09/15/2023
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Thank You to Rachel Duffen for performing at the I Like It Hot Festival & entertaining the crowd!
The Largest Hot Sauce & Taco Festival in Florida! FREE admission! [email protected] September 9th & 10th
Location: Largo Event Center 6340 126th Ave N.
Largo, FL
Times: Saturday 10am til 5pm Sunday 11am til 4pm
FREE Admission
FREE Parking
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Thank You to Rachel Duffen for performing at the I Like It Hot Festival & entertaining the crowd!
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Congratulations to the 1st Place Amateur Hot Sauce Award Winner Scott Rowe for his Get Out Of My Smokin Face Hot Sauce!
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Congratulations to our 2nd Place Amateur Hot Sauce Award Winner Casey Corder!
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Congratulations to our 3rd Place Amateur Hot Sauce Award winner Thomas Heinis for his Chicago Tom's Killer Hot Sauce!
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Congratulations to our 2nd Place Vendor Concoction Award for Cleared Hot by Floridaman Hot Sauce & our 1st Place Vendor Concoction Award for Tropical Heat Wave by Jam Coast Jams!
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Thank You to Courtney Jeffers from Crafts Are Sew My Thing for the beautiful awards & Congratulations to our 3rd place vendor concoction The Reesey Spoon for their Fire Fudge!
Lolly Lick-A-Thon Contest
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I Like It Hot Festival 2023 was a success & we're glad everyone enjoyed! Here are some additional photos from this weekend but post your best here too!
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And we have the Winners!!!
Favorite Vendor
Barbara's Kitchen
Vendor Concoction
1st Place Jam Coast Jams
2nd Place Florida Man Hot Sauce
3rd Place The Reesey Spoon
Amateur Hot Sauce
1st Place ( #1) Scott Rowe
2nd Place ( #23) Casey Corder
3rd Place ( #6) Thomas Heinis
Amateur Salsa
1st Place ( #2) Rhonda Guerrero
2nd Place ( #1) Rudy Barragon
3rd Place ( #3) Richard & Suzy Auth
Amateur BBQ
1st Place ( #4) Beth Dorman
2nd Place ( #3) Richard & Suzy Auth
3rd Place ( #1) Robert Randle
Lolly Lick-A-Thon
Bill Artis
Jalapeรฑo Contest
Jeff Perkins
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We had a Saucetastic weekend at the 23rd I Like It Hot Festival! Thank you to our vendors, sponsors, staff, & attendees who came out to make this weekend a success! โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
Su Yum Foods
SWAG Party Rentals
Tennessee Bob's Hot Sauce Co.
The Burn Pepper & Sauce Co
The Canna Bus
The Main Ingredient Lutz
The Nutty Snack Shack
The Pickle Patch FL
The Reesey Spoon
The Taco Ju**ie
Those Florida Guys
Travel Smart Vacation Getaways - https://www.facebook.com/TravelSmartGetaways
Twin Mama Crafts
W-O-W Mexican Street Corn
Your Hot Sauce Company - www.YourHotSauceCompany.com
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We had a Saucetastic weekend at the 23rd I Like It Hot Festival! Thank you to our vendors, sponsors, staff, & attendees who came out to make this weekend a success! โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
5AM Leather
Alexandra Faga Koutsoilias
Atlas Cortecero
Austrian Baker
bDurable Garage Floor Coatings
Big Dog Bar-B-Q
Bling by JC, LLC
Boba Nirvana
Byte Biltong
Candy Crunch Freeze Dried Candy - https://www.instagram.com/candycrunch_fl
Carlosโ Consuming Fire Hot Sauce, LLC
Catch A Fire Inc.
Chicken Salad Chick
Coconut Bar US
Cousins Maine Lobster
Dancing Starfish Candles
Divinos Tacos FL
Earth To Body Organics
Father of Seven
Flores Handmade
Floridaman Hot Sauce
Florida's Finest Jerky Co
Furman Marketing LLC - The Cordova Inn
GFS Catering LLC/Hudson's Lemonade
Glazed & Confused Mini Donuts
GRAN AREPA
Gutterglove Pro - Gutters, Spouts, n Guards Corporation
Happybelly Tacos & Grill
Hawaiian Honey Cone
Intensity Academy Gourmet & Hot Sauce Company
Ivys Peppa Sauce
Jam Coast Jams
Jerky Man Dan's LLC
Kara's Greek
Kinky Earrings
LakeShore Crafts and More
Largo Event Center
Lennie's Beer Cheese
Life In Color - https://www.facebook.com/groups/181389897064323
Little Luvin Stitches
Main Street Boys
Michele Northrup
Moonlit Macarons
Ms. Chile Pepper
My Spice Buds
On the Rockz Crystalz
Paradise Teas, LLC
Pet Skunk Advocates & Rescue
Poppin Good Kettle Korn
Rachel Duffen
Renewal by Andersen LLC
Rhineland Cutlery
Salt's Hot Chicken
SaucyQueen
Seriously Hot Peppers
S*K Promotions, Inc
Slippโs Ice
Southern Creations Face Painting
Stanky Sauce - Florida's Most Adventurous Hot Sauce
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We had so much fun with our contests yesterday! Thank you to all our contestants who participated! We had the Jalapeรฑo Eating Contest, Best Vendor Concoction, & Best Amateur Hot Sauce. Today is the extreme Lolly Lick-A-Thon at 2PM & the Amateur BBQ Sauce & Salsa! โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
I like it hoooooooooot!
Largo Event CenterSeptember 10th 2pm
And if you donโt have the palette to stomach anything spicier than a Hot Cheeto, donโt worry, because there will be tons of food trucks and other vendors to browse, too.
The burrrrrrrnnnnn ๐คฃ๐ฅ
SEA ๐you this weekend at the 34th Annual Tarpon Springs Seafood Festival! Fresh seafood, local vendors, live music all weekend long! It will be FIN-tastic! ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ
13350 U.S. Highway 19 N
Clearwater, FL
33764
Monday | 12pm - 4:30pm |
Wednesday | 10:30am - 4:30pm |
Friday | 10:30am - 3:30pm |
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๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๏ธ๐ฅ๐ Along with many amazing vendors, we had some amazing talent take to the I Like It Hot Festival Stage. Thank You To Marianne & The Professor! We enjoyed your performance!
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