Muy Caliente
Thank you!
Fri., Sept. 1, 1995
Sunday, August 27 at the Travis County Farmers' Market. If that figure sounds staggering, consider these hot numbers: 322 sauces were entered in all; 202 individuals submitted entries; 60 commercial sauces vied for the top spot; 60 restaurants served up their sauces; and 45 kegs of beer were consumed!
Besides the myriad of salsa variations - fruity, chunky, smoky, spicy, sweet, smooth, peppery, garlicky - the crowd twirled and two-stepped to music from Los Pinkys and Don Walser's Pure Texas Band. Even the ABC Prime Time crew, who were there to cover the phenomenal Don Walser, were bowled over by the event.
To the winners, returning champs, and past hot sauce hopefuls: Congratulations! Maybe we can get hot sauce recognized as the official Taste of Texas! It just wouldn't have been the same without help from:
John Burnett, Robert Bryce, Marion Winik, Jim Shahin, Carlos and Jerry,
107.1 KGSR, Shiner Bock, Capitol Beverage, Guiltless Gourmet, Brian Beck, Luke
Zimmerman, Don Walser's Pure Texas Band, Los Pinkys, Mack Lee of Barnes &
Noble, Renaissance Glass, Sharon Zeugin, Chris, and Vreeland Graphics.
And the winners are...
(If present, finalists are listed in order)
COMMERCIAL BOTTLERS CATEGORY
Red Sauce1st K&C Hot Sauce
2nd Texas Food Research
3rd Rio Diablo Hot Sauce
Finalists: Ronna Jean's Recipes (Richardson); Sgt. Pepper's; Timpone's Rose's Salsas; Don Pablo's Chile Sauce Co. (Houston); Mi Papacito's International (Fort Worth); Apex Foods
Green Sauce
1st Uno Mas Salsa Co.
2nd Sgt. Pepper's
3rd Rio Diablo Hot Sauce
Finalists: Old Southwest Food Co. (Houston); Hots for You; Mi Papacito's International (Fort Worth); Austin Grand Prize; Timpone's Rose's Salsa; Garlic Survival Co. (San Francisco, CA); Rick's Gourmet Foods; El's Fire Sauce (St. Petersburg, FL)
Special Variety
1st Gustavo Cuellar
2nd Divine Culinary
3rd Two Women Cooking
Finalists: Tso Hin Kee Black Bean Chile Sauce (Henrietta, NY); Buzz's Salsa (Round Rock); Miss Anna's Hot Sauce (St. Croix, VI); Stonewall Chile Pepper Co. (Stonewall); Bill Burns; Mountain Man Hot Sauce (Eddyville, NY); Hutton House Salsa (Rock Hill, SC); Stonewall Chile Pepper Co. (Stonewall); Cypress Valley Gardens (Wimberley); Sgt. Pepper's; Timpone's Rose's Salsa; Aztexan Pepper Co.; Texas Food Research; Ayla's Organics Azteca Garlic Salsa (Petaluma, CA); Uno Mas Salsa Co.; Lottie's True Bajan Premium Hot Pepper Sauce (The Woodlands); Texas Gourmet
RESTAURANTS
Red Sauce1st Trudy's
2nd Jardin Corona
3rd Hank's Roadhouse Cafe
Finalists: Grins Restaurant (San Marcos)
Green Sauce
1st Trudy's
2nd Hank's Roadhouse Cafe
3rd Trudy's
Special Variety
1st Hank's Roadhouse Cafe
2nd Hank's Roadhouse Cafe
3rd Yaga's Tropical Cafe (Galveston)
Finalists: Central Market Cafe; ZuZu;
Star Bar
INDIVIDUALS
Red Sauce1st Randy Wilkowich (Pflugerville)
2nd John Randall
3rd Pete Gaitan
Finalists: Eric Tovar; Lori Adams; Jimmy Williams; Mark Wiebelhaus (Moody);
Ruperto Reyes, Sr. (Manor); Cynthia Karkoska (Taylor); Danny Benzer;
Scott
Stueve (Smithville)
Green Sauce
1st Bella Elena Grosik
2nd Randy Wilkowich
3rd Jim Walsh
Special Variety
1st Barry McAtee
2nd Gary Smith, (Houston)
3rd Michael Walters
(Galveston)
Finalists: Robert Davis (Houston); Omar Cortina; John Welsh; Cynthia Fetchko; Jack Jones; Sharon Campobello; Tom Blanton; Jonathan Andrew Scott (Bermuda) n
