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♪ upbeat quirky music playing ♪
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NARRATOR:
Human beings are resilient.
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We can endure a lot.
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But our bodies are fragile.
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Take too many punches,
too much torment...
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[punch thuds]
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...and everyone's got a breaking point.
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[bell rings]
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[crowd cheering]
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Okay, for the speed round,
we've got the famous 7 Pot Primo.
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JOHNNY SCOVILLE:
Oh, no.
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Okay, there's gonna be 10 each.
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Shan has lost the use of her hands,
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so Taylor here will feed her the peppers.
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NARRATOR:
After ingesting 35 superhots so far,
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Shahina Waseem is pretty messed up.
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Her hands are incapacitated by cramping,
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and her 95-match win streak
is in jeopardy.
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One final head-to-head speed round
against Johnny Scoville
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will decide it all.
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[crowd cheering]
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PAUL OURO:
Three, two, one.
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[bell rings]
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♪ intense, dramatic music playing ♪
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[pepper crunches]
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[groans]
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[grunts]
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PAUL:
Finish all of the pepper.
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There's nothing on any of those stalks.
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Oh, wow.
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[grunts]
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[bell rings]
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PAUL:
Winner, UK Chili Queen.
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Chocolate, please.
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[groans, pants]
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Please give me a chocolate now.
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PAUL:
I have one here.
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SHAHINA WASEEM:
Paul, hurry, please.
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PAUL:
I'm coming, I'm coming.
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Oh--
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So horrible to watch.
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Quick, quick!
JOHNNY: Wow.
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PAUL:
Got it. I got it.
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[coughs] Every time you go up
against the Queen,
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you know you gotta give your best
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'cause she makes you step up your game.
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[Shahina panting]
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I had it, but man, I didn't have it.
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Just amazing, that speed round,
man, it's demoralizing.
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After-after all those rounds to come out
with ten 7 Pot Primos.
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Just to eat 10 of those period is a lot,
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but to eat ten 7 Pot Primos
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after eating 35 other superhots?
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Uh, you know, it's interesting.
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It's demoralizing, it crushes your spirit.
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I tried not to act like,
"Oh, my God, this is gonna be--"
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I tried to act like
I was psyched about it,
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but man, it's just devastating.
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That was amazing, Johnny.
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You're amazing.
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[sighs] Amazing.
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You did it to me again.
I thought I had you.
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You were so good.
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I thought I had you at the end there.
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You're so good.
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[Johnny sighs]
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Each win as you get closer to a hundred,
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um, is a milestone now.
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It really is a milestone.
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And so when I go in competitions now,
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I do not want to lose.
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I-I-I don't know what happens.
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It's a superhuman mode,
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and-and I just kind of push
through the pain and everything.
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I would sit there on that table.
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I'd rather die than give up.
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You beat me again.
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I don't know how you do it.
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[groans]
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I need to go to the bathroom.
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[Johnny groans]
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[Johnny retching]
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♪ dramatic theme music playing ♪
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[flames crackling]
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[bubbling]
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[flames sizzling]
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NARRATOR: High Point,
North Carolina is a small town
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near Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
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It's perhaps best known as home
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to the world's largest chest of drawers.
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They're 36 feet high.
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Look at those things.
Can't miss 'em.
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But it's a bit easier to miss the fact
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that High Point is also home
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to the largest hot sauce collection
on Earth.
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Hidden in the basement
of a man named Vic Clinco.
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It's got bottles
from every corner of the globe.
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I don't know if you know this,
but there are hot sauce museums.
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There's not a hot sauce museum
that has more than his collection.
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He has over 10,000 bottles of hot sauce.
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The guy's collection is insane.
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It's so impressive to see
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that many bottles on one shelf
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and then another shelf
and then another shelf, you know?
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So there it is, humble beginnings.
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That's where my collection started,
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and now this is what my collection
has amassed into
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26 years later.
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So this, for the most part,
is a lot of my Texas sauces here,
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Louisiana here. Colorado here, right?
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Um, this is all Arizona.
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Roll right into the California,
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into Mexico.
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I wanna show it off.
I wanna be able to tell people
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and-and-and show them
what actually is out there
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and what the-the hot sauce community,
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what the hot sauce industry really is.
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NARRATOR:
What started as a small hobby
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has become a lifestyle for Vic.
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He's evolved from a collector,
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to an expert maker
and distributor of hot sauce.
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Now with the industry clout
to hand select craft sauces
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worthy of wider distribution.
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VIC CLINCO: We have 1,700-ish
or so different products here.
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You know, hot sauce is a pretty big deal
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and it's a,
it's a global thing, right?
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So it's just not here,
you know, in the States.
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Um, so right now, we are
the largest, uh, distributor of sauces.
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It's a humbling experience.
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NARRATOR: This weekend,
Vic is hosting a showcase
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for small batch craft sauces.
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And if you tickle his taste buds,
oh, baby,
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that could mean
a real business opportunity
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to go worldwide.
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It's really important
to be able to get your sauce
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out in front of people
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so then maybe we give a call and say,
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"Hey, listen, you know,
we'd like to see
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"what-what-what you've got going on.
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Maybe we can work together
on something like that."
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We are sending pallets of product
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literally across the world, right?
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So we have reach.
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♪ soft, bright music playing ♪
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♪
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These are the ones
that I'm really fond of right now.
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They're mostly small batch
hot sauce makers.
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I try to support the people
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NARRATOR:
Vic Clinco's showcase is a date circled
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on the calendar of many chiliheads.
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[indistinct chatter]
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NARRATOR:
That's especially the case
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for aspiring hot sauce newcomer
Aurea de Guzman.
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[crying] I get so emotional
when I'm cooking.
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[sniffles] It's not the onion.
- Don't cry.
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[Aurea sniffles]
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It's okay. Don't worry.
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Are you gonna cut these chard beans?
