The Firecast with Scott Roberts Hot Sauce and BBQ Podcast

By Scott Roberts - Hot Sauce & BBQ Reviewer | Podcaster

What's The Firecast with Scott Roberts Hot Sauce and BBQ Podcast about?

The podcast featuring hot sauce and barbeque reviewer Scott Roberts that covers all things BBQ, grilling, hot sauce, chile peppers, salsa, buffalo wings, chili con carne, fiery foods and all other spicy stuff! Subscribe to the podcast, and savor the burn!

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The Firecast with Scott Roberts Hot Sauce and BBQ Podcast episodes:

10.28.2015
Ed Currie of the Pucker Butt Pepper Company Interview, Plus American Hot Sauce Genres
Smokin' Ed Currie of Pucker Butt Pepper Company chats with Scott about how he started growing chile peppers, the current Guinness World Record hottest chile Carolina Reaper pepper, and what is in store for the future. Ken and Scott also...
10.21.2015
Scott Roberts' Appearance on the Digital Dads Podcast
The Digital Dads Podcast recently had Scott on as a guest to talk about chile peppers, BBQ, hot sauce and being a chilehead in general.
10.07.2015
Starting a Hot Sauce Club, Plus the Health Benefits of Chile Peppers
Scott guides you step by step on how to form a local hot sauce club. Ken Alexander and Scott discuss the health benefits of chile peppers, capsaicin and hot sauce. Boston Ballastic Hot Sauce is reviewed.
09.26.2015
Scott Roberts' Appearance on the Budweiser Big BBQ Radio Show
This is Scott's recent interview appearance on the Budweiser Big BBQ Radio Show on KTRS in St. Louis with hosts Frank Schmer and Kevin Haberberger. The smokin' discussion touches on barbecue, chile peppers, hot sauce and more!
09.18.2015
Jersey Barnfire Hot Sauce Interview
Austin D'Almeida and John Sauchelli of Jersey Barnfire Hot Sauce join Scott on the Skype chatline and describe their unique approach to make flavorful sauces. Ken Alexander takes a turn to review some spicy products, and Scott covers Elijah's...
07.09.2015
Scotty O'Hotty Hot Sauces' Scotty and Suzi Owens
Detroit pepper sauce makers Scotty and Suzi Owens of Scotty O'Hotty Hot Sauce join Scott for a chat about their rising new fiery foods company. Also, show sponsor Dan Arnold of Sucklebusters returns to tell Scott about several of his...
05.19.2015
Dr. BBQ Ray Lampe Returns to Chat Barbecue
Ray Lampe, AKA Dr. BBQ, returns once again to The Firecast to chat about his new book, Flavorize, to talk about the BBQ Hall of Fame, if Guy Fieri is a true barbecue influence, and his barbecue video courses. Ken...
05.09.2015
Scott Gets Interviewed on Wren's BBQ Show
I was recently interviewed by Wayne Renbjor of the Wren's BBQ Podcast, and talk about all kinds of things including how to try out new sauces to where I got started in the fiery foods industry.
05.01.2015
Big Moe Cason BBQ Chat
Big Moe Cason steps into the interviewee chair and talks about what he likes and doesn't like in barbecue, and also discusses his TV career with shows like BBQ Pitmasters. Ken and Scott list their heroes and mentors in the...
04.01.2015
Upcoming Hot Sauce and Chilehead Events and Festivals For 2015
Scott covers all of the major trade shows, expos, festivals and events remaining in 2015 that are of interest to hot sauce fans, chile pepper lovers, and general spicy food fans and chileheads in general, from Scott's calendar on his...
03.23.2015
Hot Sauce Industry History Chat with Chip Hearn of Peppers and CaJohn Hard of CaJohn's Fiery Foods
In the second part of his coverage of the NYC Hot Sauce Expo, Scott chat with Hot Sauce Hall of Fame Nominees Chip Hearn of Peppers and CaJohn Hard of CaJohn's Fiery Foods, as they talk about the history of...
02.21.2015
Sam and Tina McCanless of Zane and Zack's World Famous Honey Company Interview
The Washington state-based owners of Zane and Zack's, Sam and Tina McCanless, join Scott and talk about what it's like to combine honey and hot sauces, and also discuss a timely Ted Nugent-autographed guitar raffle that will benefit a wounded...
