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= Elijah's Xtreme Gourmet Sauces, INC = Elijah's Xtreme is a Charlotte, North Carolina based gourmet spicy condiment company specializing in hot sauces and marinades. Established in June, 2014 with one hot sauce (Ghost Pepper Sauce) they soon became a nationally recognized brand after Bass Pro Shops picked up their hot sauce nation wide. 6 years later they have 7 products and are located in over 900 stores nationwide. Their mission is to create gourmet spicy products with flavor and heat for the masses, without sacrificing ingredients or additives.

= Early Years = Elijah's Xtreme Gourmet Sauces, INC was established in 2014 by a father and son team in Gastonia, North Carolina. Inspired by Elijah Morey in 2003 when he was 6 years old in their family garden with his father, Bret Morey. Elijah told his dad he wanted to be the youngest person to eat the hottest pepper in the world. His dad gave hime a Hot Banana Pepper and said "Start here." Elijah took a bite while standing in the garden and once the heat kicked in, went running back to their house for water. It was this moment that started a father and passion for hot peppers and hot sauces. Through the years Elijah and Bret grew hot peppers, tried hot sauces and challenged each other to see who could handle it the hottest. Through this they realized there was a big gap in the market for hot sauces. They couldn't find a hot sauce that was hotter than normal hot sauce with flavor and heat. It was in the early 2010's that they became serious in creating a hot sauce that met their goal of heat with flavor. After years of failure, in 2013 they created a Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce recipe in their kitchen. They bottled 100 2oz bottles of their creation and sent it to everyone they knew who liked hot sauce or knew someone that did. After a few weeks the feedback came in, everyone said it was hot, but had a good flavor, exactly what they were looking for. In 2014 they found a co-packer who could replicate the recipe and ordered a pallet of their "Original" Ghost Pepper Sauce. In June of 2014, Elijah's Xtreme Gourmet Sauces, INC was born. They received their first pallet of Ghost Pepper Sauce and immediately gained the attention of a local newspaper, the Gaston Gazzett, who wrote an article on the father son team and the story of how they got started. It was this article that lead them to Ed Currie, founder of Pucker Butt Pepper Co. in Fort Mill, South Carolina, the creator of the worlds hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper. In June of 2014, Elijah and Bret met Ed Currie and Elijah was able to fulfill his destiny of eating the worlds hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper 10 years later at 16 years old. The same year they picked up their first client, Bass Pro Shops nation wide carrying their Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce.