Future is looking brighter and brighter.
Feel Proud of your accomplishments Nick and continue to keep the blog fresh and cutting edge.
And don’t forget the Sun Glasses!!

Scotty B

Very nice Job Nick well done

Awesome article Nick! You deserve it! Keep up the good work!

Very Very Very Nice!!!!

Who had the sawzall last??? We need it up in NY at Nick’s

Good job Nick!!!

That is awesome! The hot sauce business is definitely looking up! Keep up the great work Nick

Aaron on 8/9/2006 at 12:56 pm said:

That is awesome! The hot sauce business is definitely looking up! Keep up the great work Nick

Hey Nick can I hire you to run JJ new online Food Dept. LOL

Congratulations. That is fantastic!

Congratulations Nick, you should feel proud of your accomplishments and all that hard work! Not only have you managed to have a succesful business but you have also managed to bring so many people together here as well. Thanks for it all.

Congratulations, Nick! Nicely written as well. I’m glad the business is booming for you, and i’m especially glad your forecast for next year is even bigger!

Congrats Nick! Nice article! You should be proud!

Crack open a 2AM and lets celebrate

Congrats Nick!

Makes be proud to be a part of all this hot sauce craziness!!!

Yeah I think the manufacturers got a nice bump to the bottom line too, there is a good variety on the bottles advertised there.

As I have said from the get go, Great job Nick!

Regards,

Paul

Very nice, congrats! Good to see you posting still from NorCal

Way to go Nick !!!!!!!!! Keep up the awesome work, so us chiliheads have a place to play…………Thanks………….

“Sultan of Sauces,” am I the only one entertained by this statement?

Contrats Nick.

Great job Nick! Listen to your buddy Dave about the brick & mortar joint And, thanks for including the Bear

Dude, you rock!!!!!! Nice job i must say!!

Are you hiring????

i am being christened today to the hot sauce blog. i guess today is a great day as i feel very obligated to pay homage to the great one…
sir nick. no i am not english, i am just respecting them man on a job well done. i look forward to hearing from y’all and associating with everyone on the upcoming chats. adios from hot ass arizona.

Congrats on the coverage Nick! Better get back east to handle all of those order that are sure to flood in!

CaJohn on 8/9/2006 at 8:08 pm said:

Congrats on the coverage Nick! Better get back east to handle all of those order that are sure to flood in!

True… since i’m close, i’ll go collect the money and keeop it safe for him.

HOw are you tinight John!

I’m glad the day is over, got real busy and got a lot done. Check your email…

I knew it !!! All it takes is a little sweatnappetite. I’m so proud of you . And I thank you for including me in your blog. MalibuMomm loves you. And Captain Habanero too.

CaJohn on 8/9/2006 at 8:18 pm said:

I’m glad the day is over, got real busy and got a lot done. Check your email…

OK… will do!

CaJohn on 8/9/2006 at 8:18 pm said:

I’m glad the day is over, got real busy and got a lot done. Check your email…

John is that everybody check there email

CaJohn on 8/9/2006 at 8:18 pm said:

I’m glad the day is over, got real busy and got a lot done. Check your email…

John my wife said Hi. LOL

Bret on 8/9/2006 at 8:32 pm said:

John is that everybody check there email

Hey, just checked mine and got a really great deal on some viagra! whoopeee!! Must be John who keeps sendin me that stuff..That must be why he was so busy today.

Tracy C on 8/9/2006 at 8:39 pm said:

Hey, just checked mine and got a really great deal on some viagra! whoopeee!! Must be John who keeps sendin me that stuff..That must be why he was so busy today.

Hey Tracy C the movie Ring. That’s John when He and I talk on the phone I buy more stuff. LOL Got to Love Big Daddy.

Bret on 8/9/2006 at 8:49 pm said:

Hey Tracy C the movie Ring. That’s John when He and I talk on the phone I buy more stuff. LOL Got to Love Big Daddy.

Is that how it works? If so, I’ll call you tomorrow

On topic: Congrats Nick - great article and I can’t wait for the new visitors to start appearing

huvason on 8/9/2006 at 9:16 pm said:

There will be a MILD MEDIUM and HOT. The EXTREME is still in the works. The Red Savinas kill the mango flavor. So you should be OK!

Bring it on

Nick Congrats to you and the Mrs (since I know what it is like to hand pack boxes.. lol) Keep up the good work and much success come your way.. thanks for all that you have done for us….

Bret on 8/9/2006 at 9:28 pm said:

Bring it on

Hey… I guess Nick moved this conversaion to the off-topic section. Man he’s going to be busy if he’s going to keep the off topic out of the other topics.

