HYDERABAD, India - A fire has broken out at one of India’s largest chili markets, burning hundreds of thousands of pounds of chili peppers.

Residents and officials say the burning chili smoke is stinging the eyes and throats of people in Guntur in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

One local official says 150,000 bags of chilies have been destroyed across a 20-hectare area in Saturday’s blaze.

Officials have evacuated nearby residents, and firefighters are still trying to control the flames.

No causalities have been reported. It remains unclear what started the fire. Source

Review: Goonie Nick is back with CaJohn’s Jolokia Select!

Limited Edition Jolokia Select

Background: It has been roughly 10 months since I have written my last review for the HSB. I just want to begin by saying that HSB is the greatest chili blog site around with the world’s greatest chili heads! I do belong to other blogs in the genres of movies, weather and science but none of these compare to the HSB. The HSB is composed of a great community of companies, individuals, fans, manufacturers, and hobbyists. While I have been inactive in terms of my reviews and comments, I have followed HSB religously every single day!

So what brought me back to becoming active after 10 months? One evening I was browsing ebay and I decided to purchase CaJohn’s Jolokia Select Puree. With this purchase came all the memories of the anticipation, curiousity, and excitement of posting reviews on the HSB. I simply had to try this product and be able to share my feelings with the rest of the hot sauce community.

In the past year I have tried a few products with the Naga Jolokia and felt that the heat levels weren’t quite were it ought to be for a pepper receiving a SHU rating of around 1 million. I have tried CaJohn’s Sauce 10 and Nagasoreass, Danny Cash’s Naga Sabi Bomb, Montego Bay’s Hell’s Inferno, and pepper pods from Mexico Institute. While all these products were great in quality and taste I didn’t feel they were hotter than some of the hottest natural sauces on the market.

I feel that in terms of pure heat for a natural sauce the top 3 are CaJohn’s Habanero Select, Fatalii Select, and CaJohn’s No Naga Sauce 10. (Not in any exact order) (No Naga Sauce 10 went on to become a manufactured product titled, “Scorch”. CaJohn informed me that I did play a significant role in his decision. I stated in my reviews of Sauce 10 and No Naga Sauce 10, that I honestly felt that No Naga Sauce 10 (Red Savina, Fatalii, and the Orange Habaneo) was actually hotter than Sauce 10 (Red Savina, Fatalii, Orange Habanero and Jolokia.) However, it is important to note that those products did contain other ingredients in them, than the jolokia, which makes it impossible to give a fair assessment of the heat level of the jolokia, in sauce form. With this being said, here I am back at what I enjoy doing!

Label: A white label with orange trim is wrapped around a traditional 5 oz. bottle. On the front of the label is a flame with JOLOKIA below it. To the right of the front label is CaJohn’s company address. To the left of the front of the label is Jolokia Select Puree, Warning Extreme Heat!!!, World’s Hottest Chile! The label is very similar to other limited edition or trial runs of CaJohn’s sauces.

Ingredients: Jolokia Chiles, Vinegar

Appearance: The sauce is close to a 50-50 mix of orange and brown in terms of color. I am able to see what might appear to be as other ingredients such as garlic, onion, black pepper, etc. However, this is not the case because this sauce was created from reconstituting dried Jolokia chilies and vinegar. The ratio is 80% pepper and 20% vinegar which is the recipe CaJohn uses for all his Select Purees! I remember conversing with CaJohn a few months ago where he informed me that the process of this sauce would take time as he was waiting for the Jolokia chiles directly from the source itself, India.

Odor: After opening the cap and taking a smell of the sauce I was actually very pleased. This sauce smells great! The sauce has a very similar fruity smell to the dried pods that I have had. It is not as fruity, due to some vinegar, but nevertheless still very fruity. I gave this sauce to a friend of mine, who has never had hot sauces and told them to compare Jolokia Select to Jolokia Pods and they responded, “That it is just about the same.” If I had to be held at gunpoint and compare it to another habanero, in terms of odor, I would say it resembles the chocolate habanero somewhat. However, the chocolate habanero has more of a BBQ rich and deep odor as compared to the fruity odor of the Jolokia.

