Comments on: Devil Duck’s Trip To Mecca, part 2

By: Buddah

Buddah — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:37:36 +0000

They weren’t the only ones pulling the “no extract” card. When I asked the guy at the Blair’s booth if the Mega Death was an extract he said no, but said the Jersey Death was. Well I know what the extract does to my tummy, so I wanted no part of that. After tasting the Mega Death and showing no signs of wear and tare, the guy then says I should try the Jersey Death. I tell the guy I don’t like extract sauces. Then he does a double reverse and says it isn’t an extract. So I ask him about his previous statement and he repeats that Jersey Death isn’t an extract.

Well I tried it, dealt with a minor burn, nothing too bad on my palette and asked the guy when it was going to kick in gear. He said give it a few minutes. Once he noticed that I wasn’t reacting to it he starting talking to a potential customer. Looking back at me every few seconds to see if I was dying or not. After about another 3 minutes I asked him again if it was going to get any hotter. He told me, I pretty much took all it had to give. I smiled at the little liar and walked off with a mild sweat. Customer service at its best.

By: Vid Lynch

Vid Lynch — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:33:16 +0000

Nice blog…looking forward to part 3 We had a lot of fun there, even though we were exhausted when we got back.

By: Linda & Joe

Linda & Joe — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:49:28 +0000

“No one tries mine without first being warned that it’s extract AND it’s going to ruin you.”

We can attest to the veracity of Jim C.’s statement. His “Unbearable” sauce was one of the extract sauces we tried at the FFS show back in 2001. Jim and his crew of firefighters were kind enough to keep us from tasting a big glob of it on a tortilla chip and insisted we just use a toothpick instead.

Yes, we were “ruined” for a good 15 minutes afterward. But at least we were warned…

By: Jim Campbell

Jim Campbell — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:48:20 +0000

“Ballroom of Doom”- what a neat turn of phrase! Good writing Lynn!

BS is right- trying to claim it’s not an extract sauce when you can plainly see it, smell it, and taste it. No one tries mine without first being warned that it’s extract AND it’s going to ruin you It’s folks that ‘ambush’ people that will get ALL of us in trouble.

By: DK

DK — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:20:44 +0000

Looking at a photo of the bottles, there appears to be a very large quantity of extract. The black stuff at the top of the unshaken bottles is a dead give away IMHO.

I was also told by a friend that attended the show in NM about another product from a major manufacturer (not CaJohn) that was being passed off as having no extract in it as well. At least they have it listed in the ingredients as “Natural Pepper Flavoring”, but they were asked specifically at the show by my chilepal friend before tasting it if the sauce contained extract and was told that it did not. Not cool in my book.

By: CaJohn

CaJohn — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:01:35 +0000

Thet were telling everyone at the Houston Hot Sauce show it was nothing but habanero as well. The nose knows! Pretty much straight extract. Their other sauces were just average, but theier claims of no extract are just bull. Ask Jim C. he is really on to their BS.

By: DK

DK — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:36:40 +0000

By: Devil Duck

Devil Duck — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:42:25 +0000

You heard about him too, huh CaJohn? Just to clarify to everyone else, a habanero pepper by itself did not throw the TKO Punch.

I won’t get more specific than that.

By: CaJohn

CaJohn — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:20:40 +0000

Was that punch from a habanero?

By: Jonathan Passow

Jonathan Passow — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:04:01 +0000

Ya, you can get overwhelmed pritty quickly at one of these shows. Great second part….MORE PICTURES!!!!