02.14.2015
Steve Seabury Discusses the NYC and CA Hot Sauce Expos, and Hot Sauce Hall of Fame
High River Sauces Head Honcho Steve Seabury discusses a couple of fiery foods events he is producing, the 3rd Annual New York City Hot Sauce Expo and the brand new California Hot Sauce Expo, along with the new Hot Sauce...
02.05.2015
Help Cathy and Steve Zielinski Fight Cancer
In this short but special episode, Scott and Ken urge everyone to help out our friends Steve and Cathy Kielinski of Crazy Steve's Pickles and Salsas as Cathy has been diagnosed with breast cancer. If you're a chilehead, a barbecuer,...
01.30.2015
DivaQ Danielle Dimovski of BBQ Crawl Interview
One of the First Ladies of the BBQ competition world, Danielle Dimovski, AKA DivaQ, joins Scott via Skype and talks about her smoker and grill preferences, outdoor cooking pet peeves and favorite flavor combos, and also discusses her TV career...
01.23.2015
Scott Talks Scoville Scale and Hot Sauces on the Brad and John Morning Show on Seattle 92.9 FM - Special Edition!
Here's a short bonus radio interview from a few years back, when Brad and John on Classic Rock Seattle 92.9 FM asked me about Blair's Death Sauce, the Scoville Scale and what the world's hottest chile pepper (then the Trinidad...
01.19.2015
Chile Pepper Myths and Science, Featuring Dr. Gillian Dagan of ABC Research Laboratories
In this special extra spicy hot, capsaicin-injected episode, Scott chats with Dr. Gillian Dagan of ABC Research Laboratories, and discusses topics such as what a food lab does and the rundown on HPLC testing to determine where things fall on...
01.05.2015
Best Sauce of the Year Winners Born to Hula, Plus Ken's Favourite Products of 2014
Scott chats with New Jersey-based Born to Hula Hot Sauce owners Ed and Amy Bucholtz, who make what Scott picked as best spicy food product of 2014 in their Reaper of Sorrow Carolina Reaper Hot Sauce. In his regular segment,...
12.30.2014
Announcing the Big Fiery Foods and BBQ Survey - Special Edition!
In this quick little announcement edition, Scott invited everyone to participate in the the Big Fiery Foods and BBQ Survey at ScottRobertsWeb.com/survey and let your voice be known!
12.18.2014
Scott Picks the Best Products of the Year for 2014
In this special end of the year episode, Scott gives his choices for the top fiery foods and BBQ products for the year 2014, including the best hot sauce, BBQ sauce, BBQ rub/seasoning, spicy sweet product, salsa, spicy snack, condiment,...
12.09.2014
Jennifer Reynolds of Sauce Goddess
Scott interviews the honcho of Sauce Goddess, Jennifer Reynolds, and finds out the story behind her divine BBQ products. Ken and Scott list several holiday hot sauce gift pack specials for your Christmas present shopping, and Scott reviews Bobby Brown...
12.01.2014
Indoor Kitchen Inventory with Ken and Scott
What do you have in your indoor kitchen? In an extended Ken's Fiery World segment, Ken Alexander joins Scott as they give a rundown on many of the essential items they keep in their kitchens, from knives, tools, gadgets, pots,...
11.18.2014
Benito Maniscalco of Benito's Hot Sauce Interview
One of the most underrated sauce makers in the country, Ol' Benito Maniscalco of Vermont's Benito's Hot Sauce, stops by the Skype chatline and talks with Scott about his stellar products. Scott also reviews Bigfat's Boom Shanka Curry Chipotle Hot...
11.06.2014
More Listener Feedback, Including Your Most Missed Defunct Sauces
It's one again time to dip into the virtual Firecast Mailbag and read your feedback, including many of your responses to the topic brought up in Episode 65, what are some of your favorite defunct hot sauces?
10.28.2014
Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q Interview