Taste: I figured that pizza would be perfect for this sauce. In my past reviews I have always stated that if a hot sauce is good on pizza, then hell it should be good on just about any other type of food. After I tried this hot sauce I was actually pleased with what I encountered. The sauce did not take away from the pizza at all and it wasn’t a typical habanero flavor that one would expect from a hot sauce or a puree. The sauce had a similiar taste to what one would expect based on having any experience with the aroma. The taste was really unique and enjoyable making you want more. However, I have to say that that taste was a little weaker than the aroma, which was perfect since you still were able to taste the flavors of the cheese and tomato sauce. What I like about this pepper is that it doesn’t simply taste like a standard puree. This conclusion leads me to state that I will be using this on wings, pizza, tacos, stir-fries, etc. I might even add a little to some soups because I really think that the hot broth might bring out the flavors of this pepper a little more than what it has straight out of the bottle.

Heat: The heat was definitely the category that I was most interested in when coming across this hot sauce from CaJohn. After having the 1st slice I really didn’t feel the heat that much as compared to some of the other hot sauces out there that are natural but very hot. However, I definitely did recognize that there was a good amount of heat here. I had a phone call and had to wait 10 mins before I could get my next slice. Before doing that I did feel the heat kick in. With his sauce it is different from many others in that you don’t get the straight up blast which means good things for the ones that like to enjoy their food before sweating. After the second slice I did begin to bead up with some sweat above my brow. I was impressed with this because from the pics you can see that I definitely didn’t use as much sauce as you might expect from my past reviews. After my third slice I did begin to feel the high that hot sauce can provide. I was sweating and it was definitely just as hot as the hottest natural sauces that I have tried. In the end, this sauce was able to play games with my mind in making me sweat but then feeling cold afterwards. The amount I had to use to get this feeling was half of what I had to use in the past with the other hottest natural sauces I have tried. CaJohn’s Jolokia Select is the hottest natural sauce out there!

Packaging 9/10
Aroma 10/10
Taste 9.5/10
Appearance 9.5/10
Heat 10/10

Overall 9.5

Review: Mable’s Taste of Home Raspberry Jalapeno Dipping Sauce

Label: The 8 oz. bottle is glass and hexagonal shaped. The label is glossy raspberry colored with light gold trim on all sides. All the font is light gold colored as well. To the right of the title is their home address. To the left of the title is the ingredients. On the back 3 sides (1/2 a hexagon) is serving suggestions that read:
Appetizer: Spread cream cheese on plate 1/8″ to 1/4″ thick and pour or spead over cream cheese. Serve with assorted crackers .
Dipping Sauce for pretzel, vegetable, or fruit: Use directly from jar or beat into cream cheese , adding whipped topping and raspberry jalapeno dipping sauce to taste. Also great for dipping cocktail wieners, shrimp or crab cakes.
Entree: Delicious on grilled cheese and ham and cheese sandwhiches. Also tasty on pork, turkey, duck. Use as a dip for chicken fingers or Shrimp. Baste pork, ham, turkey etc. while roasting. A tasteful delight on wild game and fish.
Dessert:Delightful as an ice cream topping.

Ingredients: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Apple Cider Vinegar, Water, Red Raspberries, Eggs, Modified Starch, Habanero and or Jalapeno Peppers, Ground Mustard, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Salt, Citric Acid, Pectin, Artificial Color (FD & C Red #40 and Blue#1).

Appearance: The color is of dark raspberries blended up with pectin added to make it smooth. The consistency is thick but not overwhelmingly thick. There are no pepper seeds or flesh visible. I see no signs of mustard or eggs. Occasional black raspberry seeds pop up.

Odor: The main odor is of raspberry puree. The odor is very pleasant and there is a small trace of the apple cider vinegar if you concentrate on the aroma. I am unable to smell any jalapeno or habanero peppers. Any signs of mustard cannot be distinguished either.

