Clement Bourg is proof positive that Cajun is a state of being and a way of life, not just some place from Louisiana. Clement is the grand poobah of Cajun Heat, an expanding company that now features products that include a spicy rub, hot sauce, mustard, wing sauce, and more. We were first introduced to [...]

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 of awards from [...]

Trying to create a new and exciting salsa in the marketplace can be about as challenging as trying to recreate the wheel. Skeptics will tell you that there are only a finite number of potential ingredients and their combinations are also similarly limited. Such nay-saying is totally lost on the fine folks at the Big [...]

JD Cowles, the mastermind behind All Spice Café’s wonderful wing sauces, was kind enough to send me 3 of his most popular concoctions. I have here in my grubby little hands “Caribbean Spice”, “Chipotle Garlic” and “Cayenne Habanero..(the ‘XXX’version…yeah!). All three are a brilliant orange color and all natural. I’ll write a short review of [...]

Spicy snacks that are actually both good and spicy are hard to come by, but Kentucky’s own KP’s Specialty Pepper Products has a formula for products that have every chance at becoming hugely popular. Makers of some novel spicy nuts and a few hot sauces, we became acquainted with them at this past Jungle Jim’s [...]

Proof positive that Columbus, Ohio is the nexus of hot sauce creativity is the up-and-coming hot sauce entrepreneurs known as the Sauce Cartel. We’ve known of Gary and Max, the creative forces of the company, for a while and have rubbed shoulders with them at a few industry events over the past year or so. [...]

My introduction to these sauces and products came as an evolution-like process. First I saw the media articles come rolling across my computer screen. Then came the impressive list of awards through the Fiery Food Challenge and Scovie competitions. I even read a review or two about the sauces on another site which does reviews [...]

After publishing an article about CaptainSpongefoot that appeared in the Denver Post a few months ago, we received a message from the folks there in Colorado who work with the ol’ Captain himself wanting us to try the products out for ourselves. Always being ones who try not never turn down a chance to try [...]

Mario and Tony are the creative forces behind the great sauces of Chooch and Pootan. Chuckle at the name of the company if you will, but as we discovered…the sauces are a force to be reckoned with in the hot sauce industry. Yet another sauce maker from the Buckeye State, we met up with Mario [...]

After a bit of a hiatus, we return to our Featured Product cybercolumn with our focus set upon Scorpion Bay Hot Sauce. We were contacted by Rob Burns, who is the president, CEO, and grand poobah of Scorpion Bay Hot Sauces and was asked to give his sauces a try. After seeing the products in [...]