♪ upbeat quirky music playing ♪
NARRATOR: Human beings are resilient.
We can endure a lot.
But our bodies are fragile.
Take too many punches, too much torment...
[punch thuds]
...and everyone's got a breaking point.
[bell rings]
[crowd cheering]
Okay, for the speed round, we've got the famous 7 Pot Primo.
JOHNNY SCOVILLE: Oh, no.
Okay, there's gonna be 10 each.
Shan has lost the use of her hands,
so Taylor here will feed her the peppers.
NARRATOR: After ingesting 35 superhots so far,
Shahina Waseem is pretty messed up.
Her hands are incapacitated by cramping,
and her 95-match win streak is in jeopardy.
One final head-to-head speed round against Johnny Scoville
will decide it all.
[crowd cheering]
PAUL OURO: Three, two, one.
[bell rings]
♪ intense, dramatic music playing ♪
[pepper crunches]
[groans]
[grunts]
PAUL: Finish all of the pepper.
There's nothing on any of those stalks.
Oh, wow.
[grunts]
[bell rings]
PAUL: Winner, UK Chili Queen.
Chocolate, please.
[groans, pants]
Please give me a chocolate now.
PAUL: I have one here.
SHAHINA WASEEM: Paul, hurry, please.
PAUL: I'm coming, I'm coming.
Oh--
So horrible to watch.
Quick, quick! JOHNNY: Wow.
PAUL: Got it. I got it.
[coughs] Every time you go up against the Queen,
you know you gotta give your best
'cause she makes you step up your game.
[Shahina panting]
I had it, but man, I didn't have it.
Just amazing, that speed round, man, it's demoralizing.
After-after all those rounds to come out with ten 7 Pot Primos.
Just to eat 10 of those period is a lot,
but to eat ten 7 Pot Primos
after eating 35 other superhots?
Uh, you know, it's interesting.
It's demoralizing, it crushes your spirit.
I tried not to act like, "Oh, my God, this is gonna be--"
I tried to act like I was psyched about it,
but man, it's just devastating.
That was amazing, Johnny.
You're amazing.
[sighs] Amazing.
You did it to me again. I thought I had you.
You were so good.
I thought I had you at the end there.
You're so good.
[Johnny sighs]
Each win as you get closer to a hundred,
um, is a milestone now.
It really is a milestone.
And so when I go in competitions now,
I do not want to lose.
I-I-I don't know what happens.
It's a superhuman mode,
and-and I just kind of push through the pain and everything.
I would sit there on that table.
I'd rather die than give up.
You beat me again.
I don't know how you do it.
[groans]
I need to go to the bathroom.
[Johnny groans]
[Johnny retching]
♪ dramatic theme music playing ♪
[flames crackling]
[bubbling]
[flames sizzling]
NARRATOR: High Point, North Carolina is a small town
near Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
It's perhaps best known as home
to the world's largest chest of drawers.
They're 36 feet high.
Look at those things. Can't miss 'em.
But it's a bit easier to miss the fact
that High Point is also home
to the largest hot sauce collection on Earth.
Hidden in the basement of a man named Vic Clinco.
It's got bottles from every corner of the globe.
I don't know if you know this, but there are hot sauce museums.
There's not a hot sauce museum that has more than his collection.
He has over 10,000 bottles of hot sauce.
The guy's collection is insane.
It's so impressive to see
that many bottles on one shelf
and then another shelf and then another shelf, you know?
So there it is, humble beginnings.
That's where my collection started,
and now this is what my collection has amassed into
26 years later.
So this, for the most part, is a lot of my Texas sauces here,
Louisiana here. Colorado here, right?
Um, this is all Arizona.
Roll right into the California,
into Mexico.
I wanna show it off. I wanna be able to tell people
and-and-and show them what actually is out there
and what the-the hot sauce community,
what the hot sauce industry really is.
NARRATOR: What started as a small hobby
has become a lifestyle for Vic.
He's evolved from a collector,
to an expert maker and distributor of hot sauce.
Now with the industry clout to hand select craft sauces
worthy of wider distribution.