The 2014 Memphis in May World Champion, Pitmaster Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q, joins Scott for an extended chat about running the famous BBQ establishment in Decatur, Alabama, and his thoughts behind his award-winning cooking style. Ken Alexander...
10.17.2014
My Appearance on the DEFCON-versations show on Grilliant Ideas Radio - Special Edition!
This is my recent appearance on the DEFCON-versations show on Grilliant Ideas Radio, hosted by my friend and wing sauce maker, John Dilley of DEFCON Sauces. John asked me about the early days of being a chilehead and a blogger...
10.08.2014
Interview with Sam Peters of Patter Fam Sauces, Plus Scott Lists His Most Hated and Overrated Foods
Ohio-based pastor and sauce maker Sam Peters of Patter Fam Sauces drops by and gives Scott an exclusive announcement, and talks about his quality product line of condiments and spicy foods. Scott also lists out want he thinks are his...
10.02.2014
Michael Radosevich of Code 3 Spices, Plus Salsa Talk
St. Louis area BBQ Rub Maker Mike Radosevich of Code 3 Spices talks about how he and his business partner came up with their different seasoning combinations and how they want to help raise awareness for first responders and military...
09.21.2014
Greg Rempe of The BBQ Central Show, Plus Hot Sauce Industry Changes Wish List
Greg Rempe, host of longest-running and most popular barbecue-related show, The BBQ Central Radio Show, converses about the art and process behind producing a live, weekly podcast show, plus divulges in some of the BBQ do's and don'ts he's gleaned...
09.10.2014
NFL Veteran Reggie Kelly of Kyvan Foods
Former member of the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals, Reggie Kelly, stops by the Firecast to talk about his new lineup of BBQ sauces, salsas, apple butters and jambalaya starters under the Kyvan Foods moniker, how he is steeped in...
08.19.2014
Famous Dave Anderson of Famous Dave's BBQ Interview
Scott chats with one of the most influential people in all of barbecue, Famous Dave Anderson of the Famous Dave's BBQ restaurant chain. Ken Alexander also stops by and has an in-depth discussion with Scott about capsaicin and chile pepper...
07.24.2014
Michele Northrup and Tom Was of Intensity Academy, Plus a Report from the Louisiana Hot Sauce Festival
Scott has a conversation with the saucy Michele Northrup and Tom Was of Intensity Academy on their spicy condiments, their new Sauceology Group co-packing venture, and making the world's hottest lollipops. World record hot sauce collector Vic Clinco reports in...
07.10.2014
Derrick Riches on Buying, Maintaining and Cleaning Your BBQ Grill
BBQ and grilling expert Derrick Riches of bbq.about.com joins Scott for a Summer Grilling Special and talks about buying, maintaining, and cleaning BBQ grills and smokers. Regular show contributor Ken Alexander chats with Scott about cooking disasters, and Scott reviews...
06.17.2014
Meathead Goldwyn of AmazingRibs.com on the Science of Grilling and Barbecuing
Meathead Goldwyn, creator of the world's most popular barbecue website, AmazingRibs.com, joins Scott for an extended conversation about the science of BBQ and grilling. From busting myths and the perfect way to grill a steak, to the difference between...
06.12.2014
Jeremy Walsh of Bigfat's Hot Sauce
Chicago sauce maestro Jeremy Walsh joins Scott on the Skype line to talk about his uniquely-flavored Bigfat's Hot Sauce products, which is centerpieced with his 1o8 to 8o8 lineup. In his Fiery World segment, Ken Alexander chats with Scott about...
06.02.2014
Kevin Billings of High Octane Sauce Co, Plus Scott's Top 10 Fave Hot Sauces
Houston, Texas sauce maker Kevin Billings of High Octane Sauce Co. drops by the Skype chatline and talks with Scott about his approach to making his signature hot sauces, BBQ sauces and salsas. In his Ken's Fiery World segment, Ken...
05.23.2014
St. Louis BBQ Talk with Arthur Aguirre and Scott Thomas
