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Food Pop-ups at area bars and venues in NYC. DM for local meal kit orders and pick-up. Local Delivery available. See link to order.

10/01/2026

Making a little Shoyu Zuke (sake + soy sauce-marinated fish roe) to top off our Shrimp Rolls for Sake Day Brooklyn tomorrow. 🍶🦐

Join us at Brooklyn Kura in Industry City for an evening celebrating all things sake, bringing together 50+ sake breweries, tastings throughout the night, plus vendors and food pop-ups filling the courtyard.

We’ll be popping up as Better than Porridge × Achilles Heat®, serving our New England-style Shrimp Rolls: tender sous vide-poached jumbo shrimp with lemon-dill dressing, crisp celery and Shoyu Zuke, all tucked into a buttery toasted roll. And, of course, you can add Achilles Heat® Smoked Chili Crisp for an extra hit of smoke, savory depth and heat. 🔥

We’ll also have a mini lineup of Achilles Heat® smoked hot sauces open for sampling, so come taste your way through a few different flavors and heat levels. And be sure to grab a bottle or jar if you want to take the heat home with you.

Friday, October 2 | 5–9 PM
Brooklyn Kura at Industry City, Building 6
68 34th Street, Brooklyn
(Ticket link in bio).

Come taste some incredible sake, grab a Shrimp Roll and find us in the courtyard! 🍶🔥

09/24/2026

Fall markets + pop-ups are in full swing 🌶️🍂

We’ve got a packed few weeks ahead, with Achilles Heat popping up around NYC for tastings, markets, food collaborations and plenty of chances to try our award-winning Smoked Chili Crisp + smoked hot sauces in person.

Coming up: Taste NY at Grand Central, Ditmars, Lux Markets, Sake Day Brooklyn, Spirited Away at Barrow’s Intense, Grand Bazaar NYC and more.

Some stops are all about sampling and stocking up. Others have us teaming up on special food pairings and pop-ups. Either way, we’d love to see you out there.

Swipe through for a look at what’s coming up →
And check the link in bio for our full event calendar, dates, times, locations + ticket details.

See you around NYC this fall. 🌶️

09/21/2026

When the bartender asks for a Queso Smokehouse Burger topped with Achilles Heat® Smoked Chili Crisp… 🌶️🔥🍔

You don’t ask questions. You make it happen.

Prime Black Angus beef seasoned with our savory house blend, cooked to a perfect medium rare, on a bed of fresh, crisp romaine, topped with melty queso and a generous spoonful of smoke-forward, crispy, umami-packed Achilles Heat.

And yes, this is your sign to put chili crisp on your next burger.

10/10 bartender order. No notes. 😂

Who’s ordering one next? 👀🌶️🍔

09/20/2026

THE WHOLE HOG ROLL 🐷🌶️

A Pig Island NYC adventure turned into one seriously good sandwich.

Whole-hog pork + creamy smoked pimento cheese sauce + Southern coleslaw + Achilles Heat Scarlet Cherry Noir.

But this one has a story…

(Scroll right 🤓📝)

It started at Pig Island NYC with a whole-hog butchery demo from Jake Levin, aka The Roving Butcher, presented by New York Pork Producers.

From whole animal to individual cuts, this was such a fascinating look at where our food actually comes from.

The Roving Butcher at work.

Breaking down the entire hog, cut by cut. 🐷🔪

The whole-animal demo brought everyone right up to the table to see the process firsthand.

Nothing hidden. Every cut has a purpose.

From butchery, the pork headed over to Chef David Navarro David Navarro to hit the grill.

From butcher → chef.

Chef David Navarro David Navarro took over from here. 🔥🐷

And this is where Achilles Heat entered the picture… 🌶️

Chef David sliced into that crispy pork and spooned our award-winning Achilles Heat Smoked Chili Crisp right over the top. 🐷🌶️🔥

Chef David paired our Smoked Chili Crisp with several of the cuts throughout the demo.

Smoke-forward, savory, crispy chile crunch + rich grilled pork.

An incredibly delicious bite.

And judging by the reactions, we weren’t the only ones who thought so. 🌶️🐷

Then David very generously sent me home with quite the haul:

hog head, neck, a partial rib section + a beautiful piece of loin.

Challenge accepted. 😏

During the demos, Achilles Heat® was at Pig Island all day pouring samples and sharing our smoked hot sauces + Award-winning Achilles Heat Smoked Chili Crisp.

But there was still another chapter coming…

Back home, it was time to break everything down.

And no, this is not the first Pig’s head I’ve carved. 😉🐷

I broke everything down into the usable cuts and meat from the head, cheeks, neck, loin + ribs.

Post-carving photo.

The rib section was so large it didn’t even fit in the frame.

Next: sous vide at 145°F for a few more hours, ensuring the portions closest to the bone were fully cooked while keeping the pork tender and juicy.

THE RESULT. 🐷🌶️
A Better than Porridge Hog Roll.

