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Devil's Breath to attend Zestfest!
We have finalized arrangements to attend Zestfest in Ft Worth, Tx Sept 11th - 13th, sponsored by Chile Pepper Magazine. We are also entering the Fiery Food Challenge, and expect to bring home a few Golden Chile Awards. Since this is our first time going head to head with the industry leaders, it should be a fun weekend. We encourage all our fans to come on out and show your support. DBCC comes to the Indy area!
The newest market to carry our products is Bilskie Farms, 2907 W State Route 32 in Westfield, In. This is a great place to go for farm fresh produce, flowers, nursery stock, and now of course, our wonderful flavors. Welcome to the family! Mule Day in Columbia, Tn. We booked this event at the last minute, and we're very happy we did. We had the best time meeting so many wonderful people and mules. :) Special thanks goes out to Twix, a young man who likes the Werewolf so much, he took it upon himself to wander the grounds telling people to come see us. (Be sure to check out his goulash recipe on our recipes page)
Despite the weather thursday, the show was a great success. We would like to extend our gratitude and highest praise to all the staff at the festival, particularly Nancy and Linda, (I still can't tell them apart without name tags). This was one of the most organized and well run events we have ever done, and all of them should be commended. Count on seeing us there again next year! Devil's Breath bucks market trends! Due to new production methods, Devil's Breath Chile Company announces the unprecedented move of increasing the size of our Chile Relish, while at the same time reducing the price. We have increased from 12oz to 16 oz jars, and reduced our price to $5 from $6! At DBCC we are committed to bringing our customers the highest quality products at the best price possible. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal customers for making 2008 such a success. Due to spring floods drowning our partially planted field, we weren't able to make much hot relish, and sold out quickly, which has disappointed a surprising number of people. We have been continually amazed at just how popular our products have become. Even with the lack of hot relish, our second year has once again surpassed all expectations. Despite doubling production, demand has us running to keep up. We are in the process of obtaining a larger field for next season that will allow us to significantly increase production. This, along with a new kitchen facility, will allow us to meet the demand, and to add new products. (For those who have requested we make a salsa, it's on the way, along with a new wing sauce)
Hot Time at Makanda's Vulturefest Always our favorite festival, Vulturefest this year didn't dissapoint. Great food, great music, and a lot of very talented people made it one of our best events of the year. If you ever get the chance to see Makanda, take it! Dave's Garden alone is worth the trip, but this little town has one of the heaviest concentrations of talent we have seen anywhere. Great time at Murphysboro Barbeque Cook-off Despite untimely and lingering rain, we had a great time in Murphysboro last weekend. Great food and good music, (thanks go out to the Party Q Barbeque Team for both, and man the smell! 46 teams all firing up at once can sure make the mouth water! :) We would like to send out a special thanks to Mike Mills and all the wonderful people at 17th Street Grill for going out of their way to make us comfortable and welcome. Count on seeing us there again next year! 3 more stores join the Devil's Breath family We have added stores in Marion, Herrin and Tamaroa, Il. To the growing list of locations to find our products locally. You can now find us at Sav A Lot Grocery, 1120 N. Carbon St in Marion, Thornton's Market, 306 E Stotlar St in Herrin, and at Pestka's Home Grocery, 210 E. Main in Tamaroa. We would like to welcome them all by asking all our loyal customers to stop in and show your support for your local markets. Devil's Breath Chile Company comes to Evansville, In. , Carmi, and Mt Vernon, IL.!!! Devil's Breath products can now be found in Evansville, Indiana at River City Food Co-op, at 116 Washington Av. For everyone we met at the Vanderberg County 4H Fair, the wait is over! Head down to visit Christine and the gang, and help support your local markets. We have also added Little Giant Grocery at 1347 Il. Hwy 1 in Carmi, Il, and Sharp's Foods at 1500 Salem Rd. in Mt Vernon, Il. to the growing list of local markets where our customers can find our products. And the news keeps getting better. Our HOT SAUCE is back in stock!! Due to flooding in the spring we planted late and had to wait longer than usual for the peppers to mature, but they are finally producing and we made our fist batch of the season this week. Get it while it's hot! Werewolf Steak Sauce debut a howling success!! Devil Breath Chile Company's newest product, Werewolf Steak Sauce, was introduced to the public for the first time May 4th at Spring Fest in Makanda, Il and was a huge success. With an incredible smoky flavor and lingering heat this product is great not just for steaks, but burgers, beef or pork sandwiches, and even makes a great marinade for salmon, chicken, and according to the vegans we met, tofu as well. We would like to extend our thanks to Phil Beck and all the very talented residents of Makanda. They never fail to make us feel welcome, and there's nothing better than enjoying good music in Dave's Garden. Look for us at Vulture Fest in the fall. Devil's Breath Chile Company was founded by Bill Barker, a lifelong chilehead. For 15 years Bill has grown many varieties of peppers, a few plants at a time in his home garden, looking for the best flavor and burn. All that time he worked to develop recipes that would fill the gap left by hot sauces that weren't much more than hot vinegar, and relishes that left his taste buds flat. After finding just the right blend, Bill shared his creations with friends and fellow chileheads, receiving universal praise, and a demand for more, please more! Bill could have followed the crowd and ordered mash and peppers from produce wholesalers, but decided to keep everything natural and organic by growing everything himself. He planted 3000 peppers, using no chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. Working a field that size by hand is no easy task, but as half the peppers Bill uses in his recipes are not commercially available, it was the only way he could make his products. He also doesn't use any preservatives or artificial colors in his products. Every jar and bottle is guaranteed to be 100% organic and natural, (that's completely organic, not government organic) :) Thanks for stopping by! |