Nite all.

Troy Hangen on 8/9/2006 at 6:52 pm said:

i am being christened today to the hot sauce blog. i guess today is a great day as i feel very obligated to pay homage to the great one…
sir nick. no i am not english, i am just respecting them man on a job well done. i look forward to hearing from y’all and associating with everyone on the upcoming chats. adios from hot ass arizona.

Welcome Troy, where in AZ? Are you going to ZestFest?

Bret on 8/9/2006 at 9:28 pm said:

Bring it on

Can’t wait for that extreme. See you Saturday!

Troy Hangen on 8/9/2006 at 6:52 pm said:

i am being christened today to the hot sauce blog. i guess today is a great day as i feel very obligated to pay homage to the great one…
sir nick. no i am not english, i am just respecting them man on a job well done. i look forward to hearing from y’all and associating with everyone on the upcoming chats. adios from hot ass arizona.

Nice to meet ya Troy!

It’s about time Troy!!!!! What, we been talking for a month or more, now ya finally comin out of the wood work
Glad you made it!!!

Woohoo congrats Nick! You deserve all the accolades for running a great shop and the hands down best blog on the web.

Hey, it says you started the business in Springfield, Oregon while you were in college. Did you go to U of O? If so, we may have gone to school together (I was there from ‘95-’99).

Congrats on the great publicity!

What can I say that hasn’t been said already? Congrat’s !!!!

Thats fantastic Nick, congrats and well done!

since my cherry was just popped yesterday, i still need a hand on how to walk through this mecca (MSB). how do i reply to a message that was posted for me. like the above when someone crops out something i wrote and posts it in orange and replys to it. are there links to personnal emails anywhere? this message is for the comment #36 and #38. glad to meet you jodi also. “thebigshow”, yes i am considering the zestfest. is it lots of fun? have you been before? can i be your wingman if you are there so you can show me around? anyone, is there anyone else out there that will be there that i can meet and talk about and eat hot sauce with? how do i get a call sign (like pmac or thebigshow)?

Troy Hangen on 8/10/2006 at 10:46 am said:

since my cherry was just popped yesterday, i still need a hand on how to walk through this mecca (MSB). how do i reply to a message that was posted for me. like the above when someone crops out something i wrote and posts it in orange and replys to it. are there links to personnal emails anywhere? this message is for the comment #36 and #38. glad to meet you jodi also. “thebigshow”, yes i am considering the zestfest. is it lots of fun? have you been before? can i be your wingman if you are there so you can show me around? anyone, is there anyone else out there that will be there that i can meet and talk about and eat hot sauce with? how do i get a call sign (like pmac or thebigshow)?

Find the message you want to respond to, and click the “quote” link. It will put the message in the oranage box (quote it), and then you can add your comments, and “say it”

Nick Lindauer on 8/10/2006 at 11:53 am said:

Sean - I didn’t get to the U of O until 2001, went to Oregon State from 99 to ‘01. Graduated class of 2003 at UofO - spent lots of time in Carson & the Cafe

Nick ya damn hippy! So who do you root for in the civil war game? Ducks or Beavs?

huvason on 8/10/2006 at 11:00 am said:

Find the message you want to respond to, and click the “quote” link. It will put the message in the oranage box (quote it), and then you can add your comments, and “say it”

thanks a bunch.

Ryan@angrypepper on 8/10/2006 at 11:57 am said:

Nick ya damn hippy! So who do you root for in the civil war game? Ducks or Beavs?

Man ryan you could have made harder. Who would you want, I mean Like, Opps Cheer for.LOL

Troy Hangen on 8/10/2006 at 10:46 am said:

since my cherry was just popped yesterday, i still need a hand on how to walk through this mecca (MSB). how do i reply to a message that was posted for me. like the above when someone crops out something i wrote and posts it in orange and replys to it. are there links to personnal emails anywhere? this message is for the comment #36 and #38. glad to meet you jodi also. “thebigshow”, yes i am considering the zestfest. is it lots of fun? have you been before? can i be your wingman if you are there so you can show me around? anyone, is there anyone else out there that will be there that i can meet and talk about and eat hot sauce with? how do i get a call sign (like pmac or thebigshow)?

Troy,

Yes, I will be there, then heading to AZ after too. It will be my first trip there. You can join the “Boiler Room” and use any nick you want. Also when you post here, you can use your nick as your name.

There’s no links to personal e-mails, but in the boiler room you can send others private messages and e-mails.