VIC CLINCO: We have 1,700-ish or so different products here.
You know, hot sauce is a pretty big deal
and it's a, it's a global thing, right?
So it's just not here, you know, in the States.
Um, so right now, we are the largest, uh, distributor of sauces.
It's a humbling experience.
NARRATOR: This weekend, Vic is hosting a showcase
for small batch craft sauces.
And if you tickle his taste buds, oh, baby,
that could mean a real business opportunity
to go worldwide.
It's really important to be able to get your sauce
out in front of people
so then maybe we give a call and say,
"Hey, listen, you know, we'd like to see
"what-what-what you've got going on.
Maybe we can work together on something like that."
We are sending pallets of product
literally across the world, right?
So we have reach.
♪ soft, bright music playing ♪
♪
These are the ones that I'm really fond of right now.
They're mostly small batch hot sauce makers.
I try to support the people that make their own sauce.
NARRATOR: Vic Clinco's showcase is a date circled
on the calendar of many chiliheads.
[indistinct chatter]
NARRATOR: That's especially the case
for aspiring hot sauce newcomer Aurea de Guzman.
[crying] I get so emotional when I'm cooking.
[sniffles] It's not the onion. - Don't cry.
[Aurea sniffles]
[laughs]
It's okay. Don't worry.
Are you gonna cut these chard beans?
No, could you, um, grab the pechay from downstairs?
Okay, I'll go downstairs.
NARRATOR: Here in this kitchen, with her mom and sister, Mae,
Aurea's mastered the Filipino flavors
that now inspire her new hot sauce.
The one she'll soon launch with Bobby McFadden.
AUREA DE GUZMAN: Bless you. - Bless you.
Hey, baby! Mm.
[Aurea laughs]
I've lived with my mom since my, my dad passed away.
So it's been me and her. She's been my backbone.
MARISSA DE GUZMAN: Surrender.
When I felt weak and I couldn't stand on my own,
she was there.
MARISSA: I think it's okay now.
AUREA: We're a pretty close-knit family.
Ever since the Philippines, all we had was each other.
Do you know who owns the world's largest hot sauce collection?
Oh, yeah, I don't remember his name, but I saw his Instagram.
Vic... frickin'...
- 'Cause he was going like this. - ...Clinco.
And he just kept going.
NARRATOR: Since the death of her father,
Aurea's felt a responsibility to be the glue for her family
and do all she can to take care of them.
Vic's showcase offers an opportunity
to realize her hot sauce dreams,
but also to grow a business that could provide for them all.
I'm gonna get help from actual hot sauce makers.
ALYSSA MAE DE GUZMAN: That's why she's going next week.
I'm gonna get expert advice from people
so I don't have to wing it.
- That's a good one. - They can actually
tell me what I need to do.
Hot sauce makers have
the wildest ideas,
and I think I have wild ideas
that the world needs to taste as well.
I don't think I've processed this enough yet.
I haven't sat down and really thought about
how big of an opportunity this is going to be for me.
MARISSA: That's good. [dog growls]
[flames crackling]
NARRATOR: Ask anyone and they'll tell you,
we are living in the golden age of hot sauce.
The hot sauce industry, believe it or not,
is a multi-billion dollar global business.
NARRATOR: This is it.
We are the generation that got lucky.
New hot sauces are created every single day,
each with their own unique flavor.
You think your grandma had that?
Your grandma had one hot sauce,
and she put it on everything.
Allow me to introduce burgeoning hot sauce reviewer
and TikTok influencer KTB Saucy,
to break down just how versatile hot sauce can actually be.
You know, some people think that hot sauce
is all about the heat, but it's so much more than that.
It's a delicate balance between flavor and spice.
First, think about what you wanna use it on.
A burrito, pizza, ice cream?
What flavors are you into?
Vinegar forward, garlic infused, sweet and fruity?
Next, what's your heat level?
Mild, medium, hot, melt your face?
Just like the perfect cocktail, it's all about balance.
The possibilities are endless.
♪ light music playing ♪
NARRATOR: Now that KTB Saucy has weighed in,
it's as good a time as any to meet this hot new name in the hot sauce game.
