It’s funny how an average day can turn into an extraordinary day when you have met a new chilehead in the most unexpected places.
For those of you who don’t know, we own a very rare breed of dog called the South African Boerboel. That link, you will find, leads to a blog I have [...]

It’s been an exciting year for us here at The Hot Zone Online. So that you all might appreciate it what an amazing time of growth it’s been, here is our official recap of this year’s goings-on:
- 13 Featured Product columns published, ranging from products such as hot sauce, snacks, pepper mashes, salsas, and [...]

Marco contacted me via an online bulletin board after Joe had mentioned that I like medium heat salsas the best. Marco said, “I have just the salsas for Linda.” I was pleased to receive 3 jars of salsa from Marco and the chance to do my first official solo Feature.
First, I [...]

I’ve heard more than one person rave about how good that Marie Sharp’s hot sauces are, so I recently had the opportunity to pick up a few and try them for myself.
For one thing, there are quite a few from which to choose. Fourteen kinds, to be exact. This one is one of [...]

Great article about our friend Dave Hirschkop and some of the goings-on concerning his company, Dave’s Gourmet. Thanks to John Grossmann and Inc.com for putting out such a great article:
Is Dave Insane? Inside A Brand Makeover
By: John Grossmann
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The branding experts said he desperately needed help with his image and message. (He [...]

We still lick our chops thinking about some of the spicy jerky snacks we’ve tried in the past several weeks. From the Jersey Boyz to the House of Jerky, we’ve had some really good ones. In this same vein, we ran across this article from NewsOK.com out of Oklahoma:
Retailer savors double-digit increases in [...]

Cape Fear Pepper Company: Red Savina Habanero Premium Hot Sauce (wow, what a long name for a sauce). Ingredients: Red Savina Habanero Chilies, Vinegar, Onion, Tomatoes, Lemon Juice, Salt, Garlic.
Following closely on the heels of Joe and Linda’s excellent review of this same product, I too received a bottle from the main man himself, Tracy [...]

This is the first homemade hot sauce review we have endeavored to do, courtesy of Lynn Duck. Lynn is one of our fellow hot sauce aficionados and discussion-istas from The Hot Pepper discussion forum who stepped up and provided some of her homemade creations for us to try. The first of her two [...]

Even though Christmas is not exactly a big holiday in our house, we’re taking the day off from writing and plan to just watch a little football and chill out for the day.
Everyone here has been sick (or is currently sick), so we need the day for convalescence. Will get back to writing about [...]

You have your Blair collectibles…and your CaJohn collectibles….and even your Dave’s Gourmet collectibles.
Then there’s this one.
For quite a while, Melinda’s made a bottle that they called their Magnum, which was a 1-liter bottle which looked just like a regular bottle of hot sauce..on steroids. This bottle was one that I first saw while visiting [...]