I got a surprise care package in from our body Lars at Csigi. Contained within was two of his newest product. Today, I’ll be reviewing his Honey Habanero Barbecue Sauce.
Ingredients: tomato puree, tomato paste, unsulphered black strap molasses, vinegar, honey, onions, extra virgin olive oil, light brown sugar, spices, extra coarse sea salt, Habanero chilies, [...]

There are chileheads and there are those we call the haters. This literate gastronomically-challenged dunderhead wrote the following article for the South Bend Tribune about his opinion of some of the hot sauce world we all know and love. Maybe some ought to smack him upside the ass with a bottle of “Smack [...]

Our buddy Ron Levi, of Innuendo Foods, sent us a little note to let us know of some goings on with him…not to mention the fact that RoJo’s Gourmet will be coming out with a new website soon as well:

How do you celebrate your birthday? Some of us will throw a party, or be the [...]

Well, the results are in! See the winners from this most recent edition of the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival for 2007:
17th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest Winners
Restaurant Category
Red Sauce
1st Place — Sazon
2nd Place — Curra’s
3rd Place — Rio Grande
Green Sauce
1st Place — El Rincon
2nd Place –The Gage Hotel (Marathon, TX)
3rd Place — [...]

After a bit of a hiatus, we return to our Featured Product cybercolumn with our focus set upon Scorpion Bay Hot Sauce. We were contacted by Rob Burns, who is the president, CEO, and grand poobah of Scorpion Bay Hot Sauces and was asked to give his sauces a try. After seeing the [...]

Wow. What an odd little bit of synchronicity we have ourselves here. Two chili-heads, one from Ohio, and one living in Ohio. Both can’t stop eating chili peppers, and both write about it at the same place. On top of that, they are both celebrating their birthday today!
Who would I be talking about you might [...]

Oops! Look what got lost in the shuffle since the Fiery Foods show, Gringo Banditio Hot Sauce. Dave Reece was extremely gracious to explain so many things about the sauce, to give me a sampler to review and I went and misplaced it until now. Bad hot sauce reviewer, bad! I was fishing through my [...]

After waiting for this moment for a few months, we’re going to be hitting the road for a well-deserved vacation this morning. We’ll be hopping in the car and making the big road trip from Ohio to Bradenton, Florida with a stopover in Atlanta to see some friends. After visiting with Joe’s family [...]

We picked up a lot of products at this past Weekend of Fire show, and a fair amount of hot sauce in the process. One of the gems of the bunch turned out to be this beauty from our buddy Huvason, the so-called “Fat Kid” from Fat Kid Sauces.
Now, the goodies from Fat Kid [...]

Up until now, we’ve merely watched good ol’ Bobby Flay on the TV. but now he’s got some new products coming out. Check out this press release from PRNewswire:

Bobby Flay Launches New Signature Line of Sauces and Rubs
Chef, Restaurateur and Food Network Favorite Bottles his Formulas for Grilling Success
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ [...]