Scott Thomas of GrillinFools.com and BBQ book author Arthur Aguirre take part in an extended discussion about all things grilling and barbecue, give outdoor cooking tips and recipe ideas, and talk about the state of BBQ around the St. Louis,...
05.11.2014
Texas-Sized Edition Featuring Dan Arnold of Sucklebusters BBQ
This time out on The Firecast Podcast, we're proud to feature an episode as big and as grand as the Lone Star State! Our core focus is on Texas, and for the Firetalkers interview segment, Scott talks to Dan Arnold...
04.27.2014
Interview with Chad Lowcock of Race City Sauce Works
One of the prominent flavor maestros in the artisan food crafting field, Chad Lowcock of Race City Sauce Works, joins Scott and talks about the method behind his madness, as well as his new line of drinkable chocolate elixirs he...
02.26.2014
Interview with Paul Sarris of Sweet Sunshine Sauces
Scott chats with the head honcho of Sweet Sunshine Sauces, Paul Harris, and finds out how Paul developed his unique line of brilliant condiments that defy description. On the same theme of sauces that defy easy categorization, Ken and Scott...
12.30.2013
Ken and Scott Name Their Favorite Fiery Foods Products of 2013
In this special 50th episode, regular Firecast contributor Ken Alexander joins Scott, and together they name what they consider to be their top five favorite hot sauces, BBQ sauces and seasonings of the year.
12.20.2013
Conversation with Mike Greening of Ring of Fire Hot Sauces
Mike Greening of the famous Mike and Diane's Gourmet Kitchen, makers of Ring of Fire Hot Sauces, talks to Scott about his origins over two decades ago, his dealings with Michael Anthony of Van Halen and Chickenfoot, and offers a...
11.29.2013
Interview with Ed Currie of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company, and Jim Duffy of Refining Fire Chiles
It's another white-hot episode, with a pair of growers of the stingingest chile peppers on the planet! This time out, it's a joint interview with Ed Currie of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company (and new holder of the Guinness World Record...
10.21.2013
Listener Feedback From the Firecast Chilehead Mailbag
Scott once again opens the Firecast mailbag and answers your feedback! Topics include chilehead communities in LinkedIn, my top 10 favorite hot sauces of all time, what exactly is the world's hottest chile pepper, if TryMe Tiger Sauce is indeed...
10.12.2013
2013 Chilehead Bloggers Roundtable
The grand tradition continues in our biggest fiery foods blogger round table chat yet! Joining Scott were Joe and Linda Levinson of The Hot Zone Online; Michael Hultquist of Chili Pepper Madness; freelance reviewer Firehead Thomas Gately, Ken Alexander of...
10.04.2013
Dave DeWitt on the Chile Pepper Harvest, Plus Jungle Jim's Weekend of Fire
The Pope of Peppers, Dave DeWitt, returns to chat with Scott about the Fall chile pepper harvest. Later, Scott converses with Jim Beckett and Stephanie Adams of Jungle Jim's International Market about the 7th Annual Weekend of Fire Hot Sauce...
09.16.2013
Fall Fiery Foods Festivals Special with Carol Borge of the Houston Hot Sauce Festival and Rick McMillen of the Chile Pepper Extravaganza
Fall Fiery Foods Festivals Special with Carol Borge of the Houston Hot Sauce Festival and Rick McMillen of the Chile Pepper Extravaganza
09.03.2013
Talkin' Chili with Cindy Reed Wilkins of Cin Chili
Talkin' Chili with Cindy Reed Wilkins of Cin Chili
08.13.2013
Chat with Doug Crane of Dragons Blood Elixir
Chat with Doug Crane of Dragons Blood Elixir
08.02.2013
Spicy Food Adventures with Travel Host Kevin McCarthy
The Travel Planner host and radio personality Kevin McCarthy joins Scott in the studio and talks about cuisine on the Boudin Trail in Louisiana, dining in China, Indian food in London, peppery alcohol in Germany, and more! Ken Alexander reviews...