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No, could you, um, grab
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Okay, I'll go downstairs.
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NARRATOR: Here in this kitchen,
with her mom and sister, Mae,
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Aurea's mastered the Filipino flavors
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that now inspire her new hot sauce.
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The one she'll soon launch
with Bobby McFadden.
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AUREA DE GUZMAN: Bless you.
- Bless you.
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Hey, baby! Mm.
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[Aurea laughs]
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I've lived with my mom
since my, my dad passed away.
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So it's been me and her.
She's been my backbone.
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MARISSA DE GUZMAN:
Surrender.
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When I felt weak
and I couldn't stand on my own,
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she was there.
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MARISSA:
I think it's okay now.
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AUREA:
We're a pretty close-knit family.
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Ever since the Philippines,
all we had was each other.
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Do you know who owns
the world's largest hot sauce collection?
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Oh, yeah, I don't remember his name,
but I saw his Instagram.
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Vic... frickin'...
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- 'Cause he was going like this.
- ...Clinco.
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And he just kept going.
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Since the death of her father,
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Aurea's felt a responsibility
to be the glue for her family
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and do all she can to take care of them.
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Vic's showcase offers an opportunity
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to realize her hot sauce dreams,
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but also to grow a business
that could provide for them all.
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I'm gonna get help
from actual hot sauce makers.
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ALYSSA MAE DE GUZMAN:
That's why she's going next week.
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I'm gonna get expert advice from people
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so I don't have to wing it.
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- That's a good one.
- They can actually
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tell me what I need to do.
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Hot sauce makers have
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the wildest ideas,
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and I think I have wild ideas
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that the world needs to taste as well.
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I don't think I've processed this
enough yet.
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I haven't sat down
and really thought about
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how big of an opportunity
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MARISSA: That's good.
[dog growls]
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NARRATOR:
Ask anyone and they'll tell you,
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we are living in the golden age
of hot sauce.
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The hot sauce industry,
believe it or not,
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is a multi-billion dollar global business.
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NARRATOR:
This is it.
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We are the generation that got lucky.
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New hot sauces are created
every single day,
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each with their own unique flavor.
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You think your grandma had that?
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Your grandma had one hot sauce,
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and she put it on everything.
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Allow me to introduce
burgeoning hot sauce reviewer
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and TikTok influencer KTB Saucy,
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to break down just how versatile
hot sauce can actually be.
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You know, some people think
that hot sauce
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is all about the heat,
but it's so much more than that.
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It's a delicate balance
between flavor and spice.
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First, think about what
you wanna use it on.
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A burrito, pizza, ice cream?
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What flavors are you into?
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Vinegar forward, garlic infused,
sweet and fruity?
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Next, what's your heat level?
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Mild, medium, hot, melt your face?
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Just like the perfect cocktail,
it's all about balance.
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The possibilities are endless.
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♪ light music playing ♪
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NARRATOR:
Now that KTB Saucy has weighed in,
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it's as good a time as any to meet
this hot new name in the hot sauce game.
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Who am I talking about?
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Katie, she literally just talked.
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KATIE BANNISTER: When pepper season's off
and I need to keep
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my tolerance for the channel,
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tincture and coffee helps a lot.
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[bell rings]
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Are you okay over there?
I didn't spice yours.
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PARTNER: You didn't?
- Are you seriously burning?
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Yeah. [clears throat] I'm okay.
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That's funny. Yeah.
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Ow.
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- Love it though, right?
- Uh-huh. Mm.
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It's delicious, there's no better way
to start your day.
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NARRATOR: And despite being a new face
in the world of superhot,
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she is quickly becoming
the Johnny Scoville of hot sauce.
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That's, that's scary is what that is.
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Oh, God.
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You want to see me burn.
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Somebody told me this thing tastes
like sunshine in a bottle.
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[indistinct] in the cap cave.
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Get you some, it's there.
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[pepper crunching]
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I mean, I think you like hot sauce
or you don't.
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So I've always liked it.
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People ask me all the time
if I'm gonna make
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my own personal sauce.
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No.
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Am I ever gonna try and get
into the pepper scene?
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No. I don't wanna compete with you.
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I want to promote you.
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I want everybody to know about you.
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I wanna see where this can grow
and what it can be.
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NARRATOR: Katie Bannister
is one of many pepper people
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heading to the Clinco Showcase
this weekend.
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It's a new event
on the pepper calendar,
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but Vic's name alone draws hundreds
of hot sauce hopefuls
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to North Carolina.
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One chilihead who made
the trip to High Point
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is a superhot obsessed character
with a style all his own.
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[sniffs]
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[coughs]
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NARRATOR:
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Did he just--
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Can you rewind that for a second?
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[tape rewinds, clicks]
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[sniffs]
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NARRATOR:
Yeah, yeah, no, he did snort that.
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Fantastic.
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Okay, well, this is Drew Goldy.
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Beer and a shot.
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[laughs]
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[bell rings]
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NARRATOR:
A man seemingly fueled by spice
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in all its forms.
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Ready for a hit of heat
at any time of day.
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Think anyone from the crew wants to--
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[laughs]
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You think they'll try it?
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I mean, I'll-I'll-- If somebody wants
to come in, dude,
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I'll-I'll hit one with them.
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I ain't doing it alone though.
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Like, that's just too much pain
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to endure by myself, you know? But--
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[Drew chuckles]
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Um--
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I mean, who wants to party alone?
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[laughing]
I-I don't know, you know?
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NARRATOR:
For Drew, superhot is a kind of drug,
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but truthfully, it's more than that.
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In a way, pepper's offered
a kind of salvation
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in the darkest of times.
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DREW GOLDY:
There's a lot of people
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that get into chilies and hot sauce
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that have had some addiction problems,
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and these-these little fruits that grow
that are fuckin' brutal,
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you know, they-they-they kinda,
you know,
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brought me out of a dark time.