Nick Lindauer on 8/10/2006 at 12:01 pm said:

Depends on whose buying the beers! U of O of course, that’s where the wife and I came from (after that other school).

this is just to inform you all That i am officially pretending nick does not exist anymore. he is a duck what a sad sad day for me.

LOL just kidding Nck, I am from the great city of Corvallis, so the word Duck is a curse word

Nick Lindauer on 8/10/2006 at 12:01 pm said:

Depends on whose buying the beers! U of O of course, that’s where the wife and I came from (after that other school).

Yep, yer a hippy Although Eugene is a far better town than Corvallis, my allegiance is to OSU. Didn’t go to either school, its just a family thing (plus my boss is a Beav and would kill me if I ever sided with U of O :-P)

Mrs.Ryan on 8/10/2006 at 12:50 pm said:

this is just to inform you all That i am officially pretending nick does not exist anymore. he is a duck what a sad sad day for me.

LOL just kidding Nck, I am from the great city of Corvallis, so the word Duck is a curse word

Its Ok hun…we know where Nick will be staying in Ft. Worth…:twisted:

Nick Lindauer on 8/10/2006 at 12:53 pm said:

ha ha ouch - I did my time in Corvallis, so that should count for something. I did some serious damage in that city, good reason to move

when did you live there Nick? what years?

Ryan@angrypepper on 8/10/2006 at 1:00 pm said:

Its Ok hun…we know where Nick will be staying in Ft. Worth…:twisted:

oh yes let plotting of duck hunting begin LOL

It’s been 2 hours since anyone posted…How the hell do you guys expect me to effectively waste time at work when there’s nothing going on?

Ryan@angrypepper on 8/10/2006 at 3:03 pm said:

It’s been 2 hours since anyone posted…How the hell do you guys expect me to effectively waste time at work when there’s nothing going on?

Ditto!!!!

Ryan@angrypepper on 8/10/2006 at 3:03 pm said:

It’s been 2 hours since anyone posted…How the hell do you guys expect me to effectively waste time at work when there’s nothing going on?

No sh#*. I look over and there’s not going on. I’m getting to much work done before Vac.

Bret on 8/10/2006 at 3:14 pm said:

No sh#*. I look over and there’s not going on. I’m getting to much work done before Vac.

sorry, some of us really had to work….lol

You get vacation?!? Wow. You are also going to ZF in Sept? WoW where do you work I need a vacation! ZF doesn’t count since its only 2 days.

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 3:22 pm said:

sorry, some of us really had to work….lol

haha that comment tells me you are probably not doing so ATM. So how is retirement thebigshow?
..

Anyplace you can have fun with hot sauce is vacation

pmac on 8/10/2006 at 3:26 pm said:

haha that comment tells me you are probably not doing so ATM. So how is retirement thebigshow?
..

lol….yeah i get a couple hours off in the middle of the day, but then back to work at 5:15 or so.

pmac on 8/10/2006 at 3:24 pm said:

You get vacation?!? Wow. You are also going to ZF in Sept? WoW where do you work I need a vacation! ZF doesn’t count since its only 2 days.

Sorry no ZF for me. Will be San Fran Sept 10 thru 14. Lets see ZF tought Guys San Fran Sissy Guys. I wish I was going to ZF.

Bret on 8/10/2006 at 4:07 pm said:

Sorry no ZF for me. Will be San Fran Sept 10 thru 14. Lets see ZF tought Guys San Fran Sissy Guys. I wish I was going to ZF.

hmmmmm, not gonna comment Bret. You good hit ZF on the 9th before San Fran, and hang out with the TOugh Guys for a day at least.

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 4:17 pm said:

hmmmmm, not gonna comment Bret. You good hit ZF on the 9th before San Fran, and hang out with the TOugh Guys for a day at least.

You guys need to quite talking about ZF, you are making me jealous….really wish I was going, oh well next year……..

MrFreeze on 8/10/2006 at 4:21 pm said:

You guys need to quite talking about ZF, you are making me jealous….really wish I was going, oh well next year……..

Sorry Freeze, but you got to see RHCP, so we’re even.

How’s the salsa coming?

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 4:17 pm said:

hmmmmm, not gonna comment Bret. You good hit ZF on the 9th before San Fran, and hang out with the TOugh Guys for a day at least.

Big news everyone a step closer. The event center is just weeks away from being done. We hire a lady to run it. 1st of the year she will start the planes for the 1st Jungle Jim’s taste the Fire show. Will keep everyone posted.

Bret on 8/10/2006 at 4:49 pm said:

Big news everyone a step closer. The event center is just weeks away from being done. We hire a lady to run it. 1st of the year she will start the planes for the 1st Jungle Jim’s taste the Fire show. Will keep everyone posted.