What's The Firecast with Scott Roberts Hot Sauce and BBQ Podcast about?

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The Firecast with Scott Roberts Hot Sauce and BBQ Podcast episodes:

Ed Currie of the Pucker Butt Pepper Company Interview, Plus American Hot Sauce Genres

Scott Roberts' Appearance on the Digital Dads Podcast

Starting a Hot Sauce Club, Plus the Health Benefits of Chile Peppers

Scott Roberts' Appearance on the Budweiser Big BBQ Radio Show

Jersey Barnfire Hot Sauce Interview

Scotty O'Hotty Hot Sauces' Scotty and Suzi Owens

Dr. BBQ Ray Lampe Returns to Chat Barbecue

Scott Gets Interviewed on Wren's BBQ Show

Big Moe Cason BBQ Chat

Upcoming Hot Sauce and Chilehead Events and Festivals For 2015

Hot Sauce Industry History Chat with Chip Hearn of Peppers and CaJohn Hard of CaJohn's Fiery Foods

Sam and Tina McCanless of Zane and Zack's World Famous Honey Company Interview

Steve Seabury Discusses the NYC and CA Hot Sauce Expos, and Hot Sauce Hall of Fame

Help Cathy and Steve Zielinski Fight Cancer

DivaQ Danielle Dimovski of BBQ Crawl Interview

Scott Talks Scoville Scale and Hot Sauces on the Brad and John Morning Show on Seattle 92.9 FM - Special Edition!

Chile Pepper Myths and Science, Featuring Dr. Gillian Dagan of ABC Research Laboratories

Best Sauce of the Year Winners Born to Hula, Plus Ken's Favourite Products of 2014

Announcing the Big Fiery Foods and BBQ Survey - Special Edition!

Scott Picks the Best Products of the Year for 2014

Jennifer Reynolds of Sauce Goddess

Indoor Kitchen Inventory with Ken and Scott

Benito Maniscalco of Benito's Hot Sauce Interview

More Listener Feedback, Including Your Most Missed Defunct Sauces

Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson's Bar-B-Q Interview

My Appearance on the DEFCON-versations show on Grilliant Ideas Radio - Special Edition!

Interview with Sam Peters of Patter Fam Sauces, Plus Scott Lists His Most Hated and Overrated Foods

Michael Radosevich of Code 3 Spices, Plus Salsa Talk

Greg Rempe of The BBQ Central Show, Plus Hot Sauce Industry Changes Wish List

NFL Veteran Reggie Kelly of Kyvan Foods

Famous Dave Anderson of Famous Dave's BBQ Interview

Michele Northrup and Tom Was of Intensity Academy, Plus a Report from the Louisiana Hot Sauce Festival

Derrick Riches on Buying, Maintaining and Cleaning Your BBQ Grill

Meathead Goldwyn of AmazingRibs.com on the Science of Grilling and Barbecuing

Jeremy Walsh of Bigfat's Hot Sauce

Kevin Billings of High Octane Sauce Co, Plus Scott's Top 10 Fave Hot Sauces

St. Louis BBQ Talk with Arthur Aguirre and Scott Thomas

Texas-Sized Edition Featuring Dan Arnold of Sucklebusters BBQ

Interview with Chad Lowcock of Race City Sauce Works

Interview with Paul Sarris of Sweet Sunshine Sauces

Ken and Scott Name Their Favorite Fiery Foods Products of 2013

Conversation with Mike Greening of Ring of Fire Hot Sauces

Interview with Ed Currie of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company, and Jim Duffy of Refining Fire Chiles

Listener Feedback From the Firecast Chilehead Mailbag

2013 Chilehead Bloggers Roundtable

Dave DeWitt on the Chile Pepper Harvest, Plus Jungle Jim's Weekend of Fire

Fall Fiery Foods Festivals Special with Carol Borge of the Houston Hot Sauce Festival and Rick McMillen of the Chile Pepper Extravaganza

Talkin' Chili with Cindy Reed Wilkins of Cin Chili

Chat with Doug Crane of Dragons Blood Elixir

Spicy Food Adventures with Travel Host Kevin McCarthy