Want to SPICE up your menu without impacting your food cost? Adding spicy options without changing your menu is not as hard as you would think. As the popularity of spicy continues to accelerate not only here in the US, but is becoming a global phenomenon, many restauranters struggle with t [..]
How to set up a proper Wall of Flame Let’s start with what exactly is a Wall of Flame? The concept is fairly simple, it’s a wide assortment of different hot sauces varying in heat levels and manufacturer options located in one central location, or shelf unit that a restaurant, c [..]
Half Moon Bay Trading Company Story Half Moon Bay Trading Co. was officially founded in 1992 in Atlantic Beach, Florida by Tom Nuijens. Tom’s background was in advertising but was an avid surfer and would make countless trips to Costa Rica on surfing excursions. In 1978 Tom began developmen [..]
Captain Thom’s Chili Pepper Company Captain Thom's Chili Pepper Company is a brand of spicy creations and hot sauces that was created by Captain Thom Edwards who started making his own hot sauce in the early 1990s. Captain Thom was a self-proclaimed hot sauce fanatic who had a passion for [..]
Many small restaurants struggle on a daily basis to make money and turn a profit, whether it’s local competition, surrounded by the big national chains or just costing out their dishes properly. Restaurants are after all a business and like any business, profitability is key to their overall [..]
CaJohns Fiery Foods Story Founded in 1996 by John “CaJohn” Hard in the Columbus, Ohio area, CaJohns Fiery Foods became synonymous for innovative and flavorful spicy products. In its 27 years CaJohns has been a groundbreaker and leader in the industry, it stands alone as the mo [..]
Heartbreaking Dawn’s Artisan Foods, LLC. In 2009 Johnny McLaughlin, started his sauce and seasoning company with his wife Nicole, Heartbreaking Dawn’s. He named the company after a poem, “Winters Lament”, from his favorite French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Like ma [..]
Hot Sauce Fun Fact - So you want to be a YouTube Star? Are you up to this challenge? We wouldn't condone it... A YouTube star thought it wise to make a video of himself bathing in a tub full of hot sauce. Cemre Candar, who loves to 'share his imagination' (that's what his bio says), ha [..]
Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Wilbur Scoville The Man, The Myth, The Legend.... The Game? People have known about the tongue-burning, tear-inducing qualities of peppers long before Columbus reached the Americas. Before Wilbur Scoville, however, no one knew how to measure a pepper's “heat&rdq [..]
Hot Sauce Fun Fact - Why you sweating me? When hot sauce is consumed, a common reaction by the body is to sweat, particularly on the forehead. The scientific term for this reaction is gustatory perspiration. Gustatory sweating is sweating that occurs on the forehead, scalp, neck, and upper [..]
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