Well, the time has come to once again put out the message that being a writer on this blog is as simple as expressing the interest in doing so. We have some darn good writers here, but we could always use one or two more. Have a literary or creative bent? Want [...]

If you are having problems with wild elephants trampling around in your ‘hood, then this capsaicin-laced solution will soon be all the rage. Check out this article excerpt from Earthtimes.org:
Hot chilli peppers keep elephants at bay in India
Posted : Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:07:00 GMT
Author : DPA
New Delhi – Wildlife authorities in India’s [...]

A couple of months ago, we posted an article about a newer brand of sauces to hit the market called Fire Brand. Well, word is that they’ve now made more waves by winning a few Scovie awards to augment their early success. At some point, we hope to try some of these for [...]

We met Chef Jimmy several years ago at the Fiery Foods Show out in New Mexico, but haven’t seen him since. Sounds like he’s brewing up some truly fiery fare in his Chicago-land restaurants. Check out this blurb from the DailyHerald.com:
That’s one hot pepper: Heaven on Seven restaurant chain chef/owner Jimmy Bannos has [...]

Wow, has it really been such a long time since we reviewed one of CaJohn’s hot sauces? It seems like with each new release of hot sauces, it causes another one of them to make my “Top 10″ list!
First Impression: I tasted this for the first time at Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire. [...]

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We came across this video rather unexpectedly while doing some playing around on YouTube earlier today and couldn’t resist posting it. This is from the Houston Hot Sauce Festival, circa 2004. If you’re daring enough to watch all 7+ minutes of footage, you can even catch a glimpse of such industry folks [...]

It’s actually somewhat amazing that we still have products from the Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire show back in August that we have yet to try. As we work our way through them, we have run across several that we have regretted waiting so long to re-visit after the show.
This BBQ sauce is one [...]

This is our 100th hot sauce review for the Hot Zone Online (not counting our Feature Product writeups), and what better way to start our new century of hot sauce reviews than to make another visit to the world of Nando’s products…this one with the Extra Hot Peri-Peri Sauce. While we’ve done great stuff [...]

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We’ve been toying around with different ways of being able to post videos other than posting links or making a file available for download. Thanks to a nifty new Wordpress plugin, we now have the technology to do it. Woot!
Either this video is Passow with his first Naga Morich eating experience or [...]

Our favorite, World Record holding pepper, the Bhut Jolokia (aka Naga Morich) is once again in the news! This time in two separate places written by the same person. The first article (from the Devor Post) is a flash pictorial with narration giving a bit of history for our beloved pepper. It also shows some [...]