember to cook them a while first and have the grease run off. Waste of sauce otherwise.

By the way, where' the Stoopifying flavor? I only see "Extreme" on CaJohn's site.

[terrabyte]

Nevermind, I found the Stoopifying.
Cajohn's site can be a tricky maze....

[terrabyte]

Eat The Heat link (http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/007228.php)

Random site I found talking about their near death experiences.

"Not exactly sauce-related, but two years ago at the buffet in the Las Vegas Rio: the food service people put the wasabi a little too close to the Mexican food section of the buffet. We all thought it was guacamole."

[Tina Brooks]

Eeeew, yuck, I can't stand wasabi, it tastes like the fumes from nail polish remover dried into chalk.

By the way... any idea who Tim Blair is???

T

[terrabyte]

By the way... any idea who Tim Blair is???


Beats me. I followed the links to see what the blog was about and it all looked political. The 'heat' posting seemed totally random, yet got more responses than this place does... :cry:

[sweatnspice]

Tina - Have you ever had genuine Wasabi? The wasabi at most restaurants is simply reconstituted powdered horseradish with lots of green coloring, hence the chemical taste. When we lived in Oregon I had the chance to visit an actual wasabi farm (http://www.freshwasabi.com/) and got some of the real stuff. Absolutely delicious. Their wasabi dressings are also fabulous.

[Tina Brooks]

To tell you the truth, no, I don't think I've had genuine Wasabi. At least Greg says I haven't... One of these days I suppose. But that icky reconstituted horseradish... Yuck!

[LinNJoe]

Tina - Have you ever had genuine Wasabi? The wasabi at most restaurants is simply reconstituted powdered horseradish with lots of green coloring, hence the chemical taste. When we lived in Oregon I had the chance to visit an actual wasabi farm (http://www.freshwasabi.com/) and got some of the real stuff. Absolutely delicious. Their wasabi dressings are also fabulous.

I know that I like wasabi, although I can't say for sure whether it's been the yucky reconstituted stuff or the real deal. A little wasabi and soy sauce is great with sushi, of which there's only a few kinds I like anyway. 8)

- J

[terrabyte]

I heard those Wasabi Nuts (http://www.mohotta.com/ShowView/product/973/15) are suppose to be awesome. Haven't tried them though.

[Tina Brooks]

We've got a customer who roasted some almonds in our Fusion Fire, so I think I know what you like about those wasabi nuts. Yummy.

But wasabi... yuck. Greg likes the whoosh that goes up your nose when you eat it and I must admit that that is the part that reminds me of nail polish remover.

T

[terrabyte]

Hahaha. That whooosh up your nose is truly a unique feeling! You don't get that with hot sauce.

Since I live 20 minutes from the Mustard Museum (http://www.MustardMuseum.com), and they're awesome people who have a HUGE cooler full of mustards to taste-test, I've had the pleasure of trying out the "hottest" mustard in the world.

Royal Bohemian Mustard (http://www.mustardmuseum.com/prodinfo.asp?number=XXX101) is made with horseradish, so it gives the WHOOSH feeling up da nose. For my Wheel of Pain events, it's my favorite one to try, and to have others test, because the pain is very temporary.

I see they have another mustard, and the hottest horseradish. Guess another visit is in order.

[LinNJoe]

Hahaha. That whooosh up your nose is truly a unique feeling! You don't get that with hot sauce.

Since I live 20 minutes from the Mustard Museum (http://www.MustardMuseum.com), and they're awesome people who have a HUGE cooler full of mustards to taste-test, I've had the pleasure of trying out the "hottest" mustard in the world.

Royal Bohemian Mustard (http://www.mustardmuseum.com/prodinfo.asp?number=XXX101) is made with horseradish, so it gives the WHOOSH feeling up da nose. For my Wheel of Pain events, it's my favorite one to try, and to have others test, because the pain is very temporary.

I see they have another mustard, and the hottest horseradish. Guess another visit is in order.

Hey, HEY!!! No fair tasting if you're not willing to share!

:evil:

[terrabyte]

[quote=terrabyte]Hey, HEY!!! No fair tasting if you're not willing to share!

Heheh. My door is always open.

What's ironic is that I took it with me to Columbus for my sister to try over Memorial Weekend. Where the hot fudge were you?

