It is with profound sadness that we announce that our founder and the patriarch of the Hungry Volcano family, Sam Shivji, has passed away.

Sam had an incredible flair for cooking and making food delicious. He started making hot sauce in the 90s. He had so much fun creating recipes and watching people sweat (especially his son in law!). Although, he'll be a tough act to follow, we will work very hard to make him proud and carry on his legacy.

The Shivji family would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who expressed sympathy and for your prayers and well wishes while Sam was in the hospital. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

View Sam's Obituary

Rest in peace Dad. We love you.

First we ran out of bottles, then they stopped supplying our bottles and then our old labels didn't fit on the new bottles! So, our Alberta Crude and Acid Rain hot sauces have a new look!

We're a small business, so we'll be using up some of our old labels on the other products in these lines for a while, but we hope you like the new look.

Hungry Volcano's latest creation - the Lava Trio - was recently recognized with an honourable mention at the annual Made in Alberta Awards.

These new molten lava-inspired sauces were launched in 2021. The sauces are hand made in small batches in Calgary and were designed these to have a fun “hotsy-turvy” effect. Each sauce is named after an actual volcano, and the clear labels let you see the vibrant colours of each one.

The lava trio includes:

• Kick ‘Em Jenny – when you want to kick things up a notch (less than a mountain, but more than a molehill), Jenny’s your girl. Not your grandma’s hot sauce; it’s our grandma’s hot sauce – and she was one spicy lady.
• Baratangy – More than a zip, this sauce zaps! But under all the fire and brimstone that the peppers pack, you can still taste the citrus, sugar, tamarind and vinegar – now, how ‘bout that?
• Piping Piparo – Piping Piparo picked a pile of piping hot peppers and just a pinch of it will punish your palate! Some like it hot, but few can handle it this hot.

They're quickly becoming some of our best sellers!

Father's Day is quickly approaching and we've got a few of our favourites on sale. Some will make your dad laugh, some will make him cry and some will make him fire up the barbecue and cook you dinner! Who can argue with that?

These start on the milder side and by the end, they are beyond hot.

Sir Fartalot’s Hot Sauce
The only "round table" this sauce will ever see is your kitchen table. Sir Farts-A-Lot is made with gas producing jalapeno peppers and tequila. It is guaranteed to have the Queen of your house calling for a beheading, or at least a window to be opened!

Grandma Shivji’s Chile, Lime & Habanero Hot Sauce
This locally made hot sauce has great flavor and medium heat. This sauce lets you enjoy delicious tangy and limey taste with a nice kick. Amazing with fish tacos!

Doc Holliday’s Feel Good Elixir Hot Sauce
A real Southern-style Habanero hot sauce! This elixir won’t cure anything, but it will distract you for a second. Perfect on anything! Especially a Caesar!

Pepperking Ring of Fire Hot Sauce
This sauce is made with locally-grown peppers from Pepperking in Airdrie, Alebrta and tastes like salsa. It is great on chicken, fish, lamb. Also, it's sensational on all vegetables as a dipping sauce.

Reaper Racha Hot Sauce
For all the Siracha lovers who say Siracha is not hot enough! This sauce is the Puckerbutt Company’s version of Siracha with a wild kick from the Carolina Reaper Peppers! It has a beautiful tomato base which goes well with absolutely anything!

Voodoo Prince Black Mamba Hot Sauce
This sauce is a deadly cocktail of flavor and heat! The black pepper and cumin give it a rich spicy flavor and the ghost pepper gives it that kick. This sauce goes good on burgers and ribs. Eat at your own risk.

Hellfire First Blood Hot Sauce
First Blood features the fresh all-natural flavor of the finest superheat peppers no added vinegar. It has a very high pepper content making it a super thick sauce. With heat from Trinidad Scorpions, Primo 7 Pot, Naga Bhut Jolokia and Red Savina Habaneros and flavor from sundried tomatoes, garlic, sea salt and a touch of cumin and lemon juice, this sauce tastes great on just about anything.

Get these sauces on sale until Father's Day.

Calgary, Alberta, April 30, 2021 /  Hungry Volcano, makers of hot sauces like Acid Rain and Alberta Crude, launched a new line of hot sauces today. Hot sauce lovers across North America can get their hands on these fiery concoctions at hungryvolcano.com or at select retailers in the coming weeks.

The pandemic gave Hungry Volcano founder Sam Shivji a unique opportunity to spend some time in the kitchen experimenting. “I heard from our customers that they were making their own hot wings in the air fryer or experimenting with different flavours on the barbecue. It got me motivated to do my own cooking,” says Sam.

The new molten lava-inspired sauces are hand made in small batches in Calgary. “We have a small but mighty team that rolled up their sleeves and put on some gas masks – N95s just don’t cut it when you’re dealing with Scorpion peppers.”

Hungry Volcano collaborated with local agency Daughter Creative on the design of the new line. Jill Dewes, partner at Daughter, noted: “When you really think about it, hot sauce bottles are just upside-down volcanoes, so we designed these to have a fun “hotsy-turvy” effect, where each sauce is named after an actual volcano, and the clear labels let you see the vibrant colours of each one.”

The new range is launching with three varieties:

• Kick ‘Em Jenny – when you want to kick things up a notch (less than a mountain, but more than a molehill), Jenny’s your girl. Not your grandma’s hot sauce; it’s our grandma’s hot sauce – and she was one spicy lady.
• Baratangy – More than a zip, this sauce zaps! But under all the fire and brimstone that the peppers pack, you can still taste the citrus, sugar, tamarind and vinegar – now, how ‘bout that?
• Piping Piparo – Piping Piparo picked a pile of piping hot peppers and just a pinch of it will punish your palate! Some like it hot, but few can handle it this hot.

For fans of Hungry Volcano’s other sauces, you’ll taste the signature flavour you find in Hatari Brothers, Grandma Shivji and Addiction brand products. But these sauces have some new flavours, and some crazy hot peppers like Scorpions, Habaneros, Piquins and Scotch Bonnets.

The trio will be available at hungryvolcano.com and the Calgary Crossroads Market starting today.

About Hungry Volcano

Hungry Volcano is a Calgary-based maker and vendor of hot, wing and barbecue sauces as well as a variety of specialty food products. Born out of a passion for fiery foods and the need to spread the Gospel of Fire across Canada and around the world, HungryVolcano.com was first created in 2003 and our line-up has grown to over 550 products. You may not know our founder Sam Shivji by name. You are probably aware of his products though. Sauces like Acid Rain and Alberta Crude need no introduction. Sam has been at the forefront of the Canadian hot sauce scene for more than 25 years and has won numerous prizes for his fiery concoctions. Find our products at several locations across Canada and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

For more information, contact orders@hungryvolcano.com

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