Lenny Awards – Best Spicy Products of 2016
Welcome to the 7th Annual Lenny Awards for the best new spicy products. Some of these awards are for the best products our review teams encountered and gave the highest ratings for. Most of them are from my encounters from fiery food events, purchased online or perhaps found along the way in many journeys to and fro. The Lenny Award is named after my Father who died of Cancer on this very day back in 2010. Rather than mourn his death, I am here to celebrate his life and how he would help total strangers in need just because he could. I am trying to do the same with the Lenny Award by giving something from my heart to an industry and community that I love. The Lenny is given to my favorite new products and there is no other factor involved in my choice. I don’t get a chance to try everything in due time, so some of these products might be older than 2016 when I first got a chance to try them. I have listed the names of the companies below the video that either received a Lenny Award or got an honorable mention. If you do not want to view that spoiler list, go watch the video and enjoy the moment there.
The Lenny Awards have not been purchased yet, as I will need some of the addresses of the companies I will not see at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo come April. Those companies that attend that great event will have them presented by me in person. Those that do not, will get them mailed directly to whatever address you provide me with. The video is long as I ramble a lot and I try to give each product I mention their due. The addresses below are there for a reason. I hope you will give some thought into purchasing a few of these winners. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Besides, it is the holiday season and some of these fine artisan products might still be on sale.
Thank you for your time and congratulations to all the fiery product makers for making such flavorful and delicious food enhancements.
Balsamic Hot Sauce Email am**************@gm***.com Phone: 520-887-3339 Cell: 520-551-9428 Website: https://balsamichotsauce.com Born to Hula 6 Locust Street Highlands, NJ 07732 Email: es******@ao*.com Website: www.borntohula.com Captain Mowatt's 64 Eastern Promenade Portland, ME 04101 Phone: (207) 773-8047 Email: Da*@Ea********.com Website: http://captainmowatts.com Char Man Brand PO Box 5256 Ventura, CA 93005 Email: CH**********@GM***.COM Website: http://www.charmanbrand.com Chef Dean Martin Box 882808 Steamboat Springs Co 80488 Phone: 970-879-9288 Email: bb******@co*****.net ***Not an easy sauce to purchase, but well worth the effort Crazy Bastard Sauce Weserstr. 168 12045 Berlin Germany Phone: (0049) 30 92287098 Email: ma**@cr*********.com or cr***************@gm***.com Website: http://www.crazybsauce.com Culley’s PO Box 18333 Glen Innes, Auckland 1743 New Zealand Email: ch***@cu*****.nz Website: www.culleys.co.nz Double Take Salsa Co. Minneapolis, MN Phone: 612-578-3331 Email: in**@do*************.com Website: http://www.doubletakesalsa.com Dragon Blood Elixir 292 Church St Putnam, Connecticut Email: Do**@dr****************.com Website: http://dragonsbloodelixir.com Elijah's Xtreme Gourmet Sauces Email: br*********@el***********.com Website: http://www.elijahsxtreme.com Fat Cat Gourmet Foods, LLC P.O. Box 621526 Orlando, FL 32862 Phone: (407)-927-1771 Email: ey**@fa*********.com Website: www.fatcatfoods.com Formosa Hot Sauce 111 N. Market Street Suite 460A San Jose, CA 95113 Phone: 408-297-3300 Email: in**@fo**********.com Website: http://www.formosasauce.com
Hell's Kitchen Hot Sauce 736 10th Ave. # 3N New York NY 10019 us Phone: (917) 204-0968 Email: in**@he******************.com Website: http://www.hellskitchenhotsauce.com HI Spice 808 S Kihei Rd Kihei, Hawaii Phone: (808) 205-7375 Email: in**@hi*****.com Website: http://hispice.com
Howling Dog Hot Sauce Crooked Creek Ranch RR 5 Box 315 Marble Hill, MO 63764 Email: cr****************@ya***.com Phone: (573)238-2104 or (573) 579-0751 Website: http://crookedcreekranch1.com/sauce.html Jersey Barnfire Hot Sauce PMB #116270 Sparta Ave, Suite 104 Sparta, NJ 07871 Email: je************@gm***.com Website: www.jerseybarnfire.com Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks 4094 Anson Dr. Hilliard, OH 43026 (614) 440-0780 Email: ka***@ka*************.com Website: http://www.katiesbeefjerky.com/ Lucky Dog Hot Sauce Phone: (510) 861-9625 Email: lu**************@gm***.com Website: www.luckydoghotsauce.com Meow! That's Hot. c/o 350 Flora St Ottawa, ON K1R 5S3 Email: co*****@me**********.ca Website: http://meowthatshot.ca Palo Alto Firefighters Pepper Sauce Phone: 925-628-6814 Email: er**@pa******************.com Email: le*@pa******************.com Website: http://www.paloaltofirefighters.com
Sam & Oliver, LLC 8 Inlet Dr Guilford, CT Phone: (484)-682-5268 Email: Je**@Ma*******.com Website: http://www.samandoliver.com Samfuego Foods Phone: 425-443-9782 Email: Sa***********@gm***.com Website: http://www.samfuegofoods.com Sweet Heat Gourmet 1919 Fairwood Lane State College, PA 16803 Phone: 814-441-0383 Website: http://www.sweetheatgourmet.com Volcanic Peppers 601 N Fort Crook Rd Bellevue, Nebraska 68005 Email: su*****@vo*************.com Website: www.volcanicpeppers.com
