There are only ten days until the Scovie Deadline. The Scovie Awards Competition is the oldest and largest contest for the fiery foods and barbecue industries.
Interview: World Food Championships CEO Mike McCloud
The World Food Championships are still young in the culinary world but they’re well on their way to becoming a major institution. CEO Mike McCloud helms this ever growing ship. You’ll see him at qualifiers throughout the year as well as the main events in Kissimmee, Florida this November. He’s always down to talk about the WFC, where it’s been, is, and is going so I pinned him down for an interview on the food machine he and the team at MMA Creative put into motion.
Burn! Tested: Chehalem Ridge Pineapple Salsa
Hu-La-La Tropical Fruit Salsa from Chehalem Ridge Brands is the good kind of fiery fruit: pineappple, mango, and garlic getting down with the sting of jalapeno, habanero, and serrano fire.
Interview: WFC Competitor and Judge Kelly Lucas Shippey
Each year, BULL Grills runs its Burger Battle competitions around the country. The events are a series of qualifiers for the World Food Championships in November. Kelly Lucas Shippey not only won last year’s BULL Grills San Diego Burger Battle, she judged this year’s event. That makes her a double threat for anyone looking for tips on what to expect. Here’s what she had to say when we picked her noggin.
Recipe: Spicy Teriyaki Candied Bacon Burger
I’ve been jonesing a good teriyaki burger for a few weeks and looking for a chance to tweak the teriyaki pineapple marinade in Flavorize. This was a win-win. The easy route would have been to just mix up the sauce, marinate the ground chuck, and slap it all together. It would also be, well, normal.
Final Deadline in 2+ Weeks; Scovie Winners #5
“As a small producer, we love the feedback from live events. To see the faces – to hear the genuine appreciation for the product that we hand craft. But to get the Scove Grand Prize is a level of positive affirmation we could never have imagined. And then doubling down was just unimaginable. I recall the week before the 2014 Scovies were announced, getting somewhat nostalgic for the over-the-top thrill of getting that call, that we had won the Grand Prize. We were in denial when we got that second call!” –Steve Monteith, Lusty Monk Mustard
Scovie Awards Deadline Approaches
Hello, Fiery Foods & Barbecue Lovers. The final deadline to get your product in for the Scovie Awards is September 4th. As many of your already know, winning a Scovie is more than a trophy for your mantle.
