Volunteers Needed – KCBS Extreme Makeover BBQ Throwdown

Lois Manno — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:10:57 +0100

The Kansas City Barbeque Society has teamed up with TV’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as it pulls into East Central Kansas to build a new home for a worthy family.

The fundraiser will take place on Aug. 4, a couple of days before the home “reveal.” Read more about how you can help with this great project on th...

Ghost Pepper Challenges

Lois Manno — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:26:04 +0100

Before you enter a Ghost Pepper food challenge, bear in mind: the heat doesn’t stop with your mouth or your last bite. Almost two weeks ago, a guy in Hermosa Beach, California found that out the hard way when he took the Habanero Sam’s Burrito Challenge at Amigos Tacos.

It May Be the World's Largest, but Where's the Green Chile?

Lois Manno — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:49:34 +0100

Over the July 4th weekend, a new world's record for the biggest burger was set, featuring 777 pounds of beefy fun. We congratulate the folks at Juicy’s for the record, with one caveat: while it may have passed muster (or mustard!) by California standard...

BBQ Mags Very Popular in Germany

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:24:02 +0100

From Harald Zoschke in Kressbronn, Germany.

Here in Germany, grilling & barbecue is getting more popular than ever, as evidenced at the newsstand. German BBQ fans can enjoy two dedicated magazines, as well as a whole bunc...

Grill and Bar Accessories You Can't Do Without!

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 28 May 2011 14:57:53 +0100

Breast Bar

Dave's Chile Podcasts To Begin

Dave DeWitt — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:25:33 +0100

Sunbelt Shows, Inc., owner of the Fiery Foods & Barbecue SuperSite, has announced the launch of Dave DeWitt's Chile Podcasts, a weekly audio show that features interviews with the top leaders and characters in the fiery foods and barbecue industr...

New Issue of Burn! Available

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:44:48 +0100

Hey all you lovers of peppers, smoke, and sauce, the new issue of Burn! Magazine is on the virtual newsstand and ready for reading.

I hope you’ll enjoy the newest issue. It’s chock full of great information like a how-to fo...

Fiery Foods Show is a Huge Success!

Dave DeWitt — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:20:14 +0100

Our 23rd annual show was jammed with people and happy exhibitors. We will release attendance figures as soon as we get the final count from Ticketmaster, but all ini...

LIVE from the Fiery Foods Show!

Kelli Bergthold — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 16:07:54 +0100

Hot spot EatMoreHeat.com is using the wave of the future to broadcast the Fiery Foods Show LIVE! Check out their Stickam live broadcast of the show floor, and tune in for interviews with exhibitors, their products, and other special guests. The show starts this morning at 10 AM with Pope of Peppers Dave DeWitt – do...

Fiery Foods & BBQ Show Set to Open Friday

Dave DeWitt — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:25:07 +0100

The 23rd annual show, beloved by foodies in the Southwest and elsewhere, takes place at the lovely Sandia Resort and Casino at the Tramway exit of I-25 north of Albuquerque. For the fifth year in a row, the show is sold out of exhibitor space.&nb...

New TV Commercial for the Fiery Foods Show

Dave DeWitt — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:01:05 +0100

We just finished producing the new TV commercial for the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show. It's the first high def spot we've ever done for the show, and so we did a little Monty Python animation for it. Written by Wayne Scheiner, voiced by Wayne and me. The animation was done at :30 Second Street in Albuquerque.

Fiery Foods Show Sold Out of Exhibitor Space!

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:35:44 +0100

For the fifth year in a row, the 23rd annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show is sold out of exhibitor space! Thanks to all of our loyal customers and the new exhibitors as well. Join us March 4-6 for the show at Sandia Resort ...

Dave DeWitt on Martha Stewart Pt. 2

Jackson Ortega-Scheiner — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:11:47 +0100

After my appearance with Martha and discussing chiles, she brought all the guests back on camera to taste the largest prawns I've ever seen, and a spicy pasta. We had a blast.

Where You Should Stay for the Show

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:36:31 +0100

Sandia Resort and Casino is the ideal location for an event like the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show. It simply has everything you could want away from home. A spectacular location at the foot of the 10,600 foot-high Sandia Mountains, plus a great vie...

The Digital Cookbook Revolution

Kelli Bergthold — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:03:22 +0100

Can’t decide what to make for dinner tonight? Having trouble with your pizza dough technique? Gone are the days of rifling through a library of cookbooks to find the best tiramisu recipe or the perfectly sized meal for a party of one. The next generation of food documentation is here, and it’s stream...

Pepper Thieves

Kelli Bergthold — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:17:09 +0100

From the pepper bandits who made off with more than 26,000 pounds of red peppers in Adra, Spain, to the pepper thief who stole 128 pounds of sweet peppers – valued at $20,000 – from a farm in California, chile peppers are definitely a hot commodity on the black market. But it’s not just humans w...

2011 Brings Media Expansion for Us

Dave DeWitt — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:43:09 +0100

Here at Sunbelt Shows, the SuperSite's parent company, we are really looking forward to the coming year because of the new media projects we're launching—a digital magazine and a book publishing division. We owe it all to technological advancements that now make...

DIY Altoids BBQ Grill

Kelli Bergthold — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:26:31 +0100

Mini BBQ from Instructables

You don’t have to be a kid to appreciate something as cool as a BBQ grill made out of an Altoids container. The model pictured is just one of many DIY designs that have been featured all over the Web. This grill is made using an Altoids Sours tin, some sheet metal screws, metal nuts, and a couple of...

Restaurant Review: Break an Egg, Las Cruces

Dave DeWitt — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:29:56 +0100

At this fairly new restaurant, the idea and decor are better than the food. But what a great idea! The name is a pun on that stage encouragement, "Break a leg," so the restaurant (breakfast and lunch only) has a movie theme. Film...

New DD Books Published

Dave DeWitt — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:50:59 +0100

I'm pleased to announce the publication of two new books of mine. The first, 1001 Best Hot & Spicy Recipes, is a compilation assembled from my rather large recipe archives. I went through them and selected what I considered to be the best and most represent...

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