Thursday, October 20, 2011

Special for the Weekend

Crash Davis, heard on the Super Station KFAB 1110 AM in Omaha and the surrounding area, will announce tomorrow (Friday, October 21st) that Chili Dawg's is running a very unique special.

Here is the text of the ad by Crash Davis;

"You've heard me talk over the past year about Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire, their awesome Habanero Spreads and their great rubs. Now... I have teamed up with Chili Dawg's to get this super opportunity for you to buy them at an outstanding reduced price. Go to the products page on their website at chilidawgs.com, be sure to enter the offer code CRASH and you will receive a 20% discount on your order. This offer is good until midnight on Sunday. Order today. Chili Dawg's puts the EAT in HEAT!  Be sure to use the offer code CRASH.

As Crash said, be sure to use the offer code CRASH and you can enjoy the great Chili Dawg's products at 20% off retail price.  This offer is only good until midnight on Sunday, so order today. 

Thank you so much from the team at Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire.  We put the EAT in HEAT!

Friday, October 14, 2011

Award Winning Razbanero - Fruit Based Wing Sauce

As many of our friends know, Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire swept the 2011 National Scovie Awards category for Fruit Based Wing Sauce.  Strawbanero was first, second was Razbanero and completing the sweep was Hablemeno.  See the Scovie Awards link.

We proved out the Razbanero award this past weekend on smoked chicken wings.  Hopefully you have a smoker.  (if not, 325 degrees in an oven for approximately one hour will work, be sure they are done before removing them from the oven.  Some ovens vary from others.)

Taking about 30 full wings, Chef Dawg prepared his wings by rubbing them down with a healthy dose of Habanero seasoning, also a Chili Dawg's product.  He let them set at least two hours.  Many will let them marinade for at least 24 hours but Chef Dawg wanted to try out a "quick smoke" method.

Chef Dawg fired up the smoker and used applewood for his smoke source.  Once he reached a steady 225 degrees, he put the wings on the smoker and secured the lid.  He kept up with the applewood smoke for an entire two hours.  The wings were perfectly done.

Chef Dawg then removed the wings, put them in a large mixing bowl equipped with a lid.  Once the wings were in the bowl, still hot we might add, he mix up a jar of Razbanero and poured in the entire jar.  (You could use less but you will not experience the joy of a sloppy mix of sauce, seasonings and juice on your fingers, cheeks and lips).  He put the lid back on the mixing bowl and shook the heck out of the entire batch to be sure the Razbanero reached every nook and cranny of the wings.

Chef Dawg then poured the entire batch onto a large flat serving platter and said, "Come and get it!"

It was awesome! 

You will enjoy this one.

NOTE:  We have also receive input about this approach from several other Club Dawg members.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Have Breakfast with Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire

Foods of fire can be a great enhancement for your breakfast dish.  Take Strawbanero with pancakes and waffles for example.  Get some fresh Strawberries, about 20 will do, and cut them up into small 1/2" pieces.  Then mix them with about a half jar of Chili Dawg's Strawbanero and 1/8 cup of luke warm water.  Mix well to ensure the Strawbanero and Strawberries are blended together in a sauce consistency.  Add more water to get the saucey consistency to your liking.

Be sure to have already buttered your pancakes and/or waffles and that they are still hot.  Then, and here is the great part, pour several large tablespoons of your Strawberry mixture over your pancakes or waffles.  It is fabulous!

We don't have you yet?  After applying the mixture, just add a few tablespoons of your favorite syrup and top it off with a dash of whipped cream.  This is to die for!

This mixture is also good with a ham steak with your pancakes or waffles.  Just use it as a glaze on your ham.

Now let's see how many people are really reading this blog.  The first person who can come up with an acceptable name for this recipe (i.e. like with did with the Dawg Sundae), will get two free jars of Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire Strawbanero.  So act fast!

Judging will be next Saturday morning, October 15th, over a joint breakfast with our development team.  So e-mail your entry today to chilidawg@huntel.net.  Use the word Strawbanero in your subject line.

You know you can use this same approach with Razbanero, Peachbanero and Mangonero.  Hablemeno requires no fruit.  It is that good on its own!

Chef Dawg

PS  Happy Birthday to daughter number one today!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Chili Dawg's and Barbecue - What a combination!

Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire was at the American Royal BBQ contest sponsored by the Kansas City Barbecue Society this past weekend in Kansas City.

Our booth was extremely busy during the two days we were there.  We set up at booth location 35 on Thursday evening.  It was amazing.  During our setup we sold two cases of our spreads to two repeat customers who looked us up prior to the event kickoff.  They wanted to be the first to purchase from us.  They love our spreads and use them on literally everything. 

On Friday and Saturday, September 30th and October 1st, we met many returning customers and a huge amount of new customers thrilled at the chance to try our spreads and seasonings.  You see, we have advertised in the BullSheet, the KCBS magazine, for the last several months.  Advertsiing works as many made mention of our ad.

Friday morning our Dawgettes roamed the BBQ grounds handing out fliers with our booth location.  They met many BBQ'ers familiar with our products who promised to stop by the booth.  And sure enough they did!

Everyone enjoyed our two new spreads, Peachbanero and Mangonero, introduced earlier this year.  And they were amazed at our introduction of our new seasonings Chipotle, Green Chile, Habanero, Jalapeno and Cayenne.  Imaginations were running wild with ideas on how to use these unique products.  We will be sharing recipe suggestions soon.

Overall it was a very successful event and we thank all of those BBQ fans who are now fans of Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire.  You helped to make this, our third year in a row, a very successful endeavor indeed!  Thank you!

Tim O'Dell - President
Chili Dawg's Foods of Fire