Who am I talking about?
Katie, she literally just talked.
KATIE BANNISTER: When pepper season's off and I need to keep
my tolerance for the channel,
tincture and coffee helps a lot.
[bell rings]
Are you okay over there? I didn't spice yours.
PARTNER: You didn't? - Are you seriously burning?
Yeah. [clears throat] I'm okay.
That's funny. Yeah.
Ow.
- Love it though, right? - Uh-huh. Mm.
It's delicious, there's no better way to start your day.
NARRATOR: And despite being a new face in the world of superhot,
she is quickly becoming the Johnny Scoville of hot sauce.
That's, that's scary is what that is.
Oh, God.
You want to see me burn.
Somebody told me this thing tastes like sunshine in a bottle.
[indistinct] in the cap cave.
Get you some, it's there.
[pepper crunching]
I mean, I think you like hot sauce or you don't.
So I've always liked it.
People ask me all the time if I'm gonna make
my own personal sauce.
No.
Am I ever gonna try and get into the pepper scene?
No. I don't wanna compete with you.
I want to promote you.
I want everybody to know about you.
I wanna see where this can grow and what it can be.
NARRATOR: Katie Bannister is one of many pepper people
heading to the Clinco Showcase this weekend.
It's a new event on the pepper calendar,
but Vic's name alone draws hundreds of hot sauce hopefuls
to North Carolina.
One chilihead who made the trip to High Point
is a superhot obsessed character with a style all his own.
[sniffs]
[coughs]
NARRATOR: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Did he just--
Can you rewind that for a second?
[tape rewinds, clicks]
[sniffs]
NARRATOR: Yeah, yeah, no, he did snort that.
Fantastic.
Okay, well, this is Drew Goldy.
Beer and a shot.
[laughs]
[bell rings]
NARRATOR: A man seemingly fueled by spice
in all its forms.
Ready for a hit of heat at any time of day.
Think anyone from the crew wants to--
[laughs]
You think they'll try it?
I mean, I'll-I'll-- If somebody wants to come in, dude,
I'll-I'll hit one with them.
I ain't doing it alone though.
Like, that's just too much pain
to endure by myself, you know? But--
[Drew chuckles]
Um--
I mean, who wants to party alone?
[laughing] I-I don't know, you know?
NARRATOR: For Drew, superhot is a kind of drug,
but truthfully, it's more than that.
In a way, pepper's offered a kind of salvation
in the darkest of times.
DREW GOLDY: There's a lot of people
that get into chilies and hot sauce
that have had some addiction problems,
and these-these little fruits that grow that are fuckin' brutal,
you know, they-they-they kinda, you know,
brought me out of a dark time.
Elder, my beloved pup,
um, who passed in 2019, I--
not only does he have a hot sauce named after him,
these particular peppers are also named after him.
Elder's Revenge.
I'm-I'm just trying to honor him as much as I can,
and I'm stoked, I'm stoked to bring this pepper to people.
Either way,
his, his spirit is still here.
I'm actually wearing him around my neck again.
I found Elder
in 2007 in an alleyway.
I heard whining one day in the backyard,
and I went looking and I found him,
and I was like, "Oh, my God,"
you know, th-that was it.
You know, that was my dog.
He lasted with me, like, 12 years.
Congestive heart failure took him.
I'm sure other dog owners,
people that have been through the same thing,
you know, it hurts.
And I kind of needed a reason to stick around,
to be honest with you,
and I brought my two loves together
to keep him alive and to honor him,
and keep that legacy going and, you know,
I'm not gonna stop until his little face
is on a bottle on everyone's damn table or hot sauce shelf.
These are the Elder's Revenge Red.
So that mash used to look like this little guy.
[pepper crunches] [flames sizzling]
[clock ticking]
[explosion booms]
Ooh-hoo-hoo!
A little bit of pain. Um--
It's very painful.
Whoo!
Hopefully, everyone else can enjoy that, too.
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
NARRATOR: As showcase day arrives in North Carolina,
it's a bit colder than anyone expected,
but there's enough hot sauce
to make it feel like you're wearing snow pants.