[Tina Brooks]

I have to tell you... I'd really rather get the rush with hot sauce! lol

[sweatnspice]

One day while arranging some of our collector bottles, I accidently touched a bottle of Blair's 5AM that had a slight crack in it with a little bit of seepage. I'm talking very minimal - but I still made sure to go wash my hands, three times even. The later that night, washed my hands again and went to take out my contacts - HOLY CRAP! - the wife was standing right next to me and I grabbed her arm and went down on one knee clutching my eye. I wanted to rip it out of my head just to stop the burning. I had to lay down for about 20 minutes before i could open my eye enough to get out the charred contact. I thought I was going to be blinded by hot sauce! but after about an hour everything was fine.

But now I'm pretty sure that lasik surgery could be written off as a work related expense! :-)

[Tina Brooks]

Oh man! I'm sorry... lol, laughing is just NOT funny!!

hahaha :oops:

[sweatnspice]

It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye! :-)

I can laugh about it now, but at the time, had someone laughed at me, I woulda stuck my finger in their eye too!

[Tina Brooks]

Note to self...

Self... when meeting SnS for the first time, wear glasses.

[LinNJoe]

What's ironic is that I took it with me to Columbus for my sister to try over Memorial Weekend. Where the hot fudge were you?

[Austin powers voice]

Ouch, baby. Very ouch.

[/Austin Powers voice]

Well, we're pretty unlikely to be visiting Wisconsin anytime soon. However, if you're going to be in Buckeye-land in the future to visit your sister, let us know ahead of time. Perhaps you can come visit, see our Wall of Flame/hot sauce shrine, and enjoy a repast of Cluck-U megahot wings.

...and don't forget to bring some mustard. :wink:

- J

[terrabyte]

That reminds me, we found out that the Cluck-U there only does take-out. So, very unlikely they do (http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=2847) that (http://www.cluckuchicken.com/events.htm?eid=3) Challenge (http://travel.discovery.com/fansites/worldsbest/pigout/pigout_03.html). :(

It's your new city now... so I'll leave it up to you to sniff out the HEAT there. (By T-day/X-mas)

--------

[terrabyte]

Drinking a Glass Of Tabasco (http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=1052135&groupID=100080913&Mytoken=20050411145847)

Seeing his reaction after drinking it is great. I'm sure it's the fumes of the vinegar doing him in. I'm guessing he was no stranger to occasional spice, didn't look like the heat was a factor.

I've done multiple shots of Tabasco. I just hate that vinegar taste. A stomach full couldn't have felt great.

No need to see the whole video. Once he goes to the bathroom, there isn't really much to see. The last 30 seconds show him throwing up outside, it's too dark.

[Tina Brooks]

LMAO

I wanna see him do that with something hot! hahaha!

Course, I'd throw up too, if I drank a half litre of vinegar. How daft.

[Tina Brooks]

I went to the CluckU chicken site, and they make you sign a waiver... Says the sauce is made out of fresh peppers... And they make you sign a waiver...

Can you say Gimmick... bring on the wings!

Oh wait... you guys have eaten there... is the sauce good? Maybe the food is disgusting and that's why you need the waiver??? haha

T

[terrabyte]

I'm sure it's a misquote. There's no way any of the sauces at any chain could be made from fresh peppers.


Nick caught a great story (http://www.hotsauceblog.com/hotsaucearchives/eric-on-98-kupd/#comments) of a Radio Show guy drink soup with a spec of Blair's 16 Million Reserve on air.

There's pictures (http://www.98kupd.com/listingentry.asp?id=339504&pt=gallery) there of the guy's agony, and an MP3 of the whole show. It's amazing how unprepared this guy was!


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[Tina Brooks]

lol

I have never had the opp to even taste Blair's but having tasted tons of extract sauces... I'm not sure you could pay me to do that.

T

[scullytoo]

I mentioned this topic to my husband, and he told me this story last night.

When my stepson was about 3, they were at a Chinese restaurant. There was a bowl of the usual Chinese hot mustard on the table (probably mild by everyone's standards on here ;) ). My stepson kept asking about it, and my husband kept telling him that he wasn't going to like it, that it was hot, etc. But he kept wanting to try it, but my husband kept telling him "no, you're not going to like it."

Well, when my husband turned to give the order to the waitress, my stepson quickly stuck his finger in the mustard and put it in his mouth. He was grabbing water, he was crying, etc. My husband is trying hard not to laugh and tell him "I told you so."