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Elder, my beloved pup,
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um, who passed in 2019, I--
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not only does he have
a hot sauce named after him,
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these particular peppers
are also named after him.
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Elder's Revenge.
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I'm-I'm just trying to honor him
as much as I can,
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and I'm stoked, I'm stoked
to bring this pepper to people.
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Either way,
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his, his spirit is still here.
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I'm actually wearing him
around my neck again.
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I found Elder
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in 2007 in an alleyway.
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I heard whining one day
in the backyard,
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and I went looking and I found him,
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and I was like, "Oh, my God,"
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you know, th-that was it.
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You know, that was my dog.
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He lasted with me, like, 12 years.
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Congestive heart failure took him.
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I'm sure other dog owners,
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people that have been
through the same thing,
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you know, it hurts.
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And I kind of needed
a reason to stick around,
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to be honest with you,
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and I brought my two loves together
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to keep him alive and to honor him,
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and keep that legacy going and, you know,
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I'm not gonna stop until his little face
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is on a bottle on everyone's damn table
or hot sauce shelf.
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These are the Elder's Revenge Red.
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So that mash used to look
like this little guy.
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[pepper crunches]
[flames sizzling]
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[clock ticking]
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[explosion booms]
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Ooh-hoo-hoo!
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A little bit of pain. Um--
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It's very painful.
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Whoo!
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Hopefully, everyone else
can enjoy that, too.
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♪ upbeat music playing ♪
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NARRATOR:
As showcase day arrives in North Carolina,
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it's a bit colder than anyone expected,
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but there's enough hot sauce
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to make it feel like
you're wearing snow pants.
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Fuckin' freezing.
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Some would say
it's a little "chilly" outside.
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That's actually got
a little sting to it.
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SAUCE MAKER:
Yes.
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KATIE:
I wasn't expecting that.
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It'll keep on creeping up on you.
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Well done. Can I try this one?
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SAUCE MAKER:
Yeah, of course.
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NARRATOR:
Each sauce maker sets up a stand
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to showcase and sell sauces to visitors.
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The event draws
the biggest names in superhot.
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From Troy Primeaux to Johnny Scoville.
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But Vic Clinco is the man
they're all here to see.
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JOHNNY: If Vic Clinco says,
"You got a great hot sauce,"
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man, that's-- your stock's going up.
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That's just all there is to it.
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So, I mean, Vic's word is like,
he's the gold standard.
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Just having your sauce
on his wall is a big deal,
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but if he likes your sauce,
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yeah, that can change your,
you know, can change
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the direction of your company for sure.
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He's that well respected.
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♪
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Get your hot sauce here.
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[chuckles]
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00:16:39,501 --> 00:16:41,545
- So what are we up to here, big guy?
- I know, I--
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You wanna try, uh, try some sauces?
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- Yeah.
- Wander around and see
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what kinda trouble we can get into.
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NARRATOR:
As Vic makes the rounds,
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he's joined by a man dubbed
the godfather of hot sauce.
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John "CaJohn" Hard.
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And my big thing was always
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just the pepper needs
to be the star of the show.
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Right.
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NARRATOR: CaJohn's Fiery Food Companies
launched hundreds of top sauces,
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earning CaJohn a spot
in the hot sauce hall of fame.
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Yep, it's a thing. Look it up.
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Hmm. It has a nice prelude
to a late burn coming in.
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VIC:
Yeah. Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Vic and CaJohn
can tell with one taste
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if a sauce is destined for success.
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So most folks start pretty much
making it in their kitchen, right?
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And they're making hot sauce
either at night or on the weekend,
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and they're-they're-they're going
to farmer's markets
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and trying to peddle it.
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It's a tough road.
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[bell rings]
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TROY PRIMEAUX:
I got my crew here.
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He gets paid in, uh, let's see,
what you get paid in, Huss?
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00:17:43,815 --> 00:17:46,026
Yogurt pops? What else?
403
00:17:46,484 --> 00:17:47,611
Toy cars?
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NARRATOR:
Among those looking to impress today
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is a legend of the game
who needs no introduction.
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There you go, we've got the shirts too.
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00:17:58,371 --> 00:17:59,205
[chuckles]
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NARRATOR: Troy Primeaux is launching
a new superhot sauce.
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Primonition.
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This is a, uh, green sauce.
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NARRATOR:
Part of his plan to catapult
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the 7 Pot Primo into the mainstream.
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Yeah, looks great.
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00:18:13,929 --> 00:18:18,391
My dream is to have a facility
that follows the craft beer model,
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like seasonal,
small batch fermentation.
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00:18:22,062 --> 00:18:24,606
That market in itself is, is huge.
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00:18:24,606 --> 00:18:27,400
Need some jelly, man?
Need some, uh, hot sauce, man?
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I'm doing, I'm doing a sale today.
Five each.
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CUSTOMER:
Give me one of each.
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TROY:
Okay, sure, sure.
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♪ upbeat music playing ♪
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AUREA:
Hello, good morning.
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Hi.
AUREA: Hi.
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My name is Aurea...
- Yes.
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...and we developed these sauces,
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00:18:46,211 --> 00:18:48,964
and, uh, you had
any specific questions for us?
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AUREA:
Absolutely.
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This is not as, um,
as spicy as you might think,
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but it has some heat.
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BOBBY MCFADDEN: Uh, sort of is like,
ginger and turmeric...
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AUREA: It has ginger.
BOBBY: ...and chives and--
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AUREA:
It has miso, it has gochujang,
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yuzu, and calamansi juice.
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AUREA [laughing]:
Thank you.
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Really? Okay. [laughing]
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BOBBY: We charge six bucks is what--
- Six bucks is-is fine.
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Okay.
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AUREA:
Thank you.
