(January 8, 2007) Results of the 2007 Scovie Awards, which recognizes top fiery foods products from around the globe are in and the Naked Pig BBQ Company was selected as a winner in one of the world’s most competitive gourmet food competitions. Naked Pig BBQ, which manufactures HAWG RUB has received a 2007 Scovie Award. In the industry’s most rigorous blind tastings, a panel of the country’s top culinary experts sampled hundreds of the world’s most lauded gourmet foods, and the top scoring products each won a coveted Scovie banner.

Hawg Rub won 3^rd place this year in the Professional Division for Rubs, and took home 1^st place in the same category in 2006. Over 700 products from around the world competed for top honors. The Scovie Awards were created by Dave DeWitt, editor of Fiery-Foods & BBQ Magazine and founder of the National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show. The awards are named for Wilbur Scoville who pioneered a rating scale for spicy foods and have become the industry standard for excellence in more than 60 categories of fiery foods.

"Every year, I am increasingly impressed with the diversity and quality of the products entered in the Scovie Awards," notes Dave DeWitt, dubbed by the New York Times as the "Pope of Peppers" and the author of over 30 books on fiery cuisines. "Our winners this year include not only great product diversity, but geographic diversity as well. This year, our winners represent companies from 32 states and four countries. This year’s Scovie winners truly exemplify the diversity and quality of this industry."

Many of the Scovie award winning products, as well as thousands of other products, will be available to both trade buyers and consumers at the 19^th Annual National Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show, March 2-4 in Albuquerque, NM. For information on Hawg Rub and the Naked Pig BBQ Company, please visit online at www.nakedpigbbq.com.

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