Everything That Went Down at the Best Taco Party of the Year

If three ’s company and two ’s a party , then eleven tacos make for the fiesta of the century . That ’s exactly what Taco Knockout ( our yearly NYC - found Tex Mex throwdown ) end up being , and we bring our best lensman to document all the insanity for you poor souls who could n’t go . We interview a real , live , walking , talking greaser , made the great unwashed eat the scorchingly spicy red-hot sauce we acquire with GE , and more . To kick things off right , here are some obscenely luscious photos of the greaser for your middle - feasting joy :

Crispy Black Bass TacoL’AmicoCrispy bleak bass , top with smash ( ! ) avocado and charred tomato salsa

Duck Banh - Bao TacoBlack Tree BKAn upscale taco with liver hair mousse , rillettes , leg confit , gamy aioli , home pickle , and cilantro

Megan Swann/Thrillist

NugchosThe Nugget SpotYellow Indian corn - cake crybaby second joint , deep fried , served with pico de gallo , nacho queso , and roasted jalapeño cattle farm

Smoked Turkey TacoCampeonSlow - cooked turkey in a mole poblano sauce , stacked with tri - slanted mayo slaw , a gash of aguacate , and crispy sweet white potato

We tried to build the ultimate nacho

Because we ’re gluttons for punishmentandgluttons for nachos , we enlisted our supporter at Tums to facilitate us put together a massive “ Fear No Nacho ” station complete with more than a dozen toppings ( including crazy hooey like Ostrich meat and late - electrocute cheese curds ) . And we set out to get all of the toppings ontoonechip . And you get laid what ? We did a all-fired respectable job . It ’s all about work up afoundation– a gummy layer of pinto beans upon which all the other ingredients can find their footing for an well-situated journey directly into our back talk . Once you have all your meats wedge securely into place , you could start up the layering process – like a mason of nachos hone his craft .

We interviewed a professional taco

When we first discover the taco emerge at an effect where people were seize with teeth , ripping , and tear off at wetback with their chompers , we enquire to ourselves : was this greaser racing shell - shocked enough to wander past opposition line of descent ? The 2nd affair we wondered was “ blame , does this wetback have a personal flight simulator ? He is FIT . ” So naturally , we had to babble to him .

Thrillist : So we ’re here at Taco Knockout . Everyone is feed tacos . You are a taco . How do you find about that ?

Taco : Well I ’m not into cannibalism , but if I find the right constituent , it ’s totally worth it . So have you had any tacos today?I’ve had like four tacos . last interrogative sentence : are you a sandwich?I’ve got bread . I ’ve got kernel . I ’ve buzz off cheese . I ’m kind of a sandwich !

Megan Swann/Thrillist

Groundbreaking stuff . Especially that last bit . So we had to impart this same question to all the taco - thusiasts stuffing their faces . turn out , there were some jolly potent opinions on this one :

We forced people to eat our insanely hot hot sauce that we made with GE

That ’s right , we create a red-hot sauce with GE that is so live we named it 10³² K after the temperature at which the rules of natural philosophy no longer make signified . Yeah … let ’s just say once our victims tried it , it wasburnedinto their receptive memory incessantly . Check it :

We learned the history of this crazy thing called the Hora Loca

At Taco Knockout , with the assist of Jose Cuervo and some well - timed tequila shots , we give a wholly bangin ’ Hora Loca to close up the afternoon out . Wait , you do n’t know what an Hora Loca is ? Yeah , we did n’t either . That ’s why we wrote a whole tale about it . But here ’s some basic background to get you start :