Are you ready for the Sunshine State’s hottest event? The new Queensland Superhot is bringing the heat for two spicy days on November 1 and November 2.
Hosted at Ballistic Brewing, the event brings together the very best of pairings: hot chillies and cold beer! With a speedy beer service and an outdoor bar, you’ll be able to cool down as soon as the heat becomes too much to bear.
Of course, if you’re a chilli lover or have a chilli lover in your life, you may prefer to explore all that their market, Hellfire Alley, has to offer and, believe us, you’ll need time, because they’ve got 20 amazing producers you can meet, sample and buy from!
Here are the vendors you can look forward to in Hellfire Alley:
- 13 Angry Scorpions
- 2 Brothers BBQ
- Australian Buffalo Sauce
- Black Wattle Preserves
- Bob & Brians Hot Sauce
- Burleigh Chilli Do
- Chilli Central
- Chilli kanon
- Chilli Love Co
- Crying Eyes Chilli Oil
- Flaming Koala Hot Sauce
- Flavourista with Leona
- Granite Belt Gourmet
- Heavenly Hell
- Just Getting By Preserves
- Lauren’s Gourmet Seasoning
- Love Pepper Sauce
- Mallory’s Jerky
- Nungra Nibbles
- Peppers Down Under (Seeds)
- Redback Chilli Co
- Relish the Taste
- Saucy Wench
- Scarlett’s Spicy Supermarket
- Unique & Organix
If you’re feeling brave and you’ve got a fire-resistant tongue, you can enter one of the six blazing hot challenges across the two days, and risk it all for $100 in prize money, a trophy, chilli goodies and, most importantly, the glory of holding the chilli sceptre, and wearing the crown and cape.
Saturday challenges
Napalm Noodles: try to eat these fiery gluten-free vegan noodles cooked up by Hedrika Kwan.
Volcanic Wings: super-charged wings by Bare Knuckles Low Slow BBQ of Salisbury.
Fiery Pods: work your excruciating way through a series of fresh chilli fruit pods and then finish things off with chilli extract.
Bonus fun challenge: race to be the first to eat two chilli-infused donuts. This challenge is first come, first serve for up to 10 contestants and, although there is no cash prize, you can win a Sugar Rush Donuts Prize Pack.
Sunday challenges
Mallory’s Flaming Jerky: specially made for this jaw- and tongue-testing challenge, try to take on this fiery jerky.
Diabolical Dogs Challenge: delicious and fiery, this chilli sausage will be topped with Kick-Ass Chilli’s Reaper Sauce.
Fiery Pods: second chance to take home the crown for this challenge!
What else to expect
If you want a break from the heat of competition, there’s heaps of other saucy fun to be had and tasty food to sample! On Saturday, Jan Cranitch will host cooking demos and bring her incredible treats to the Spicy Kitchen, and Lisa of Saucy Wench Gourmet Foods will be firing up the cooker on Sunday with her inimitable spicy style and scrumptious fresh-cooked dumplings.
Green thumbs with a taste for red-hot will be happy to know there will be a plant stall, so you can get your chilli plantation started with seeds, seedlings and adult plants, plus get advice from expert growers!
Young spicy-lovers can enjoy an animal nursery, guided pony rides, face-painting, craft and a story-telling zone. For those with lots of energy, there will be sack races on both days and, for a sugar rush, a handless ice cream eating competition on Sunday for two groups of 10 kids!
Live music will accompany the even throughout both days, keeping everyone energised and pumping out some great tunes to burn your tongue off to.
Practical information
Queensland Superhot will take place on Saturday, November 1 from 12pm to 5:30pm, with a bonus Fiery Fiesta from 5pm to 9pm, and on Sunday, November 2 from 10am to 4:30pm. You can see the full program on their website.
Tickets are $15 per adult for one day, and kids 14 and under get in for free!
You can get your tickets here or at the gate and, if you buy them before Saturday, October 25, you’ll automatically enter a draw to win a fabulous NYE cruise on the MV Baroness!
📍Ballistic Beer Co, 53-55 McCarthy Rd, Salisbury