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00:19:25,584 --> 00:19:26,710
And what's your name?
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Amy. Thank you so much, Amy.
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This is the first hot sauce I've ever sold
in my whole entire life,
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00:19:33,049 --> 00:19:36,761
and it's a pleasure to have, uh,
have you try the first one.
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AMY:
Yes.
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Thank you. Enjoy.
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BOBBY:
Thank you for stopping by.
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The first $6 that I've ever made
from selling hot sauce.
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00:19:49,357 --> 00:19:50,442
Troy!
448
00:19:50,984 --> 00:19:52,152
Troy Primeaux!
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00:19:52,736 --> 00:19:54,654
I sold my first bottle.
[laughing]
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AUREA:
I'm gonna frame this.
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I'm gonna frame the $6,
and it's from Amy
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from, from North Carolina,
and I'm gonna treasure it forever.
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00:20:07,292 --> 00:20:10,337
BOBBY:
Alright, give me, uh, a big old smile.
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One more.
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CUSTOMER:
Give me one of each.
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TROY:
Okay. Sure.
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NARRATOR: While Aurea has
just made her very first sale,
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Troy Primeaux's been in the game
long enough to know
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nothing comes overnight.
460
00:20:19,846 --> 00:20:22,807
But while that's all true,
word of mouth on TikTok
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could ignite a social media wildfire.
462
00:20:25,602 --> 00:20:27,145
Hello.
TROY: How's it going?
463
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Uh, pretty good.
How's it going with you?
464
00:20:28,855 --> 00:20:30,190
I'm doin' alright.
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NARRATOR: Now that's
where KTB Saucy comes in.
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KATIE:
You know, I've heard about you forever.
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I've never tried a single thing of yours,
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and I'm really looking forward to it.
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TROY:
Awesome, let's go.
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KATIE:
That looks scary.
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00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:41,034
That looks--
- It's not--
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00:20:41,034 --> 00:20:42,661
That looks like murder
in a bottle, it's so red.
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TROY:
It might be.
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Are we about to be friends
or enemies instantly?
475
00:20:45,247 --> 00:20:46,122
What's happening here?
- Oh, we're friends.
476
00:20:46,122 --> 00:20:47,666
We're always gonna be friends, but...
- Look how--
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00:20:47,666 --> 00:20:48,500
...that's pure Primo.
478
00:20:49,334 --> 00:20:51,795
It's-- It-it's not--
You're-- You can handle it.
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♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
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Tastes like peppers instantly.
481
00:21:01,555 --> 00:21:03,014
It's a slow creeper in the back.
482
00:21:03,014 --> 00:21:04,182
I figured it would be.
[Troy laughs]
483
00:21:04,724 --> 00:21:06,977
I love that you're coaching me through.
You're like, "It's okay."
484
00:21:07,269 --> 00:21:08,228
I think it's good.
485
00:21:08,228 --> 00:21:10,105
I just wanna,
I wanna make it hotter.
486
00:21:10,105 --> 00:21:12,107
You really wanna set
the whole world on fire, don't you?
487
00:21:12,107 --> 00:21:13,024
[laughs]
488
00:21:13,024 --> 00:21:14,901
You nailed it 'cause what always--
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what typically seems to happen is
if someone wants
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00:21:16,861 --> 00:21:18,780
to make a really hot sauce like that,
491
00:21:18,780 --> 00:21:20,115
it just tastes like the peppers.
492
00:21:20,115 --> 00:21:22,367
It's not always really good,
but you really killed it with the flavor.
493
00:21:22,367 --> 00:21:23,243
Thank you.
KATIE: Yeah.
494
00:21:23,243 --> 00:21:27,789
I'm not doing it for,
you know, culinary awards.
495
00:21:28,248 --> 00:21:31,001
It's almost like
that's my rock and roll sauce.
496
00:21:31,918 --> 00:21:36,214
That's my sauce that, you know,
"Hey, Primeaux, Primeaux's a contender.
497
00:21:36,214 --> 00:21:38,800
He's still, he's still around, you know?"
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♪ upbeat music playing ♪
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NARRATOR: Each tent here
at the Vic Clinco showcase
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is an opportunity,
an opportunity to discover
501
00:21:48,476 --> 00:21:50,979
the newest, hottest best sauce on earth.
502
00:21:50,979 --> 00:21:55,901
Or just maybe meet someone
who can change your life.
503
00:21:56,276 --> 00:21:58,194
For upstart Drew Goldy,
504
00:21:58,194 --> 00:22:00,697
meeting chili icon Johnny Scoville
505
00:22:00,697 --> 00:22:02,699
could be that moment.
506
00:22:03,033 --> 00:22:04,826
Got a new sauce for you to try.
507
00:22:04,826 --> 00:22:06,161
- Do you really?
- Yeah.
508
00:22:06,161 --> 00:22:09,581
Um, yeah, it's got a neat profile.
509
00:22:13,293 --> 00:22:14,878
Wow. The aroma is fantastic.
510
00:22:14,878 --> 00:22:15,712
DREW:
Thank you.
511
00:22:22,385 --> 00:22:23,887
That's really good.
DREW: Cool.
512
00:22:23,887 --> 00:22:24,888
Man, I really like that.
513
00:22:26,598 --> 00:22:27,432
What are these?
514
00:22:27,432 --> 00:22:29,226
DREW: Uh, these are
the Elder's Revenge Red.
515
00:22:29,684 --> 00:22:30,894
What are the parents on these?
516
00:22:30,894 --> 00:22:34,189
Uh, Naga, Primotalii, and the 7 Pot.
517
00:22:34,606 --> 00:22:36,775
So I've been working on that
for, like, the past five years.
518
00:22:36,775 --> 00:22:37,692
JOHNNY:
Right.
