PEPPERS.COM OFFERS “WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE COLLECTOR’S SAUCE” AS HOLIDAY GIFT IDEA

Go First Class or Don’t Go At All, Gourmet Sauce Distributor Says

REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE – To kick off their Holiday gift sales season, Peppers.com’s president and spokesperson, Chip Hearn announced that his international specialty sauce distribution company now sells the world’s most expensive bottle of commercially available spice sauce.

Priced regularly at $5.99 per bottle, Cackalacky (pronounced “kak-a-lak-ee”) Spice Sauce is a unique all-natural table condiment that is made with sweet southern yams, aged chiles, and burgundy wine. The special five-ounce autographed Cackalacky Collector’s Bottle from The Cackalacky Classic Condiment Company’s Single-Batch Private Reserve Stock weighs in at a whopping $98,786 and is signed personally by the specialty sauce company’s self-appointed “Ambassador of Good Taste,” Page Skelton.

Hearn said that “It’s fitting to partner with The Cackalacky Classic Condiment Company and Page Skelton to make this very special offer because the whole concept is in keeping with our Peppers.com philosophy to ‘Go first class or don’t go at all.’ That’s why Peppers.com is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the ‘world’s largest hot sauce collection.’ And that’s also why we are the official distributors of the original Cackalacky flavor. It’s the best tasting spice sauce commercially available.”

As a part of the special autographed Cackalacky Collector’s Bottle offer, Page & Chip and the international award-winning Cackalacky Cookout Crew will also deliver the signed bottle right to the customer’s doorstep personally and they will throw a “Cackalacky Pig Pickin’” in honor of the buyer and 100 of their friends. Skelton said, “Hey – you can’t spend that much money on five ounces of Cackalacky Spice Sauce and not have one helluva party! That’s the whole reason you buy the bottle!”

Hearn added that Skelton, who he says is becoming “somewhat of a cult luminary in the sauce world,” responded very enthusiastically to the Cackalacky Collector’s Bottle idea. “It started out as a joke, really. And Page just ran with it. He is the wildest wild man in all of sauce-dom! Besides being a really innovative chef and the champion of Cackalacky’s unique ‘un-hot sauce’ position, he’s the guy who invented Cackalacky Spiced Barbecued Ice Cream and Cackalacky Spiced Chicken Lollipops for goodness sakes! What self-respecting bajillionaire wouldn’t pay a hundred grand to hangout with a guy like that for a whole day?”

Also, as part of the special Cackalacky Spice Sauce Collector’s Bottle offer, the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based Cackalacky Crew will show up at the location of the buyer’s choice (in domestic U.S. locations only) with their pig cookers, The Cackalacky Ramblers (the official Cackalacky “house band”), and throw a genuine Cackalacky Pig Pickin’ for the customer and a gathering of their very best friends. The Cackalacky Collector’s Bottle Pig Pickin’ Menu includes traditional Cackalacky Cookout fare: Hickory-Smoked “Whole Hogs;” Fire Roasted Chicken Thighs; Cackalacky Chicken Lollipops, Cole Slaw; Hush Puppies; Brunswick Stew; Cackalacky Hash; Baked Beans ala Cackalacky; Corn Bread; Cackalacky Spiced Pumpkin Pie; Cackalacky Spiced Barbecue Ice Cream; Sweet Tea; and what Hearn calls “copious amounts of Beer.”

Skelton and the Cackalacky Cookout Crew have cooked all around the country on the American competition barbecue circuit, as well as for star-studded venues such as NFL’s Official Super Bowl Tailgate Party. And, more recently, they have appeared on a multitude of celebrated TV shows such as the Food Network’s “BBQ With Bobby Flay” and a special Rachael Ray episode, Comedy Central’s “Insomniac,” and Outdoor Life Network’s “BBQ All Star Showdown,” ABC’s “The Tony Danza Show,” etc.

Skelton concluded, “Hey, there are folks out there who want the best culinary experience that money can buy. And we honestly believe that Cackalacky’s original Spice Sauce always gives you that mouthwatering flavor experience. But, if you want to give that special somebody something extra, extra, extraordinary, you can give ‘em The Cackalacky Collector’s Bottle from Peppers.com – and give ‘em the ultimate Cackalacky thrill of a lifetime!”

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The World’s Most Expensive Hot Sauce

Dave’s Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce premiered at the NYC Fancy Foods Show this summer and is just now hitting hot sauce store shelves everywhere. The cases we pre-ordered at the Fancy Foods show arrived just last week and I’ve been contemplating this review every since then.

The idea behind an adjustable heat hot sauce is brilliant. You would only need one bottle for all the levels of chiliheads in your family. But the fruition of this genius concept lacks in several areas.

Number #1 – Coming from Dave’s Gourmet I was expecting a lot more heat. Even at the hottest setting the heat barely registered with my tastebuds.

Number #2 – Flavor. No where on the bottle does it describe the flavor of the sauces inside. That’s because there is no flavor, check out the ingredient list below:

Ingredients: Water, Hot Peppers, Cane Vinegar, Salt, Hot Pepper Extract, Acetic Acid, Thickening Gum, Onion Extract & Garlic Extract.

The flavor taste does not change when you adjust the heat – it remains the same with each notch. The only sauce I can compare this to is Dave’s Cool Cayenne – a very watered down version.

Number #3 – The mechanical functions of the spritzer. Even with prior knowledge of the functional specs of this bottle and a college degree, I could not get the sprizter to function the same way every time. At one point the button got stuck and I had hot sauce spraying everywhere on the table. I had to bang the bottle on the table in order to get the damn thing to stop.

With all that being said, there are still good points to Dave’s Adjustable Heat Hot Sauce. For those that are beginners in the hot sauce world, it’s the perfect item to start out with. You can apply just a spritz of hot sauce at a time and work your way up the heat scale. Using the spary on method allows for even distribution of the sauce on any food and there’s little to no clean up. These bottles will make great stocking stuffers!

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