Sounds like fun, good luck with it. Hope Leroy is there too.

MrFreeze on 8/10/2006 at 4:21 pm said:

You guys need to quite talking about ZF, you are making me jealous….really wish I was going, oh well next year……..

Mr Freeze, if you can make it down to Indy, and have a week to spare, you’d be welcome to ride down with me! I’ll leave on the 6th and back on the 18th. You even get the Houston Hot Sauce show as a bonus

Jim- StepUpForCharity.org on 8/10/2006 at 5:14 pm said:

Mr Freeze, if you can make it down to Indy, and have a week to spare, you’d be welcome to ride down with me! I’ll leave on the 6th and back on the 18th. You even get the Houston Hot Sauce show as a bonus

I will be thinking about that one, have to see how work is going. I will be seeing you in September though

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 4:23 pm said:

Sorry Freeze, but you got to see RHCP, so we’re even.

How’s the salsa coming?

Yeah that is true, may see them again in November they are coming to Grand Rapids, MI not far from me. The first batch of salsa will be made this Saturday, I think you have me e-mail address so send me your home addy and I will ship some out to ya.

Sheesh its been kinda quiet here today. Lisa and I worked all day long, just got back to the hotel and I was all ready to settle down with a good read (HSB) and nothing! Oh well, hope everyone had a good one! We’re sore from all the hard work today but had a great day of production nonetheless. ZF will be great!

kristi on 8/10/2006 at 7:54 pm said:

Sheesh its been kinda quiet here today. Lisa and I worked all day long, just got back to the hotel and I was all ready to settle down with a good read (HSB) and nothing! Oh well, hope everyone had a good one! We’re sore from all the hard work today but had a great day of production nonetheless. ZF will be great!

Been this way all day. I was trying to waste time at the office, but was forced to work out of pure boredom

Ryan@angrypepper on 8/10/2006 at 7:58 pm said:

Been this way all day. I was trying to waste time at the office, but was forced to work out of pure boredom

Da*n people all having a life and not hanging on the blog all day, what nerve. lol Hey did you and the mrs book your flights for TX?

kristi on 8/10/2006 at 8:04 pm said:

Da*n people all having a life and not hanging on the blog all day, what nerve. lol Hey did you and the mrs book your flights for TX?

sorry for the delayed response, just got home from the office. Flight and hotel are all booked, have fun money, we’re ready to rock

Evening Tamales and everyone…..sounds like you had a good day of sauce making, batch #1 for the year 2006 of my salsa is in the works for Saturday should have some out to ya on Monday, well I am getting ready for work( That sounds wierd ) so I will chat with ya’ll later. Have a good one tomorrow Tamales, later all……………..

You all are being boring. Start something up. Like Brets a A*^hole or Jungle Jim’s S*#ks. Going to jump in the shower. When I get back lets read some good stuff. LOL Be back later

MrFreeze on 8/10/2006 at 8:33 pm said:

Evening Tamales and everyone…..sounds like you had a good day of sauce making, batch #1 for the year 2006 of my salsa is in the works for Saturday should have some out to ya on Monday, well I am getting ready for work( That sounds wierd ) so I will chat with ya’ll later. Have a good one tomorrow Tamales, later all……………..

Have a good night at work Mr. Freeze, ugh!

Looking forward to the salsa. I actually can’t wait to get home so I can start experimenting with some sauce again. Feeling inspired from the road trip. Gonna go crash now, we’re exhausted. Later……

Bret on 8/10/2006 at 8:56 pm said:

You all are being boring. Start something up. Like Brets a A*^hole or Jungle Jim’s S*#ks. Going to jump in the shower. When I get back lets read some good stuff. LOL Be back later

My appologies Bret, you are an asshole, and JJ’s does suck Kidding man. I’m working on the graphics gig tonight. Have a client that needs me to meet a deadline so I’m doing what I can while the wife is at work. I’ll check in from time to time.

kristi on 8/10/2006 at 7:54 pm said:

Sheesh its been kinda quiet here today. Lisa and I worked all day long, just got back to the hotel and I was all ready to settle down with a good read (HSB) and nothing! Oh well, hope everyone had a good one! We’re sore from all the hard work today but had a great day of production nonetheless. ZF will be great!

Get all those sauces ready for ZestFest. Only a month away.

Bret on 8/10/2006 at 8:56 pm said:

You all are being boring. Start something up. Like Brets a A*^hole or Jungle Jim’s S*#ks. Going to jump in the shower. When I get back lets read some good stuff. LOL Be back later

Bret, that’s not really starting anything, we all know it to be true already. And the North’s gonna kick the South’s candy-arses at ZestFest!

