Kathryn Rem at the State Journal in Springfield, Illinois asks:
“Does anyone really like food this hot?”
To which I reply: Hell yea!
Eating in a restaurant is a minefield for me. I have learned to ask servers about the spiciness of menu items, but the answers are subjective. Usually, they tell me the dish has “a little [...]

A dog who likes spicy food and chile peppers is definitely our kind of dog! Thanks to Mick & Rita from Kato Productions for donating a couple of sauces and a not-big-enough Habanero chocolate bar (for us) to the cause. Woof!

Kato Productions is the creation of Mick and Rita Pinckney. The name [...]

FIRE! FIRE! No, no…not in a building or anything, but on our palates after infusing them with some of the habanero sauces that Jim sent to us. Thanks, Jim, this is the kind of heat & fire you don’t have to call your homeowners insurance about.

Jim Campbell, head honcho of the Mild [...]

Slowly but surely, we’re getting caught up after the big move. Fortunately, we have some cool companies who want us to feature their products…so we’ll keep doing it as long as the demand is there.
That being said, here’s the upcoming schedule of companies whose products we will be doing Features on, in order of [...]

We’ll try to keep this updated as we get more, or use up, new hot sauces in our collection. Some purely as for collecting purposes, but we keep 2-3 dozen different ones open at all times for our fiendish culinary uses.
9 1/2 Weeps Hot Passion Sauce
Acid Rain
Aji Amazona – Red
Alberta Crude
Amoy Chili & Garlic [...]

We are lucky enough to live here in Columbus, OH, along with the Caboom!-meister himself, CaJohn. Late last week, Joe paid a visit to his store.

You would never know it, but the CaJohn’s hot sauce empire resides in an unassuming brown brick building in north central Columbus, OH. Joe stopped by to pick [...]

Dave Hirschkopf was the first person to link hot sauce and insanity…and thank goodness for that! Besides being an industry leader in the hot & spicy biz, he was insane enough to send us a bunch of products to try. Thanks, Dave!!

Dave’s products come with the disclaimer, “Warning: This product may be addictive [...]

On some blogs, you can find out a little bit about the authors themselves. This is one of those blogs. Duh!
Linda was born in Chicago, IL and raised in the Chicago area until the age of 17, when the wind, cold and snow finally got to her. Sick of the snow, Linda [...]