Fuckin' freezing.
Some would say it's a little "chilly" outside.
That's actually got a little sting to it.
SAUCE MAKER: Yes.
KATIE: I wasn't expecting that.
It'll keep on creeping up on you.
Well done. Can I try this one?
SAUCE MAKER: Yeah, of course.
NARRATOR: Each sauce maker sets up a stand
to showcase and sell sauces to visitors.
The event draws the biggest names in superhot.
From Troy Primeaux to Johnny Scoville.
But Vic Clinco is the man they're all here to see.
JOHNNY: If Vic Clinco says, "You got a great hot sauce,"
man, that's-- your stock's going up.
That's just all there is to it.
So, I mean, Vic's word is like, he's the gold standard.
Just having your sauce on his wall is a big deal,
but if he likes your sauce,
yeah, that can change your, you know, can change
the direction of your company for sure.
He's that well respected.
♪
Get your hot sauce here.
[chuckles]
- So what are we up to here, big guy? - I know, I--
You wanna try, uh, try some sauces?
- Yeah. - Wander around and see
what kinda trouble we can get into.
NARRATOR: As Vic makes the rounds,
he's joined by a man dubbed the godfather of hot sauce.
John "CaJohn" Hard.
And my big thing was always
just the pepper needs to be the star of the show.
Right.
NARRATOR: CaJohn's Fiery Food Companies launched hundreds of top sauces,
earning CaJohn a spot in the hot sauce hall of fame.
Yep, it's a thing. Look it up.
Hmm. It has a nice prelude to a late burn coming in.
VIC: Yeah. Yeah.
NARRATOR: Vic and CaJohn can tell with one taste
if a sauce is destined for success.
So most folks start pretty much making it in their kitchen, right?
And they're making hot sauce either at night or on the weekend,
and they're-they're-they're going to farmer's markets
and trying to peddle it.
It's a tough road.
[bell rings]
TROY PRIMEAUX: I got my crew here.
He gets paid in, uh, let's see, what you get paid in, Huss?
Yogurt pops? What else?
Toy cars?
NARRATOR: Among those looking to impress today
is a legend of the game who needs no introduction.
There you go, we've got the shirts too.
[chuckles]
NARRATOR: Troy Primeaux is launching a new superhot sauce.
Primonition.
This is a, uh, green sauce.
NARRATOR: Part of his plan to catapult
the 7 Pot Primo into the mainstream.
Yeah, looks great.
My dream is to have a facility that follows the craft beer model,
like seasonal, small batch fermentation.
That market in itself is, is huge.
Need some jelly, man? Need some, uh, hot sauce, man?
I'm doing, I'm doing a sale today. Five each.
CUSTOMER: Give me one of each.
TROY: Okay, sure, sure.
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
AUREA: Hello, good morning.
Hi. AUREA: Hi.
My name is Aurea... - Yes.
...and we developed these sauces,
and, uh, you had any specific questions for us?
AUREA: Absolutely.
This is not as, um, as spicy as you might think,
but it has some heat.
BOBBY MCFADDEN: Uh, sort of is like, ginger and turmeric...
AUREA: It has ginger. BOBBY: ...and chives and--
AUREA: It has miso, it has gochujang,
yuzu, and calamansi juice.
AUREA [laughing]: Thank you.
Really? Okay. [laughing]
BOBBY: We charge six bucks is what-- - Six bucks is-is fine.
Okay.
AUREA: Thank you.
And what's your name?
Amy. Thank you so much, Amy.
This is the first hot sauce I've ever sold in my whole entire life,
and it's a pleasure to have, uh, have you try the first one.
AMY: Yes.
Thank you. Enjoy.
BOBBY: Thank you for stopping by.
The first $6 that I've ever made from selling hot sauce.
Troy!
Troy Primeaux!
I sold my first bottle. [laughing]
AUREA: I'm gonna frame this.
I'm gonna frame the $6, and it's from Amy
from, from North Carolina, and I'm gonna treasure it forever.
