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And happy new year, Hot Ones fans.
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I hope that you all had an amazing holiday, but for some of us, and that includes me, it's time to get back to work.
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I need celebrities to interview. I need wings to devour.
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And of course, I need my hot sauces.
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So, behold, take a look at the new kids on the block.
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It's the season 29 Hot Ones hot sauce lineup in all of its glory.
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Take a look at the colors, the new labels, the old classics.
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And we kick things off out of Montreal with Micro Saucery, Pico Peppers, and their sauce, garlic delight.
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This sauce is a blend of four kinds of garlic, fresh, fried, comfy, and dehydrated. It's creamy and savory.
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The perfect sauce to warm up the pallet as we get things going.
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And as we move on to sauce number two, the garlic train just keeps on rolling with Hot Ones pickled garlic Sriracha.
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This blend of ripe red jalapenos meets key lime, pickley garlic, and a hint of dill for a tangy, bright twist on a beloved classic.
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Pickled garlic Sriracha brings a little more zing than your average number two, which is why we've moved it up.
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We're kicking things up a notch this year.
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All right, moving on to sauce number three.
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Welcoming in our first newcomer in the lineup.
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This is Quinton's white hot mustard sauce out of Nashville.
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It's tangy, sweet, and spicy all at once.
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Layering mustard with a Carolina Reaper powered sting.
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This sauce brings big personality.
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It's a new take on a backyard classic.
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Welcome to the lineup, Quinton's.
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And moving on, we have another newcomer to the lineup.
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Say hello to Smoked Habanero and Peach.
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Smok and Dragon welcome to the table with its Caribbean inspired flavors.
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Smoked habanero and peach pairs juicy peaches and sweet molasses with aromatic spices and a fresh sting of habanero peppers.
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A gentle smokiness brings everything together with a perfectly balanced sweet heat combo.
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You know I love my sweet heat combos.
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And while we're on the topic, moving up another sauce that has moved up in the lineup, we're kicking it up a little bit.
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Tropical Amaro from Hot Ones at the halfway mark.
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Launched as part of our 10th anniversary lineup, Tropical Amaro blends pineapple and mango with citrusy heat from scotch bonnet and fatali peppers.
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Warm curry spices, mustard, toasted onion.
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They all round out this island inspired sauce.
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A launchpad to the weirdness, as Matthew McConna would say.
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And then moving on to the new sauce number six, a name that I love.
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Say hello to homegrown hell.
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From Denver, Colorado's Sauce Leopard.
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This sauce fuses bright fitali heat with the numbing tingle of Sichuan pepperc corn and a touch of tahini for body and depth. It's sweet. It's citrusy. It's unique.
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If I have one note, though, is it funky enough?
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Well, if it's not, our next sauce certainly is.
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Say hello to Funky's Hot Sauce Factory and their sauce, Nirvana.
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This sauce combines dragon's breath chilies with tropical fruit and nutty sesame oil. It's savory.
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It's tangy, but most importantly, it's a little bit funky and probably the last sauce on the lineup that our guests will have before the panic really settles in at the number eight spot.
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As it is, year over year over year over year, the bomb beyond insanity, infamous for delivering a sudden, tongue searing burn that shuts down even the bravest of our celebrity guests.
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It's not about flavor anymore.
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At this point in the show, it's all about survival. Shout out to Kansas.
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You know ball, as Shaq would say. >> I apologize, Kansas.
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>> All right, moving on to number nine and welcoming back to the lineup our friends out of Vermont, Butterfly Bakery.
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Smoked Serrano Squash Reaper X is made of butternut squash and smoked onion combined with Srano Ghost and Smok and Ed's pepper X.
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It's deep, it's earthy, it's dangerously smoky, it's where fire meets farm fresh at the number nine spot.
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And now it's time to shake it up.
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The last dab, Thermageddon, is back at the number 10 spot.
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Created in collaboration with Smok and Ed Curry, Thermageddon combines four of the hottest peppers in the world, Scorpion Pepper, Pepper X, Carolina Reaper, and Apollo for this molten soul stirring finale at the top of Mount Scoville. And there you have it.
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It's the season 29 lineup in all of its glory.
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We always say that we make a symphony of sauce and this year's lineup is no exception.
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From newcomers to oldtimers, sauces that rattle the brain, others that taste well, this is the lineup that we're taking the field with to kick off season 29.
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And now there's nothing left to do but pull back the curtain on season 29 because we are premiering next week. That's right, next week.
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And here is a little taste of what's to come. Colin, roll the tape.
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>> My answer is some of them are more brief or scattered than they might normally be, but and I feel like there's water coming out of holes in my face.
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>> Yeah, that's what happens.
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We're we're squeezed like a sponge. >> Sure. >> A little bit.
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>> But all that said, there's no place I'd rather be. >> Jason