Well thats alittle better. Now something to eat. No talon pizza how about a fat kids mild , maybe alittle hot . ok

Bret on 8/10/2006 at 9:35 pm said:

Well thats alittle better. Now something to eat. No talon pizza how about a fat kids mild , maybe alittle hot . ok

Go for the EXTREME.

Bret when do you think you might be having the JJ’s taste the Fire show?

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 9:36 pm said:

Go for the EXTREME.

Not sure if Bret can handle extreme (the new extreme formula is MUCH hotter - you’ll see Saturday bighow).

Bret try the hot, but maybe you should stick with the mild or medium

huvason on 8/10/2006 at 9:51 pm said:

Not sure if Bret can handle extreme (the new extreme formula is MUCH hotter - you’ll see Saturday bighow).

Bret try the hot, but maybe you should stick with the mild or medium

Yeah, he’s one of those candy-arses from the South team, he should probably stick with the mild, with some blue cheese handy in case its too hot for him. lol

can’t wait. i think i’m gonan be there for like 6:30 to grab a bite before hand.

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 9:56 pm said:

Yeah, he’s one of those candy-arses from the South team, he should probably stick with the mild, with some blue cheese handy in case its too hot for him. lol

can’t wait. i think i’m gonan be there for like 6:30 to grab a bite before hand.

Not sure when i’m leaving…. Check your email. I’ll send you pics of the last TALON pizza I made.

huvason on 8/10/2006 at 10:01 pm said:

Not sure when i’m leaving…. Check your email. I’ll send you pics of the last TALON pizza I made.

k, did you get a chance to make that list, or are things better for now? its cool either way, actually not to cut back a little right now myself anyway.

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 10:03 pm said:

k, did you get a chance to make that list, or are things better for now? its cool either way, actually not to cut back a little right now myself anyway.

I made it and the wife threw it out. We’ll talk Saturday.

huvason on 8/10/2006 at 10:01 pm said:

Not sure when i’m leaving…. Check your email. I’ll send you pics of the last TALON pizza I made.

Damn, that pie looked good, but that last pic says it all…i’m sure it took alot of Bud Lights with it, looks really hot with the habs.

huvason on 8/10/2006 at 10:07 pm said:

I made it and the wife threw it out. We’ll talk Saturday.

lol…they’re always throwing the wrong things away!

what happened to Bret? he disappeared? Been tryin to pick on him, and he’s not even here!

thebigshow on 8/10/2006 at 10:08 pm said:

Damn, that pie looked good, but that last pic says it all…i’m sure it took alot of Bud Lights with it, looks really hot with the habs.

LOL - It was beyond hot - but good! I’ve been meaning to send the pics to Nick to post (Bret has seen them - even had CaJOhn sign them for me. See - he’s really not that bad )

he’s prolly still jumping in the shower. Ugh, just had a bad visual.

huvason on 8/10/2006 at 10:01 pm said:

Not sure when i’m leaving…. Check your email. I’ll send you pics of the last TALON pizza I made.

Huv, did you use just the Talon sauce, or some spaghetti sauce too?

Tracy C on 8/10/2006 at 10:13 pm said:

he’s prolly still jumping in the shower. Ugh, just had a bad visual.

lol..better you than me. you keep that visual to yourself.

Bret on 8/10/2006 at 4:07 pm said:

Sorry no ZF for me. Will be San Fran Sept 10 thru 14. Lets see ZF tought Guys San Fran Sissy Guys. I wish I was going to ZF.

Bret you should fit right in there in San Fran

huvason on 8/10/2006 at 9:51 pm said:

Not sure if Bret can handle extreme (the new extreme formula is MUCH hotter - you’ll see Saturday bighow).

Bret try the hot, but maybe you should stick with the mild or medium

The hot is great! Go for it if ya got it. Has a pleasant burn. I’m still lookin at the EXTREME. It’s trying to intimidate me.

Tracy C on 8/10/2006 at 10:22 pm said:

The hot is great! Go for it if ya got it. Has a pleasant burn. I’m still lookin at the EXTREME. It’s trying to intimidate me.

You’re extreme is the new formula Tracy

Tracy C on 8/10/2006 at 10:22 pm said:

The hot is great! Go for it if ya got it. Has a pleasant burn. I’m still lookin at the EXTREME. It’s trying to intimidate me.

I get mine on Saturday, can’t wait to try it, I have to say they all look so damn tasty. I’ve been so tempted to open my signed ones, but i’ll find out saturday!!