A simple lesson in why you should always listen to your parents. :)

[Tina Brooks]

lmao... some parents are just plain evil!

We were at the market last Saturday and this fellow comes up to the booth with his 2 year old son...

Daddy, the chilihead is tasting away and the kid is motioning that he wants a taste too... So Dad reaches into the Fusion Fire, and pops the sampling stick into kid's mouth.

I was expecting crying, screaming, tears... nada.

The kid pulls the sampling stick holds it up to Daddy and says one word...

MORE!

I just about died!

And anyone who has tasted the Fusion Fire knows why!

T

[sweatnspice]

Breed em young!

[scullytoo]

LOL That reminds me...

The guy who heads up the chile heads group I go to each month is a grandfather. Apparantly his grandson has inherited the chile head gene, because he'll just stick his finger into a bottle of hot sauce and it won't bother him after tasting it.

But he told us of one incident where the grandson stuck his finger in one as usual, but must have bitten into a seed. All of a sudden, his face is turning red, he's crying, and he's LICKING THE CARPET trying to get the taste out of his mouth! He was telling the story and we were all DYING.

[Tina Brooks]

LMAO

Speaking of dying...

Ya know, that's one thing about sampling hot sauce.

I must have had at least 10,000 people tell me that they'll die if they taste the Goat Pepper (Hurricane) Mash, and nobody ever has.

You'd think that someone, just once, would have the good grace to at least fall down.

T.

[staffing]

Gotta any PAINful stories? Share!

Bubba, maybe you can talk about that contest you won. The pictures are awesome, but I'd love to read a blow by blow narration of the event. Details of who died on what sauce. Which one almost did you in, etc.

I collect hot sauces. While I think I can take a little heat, I'm not cocky about it, nor do I taunt cooks or chefs, as I used to work in the restraunt bus. Anyway, I like to try sauces as well as collect them (kind of wimpie if you don't) and have tried some pretty hot ones, like Dave's, Toxic waste, Alberta Crude, etc.

I am cautious with extract sauces (with good reason). Anyway, I was up to about 20 unopened bottles that I had extras for (for my collection) and was trying a new one every night. I got to Endorphin Rush which, while not the hottest, is an extract sauce, and caution should be used.

As I was putting this sauce on my rice, I was talking with my wife and wasn't paying attention, and smothered my rice with this stuff (like I do with normal habanero sauces) and started taking several large bites of this stuff. After a minute or so, the heat caught up with me.....

Man! Don't ever forget what sauce you are handling! I had prided myself in the past of having a healthy respect for extract sauces. This burned me up. My scalp was sweating! Fortunately, after a couple of minutes, the endorphins kicked in.

[Tina Brooks]

Say, staffing, I gotta ask.

How much Dave's would you actually use in a bowl of chili, or a single serving rice dish???

We often get customers asking us how our Hurricane Mash compares to sauces such as Dave's or worse... Blair's craziness, I'd rather have a better answer than "gee, I don't know, I don't use them".

T

[sweatnspice]

Tina - Your hurricane mash has a similar heat as Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat or Beware - As for how it compares to Daves and the like the main difference I found is that you can actually taste the peppers in the hurricane mash and with the extract sauces, the capsacian extract tends to stick around your tastes buds ~ making the experience that much more painful. I put hurricane mash on my eggs and mix extracts in pots of chili

[Tina Brooks]

Tina - Your hurricane mash has a similar heat as Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat or Beware - As for how it compares to Daves and the like the main difference I found is that you can actually taste the peppers in the hurricane mash and with the extract sauces, the capsacian extract tends to stick around your tastes buds ~ making the experience that much more painful. I put hurricane mash on my eggs and mix extracts in pots of chili

It's a standalone in other words... You couldn't or wouldn't just eat an extract alone?

T

[DEFCON Creator]

But why not? Extracts are great as appetite suppressants. You're so busy running around the house with combustibles in your mouth that you burn off calories, and just plain forget to eat.

[Tina Brooks]

But why not? Extracts are great as appetite suppressants. You're so busy running around the house with combustibles in your mouth that you burn off calories, and just plain forget to eat.

Ya know... Some of us (read "I") LIKE eating!

T

[DEFCON Creator]

LOL!

Eating is good, I think it's sleep that's over-rated.

[Tina Brooks]

LOL!