519
00:22:37,692 --> 00:22:39,778
Every pepper grower has their pet project
520
00:22:39,778 --> 00:22:41,696
that they've created
and it's special to them,
521
00:22:41,696 --> 00:22:43,823
and his is called "Elder's Revenge".
522
00:22:44,199 --> 00:22:46,409
It's named after his dog Elder that died.
523
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,037
So I'm standing there talking with him.
524
00:22:49,037 --> 00:22:51,706
I wanted to see if you'd do
a gusher with, uh--
525
00:22:53,083 --> 00:22:54,709
Let's go. I'm all about it.
DREW: With this.
526
00:22:55,126 --> 00:22:57,587
JOHNNY: Yeah, this is-- we're making
what's called a gusher,
527
00:22:57,587 --> 00:23:01,091
uh, where you take
the top of a pepper off
528
00:23:01,091 --> 00:23:02,425
and you fill it with something.
529
00:23:05,345 --> 00:23:07,138
Beautiful thing what you--
It's so tasty.
530
00:23:07,138 --> 00:23:08,014
Thank you.
531
00:23:08,014 --> 00:23:08,848
Here's to your health.
532
00:23:09,266 --> 00:23:11,268
♪ lighthearted music playing ♪
533
00:23:14,062 --> 00:23:15,105
[dings]
534
00:23:15,105 --> 00:23:16,314
Amazing. Thank you.
JOHNNY: Very tasty.
535
00:23:16,314 --> 00:23:18,733
That would be a day-ender
for a lot of people.
536
00:23:18,733 --> 00:23:20,151
- Oh, yeah.
- But that tastes great.
537
00:23:20,151 --> 00:23:21,069
I appreciate that.
538
00:23:26,449 --> 00:23:28,827
No, it's a great pepper, but it's not.
539
00:23:29,869 --> 00:23:30,787
No, I mean,
540
00:23:31,830 --> 00:23:32,872
super tasty though,
541
00:23:32,872 --> 00:23:34,833
but it's not a contender
for the hottest, I don't think.
542
00:23:34,833 --> 00:23:36,126
♪ dramatic sting ♪
543
00:23:43,425 --> 00:23:44,885
I'll keep working on it, thank you.
544
00:23:46,011 --> 00:23:48,763
NARRATOR: Imagine your hero
looking you dead in the eye
545
00:23:48,763 --> 00:23:50,390
and telling you, "You don't have it."
546
00:23:50,849 --> 00:23:53,184
That's reality for Drew Goldy.
547
00:23:53,184 --> 00:23:55,812
Johnny just didn't think
his Elder's Revenge pepper
548
00:23:55,812 --> 00:23:57,230
was super hot.
549
00:23:57,439 --> 00:24:00,150
Well, obviously,
you've had Elder's Revenge.
550
00:24:00,150 --> 00:24:00,984
Yep.
551
00:24:00,984 --> 00:24:06,489
Um, this right here is,
it's a Primotalii Jigsaw.
552
00:24:06,489 --> 00:24:07,866
Was that an accidental cross?
553
00:24:07,866 --> 00:24:09,200
DREW: It was an accidental cross.
- Can I tell you something?
554
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,869
The accidental crosses
are the greatest thing
555
00:24:10,869 --> 00:24:11,703
that ever happened.
DREW: Yeah.
556
00:24:11,703 --> 00:24:13,580
it was, it was an open pollination.
557
00:24:13,580 --> 00:24:15,790
As I'm getting ready to walk away,
he goes, "Oh, you know what?
558
00:24:15,790 --> 00:24:16,833
"I don't know if you're interested,
559
00:24:17,083 --> 00:24:20,587
but I got this, uh,
accidental cross that I had."
560
00:24:20,587 --> 00:24:22,464
And when you say to a pepperhead
accidental cross, you're like,
561
00:24:23,131 --> 00:24:24,257
"What'd you say, accidental cross?"
562
00:24:24,758 --> 00:24:27,719
NARRATOR: An accidental cross
is like a happy accident.
563
00:24:27,719 --> 00:24:30,805
When the genetics of two plants
mix by nature alone
564
00:24:30,805 --> 00:24:32,098
totally unplanned.
565
00:24:32,557 --> 00:24:35,602
Believe it or not, most of
the hottest peppers on Earth
566
00:24:35,602 --> 00:24:37,812
begin as accidents.
567
00:24:40,065 --> 00:24:42,859
- May I?
- Absolutely. Absolutely.
568
00:24:42,859 --> 00:24:45,403
♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
569
00:24:48,531 --> 00:24:49,574
See, that's a hot pepper.
570
00:24:50,325 --> 00:24:54,162
Drew Goldy with this crazy little pepper.
571
00:24:54,162 --> 00:24:57,290
He's got a Primotalii
that accidentally crossed
572
00:24:57,290 --> 00:24:58,708
with a Gator Jigsaw.
573
00:24:59,751 --> 00:25:00,877
That's unbelievable.
574
00:25:02,045 --> 00:25:04,214
I'd focus like crazy on that one.
DREW: Okay.
575
00:25:04,214 --> 00:25:06,508
[stammers indistinctly]
Elder Revenge is a great pepper,
576
00:25:06,508 --> 00:25:07,676
but that's exciting.
577
00:25:08,552 --> 00:25:10,929
It lit me up, and I couldn't smell
578
00:25:10,929 --> 00:25:13,223
or taste anything for, like, two days.
579
00:25:13,848 --> 00:25:17,602
So I don't know, like, I'm kind of afraid
to share it with people,
580
00:25:17,602 --> 00:25:21,314
but it's the whole point
of this thing, isn't it, you know?
581
00:25:21,314 --> 00:25:22,399
I appreciate that.
582
00:25:23,066 --> 00:25:24,818
Now I, now I got some homework to do.
583
00:25:24,818 --> 00:25:26,319
- Thank you so much, man.
- Thank you.
