Deano's Jalapenos Win's 2nd & 3rd Place at ZestFest

Deano’s Jalapenos took home 2nd and 3rd places at the 2011 ZestFest ‘Fiery Food Challenge’. The Vermont based company’s newest flavor, Deano’s Jalapeno Ranch Chip, took third place honors in the ‘Snack: Salty Snack - Consumer Ready’ category while the already award winning flavor that started it all, Deano’s Jalapeno Cheddar Chips, earned second place honors in the ‘Snack: Specialty - Consumer Ready’ category.

Hosted by Chile Pepper magazine, the experts on all things hot and spicy, ZestFest is one of the largest events in the country that showcases the zestiest products on the market. From ‘mom & pop’ brands to industry leaders, ZestFest provides an
opportunity for companies to put their wares in front of not only the consumer, but also those in the industry, including retail buyers and restaurants.

Deano's Jalapenos 2011 Scovie Award Winner

World’s Most Competitive Fiery Foods Contest Announces 2011 Scovie Award Winners

 

Deano's Jalapenos honored in hot and spicy showdown

 

For Immediate Release – October 20, 2010

 

Contact:

Tom Garrity, The Garrity Group (505) 898-8689
Julianne Horn, The Garrity Group (505) 898-8689

 

Stowe Vermont – The 2011 Scovie Awards honored Deano's Jalapenos with a 3rd Place in the Snacks,Unique category . Deano's Jalapenos won for their Jalapeno Ranch Chips.

 

Deano's Jalapenos is located in Stowe, VTand products can be purchased online at www.deanosjalapenos.com and at select locations. They offer both their Original Cheddar flavor chips, which won a 1st place Scovie Award in 2010 and the new Ranch flavor,.

 

More than 600 products from around the world competed this year for top Scovie honors. The Scovie Awards typically honors one product with an overall grand prize award. Barhyte Specialty Foods’ Saucy Mama Creamy Horseradish and Poco Dolce’s Super Chile Toffee Squares were separated by less than a thousandth of a point, leading to the first two-way tie in Scovie Award history. The top award in advertising and marketing went to Crazy Uncle Jester’s for their product logo and labeling.

 

Dave DeWitt, the “Pope of Peppers,” is still impressed after all these years. DeWitt states, “This year I was blown away by all of the great submissions. Some are out of this world and the new ideas and flavors never cease to amaze me. The competition gets better and better each year.”

 

The Scovie Award winners can be seen and tasted at the 2011 Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show March 4-6, 2011 at Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For more information please visit: www.fiery-foods.com.

 

About

The Scovie Awards is an annual competition created by Dave DeWitt that recognizes the top fiery foods products in the world. It is one of the most competitive blind tasted food competitions. Hundreds products are entered and go through rigorous tastings to receive the top honors. The Scovie Awards take place annually in the month of October.

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Deano's Jalapenos 2010 'Weekend of Fire' Winner

Deano's Jalapeno took home the prize of Best 'Hot Specialty' at the annual Weekend of Fire hosted at Jungle Jims.

ABOUT THE SHOW

 

The Largest Fiery Foods Show in the Midwest!

 

For one weekend each summer, Greater Cincinnati will be the center of the hot sauce universe. Those of you who live in Southwestern Ohio, Northern Kentucky, or Southeastern Indiana, you probably have heard of Jungle Jim's International Market. With the addition of an event center, it was only a matter of time before a Fiery Foods Show would become an annual event at the Jungle.

 

The "Weekend of Fire" show is a complete consumer oriented show and those people who love hot sauce will have a big reason to visit Jungle Jim's. The store's hot sauce and other extremely spicy grub selection is second to none with over 1400 different hot sauce selections alone. Hot sauce fan blog sites and messageboards were abuzz about the event last year, listing hotel and other travel information.

 

This year (2010 we are planning something bigger, hotter, and even more fun. Prepare yourself for up to 75 booths of hot sauces, barbecue sauces, salsas, marinades, mustards, jerky’s, peppers and more from the all 'cross the USA. The annual event is held inside The Oscar Event Center, located adjacent to the Jungle Jim's six and a half acre megastore in Fairfield, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati.

