The Weekend of Fire is a wild weekend filled with fun, food and contests. Over 55 vendors and over 350 samples will be waiting for you in the Fiery Food Expo! There will be vendors coming from all over the country ready to sample their wares. They’ll have hot sauces that range from mild to wild, including some of the hottest hot sauces you have ever tried. Not only are the sauces wild, but wait until you see the people, costumes and booths! The hot sauce community is outrageous, bodacious and contagious!
BBQ Alley is the place to relieve those hunger pains during the Weekend of Fire! After you've gone through the Fiery Food Expo and watched a few contests in the Arena of Fire, take the monorail to BBQ Alley. This is the place we've designated for lunch, dinner or snacks during the show. We have lots of vendors selling ribs, wings, Hawaiian shaved ice, and even funnel cakes, deep fried oreos and deep fried twinkies. We're even breaking out a new vendor who will be making deep fried coneys. Hot dogs with all the fixin's rolled in a tortilla and deep fried. How can you beat that?
Along with hot sauce vendors, we’ll have representatives from many other companies: BBQ sauces, salsas, rubs, mustards, spices and even ice cream. Last year we had hot chips and hot ice cream sauces as well. We never know from year to year what new products vendors will bring, but we do know they are ready to sell you your favorites!
You can purchase your favorite products right from the manufacturers! Each booth will have plenty of product on hand so sample all you please and be sure to take some home for later.
The Arena of Fire will be handling some wild contests including eating hot crackers, hot lollipops and hot ice cream with hot toppings and even more. Contests will be held at the top of the hour throughout the event. Make sure you get a seat on the bleachers so you can watch the contests in style!
Then comes Saturday night! The lights are dimmed in anticipation. The crowd excitedly waits for the contestants as they hesitantly gather. Then a creature arrives; half man, half alien. The Defcon Death Match is ready to begin as John Dilley, owner of Defcon Sauces begins the contest. This is the biggest, hottest hot wing contest we’ve seen - and the trophy is just as big!
Vendors will compete for the coveted WOFi Awards. The WOFi’s are voted on by people attending the show, and all vendors want to be the people’s favorite. This year, the people will again vote on their favorite Hot Sauce, BBQ Sauce, Salsa and Hot Specialty products. Everyone attending the show gets a ballot upon entering. Then all you need to do is taste the samples provided by the vendors and vote for your favorites. Trophies are presented Sunday before the show ends in front of the crowds of adoring chiliheads.
The Bloggers are here! The hot sauce community includes an important group of Bloggers. This integral communication element will once again complement us with their expertise and choose two important awards, The Bloggers’ Best and Bloggers’ Favorite New Item. The Blogger community will have a show booth and will be broadcasting from the show floor, so look for them and stop by to say hi. Feel free to ask questions there about anything ‘heat’ related, they have a wealth of information.
Jungle Jim's International Market's Weekend of Fire
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