584
00:25:27,612 --> 00:25:29,614
♪
585
00:25:31,116 --> 00:25:32,701
Hey-hey-hey!
586
00:25:32,701 --> 00:25:34,578
- What do we got here?
- What's up, Vic?
587
00:25:34,578 --> 00:25:35,912
What's up? What y'all doing?
588
00:25:35,912 --> 00:25:37,330
Yeah, we came to try some stuff.
589
00:25:37,330 --> 00:25:38,248
TROY:
Oh, you wanna try some stuff?
590
00:25:38,248 --> 00:25:39,165
I do.
TROY: Alright.
591
00:25:39,165 --> 00:25:40,875
The, uh, Primonition, have you had that?
592
00:25:43,461 --> 00:25:45,213
Love you, brother, good seeing you.
TROY: Brothers.
593
00:25:45,213 --> 00:25:47,591
♪ lighthearted music playing ♪
594
00:25:49,759 --> 00:25:50,886
Not too bad.
595
00:25:50,886 --> 00:25:52,053
That's really tasty.
596
00:25:52,053 --> 00:25:54,472
It didn't reach up
and smack me in the face.
597
00:25:54,472 --> 00:25:55,599
When I made it, it did.
598
00:25:56,182 --> 00:25:58,351
Alright, well, look,
to be continued later.
599
00:25:59,519 --> 00:26:01,187
JOHNNY:
I just ate a crazy hot pepper.
600
00:26:01,521 --> 00:26:03,607
SPEAKER: Which one?
- A potential for, uh, like, a contender.
601
00:26:03,899 --> 00:26:05,734
Hey, we need to go talk
to that guy again about that pod.
602
00:26:05,734 --> 00:26:08,695
It's still burning me, and I want him
to know what he's got.
603
00:26:10,196 --> 00:26:11,364
I'll be back later, you guys.
604
00:26:11,907 --> 00:26:14,659
NARRATOR: Drew Goldy was
a dark horse hot sauce maker
605
00:26:14,659 --> 00:26:16,745
who willed his way to this moment.
606
00:26:17,203 --> 00:26:21,708
Now, his superhot has seized
Johnny Scoville's curiosity
607
00:26:21,708 --> 00:26:23,126
and his attention.
608
00:26:23,126 --> 00:26:26,087
Hey, man, that pepper I just ate,
we gotta talk about it.
609
00:26:26,087 --> 00:26:26,922
DREW:
Awesome.
610
00:26:27,505 --> 00:26:29,758
JOHNNY: I've been eating nothing
but really screaming hot peppers lately,
611
00:26:29,758 --> 00:26:31,051
that's as hot as they come.
612
00:26:31,051 --> 00:26:32,761
- Really?
- Yeah, that's-that's a contender.
613
00:26:32,761 --> 00:26:33,803
- Th-That's the one?
- Well, I'm telling you
614
00:26:33,803 --> 00:26:35,472
that's a contender for
the hottest pepper in the world.
615
00:26:35,472 --> 00:26:36,681
What you need to do is--
616
00:26:36,681 --> 00:26:38,141
You have, y-you have
a bunch of seeds from that?
617
00:26:38,141 --> 00:26:38,975
DREW:
Yes, I do.
618
00:26:38,975 --> 00:26:40,310
JOHNNY:
I'm still burning from that.
619
00:26:40,894 --> 00:26:42,896
- Dude, that's insane. That's insane.
- So that's--
620
00:26:42,896 --> 00:26:44,022
What you--
[stammering indistinctly]
621
00:26:44,022 --> 00:26:46,107
Like, I know you have
your projects you gotta work on,
622
00:26:46,107 --> 00:26:47,692
but that's gotta be something
you put a focus on
623
00:26:47,692 --> 00:26:49,653
'cause you grow the hottest pepper...
- It's priority. Yeah. Yeah.
624
00:26:49,653 --> 00:26:51,488
...it's a game changer for you
and the community.
625
00:26:51,488 --> 00:26:52,364
Right. Right.
626
00:26:52,656 --> 00:26:54,449
- Awesome.
- But that's, that's a monster pepper.
627
00:26:54,449 --> 00:26:55,533
- Awesome, man.
- Monster.
628
00:26:55,533 --> 00:26:56,409
Cool, cool.
629
00:26:56,409 --> 00:26:57,827
You know, and I feel b--
I don't wanna ever say
630
00:26:57,827 --> 00:26:58,912
take it away
from Elder's Revenge.
631
00:26:58,912 --> 00:27:00,538
- Oh no, no. Not at all.
- But that right there--
632
00:27:00,538 --> 00:27:01,373
Yeah.
633
00:27:02,165 --> 00:27:03,416
It's good to know, bro.
634
00:27:03,416 --> 00:27:05,168
Good to know.
- Pay it-- Yeah. Baby that thing.
635
00:27:05,168 --> 00:27:06,753
I-- Well, I'm validated.
636
00:27:07,254 --> 00:27:09,005
[both laugh]
637
00:27:09,005 --> 00:27:10,924
Um, I-I've got the seal of approval.
638
00:27:11,341 --> 00:27:12,592
I've got the green thumb.
639
00:27:12,592 --> 00:27:13,802
JOHNNY:
Drew didn't know what he had,
640
00:27:14,302 --> 00:27:15,887
but that's a perfect example.
641
00:27:15,887 --> 00:27:17,138
The hottest pepper out there.
642
00:27:17,681 --> 00:27:19,432
Probably no one's even eaten it yet
643
00:27:19,432 --> 00:27:21,017
because it's rotted
in somebody's backyard.
644
00:27:21,017 --> 00:27:22,143
I wonder how many years
645
00:27:22,143 --> 00:27:23,562
he's been playing with that accident,
646
00:27:23,979 --> 00:27:25,647
you know, and didn't even know
what he was sitting on.
647
00:27:25,647 --> 00:27:27,440
That-that-that's great news.
