Since I’m heading out to Jim Campbell’s Open Fields on Friday, I felt it’s appropriate to review one of his products I got at this years Weekend of Fire. Up on the review block today is Mild to Wild Pepper & Herb Co.’s Chipotle Sauce which comes in a conveniently unbreakable (at least by my efforts) plastic bottle.

Mild to Wild Pepper & Herb Co. Chipotle Sauce Ingredients: Tomato sauce (brown sugar, vinegar, tomato paste), Chipotle peppers, spices, corn starch.

Oh I love it when I don’t have to type up twenty plus ingredients. The design for the label is simple and straightforward and matches all his other grilling sauces. While it does have suggestions for use, I went directly for what a BBQ sauce should be used for…BBQ! But I’m getting a bit ahead of myself here. Let’s do the taste rundown right out of the bottle.

Ok, I know that is going to sound weird, but right off the bat this tastes like grape jelly with Chipotles. I know, I know, there are no grapes in this, but that’s what it tastes like right off the bat. A little hint of tomatoes and that’s about it. I was actually so baffled at the grape taste I went around having some of my friends taste it and they backed up my taste buds.

The heat is very much on the mild rather than wild side. It hits in the center of the tongue and builds slightly then slowly fades. I would put this around the high end mild/low end medium department. Now onto the grill it goes!

I did my usual one hour waiting period after coating the sirloin stake with it. Of course, like a good little meat eater, I cooked the former bovine to a rare setting after searing both sides to lock in those juices.

There is a really great BBQ sweetness here and the smokiness from the Chipotles match that siganture charcoal flavor. The heat now is almost nonexistent (0.5 out of 10). While I feel this is more suited for ribs, I did enjoy the nice blast of sweet and smokey that comes out briefly with each bite.

So there you have it, a good rib sauce, which also works good on top of pizza. In particular, cold, day old pizza…….mmmm….I think I’ll going to have some more now…

Taste: 6.878, Heat: 3

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