BOBBY: Alright, give me, uh, a big old smile.
One more.
CUSTOMER: Give me one of each.
TROY: Okay. Sure.
NARRATOR: While Aurea has just made her very first sale,
Troy Primeaux's been in the game long enough to know
nothing comes overnight.
But while that's all true, word of mouth on TikTok
could ignite a social media wildfire.
Hello. TROY: How's it going?
Uh, pretty good. How's it going with you?
I'm doin' alright.
NARRATOR: Now that's where KTB Saucy comes in.
KATIE: You know, I've heard about you forever.
I've never tried a single thing of yours,
and I'm really looking forward to it.
TROY: Awesome, let's go.
KATIE: That looks scary.
That looks-- - It's not--
That looks like murder in a bottle, it's so red.
TROY: It might be.
Are we about to be friends or enemies instantly?
What's happening here? - Oh, we're friends.
We're always gonna be friends, but... - Look how--
...that's pure Primo.
It's-- It-it's not-- You're-- You can handle it.
♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
Tastes like peppers instantly.
It's a slow creeper in the back.
I figured it would be. [Troy laughs]
I love that you're coaching me through. You're like, "It's okay."
I think it's good.
I just wanna, I wanna make it hotter.
You really wanna set the whole world on fire, don't you?
[laughs]
You nailed it 'cause what always--
what typically seems to happen is if someone wants
to make a really hot sauce like that,
it just tastes like the peppers.
It's not always really good, but you really killed it with the flavor.
Thank you. KATIE: Yeah.
I'm not doing it for, you know, culinary awards.
It's almost like that's my rock and roll sauce.
That's my sauce that, you know, "Hey, Primeaux, Primeaux's a contender.
He's still, he's still around, you know?"
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
NARRATOR: Each tent here at the Vic Clinco showcase
is an opportunity, an opportunity to discover
the newest, hottest best sauce on earth.
Or just maybe meet someone who can change your life.
For upstart Drew Goldy,
meeting chili icon Johnny Scoville
could be that moment.
Got a new sauce for you to try.
- Do you really? - Yeah.
Um, yeah, it's got a neat profile.
Wow. The aroma is fantastic.
DREW: Thank you.
That's really good. DREW: Cool.
Man, I really like that.
What are these?
DREW: Uh, these are the Elder's Revenge Red.
What are the parents on these?
Uh, Naga, Primotalii, and the 7 Pot.
So I've been working on that for, like, the past five years.
JOHNNY: Right.
Every pepper grower has their pet project
that they've created and it's special to them,
and his is called "Elder's Revenge".
It's named after his dog Elder that died.
So I'm standing there talking with him.
I wanted to see if you'd do a gusher with, uh--
Let's go. I'm all about it. DREW: With this.
JOHNNY: Yeah, this is-- we're making what's called a gusher,
uh, where you take the top of a pepper off
and you fill it with something.
Beautiful thing what you-- It's so tasty.
Thank you.
Here's to your health.
♪ lighthearted music playing ♪
[dings]
Amazing. Thank you. JOHNNY: Very tasty.
That would be a day-ender for a lot of people.
- Oh, yeah. - But that tastes great.
I appreciate that.
No, it's a great pepper, but it's not.
No, I mean,
super tasty though,
but it's not a contender for the hottest, I don't think.
♪ dramatic sting ♪
I'll keep working on it, thank you.
NARRATOR: Imagine your hero looking you dead in the eye
and telling you, "You don't have it."
That's reality for Drew Goldy.
Johnny just didn't think his Elder's Revenge pepper
was super hot.
Well, obviously, you've had Elder's Revenge.
Yep.
Um, this right here is, it's a Primotalii Jigsaw.
Was that an accidental cross?
DREW: It was an accidental cross. - Can I tell you something?
The accidental crosses are the greatest thing
that ever happened. DREW: Yeah.
it was, it was an open pollination.
As I'm getting ready to walk away, he goes, "Oh, you know what?
"I don't know if you're interested,
but I got this, uh, accidental cross that I had."
And when you say to a pepperhead accidental cross, you're like,
"What'd you say, accidental cross?"