648
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,316
Um--
649
00:27:29,526 --> 00:27:31,528
Yeah, I'm elated.
That's cool. That's cool.
650
00:27:31,528 --> 00:27:32,946
JOHNNY: At least you know
what you're working on.
651
00:27:32,946 --> 00:27:34,322
Yeah, man, thanks so much.
JOHNNY: Thanks, bro.
652
00:27:35,574 --> 00:27:38,201
Johnny Scoville said that this could be
653
00:27:38,201 --> 00:27:40,662
the contender for the hottest pepper.
654
00:27:41,413 --> 00:27:43,123
I, I don't really know how to, like,
655
00:27:43,665 --> 00:27:46,918
articulate how happy
that makes me, you know?
656
00:27:46,918 --> 00:27:49,337
I'm definitely focusing
on this when I get home.
657
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:56,761
NARRATOR: Here in North Carolina
at Vic Clinco's showcase,
658
00:27:56,761 --> 00:28:00,682
the pepper world may have
just changed forever.
659
00:28:01,766 --> 00:28:05,770
Ironically, an event dedicated
entirely to hot sauce
660
00:28:05,770 --> 00:28:08,148
has somehow yielded quite possibly
661
00:28:09,733 --> 00:28:12,068
the hottest pepper on earth.
662
00:28:17,282 --> 00:28:20,493
[people chattering]
663
00:28:20,493 --> 00:28:24,581
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
664
00:28:24,581 --> 00:28:27,751
I really like the way that
you didn't overdo the Chipotle in it.
665
00:28:27,751 --> 00:28:28,585
Right.
666
00:28:28,585 --> 00:28:29,669
You didn't over smoke it.
667
00:28:29,669 --> 00:28:30,503
Very good recipe.
668
00:28:30,503 --> 00:28:32,005
Thank you, I appreciate that.
669
00:28:32,339 --> 00:28:33,673
Thank you so much.
- Thank you.
670
00:28:33,673 --> 00:28:34,758
DREW: Thank you.
- Thank you, brother.
671
00:28:37,052 --> 00:28:38,511
VIC: Hey hey, what do we got here?
AUREA: Hello.
672
00:28:38,511 --> 00:28:39,888
Hello, welcome.
673
00:28:39,888 --> 00:28:41,765
Alright, so we wanna try some stuff.
674
00:28:41,765 --> 00:28:42,641
AUREA: Absolutely.
BOBBY: Awesome.
675
00:28:42,641 --> 00:28:43,892
- You know, this is yellow.
- Alright.
676
00:28:43,892 --> 00:28:45,977
You know, I'm really--
that's my weakness.
677
00:28:45,977 --> 00:28:47,312
Yellow sauce.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
678
00:28:47,312 --> 00:28:48,146
Right, right.
679
00:28:48,146 --> 00:28:50,857
Um, this is called
the Blazin' Asian Drip.
680
00:28:50,857 --> 00:28:51,691
Okay.
681
00:28:53,693 --> 00:28:56,112
It does smell-- It's unique.
682
00:29:00,116 --> 00:29:01,868
So I don't know how to tackle this thing.
683
00:29:01,868 --> 00:29:04,287
[Bobby laughs]
684
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:07,249
JOHN "CAJOHN" HARD: This is really good.
VIC: That's really good.
685
00:29:07,249 --> 00:29:08,875
That is really tasty.
686
00:29:09,417 --> 00:29:13,171
My gosh, I love the viscosity.
687
00:29:13,171 --> 00:29:15,090
I love how thick it is, right?
688
00:29:15,090 --> 00:29:16,675
CAJOHN: It's really, really great flavor.
- There you go.
689
00:29:16,675 --> 00:29:17,717
[Bobby laughs]
690
00:29:17,717 --> 00:29:19,886
- CaJohn is trying my sauce.
- CaJohn says, "Great flavor."
691
00:29:19,886 --> 00:29:21,888
And Vic Clinco is trying my sauce.
692
00:29:21,888 --> 00:29:22,973
[Bobby laughs]
693
00:29:22,973 --> 00:29:25,559
This is the wildest experience
of my whole life.
694
00:29:26,935 --> 00:29:27,894
VIC:
This is pretty cool.
695
00:29:27,894 --> 00:29:29,312
I'm-I'm a big fan of this here.
696
00:29:29,312 --> 00:29:30,438
Thank you so much for
697
00:29:30,772 --> 00:29:32,691
saying such nice things about it.
- Oh, yeah, I really like that, yeah.
698
00:29:32,691 --> 00:29:34,943
Well, we'll probably have you guys
come over to the house.
699
00:29:34,943 --> 00:29:36,319
That way, you get to see the collection.
700
00:29:36,319 --> 00:29:38,488
Alright?
- Okay, I would love that so much.
701
00:29:38,488 --> 00:29:39,948
Thank you so much.
- You got it.
702
00:29:39,948 --> 00:29:40,949
CAJOHN: We'll see you around later, guys.
- Thank you.
703
00:29:40,949 --> 00:29:42,325
We'll be here.
- Thank you. Best of luck.
704
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,412
AUREA [whispering]:
What just happened?
705
00:29:45,829 --> 00:29:47,622
[Bobby laughing]
706
00:29:48,790 --> 00:29:50,834
[crying] I'm not crying, you're crying.
707
00:29:53,128 --> 00:29:55,505
You see your heroes
like CaJohn,
708
00:29:56,131 --> 00:29:57,340
he's a household name.
709
00:29:57,841 --> 00:30:01,970
Vic Clinco,
he's a-a world record holder.
710
00:30:02,888 --> 00:30:04,723
And they tell you they like your sauce
711
00:30:04,723 --> 00:30:06,641
and your flavors are amazing.
712
00:30:08,268 --> 00:30:09,853
Definitely an amazing experience.
