Special Guests

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Blair Lazar - Blair's Sauces & Snakes - Since 1989, Blair has been creating the Worlds Hottest Products. As a devout Chilihead Death Sauce, has never been a Business but a lifestyle. 

Blair has been featured on:

• FoodTV Unwrapped
• The History Channel
• The Discovery Channel
• The Premier Of QVC Japan
• Rolling Stone Magazine
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Daily News
• The New York Post 
• &  More

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Bill & Barb Milroy - Texas Rib Rangers - Since creating Texas Rib Rangers Products of Texas, Inc. in 1993, The Company, competing as Texas Rib Rangers, has won over 500 major awards & competitions.  

Listed below are a few of the bigger championships won:

• Jack Daniels World BBQ Championship
• Food Distribution Magazine BBQ Championship
• American Royal International BBQ Championship
• National BBQ Association “Awards of Excellence”
• Chile Pepper Magazine “Fiery Food Challenge”
• National BBQ Festivals “Best of the Best”
• Fiery Food Magazine “Low Carb Challenge”
• Rib America Tour “People’s Choice”
• National Barbecue News “2000 Cater of the Year”
• World BBQ Association World Championship
• The Great American BBQ Championship
• Capital City National Ribfest “Best of Show”

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John Dilley - Defcon Sauces - "The Creator" as John from Defcon Sauces likes to be called, started making the sauces over a decade ago exclusively for Superbowl parties.  They are now the Official Wing Sauce of the New Jersey Devils and the exclusive wing sauce supplier to the Prudential Center Arena.  The Defense Condition Sauces have won many Scovie Awards.

Some of Defcons many awards are as follows:

• 37 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS TAKEN SINCE 2006!
• 2009 : 3 GOLDEN CHILE AWARDS A 1ST PLACE SCOVIE AWARD, AND THE HOT PEPPER AWARD
• 2008 : 1ST PLACE AMERICA'S BEST PROFESSIONAL FOOD COMPETITION
• 2007 : GOLDEN CHILE AWARD
• 2006 : 1ST PLACE SCOVIE AWARD

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Chip Hearn - Peppers Inc.  - Chip "The King Of Wings" Hearn has been in the hot sauce business for a few decades now and has even made it into the Guiness Book Of World Records for having the Largest Collection Of Hot Sauces In The World.

As seen, heard, filmed, and tasted on:

• Food Network
• Washington Post
• Versus Tv
• Good Morning America
• Chile Pepper Magizine
• History Channel
• Southern Living
• National BBQ News
• & More

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Johnny McLaughlin - Heartbreaking Dawns - Heartbreaking Dawns is a small hot sauce company that is owned by Johnny Mclaughlin and Nicole Ramsperger based out of the heart of The Hudson Valley in upstate New York. They started creating different taste sensations in the spring of 2008.

Johnny has been featured on:

• Food Networks "Chopped"

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