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 Sauces are not an unknown quantity to our readers here at The Hot Zone Online. Our ace writer, Passow, did a good summary review on these sauces several months ago. Now while I may ultimately review more sauces than this one, the Extreme Habanero Hot Sauce seemed like a good enough place to start.

For one thing, the label graphics had an awfully familiar look to it. Our original logo creator Ryan Davis of Angry Pepper Graphix (whose website and business may be down now) obviously created the artwork, which has its own unique look to it. With a clean, glossy label, the sauce has a very professional look and appeal all its own.

Scanning the bottle for the ingredients, I found:

Ingredients: Red Savina (C) habanero, tomato, bell pepper, red wine vinegar, onion, garlic, salt, herbs & spices

A fairly straightforward list featuring the ever-popular Red Savina habanero. With the tomato, it is vaguely reminiscent of CaJohn’s Ignite sauce, of which I enjoy a great deal. Suffice to say, without even trying the sauce I had a premonition that I was going to like it. Pouring some out to get a better look:

Now that’s a beautiful-looking hot sauce. It seemed so wasteful to have dumped it out on my plate, so I poured it back onto a spoon. This was one sauce that I was determined not waste even a single drop of it, so I made it ready for easy tasting. Here’s what it looked like right before it met my palate:

Smelling strongly of habanero and vinegar, it was thick enough to cling to food and had a wonderfully well-blended consistency. It poured easily from the bottle.

Taste: For a sauce that has this level of heat (and I’d call it 9.5/10 for most mere mortals), it has some amazing taste. You can really get an appreciate for all the components of the sauce…tomato, bell pepper, garlic, and spices. Then, the Red Savina heat kicks in and, depending on your heat tolerance, you may begin to suck a little wind. With pain, comes a little pleasure, though. You gotta love those uber-hot natural sauces that actually taste good.

For uses, I found it to be pretty utilitarian…if only in measured amounts. My heat capacity isn’t the same from day to day, so I’d use or more or less to taste depending on the dish. My fave uses included with scrambled eggs & omelets (an absolute must), with chili (any chili will do), and with any other cream-based sauce or meal to give it that extra kick. Quite honestly, though, I liked it almost as well with everything else…particularly since the vinegar aspect of the sauce was not too overbearing.

Overall recommendation: Despite some similarities to some other sauces I really like, this sauce is its own entity. Seriously tasty, but with some serious heat if you eat enough, this sauce will provide a good combination of flavor and heat to those who really enjoy Red Savina habanero sauces. The best thing I can say is that my bottle has been completely polished off, and I have nary a drop remaining of which to use. Any sauce I kill off in such quick fashion is usually a compliment and endorsement all its own. My only complaint, if you can call it that, is with the Fat Kid Sauces website. I dislike having to create a login ID to view all the products…but this sauce is good enough to motivate me to do so. John, you did good!! Try it for yourself and see what you think. Enjoy!!!

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