Wow how time flies. It’s been almost two years since Joe and Linda interviewed our buddies over at Kato Productions. Mick and Rita have been turning out some great products including their newest creation, Hemi Hot Sauce, so we felt it was time to do a little catching up.

Recently published in Chile Pepper Magazine as Rhode Island’s representative to the “From Sea to Shining Sea” coast-to-coast tour of hot sauces, we are proud to bring you some of the inside scoop on the brewing of hot sauce in the lair of Devil’s Own Sauces. We were introduced to Steve Kitchen & crew [...]

Taking a slight turn off from showcasing the hot sauce makers of the world, we proudly bring to you the fine folks at Texas Select Seasonings. Hailing from Sante Fe, Texas, William Powell and his family have been putting together some fantastic spice blends for nearly two decades. Their products include some really [...]

Dan Stevens from the W.O. Hesperus Company gave us a jingle the other month for a Featured Review. Luckily, I received the honor of trying his products and having a chat with him. Along with learning why seaweed goes good in hot sauce I was also treated to an intriguing history lesson.

Danny Cash
What can you say about Danny Cash? The Man, the Myth, the Legend. He of the spiked Mohawk and Bottled up Anger. He is the head of huge hot sauce cartel in the Mile High City. He’s branching out into a variety of condiments. He rocks old school. I was lucky enough to [...]

One of the true gems from our trip to ZestFest 2006 was meeting the nice ladies from Heaters Nuts. We were casually strolling around the convention hall when we wandered by their booth, which wasn’t receiving a whole lot of love there on the Trade Day. We tasted a few samples of their [...]

Marco contacted me via an online bulletin board after Joe had mentioned that I like medium heat salsas the best. Marco said, “I have just the salsas for Linda.” I was pleased to receive 3 jars of salsa from Marco and the chance to do my first official solo Feature.
First, I [...]

Tack Sauce
Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be stranded on a dessert island? I have, especially since my wife has had me watching a steady diet of the TV show “Lost”. Among the things one would have to do without would be that which many of us chile heads [...]

Now, we’ve tasted a bunch of salsa in our time…made by companies from sea to shining sea. This said, a request from a salsa company out of the state of New Hampshire caught our attention as something out of the ordinary. Also known as the Granite State, it’s in an area of the [...]

Dr. Gonzo is a unique guy with the admirable goal of creating quality products for those chileheads out there who want or need them to spice up the food they eat. After tasting some of his stuff recently, we were motivated to find out a little more about him, his products, and growing empire [...]