Different cuts of pork

09/05/2026

Labor Day weekend plans = EAT GOOD. GET SPICY. REPEAT. 🍤🍔🌭🔥

We’re spending the long weekend at Barrow’s Intense @ Industry City with the Better Than Porridge food pop-up + Achilles Heat.

Come hungry for New England Style Shrimp Rolls, Hearts of Palm Rolls, Smokehouse Queso Burgers, dogs + sausages, esquites, jumbo hot pretzels and plenty of Achilles Heat. 🌶️ All pair excellent with the Barrow’s Frozen Moscow Mule! 🍹

LONG WEEKEND SCHEDULE
SATURDAY • 2–10PM
SUNDAY • 3–7PM
MONDAY • LABOR DAY • 2–8PM

And we’re not stopping Monday…

🔮 TUESDAY • 5–10PM
Back at Barrow’s with for Spirited Away Psychic + Paranormal Night. Psychic readings, tarot, astrology, aura photography + more, with Better Than Porridge serving up dinner all evening. ✨
*vegan & vegetarian food options

📍 Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room
at
920 Third Ave, courtyard 5/6
Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Come eat, hang out, grab some Achilles Heat and make a long weekend of it. 🔥

09/02/2026

Facebook reminded me that in 2020, I was in my Bushwick backyard experimenting with grilled pizza, (pizza steel vs cast iron), tweaking my homemade sourdough crust and growing purple basil for my pizza sauce, all in between client Zoom calls at my corporate job. 😂🍕

Six years later, apparently I’m still tinkering with pizza sauce flavors. Only now, it’s all about that flavorful, smoke-forward heat. 🔥

And suddenly I understand why I’ve been craving a pizza hot sauce…

Who’d have thought those backyard experiments would eventually lead to Il Diavolo Affumicato, Achilles Heat’s new Smoked Spicy Pizza Hot Sauce. 🍅🌶️🔥

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just spicier. 😂

08/31/2026

ACHILLES HEAT x CLARA’S 🔥🍕
IT’S PIZZA WING NIGHT!

ONE NIGHT ONLY. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PIZZA MEETS WING NIGHT? 🍕🍗🔥

Tonight at Clara’s, we’re premiering Achilles Heat’s NEW Il Diavolo Affumicato Smoked Spicy Pizza Hot Sauce on $1.50 wings.

Think the flavors of a great New York slice, reimagined as hot sauce: ripe tomatoes, caramelized onions, roasted garlic + Italian herbs, fired up with smoked habaneros and Carolina Reapers. Rich, savory, smoky and spicy.

🔥 Want even more heat? Go Apocalypse Now, with rare smoked Apocalypse Reapers, dragon fruit + passion fruit.

Or mix it up with any of Clara’s house sauces.

Stop by the Achilles Heat tasting table from 5–9PM to sample our spiciest smoked hot sauce lineup yet and stock up on these limited batches.

📅 Monday, August 31
📍 Clara’s | 53 Wilson Ave, Bushwick
🚇 Morgan Ave L
⏰ 5–9PM
🍗 $1.50 wings with purchase of alcohol
🌶️ Minimum 3 wings per sauce flavor

Come grab a bottle of Il Diavolo Affumicato before this small batch runs out! 🔥

08/29/2026

BROOKLYN… wanna be among the first to taste something BRAND NEW? 🍕🌶️👀

We’re giving you a sneak taste of our brand-new smoked spicy PIZZA hot sauce this weekend, before we officially introduce it. 🔥🍕

And since you’ve been asking for MORE HEAT, we’re bringing our spiciest Achilles Heat lineup yet along with it. ❤️‍🔥

SATURDAY 8/29
📍 Barrow's Intense Ginger Liqueur • Barrow's Intense NY Tasting Room • Industry City
⏰ 1–9PM

SUNDAY 8/30
📍 Barrow's Intense Ginger Liqueur • Barrow's Intense NY Tasting Room • Industry City
⏰ 3–7PM

MONDAY 8/31
📍 Clara’s • Bushwick
⏰ 5–8PM

Come taste:

🍕🔥 BRAND-NEW SMOKED SPICY PIZZA HOT SAUCE — you’ll have to come taste it before we tell you much more. 😉

🌶️ The Merchant’s Brine — smoked spicy pickle + tomatillo
🔥 Savage Carolina Gentleman — Carolina Reaper, roasted garlic + sweet onion
🔥🔥 Apocalypse Now — Apocalypse Reaper + dragon fruit

And if you’re lucky… we’ll have a few bottles of Scarlet Cherry Noir and Brooklyn Bravo Bianco up for grabs at Barrow’s. 🍒🌶️

Unfortunately, no Smoked Chili Crisp this weekend. This one is ALL ABOUT THE HOT SAUCE.

Come hang, grab a drink, be one of the first to taste the new pizza sauce, and find out just how much heat you were actually asking for. 😈🔥

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