NARRATOR: An accidental cross is like a happy accident.
When the genetics of two plants mix by nature alone
totally unplanned.
Believe it or not, most of the hottest peppers on Earth
begin as accidents.
- May I? - Absolutely. Absolutely.
♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
See, that's a hot pepper.
Drew Goldy with this crazy little pepper.
He's got a Primotalii that accidentally crossed
with a Gator Jigsaw.
That's unbelievable.
I'd focus like crazy on that one. DREW: Okay.
[stammers indistinctly] Elder Revenge is a great pepper,
but that's exciting.
It lit me up, and I couldn't smell
or taste anything for, like, two days.
So I don't know, like, I'm kind of afraid to share it with people,
but it's the whole point of this thing, isn't it, you know?
I appreciate that.
Now I, now I got some homework to do.
- Thank you so much, man. - Thank you.
♪
Hey-hey-hey!
- What do we got here? - What's up, Vic?
What's up? What y'all doing?
Yeah, we came to try some stuff.
TROY: Oh, you wanna try some stuff?
I do. TROY: Alright.
The, uh, Primonition, have you had that?
Love you, brother, good seeing you. TROY: Brothers.
♪ lighthearted music playing ♪
Not too bad.
That's really tasty.
It didn't reach up and smack me in the face.
When I made it, it did.
Alright, well, look, to be continued later.
JOHNNY: I just ate a crazy hot pepper.
SPEAKER: Which one? - A potential for, uh, like, a contender.
Hey, we need to go talk to that guy again about that pod.
It's still burning me, and I want him to know what he's got.
I'll be back later, you guys.
NARRATOR: Drew Goldy was a dark horse hot sauce maker
who willed his way to this moment.
Now, his superhot has seized Johnny Scoville's curiosity
and his attention.
Hey, man, that pepper I just ate, we gotta talk about it.
DREW: Awesome.
JOHNNY: I've been eating nothing but really screaming hot peppers lately,
that's as hot as they come.
- Really? - Yeah, that's-that's a contender.
- Th-That's the one? - Well, I'm telling you
that's a contender for the hottest pepper in the world.
What you need to do is--
You have, y-you have a bunch of seeds from that?
DREW: Yes, I do.
JOHNNY: I'm still burning from that.
- Dude, that's insane. That's insane. - So that's--
What you-- [stammering indistinctly]
Like, I know you have your projects you gotta work on,
but that's gotta be something you put a focus on
'cause you grow the hottest pepper... - It's priority. Yeah. Yeah.
...it's a game changer for you and the community.
Right. Right.
- Awesome. - But that's, that's a monster pepper.
- Awesome, man. - Monster.
Cool, cool.
You know, and I feel b-- I don't wanna ever say
take it away from Elder's Revenge.
- Oh no, no. Not at all. - But that right there--
Yeah.
It's good to know, bro.
Good to know. - Pay it-- Yeah. Baby that thing.
I-- Well, I'm validated.
[both laugh]
Um, I-I've got the seal of approval.
I've got the green thumb.
JOHNNY: Drew didn't know what he had,
but that's a perfect example.
The hottest pepper out there.
Probably no one's even eaten it yet
because it's rotted in somebody's backyard.
I wonder how many years
he's been playing with that accident,
you know, and didn't even know what he was sitting on.
That-that-that's great news.
Um--
Yeah, I'm elated. That's cool. That's cool.
JOHNNY: At least you know what you're working on.
Yeah, man, thanks so much. JOHNNY: Thanks, bro.
Johnny Scoville said that this could be
the contender for the hottest pepper.
I, I don't really know how to, like,
articulate how happy that makes me, you know?
I'm definitely focusing on this when I get home.
NARRATOR: Here in North Carolina at Vic Clinco's showcase,
the pepper world may have just changed forever.
Ironically, an event dedicated entirely to hot sauce
has somehow yielded quite possibly
the hottest pepper on earth.
[people chattering]
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
I really like the way that you didn't overdo the Chipotle in it.
Right.
You didn't over smoke it.