Eating is good, I think it's sleep that's over-rated.

Oh no, no, no, hands off the sleep. Unlike eating which is simply good and necessary, sleep is sacrosanct!

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Sleep? What's that?

Considering the small batch operation we have, we don't get much of it. We actually just did a small show in Maplewood, NJ last weekend, and were up 2-3 days just making sauce. It was worth it though, we completely sold out. Between endorphin rushes from batch tasting and brain freezes from Slurpees, who needs sleep?

[Tina Brooks]

Sleep? What's that?

Considering the small batch operation we have, we don't get much of it. We actually just did a small show in Maplewood, NJ last weekend, and were up 2-3 days just making sauce. It was worth it though, we completely sold out. Between endorphin rushes from batch tasting and brain freezes from Slurpees, who needs sleep?

You sold out???

Either we're making too much product for our shows or I've really gotta get incorporated Stateside so I can do American shows!

[DEFCON Creator]

Nope, we truly 'sold out' of everything. It was approximately 110 bottles of the various heat levels we sell. We cooked up a bunch of wings in a turkey fryer right there, which of course, attracted people (it's a great gimmick, which is another reason I like the smaller, outdoor shows). Needless to say, we were VERY happy.

[Tina Brooks]

Nope, we truly 'sold out' of everything. It was approximately 110 bottles of the various heat levels we sell. We cooked up a bunch of wings in a turkey fryer right there, which of course, attracted people (it's a great gimmick, which is another reason I like the smaller, outdoor shows). Needless to say, we were VERY happy.

Oh... wow, I was expecting a bigger show... That's about the equivalent of our local Finnegan's where we have a booth on Saturday's. Course, I haven't sold out there, yet, either.

We're barbecuing chicken and putting it into pita pockets with spiced mayo, grilled peppers and lettuce. (If we could get a beer license, we'd be laughing). Selling ready to eat food is most definitely a good gimmick. I wouldn't want to do that at a large show though... WAY too much work.

Which reminds me... I want a turkey fryer.

T

[bubbaschili]

i found a realy neat turkey fyer at cabellas its called i think king cooker and dose alot more than just turkeys..i want one when i can get up the money......so in other words ill never get it.

[bubbaschili]

this is the one i want

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/horizontal-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20075&id=0028433516571a&navCount=1&podId=0028433&parentId=cat20122&navAction=push&catalogCode=QS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20122&hasJS=true

[bubbaschili]

the thing i like about this one is the spout on the bottom for oil...id take about 5 or 6 coffee filters and put that over the nozzel and filter my grease when i was gonna store it. and the wider the cooker the more even cooking

[DEFCON Creator]

The Cabela's fryer you listed is nice, but you definitely don't have to spend $120.00. The one I have was purchased at BJ's (like a Costco) for about $40.00. I've had the thing for about 3 years now, and it works just fine. Hell, I haven't even used it for a turkey yet, just literally hundreds of pounds of wings. And it's portable enough for tailgating or picnics. I would suggest trying a less expensive fryer, you may be just as happy. There's a great little trick to making the wings crispy as well. When you put them in the oil, wait about 4-5 minutes, then take the basket out and stab each wing once with a BBQ fork, and throw them back in for another 5-10 mintues.

[DEFCON Creator]

Tina, as for wishing you had a beer license, well, depending on the show or event, there may be a way around that. At a few events I've been to, there are stands which offer funny stuff like "buy a rock for $3 and get a free beer". Granted you have to watch out for underagers, but I've seen it done, and you're not actually 'selling' it.

[Tina Brooks]

Tina, as for wishing you had a beer license, well, depending on the show or event, there may be a way around that. At a few events I've been to, there are stands which offer funny stuff like "buy a rock for $3 and get a free beer". Granted you have to watch out for underagers, but I've seen it done, and you're not actually 'selling' it.

Buy a rock, get a free beer... lol, that would only work in the States. In Canada, you need a license to give away beer.

T.

[DEFCON Creator]

A license to give away beer?!?! OH, THE INHUMANITY OF IT ALL!!! :o

[Tina Brooks]

A license to give away beer?!?! OH, THE INHUMANITY OF IT ALL!!! :o

About the only thing you don't need a license for in Canada is having children.

T

[DEFCON Creator]

Please don't tell me you need a license to throw a party at your house, considering you need a license to give away beers. :::Cringing at the response:::