
Hoping to make the most of what was lining up to be a lost day,
Dave Rose decided he would produce a hot sauce of his own, picking up the jalapenos he needed on his way to his parents’ house. Meanwhile, his brother Nick waited for him with ribs in a smoker, unaware that all of these factors would conspire to create a National food Brand built on serendipity and smoked jalapeños.


On that fateful summer afternoon in 2015
under a haze of smoke and sun, Smoke Show would be born in a moment of fraternal telepathy when the Rose Bros put the peppers in the smoker before blending them into sauce. It was a small, spontaneous step, but it changed everything.


There was something interesting about this smoky, maple syrup infused ooze.
Interesting enough for a vibrant, new brand to crawl out of that ooze and onto grocery store shelves across Canada.
The unique flavour profile of smoked jalapenos, maple syrup, and smoke created enough local buzz and sales for Dave to leave his busboy job and expand the Smoke Show line-up with a spicy mayo, a barbecue sauce, and a spice rub, which have gone on to the same level of success as the flagship hot sauce.

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10 choses à faire en novembre 2017
Nous voulons plutôt vous offrir un produit qui a bon goût et qui deviendra un indispensable de votre frigo», explique Dave Rose.


SMOKE SHOW : UN COUP FUMANT SIGNÉ À MONTRÉAL
Créée à l’occasion d’un barbecue familial dans une cour de Montréal, la Smoke Show compte devenir la sauce piquante canadienne par excellence, rien de moins, après avoir conquis de nombreux restaurants… à petit feu.


Montreal hot sauce goes national
Smoke Show creator and owner Dave Rose joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk about his original smoked jalapeno hot sauce and how it’s taken over Canadian grocery shelves.


Weapons of Choice: Smoke Show Lightly Smoked Jalapeño Hot Sauce
Smoke Show is especially tasty on freshly shucked oysters, but like any good hot sauce it’s great on just about anything.


Dave Rose et l’histoire de la sauce piquante Smoke Show
«C’est le travail que j’ai fait au Liverpool House, au Vin Papillon et au Joe Beef qui m’a motivé avec mon idée de Smoke Show. Je n’aurais jamais fait cette sauce piquante si je n’avais pas travaillé dans l’industrie de la restauration.»


Côte de boeuf et salade de papaye
Quant à la sauce Smoke Show, c’est une création montréalaise à base de jalapeño, légèrement fumée. On la trouve dans de nombreux points de vente à Montréal et en banlieue.

10 Canadian Hot Sauces You Need to Try
“In only a short time, this bottle of hot sauce has grown to become a Montreal favourite.”

C’est la Journée du César!
2-3 traits de sauce piquante Smoke Show […]


10 Hot Sauces I Reach For Instead Of Sriracha
“It was originally created for oysters but one taste of this sauce and you’ll realize that it belongs on pretty much everything. Did I mention it has maple syrup in it?”