713
00:30:09,853 --> 00:30:11,271
I can't believe that just happened.
714
00:30:11,271 --> 00:30:13,565
But you know what?
We put in the hard work,
715
00:30:13,565 --> 00:30:16,443
came up with the recipes,
and it's awesome.
716
00:30:17,736 --> 00:30:19,404
AUREA:
Would you like to try hot sauce?
717
00:30:19,404 --> 00:30:20,322
BOBBY:
Help yourself.
718
00:30:24,910 --> 00:30:26,578
NARRATOR:
The road of a pepper grower
719
00:30:26,578 --> 00:30:29,205
or a hot sauce maker is not a short one,
720
00:30:29,205 --> 00:30:30,957
nor is it a straight line.
721
00:30:31,374 --> 00:30:33,126
These things take time.
722
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:38,131
But tonight just might be the exception.
723
00:30:40,508 --> 00:30:42,636
DREW:
Holy shit.
724
00:30:43,637 --> 00:30:45,931
Holy shit.
725
00:30:45,931 --> 00:30:47,057
TROY:
Where's the music?
726
00:30:47,057 --> 00:30:48,058
[laughter, party chatter]
727
00:30:48,058 --> 00:30:50,518
NARRATOR:
Following the Vic Clinco showcase today,
728
00:30:50,518 --> 00:30:53,104
Vic invites just a few friends
and hot sauce makers
729
00:30:53,104 --> 00:30:56,233
he deems worthy
back to his collection room.
730
00:30:57,025 --> 00:31:00,737
This is a super VIP event,
731
00:31:00,737 --> 00:31:04,282
and among those lucky few,
Bobby and Aurea.
732
00:31:05,075 --> 00:31:06,326
TROY:
You have one of yours here?
733
00:31:06,326 --> 00:31:07,661
AUREA:
I have some in my bag.
734
00:31:08,245 --> 00:31:09,537
TROY:
Do they, do they know about it?
735
00:31:10,330 --> 00:31:12,874
He tried it.
He tried it on the booth. Vic.
736
00:31:12,874 --> 00:31:14,709
TROY:
Did he get one? Did he get one?
737
00:31:15,168 --> 00:31:16,962
I'm-I'm--
I wanted to hand it to him, but he--
738
00:31:16,962 --> 00:31:17,796
TROY:
I'm gonna tell him.
739
00:31:17,796 --> 00:31:19,339
Vic, um--
- Yes, sir.
740
00:31:20,924 --> 00:31:21,800
I have a lovely lady
741
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,594
that has a bottle of hot sauce she made...
- Mm-hmm.
742
00:31:24,594 --> 00:31:26,680
- ...and, uh, you tried today.
- Okay.
743
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:28,765
And you think it's--
you wanna put it in the shelf?
744
00:31:28,765 --> 00:31:29,975
Oh, absolutely. Yeah.
745
00:31:29,975 --> 00:31:31,893
We'll find some--
We'll find a space somewhere in here.
746
00:31:31,893 --> 00:31:33,395
Oh, yeah.
You might know her, man.
747
00:31:33,395 --> 00:31:34,771
You might know her.
Come see, girl.
748
00:31:34,771 --> 00:31:36,398
VIC: Look at you.
[Troy laughs]
749
00:31:36,398 --> 00:31:37,274
AUREA:
Troy Primeaux.
750
00:31:37,857 --> 00:31:39,109
VIC:
Hi, again!
751
00:31:39,109 --> 00:31:41,361
You might know her.
VIC: I know. We met.
752
00:31:41,361 --> 00:31:42,237
Alright.
753
00:31:42,737 --> 00:31:45,115
TROY: Prototype, man.
- The first-ever batch
754
00:31:45,115 --> 00:31:48,785
of Chewie's Blazin' Asian hot sauce
755
00:31:48,785 --> 00:31:50,829
that we would love for you
to have in your collection.
756
00:31:50,829 --> 00:31:51,663
That is amazing.
757
00:31:51,663 --> 00:31:52,664
TROY:
You're gonna have to sign it.
758
00:31:52,664 --> 00:31:53,915
Yeah, you're gonna have to sign it.
759
00:31:53,915 --> 00:31:55,166
[high-pitched voice] What?
TROY: Yeah, you have to.
760
00:31:55,166 --> 00:31:56,877
I will.
VIC: Yeah! That's the deal.
761
00:31:56,877 --> 00:32:00,839
Going from doubting myself constantly
762
00:32:01,882 --> 00:32:04,634
to finally going... [laughs]
763
00:32:04,634 --> 00:32:08,513
to, um, North Carolina
to make the hot sauce,
764
00:32:09,097 --> 00:32:10,599
was a big leap for me.
765
00:32:11,641 --> 00:32:15,520
It was a, it was a battle in my head
for me to even say yes
766
00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:18,773
that I'll put myself out there
as a sauce maker.
767
00:32:18,773 --> 00:32:22,110
That first batch and for people
to like it enough
768
00:32:22,861 --> 00:32:26,239
to pay me for it was an amazing feeling,
769
00:32:26,239 --> 00:32:30,076
and I just, I'm now looking
770
00:32:30,076 --> 00:32:32,495
for, for that feeling again.
771
00:32:33,371 --> 00:32:36,666
So I think I'm gonna go deeper
into the rabbit hole.
772
00:32:36,666 --> 00:32:37,834
[Aurea chuckles]
773
00:32:37,834 --> 00:32:40,086
[flames sizzling]
774
00:32:40,086 --> 00:32:44,216
♪ dramatic theme playing ♪
775
00:32:44,216 --> 00:32:48,094
♪
776
00:32:57,145 --> 00:33:02,025
♪
777
00:33:02,025 --> 00:33:03,568
♪ music ends ♪
778
00:33:06,571 --> 00:33:08,448
[whistles]