With great pleasure, we welcome Chuk Hell into the fold here at the HZOB. You can see some of Chuk’s musings at thehotpepper.com, and we’re happy to have him contribute his take on hot sauces and all things in the world of spicy fare. Linda is a former Texan herself (and an Austin-ite [...]

We became familiar with Pam from LBTC from Thehotpepper.com discussion forum, and it’s a darn lucky thing we did. Had we not, then it’s possible that we might not have known just how great their sauces are. Thanks to Pam & Curt for sharing some of these with us!!

One doesn’t need to have [...]

Dave’s starting to get the hang of this whole reviewing thang. Here are some more ruminations from his mind….
As a follow-up to our taste of Kato’s Productions….
Katos’s Meaner Greener:
This sauce has good heat but not as overpowering as some Habeneros can be. The lime and cider vinegar flavor help cool it down and [...]

I’m Dave……from good ol’ Troy, Ohia as we call it. Been living with my sugarmama Danielle in Columbus, Ohio for about ten years. I am a novice hot sauce fan. In college, I grew quite fond of Franks Red Hot and consumed it with anything I could, as long as it cost less [...]

We just recently ordered & received the new LeMillion Reserve done by Blair Lazar (of extremefood.com fame) for the LeGourmet Chef company. It’s obvious that they were clueless about the fanaticism of Blair’s fans (us Chileheads) who like low numbered bottles for collecting purposes. Below is an email exhange about what happened:

Dear LeGourmet [...]

TorchBearer Sauces Wins Three Prizes at the 2006 Scovie Awards
November 8, 2005
Mechanicsburg, PA
Already a six time national award-winner, the #7 Sultry sauce has taken yet another prize at the 2006 Scovie Awards, taking third place in the Best Red Sauce category. TorchBearer Sauces also took two more awards, a 3rd place in [...]

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Nick Lindauer’s Hot Sauce Blog really is the shizznit. It’s a daily read for us, and we can certainly admit to having a little blog envy when it comes to how well his board is set up. Since Nick efforts to highlight good stuff in the world of hot & spicy fare, we [...]

This is a first for the HZOB in that we are revisiting some products for a manufacturer whose products we adore. Back in May of 2005, we did a Feature on some of the Peppermaster sauces, which we truly enjoyed tasting. After sharing some tasting notes on tequila online with Tina Brooks of [...]

“The new phone books are here! The new phone books are here!”
If any of you have seen the great movie “The Jerk” with Steve Martin, then you understand that feeling of excitement when you get something cool in the mail. For us, it looks like this:

We are now proud owners of bottle #176 [...]