0:00 Becky from the hometown Explorer here at 0:03 the Connecticut Food Truck battles uh in 0:05 Naugatuck with Bistro buddy we have 0:07 chili here from wanky's Yankee please 0:10 tell us a little bit about your business 0:12 and some of the things that you brought 0:13 with you well I was a chef for 46 years 0:16 and a Pit Master for over 20 and I love 0:18 playing with Chili's hence my nickname 0:21 um started this business as a micro 0:23 hobby back in 2008 it's grown and grown 0:26 and grown I've started a second brand 0:29 called plain Dave's that's my real name 0:31 is David there's no heat in that so I 0:34 got something for everybody I started 0:36 with a couple of hot sauces just from 0:38 stuff I grew at home and expanded and 0:42 expanded and I've always got something 0:43 in the works so I got into barbecues and 0:47 rubs and the spicy jams I'm working on 0:49 ketchup other hot sauces you know a 0:52 couple more barbecue sauces with no heat 0:54 it's always a work in progress I love 0:57 the research and development I call it 0:58 playing companies call it research and 1:01 development 1:02 currently looking for a storefront 1:05 somewhere in Norwalk area just to get 1:08 the brand out there help other brands 1:10 other local purveyors and vendors 1:13 bringing their products in 1:16 I need a larger manufacturing facility 1:18 because my demand is too much for me now 1:22 um as you can see I'm running out of 1:24 space it's an eight foot table I got to 1:25 start getting two booths 1:28 um it is it's a great problem to have 1:30 it's something I love I got out of 1:32 hospitality when covert hit and never 1:34 looked back uh This Is The Love of what 1:39 I you know it's what I do I love to play 1:41 so I have to ask what is your favorite 1:44 thing on the table 1:46 I'm currently sold out of it it's my 1:48 Jamaican Scotch bonnet hot sauce 1:50 it is my biggest seller it's my go-to 1:53 sauce I actually get them from a 1:55 Jamaican grower in Tallahassee 1:58 but I do have more in stock so if 2:01 anybody's looking for it I got it and 2:03 where can people find you online and 2:05 social media and your website uh wanky's 2:08 Yankee hotsauce.com I'm on Facebook and 2:11 Instagram either David wanke or wanky's 2:14 Yankee any of them pop up you can find 2:17 me Google Maps you put in Yankee and 2:20 it'll come up somehow 2:22 um but I'm right out of Norwalk 2:25 you know uh I got all the contact info 2:28 on the website you know if you stop by 2:30 my card I got my email phone number 2:33 everything 2:35 awesome all right well thank you so much 2:36 for talking with us