Very good recipe.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
Thank you so much. - Thank you.
DREW: Thank you. - Thank you, brother.
VIC: Hey hey, what do we got here? AUREA: Hello.
Hello, welcome.
Alright, so we wanna try some stuff.
AUREA: Absolutely. BOBBY: Awesome.
- You know, this is yellow. - Alright.
You know, I'm really-- that's my weakness.
Yellow sauce. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right, right.
Um, this is called the Blazin' Asian Drip.
Okay.
It does smell-- It's unique.
So I don't know how to tackle this thing.
[Bobby laughs]
JOHN "CAJOHN" HARD: This is really good. VIC: That's really good.
That is really tasty.
My gosh, I love the viscosity.
I love how thick it is, right?
CAJOHN: It's really, really great flavor. - There you go.
[Bobby laughs]
- CaJohn is trying my sauce. - CaJohn says, "Great flavor."
And Vic Clinco is trying my sauce.
[Bobby laughs]
This is the wildest experience of my whole life.
VIC: This is pretty cool.
I'm-I'm a big fan of this here.
Thank you so much for
saying such nice things about it. - Oh, yeah, I really like that, yeah.
Well, we'll probably have you guys come over to the house.
That way, you get to see the collection.
Alright? - Okay, I would love that so much.
Thank you so much. - You got it.
CAJOHN: We'll see you around later, guys. - Thank you.
We'll be here. - Thank you. Best of luck.
AUREA [whispering]: What just happened?
[Bobby laughing]
[crying] I'm not crying, you're crying.
You see your heroes like CaJohn,
he's a household name.
Vic Clinco, he's a-a world record holder.
And they tell you they like your sauce
and your flavors are amazing.
Definitely an amazing experience.
I can't believe that just happened.
But you know what? We put in the hard work,
came up with the recipes, and it's awesome.
AUREA: Would you like to try hot sauce?
BOBBY: Help yourself.
NARRATOR: The road of a pepper grower
or a hot sauce maker is not a short one,
nor is it a straight line.
These things take time.
But tonight just might be the exception.
DREW: Holy shit.
TROY: Where's the music?
[laughter, party chatter]
NARRATOR: Following the Vic Clinco showcase today,
Vic invites just a few friends and hot sauce makers
he deems worthy back to his collection room.
This is a super VIP event,
and among those lucky few, Bobby and Aurea.
TROY: You have one of yours here?
AUREA: I have some in my bag.
TROY: Do they, do they know about it?
He tried it. He tried it on the booth. Vic.
TROY: Did he get one? Did he get one?
I'm-I'm-- I wanted to hand it to him, but he--
TROY: I'm gonna tell him.
Vic, um-- - Yes, sir.
I have a lovely lady
that has a bottle of hot sauce she made... - Mm-hmm.
- ...and, uh, you tried today. - Okay.
And you think it's-- you wanna put it in the shelf?
Oh, absolutely. Yeah.
We'll find some-- We'll find a space somewhere in here.
Oh, yeah. You might know her, man.
You might know her. Come see, girl.
VIC: Look at you. [Troy laughs]
AUREA: Troy Primeaux.
VIC: Hi, again!
You might know her. VIC: I know. We met.
Alright.
TROY: Prototype, man. - The first-ever batch
of Chewie's Blazin' Asian hot sauce
that we would love for you to have in your collection.
That is amazing.
TROY: You're gonna have to sign it.
Yeah, you're gonna have to sign it.
[high-pitched voice] What? TROY: Yeah, you have to.
I will. VIC: Yeah! That's the deal.
Going from doubting myself constantly
to finally going... [laughs]
to, um, North Carolina to make the hot sauce,
was a big leap for me.
It was a, it was a battle in my head for me to even say yes
that I'll put myself out there as a sauce maker.
That first batch and for people to like it enough
to pay me for it was an amazing feeling,
and I just, I'm now looking
for, for that feeling again.
So I think I'm gonna go deeper into the rabbit hole.
[Aurea chuckles]
[flames sizzling]
♪ dramatic theme playing ♪
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♪ music ends ♪
[whistles]