We recorded on-location from the first annual Philadelphia Hot Sauce Festival! 

00:00:00 - Welcome and initial fest observations. Hot Sauce Judge Nick takes the 5th mic.

00:10:28 - Philly Hot Sauce Fest Award Ceremony.

00:15:51 - Ceremony recap, our favorite sauces so far.  Going to fast food places as a kid. Do Wawa’s suck now? Random facts about Hot Sauce.

00:37:09 - PJ’s friend Ed stops by to crack us up.

00:54:13 - Marshmallows from Hell contest coverage. Each marshmallow contains up to 5 drops of heat at 1.6 mil Scoville per drop!?! 

1:13:24 - Award Winner Ron Menin of Hell’s Kitchen Hot sauce talks to us about the creative process behind his award-winning sauces, and his unique history with voice over work and the broadway stage. 

1:37:45 - Powerlifter ‘Tiny’ (@Tiny777) takes 100% pure scorpion pepper capsaicin extract and smelling salts at the same time - and we laugh at him. 

1:43:46 - John from Whitehouse Station Sauce Co. takes the 5th mic. Then, ’Hot Sauce King’ Anthony Merenda sits with us and talks “heated” competitive eating strategies, his insane heat tolerance, and what extreme capsaicin heat does to the body.  

2:12:55 - Hot Wing Challenge: Eat 8 of the hottest wings Defcon Hot Sauce Co. offers, clean to the bone, in just 4 minutes!  Then they stay on stage to enjoy(?) the burn. 

2:22:13 - Patrick of Hank’s Hot Sauce takes the 5th mic. 

2:30:27 - Lorne Grahm from Hot Grahm Sauce Co. We discover how his love of classical music played a major role in his influence as a hot sauce ‘maestro’.   

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