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 up a couple of hot sauce display racks, and struck up a conversation with CaJohn (a.k.a. John Hard) about various topics. John talked a bit about the perils of the FDA stopping in for a visit, competition at various Fiery Food Shows, the linguistic talent of Chris Tevis from Perfectly Pickled fame, and even a little about making his hot sauces. He even offered to let Joe help make some hot sauce in the Fall when all the peppers come in! Hey, a little “free” labor would be cool by us!

One of the strange, but true, subjects we talked about was the fact that despite how well CaJohn’s products are known nationally or how many awards he’s won, most people in central Ohio have never heard of him. Hopefully, articles like this will change that:

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