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Deano's Jalapenos 2010 Scovie Award Winner

2010 SCOVIE AWARDS RECOGNIZES DEANO'S JALAPENOS FOR PRODUCT EXCELLENCE

(November 19, 2009)  When the results of the 2010 Scovie Awards, the world's leading recognition for hot and spicy products, were announced, Doehne Duckworth of Ranch Camp Chip Company was excited to get the call from the competition organizers. This is the first Scovie Award win for the Stowe-based company, which manufactures

Deano’s Jalapenos Jalapeno Chips. In the industry's most rigorous blind tastings, a panel of the country's top culinary experts sampled hundreds of the world's most lauded gourmet foods, and the top scoring products each won a coveted Scovie banner. 

Deano's Jalapeno Chips, cheddar flavor, took first place in the 'Unique Snack Food' category.  Over 600 products from around the world competed for top honors.  The Scovie Awards were created by Dave DeWitt, the nation's leading author on fiery cuisine and founder of the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show. The awards are named for Wilbur Scoville who pioneered a rating scale for spicy foods.  The Scovie Awards have become the industry standard for excellence in more than 60 categories of fiery foods.

"This year's entrants really represented the cream of the crop in fiery foods products," notes Dave DeWitt, dubbed by The New York Times as the "Pope of Peppers."   "Our 2010 winners represent some of the largest companies in the industry, such as Pace Foods, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Garden Fresh Salsa, as well as start-up companies just getting off the ground.  The common factor is their commitment to excellence and the real quality of the products they produce."

DeWitt was also pleased with the geographic diversity of the winners.  "This year, our winners represent companies from 32 different states and countries and provinces as diverse as Panama, Australia, Japan, Antigua and Canada," lauds DeWitt.  "Scovie winners truly exemplify the diversity and quality of this industry."

The Grand Prize winner was Pleasant Valley Kitchen Company in the tasting division with their habanero hot sauce entry, Sugar & Spice Sweet Sauce.  The top award in Advertising and Marketing went to Toluca Gourmet, a first-time Scovie entrant.

Many of the Scovie award winning products, as well as thousands of other products, will be available to both trade buyers and consumers at the 22st Annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, March 5-7, 2010 in Albuquerque, NM.  For information on exhibiting in the National Fiery Foods Show, call 505-873-8680, or visit www.fiery-foods.com.

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Published: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:36 PM EST

A small but spicy snack made in Stowe won big honors at the 2010 Scovie Awards, a worldwide contest for hot and spicy products. Ranked No. 1 for "most unique" spicy snack food of the year are the jalapeno chips made by Deano's Jalapenos. Deano's competed against more than 600 other products for top honors. In blind tastings, a panel of the country's top culinary experts sampled hundreds of gourmet foods in selecting the Scovie winners. Deano's Jalapeno chips involve no potatoes; rather, they're made from fresh jalapeno pepers that are sliced paper-thin, deep fried to a spicy crisp, and given a dusting of sharp cheddar. The chips, which debuted last May, are the brainchild of Cactus Cafe owner Doehne "Deano" Duckworth. He noticed that jalapeno-flavored potato chips were becoming more popular, and thought: Why not skip the potato part and make chips out the jalapenos themselves? He used the Cactus Café as a tasting ground, with many customers acting as testers and food critics as he worked on the recipe. "We never expected to win an award of this caliber just nine months after going to market," Duckworth said. Duckworth and his chips will be in Albuquerque, N.M., in March for the 22nd annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, organized by the same people who sponsor the Scovie Awards. Deano's Jalapenos are handmade in small batches at the Cactus Café, and are sold in 2.5-ounce bags at Stowe Beverage, Harvest Market, Alpine Mart, Edelweiss Mountain Deli, JK Adams, Cactus Café, and online at deanosjalapenos.com. They are distributed through Vermont Roots and Capital Candy.

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