Jeff Stevenson of Crazy Uncle Jester’s is a wanted man. That is, what he does obviously makes his products wanted to a larger and larger market share in the industry. With proof that perseverance can pay off, Crazy Uncle Jester’s is now a train rolling downhill and gathering steam. With a slough [...]

Yet another Chuck Evans product has come across my desk. This time around I’ll be examining his Montezuma Brand Smokey Chipotle Salsa which is made from my favorite Chipotle Hot Sauce, his Smokey Chipotle Pepper Sauce.
Montezuma Smokey Chipotle Salsa Ingredients: Tomatoes, tomato puree, onions, chile peppers, tomato paste, Smokey Chipotle Pepper Sauce, lemon juice, vinegar, [...]

One of our favorite New England hot sauce folks, David Ashley of the Ashley Food Company, has a really awesome night of hot and spicy food coming this Thursday. We’ll be doing some early trick-or-treating, but if you’re in the Waltham, MA area you should check this out:
Extreme Hot Sauce Creator Joins Forces With [...]

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Fire Foods UK Scoville Awards 2009

The United States of America are not the only place you can find fiery food awards. One of our writers, Woody, is the owner and proprietor of Fire Foods UK, a U.K.-based fiery foods business. He sent us this link to their own version of their Scoville awards, which will go worldwide in [...]

Dave Lutes of Hot Shots passed away yesterday after a short, but courageous, fight with pancreatic cancer. For those of you who go to the industry shows, you’ll remember Dave as a fixture there with his Hot Shots booth selling all those sauces with the funny names. A truly nice guy who will [...]

Ok ok, so the title isn’t that creative. You try coming up with two or three titles a week incorporating your last name over a period of a few years and we’ll see how lame some of them come out, hehehe. Stadium Salsa Mexicali Dip was one of the products that I tried at the [...]

Continuing my reviews of products received at this years Weekend of Fire, I now come to Confetti Peppers. This company produces canned peppers (or “Pepper Ribbons” as they call it) with the use of both vinegar and oil. Should be an interesting take on canning! Also, at the time I received the sauces they [...]

There was some who post for this blog, namely us, who thought that Wendell Peters and his line of judicial-themed sauces had simply ceased to be. We know know, courtesy of this press release, that his stuff is still around and available for consumption. Awesome!
Attorney Breathes Fire into Legal System with Hot Sauces
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This is a rather wry take on one person’s journey into business as a hot sauce entreprenuer, as detailed in a recent article from the online edition of the Boston Globe:

Entrepreneur seasoned for success
By Joel Brown
Globe Correspondent / October 15, 2009
NEWBURYPORT – First things first. Don’t call it a hot sauce.
“Call it a gourmet [...]