Ingredients: Red Savina Habanero Chiles, Vinegar, Onions, Garlic, Black Pepper, Chile Caribe and a select blend of dehydrated vegetables.
Joe and Linda were benevolent enough to bring me this hot sauce to have and to hold until hunger does us part. I must now officially say I’ve found my new favorite hot sauce and it’s name [...]

[This is the first in a series of “mini-reviews” of sauces by Peppermaster. I call these “mini” because the bottles I have are sample-sized…only 45mL, to be precise. It’s enough for a good tasting once or twice, then maybe use on one meal before they’re gone. Definitely enough, though, to get a good idea on [...]

Admittedly, it can be tough to find snacks that a chilehead can truly enjoy. Trust us, we know! Well thanks to Dave’s Gourmet, those of us who want a heaping pile o’ capsaicin in our snacky foods can be pretty happy. About one year ago, we reviewed Dave’s Burning Nuts as part of our Featured [...]

These are the Twelve Steps of Chiliheads Anonymous.
1. We admitted we were powerless over chili peppers — and that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity; or at least make it stop burning!
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives [...]

This will likely be one of our last big posts about our trip to Hollywood for the hot sauce movie. Our trip was such a blur that we weren’t able to take as many pics as we would have liked, but here are a few that we have:

From our California hot sauce shopping trip, here are a few gems we brought back to OH with us:

We really strove to find some quality sauces or ones with unique ingredients. These are more likely to get opened & used rather than just sit on the display shelf. We picked up:
Marie Sharp’s Fiery Hot Habanero [...]

Ingredients: Tomato paste, water, pepper extract, vinegar, sugar, molasses, soy sauce.

Back when Joe and Linda were in town, we headed over to the local hot sauce shop, Light My Fire. I couldn’t help picking up a bottle of Endorphin Rush Beyond Hot Sauce. I must admit, I was tricked by the name and psychedelic label…darn [...]

Occasionally we run across a media article which really delves into the psyche of the average chilehead. This article is a good one for that. Click the link at the bottom to see the rest of it.
Forget the mild life — pepper fans can’t get enough of hot chilies
Gwen Schoen
The Sacramento Bee
Jul. 21, 2006 12:00 [...]

Words from the DEFCON Creator himself….

On nearly every long trip we make, a quest to a hot sauce shop is sure to be somewhere on our agenda. Our trip to Hollywood was no different in this regard. Thanks to the inestimable Mr. Passow, who was our guide to the streets of Tinseltown itself. After our evening repast, accompanied by some [...]