NYC Hot Sauce Expo Returns to Brooklyn for a Spicy 13th Edition

Ashley Greene•

25.04.2026• 2 Min.

A person holding a bottle of Sriracha hot sauce in a restaurant, with a bowl of food on the table and chairs in the background.

NYC Hot Sauce Expo Returns to Brooklyn for a Spicy 13th Edition

The New York City Hot Sauce Expo returns to Brooklyn this Saturday and Sunday. In addition to more than 40 hot sauce vendors, the event - now in its 13th year - will also feature craft beers, spicy food and plenty of eye-watering programming, from competitive eating competitions galore to a Tabasco cocktail demonstration and a "bobbing for reaper peppers" experience.

The Expo, which is arguably the nation's preeminent hot sauce festival, is the brainchild of upstate-born Long Island resident and metalhead Steve Seabury. It all began in the early 2000s, when he started making and bringing around his own hot sauce to improve the "really crappy food" he was eating at "7-Eleven at 3 o'clock in the morning" while touring with bands. Then, when Live Nation partnered with him on his Metal Alliance Tour festival, he decided to small batch and sell his sauce as High River Sauces. It was a hit, and in 2011 the expo was born.

Ahead of this weekend's heat-cranking event, our website called up Seabury to discuss the state of the spice industry, regional heat tolerances and peppers. An edited and condensed version of the discussion is below:

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