Fat free vanilla sundae with strawberries and added Mable’s raspberry dipping sauce.
Taste: After having my first spoonful the taste was better than I had thought it would have been based on the aroma alone. The vanilla ice cream and raspberries went great with the strawberries and syrup. What I like about it was that there was no pepper taste, which was good since I was able to concentrate on the raspberry flavor and ice cream. However, the heat was not really present in any form. The one down side if any, would be that to some degree the dipping sauce seemed to be slightly artificial. It didn’t seem like a natural spread to me. However, once I had a few more spoonfuls the flavor really was great and seemed very natural.

Final Thoughts: This Mable’s Raspberry Dipping Sauce is perfect for those of you who want to add some raspberry flavor to a dessert dish. My one main argument is that this ingredient seems to go well on cold desserts such as ice cream or a cold cake, perhaps. I tried having it at room temperature with crackers and I didn’t care for the flavor that much. It was ok, but the flavor did seem artificial at room temperature. If you are trying to find a dipping sauce with a good amount of heat, this isn’t for you. There are many hotter jams out there. If you don’t want pepper taste though then this is a good product you can go with.

Packaging 8.5/10
Aroma 7.5/10
Taste 7/10
Appearance 8.5/10
Heat 2/10

Overall 6.7

Mable’s Taste of Home
P.O. Box 11352
Fargo, North Dakota 58106
(701) 282-4010 or (218) 498-2466

This is great stuff!! One of the best made U.S red sauces ever!

Look at this beauty!

Label: The bottle is large 12oz.! What a bargain! The label is mainly yellow which is perfect since it sticks out due to the color of the sauce being red. Towards the top and the bottom of the label it fades to orange then to red. In the middle of the label is an angry looking face that reminds me something computer generated from yahoo or aol. I think this is a great touch since it shows that this is a new modern sauce! On the bottom is a caption that it is XXX Hot!. Then again, many hot sauces say this so we will have to wait and see.

Ingredients: Red Habanero Peppers, Vegetable Juice, Yellow Onion, Water, Lemon Juice, Distilled Vinegar, Sea Salt, Corn Starch, Spices.

Appearance: The sauce is bright red colored representing red habaneros. I like this since it reminds me of some of my favorite caribbean red sauces. Seeds are visible as well as pepper flesh. I can also see some garlic and onions blended up. Some large black flakes are present which are probably peppercorns ground up. The consistency is medium. So far this sauce has all the appearances that it will be something to remember.

Odor: After twisting opening the cap I am able to smell fresh red habanero’s and onions. I like it because it seems super fresh and natural. There is a small trace of vinegar mixed with vegetable and lemon juice. Concentrating now, I do smell garlic as well. No extracts are detected by my nose [ (AKA The Bloodhound of Scoville ].

Taste: After applying this to a chicken taco and digging in I was hit with both heat and flavor at the same time. The taste is somewhat of a puree with the perfect combination or ratio of ingredients to make it have a superb flavor. The habanero is the main flavor with just a tad bit of vegetable juice to give it some consistency. The onion and garlic are great and goes great with the chicken taco. I would love to have this sauce on pizza, chicken cutlets, heros, wings, etc. I love that there is not that much salt present either.

Heat:I felt the heat right away. It really built too and lasted for quite a while. I did get an endorphin rush after a few tacos. I had to finish 2 bottles of water. This is really up there in one of the hottest natural sauces.

Final Thoughts: This is one of the best red sauces made in the U.S in a while. It is up there with CaJohns and Mild to Wild’s red sauces. I would put this in my top 10 for sure. I am going to have to go back to my list and take something out to add this in. It is that good! I was thinking that I would need to add some Naga Jolokia flakes to my tacos but there was no need for that. The heat lasted for a good time and did built. The flavor of the sauce didn’t take away from the flavor of my chicken tacos. The finest ingredients have to be used here. I don’t know what the hell is going on in Idaho but I need to get there soon because something other than potatoes is sure as hell growing there!!! What is in that soil? A 12 oz. bottle of this stuff is a steal! It’s like walking into a store buying a filet mignon only to find out that you get 2 lobsters free with it!!

Packaging 10/10
Aroma 9.5/10
Taste 10/10
Appearance 10/10
Heat 9.5/10

Overall 9.9

Scotty Doesn’t Know (How Good This Sauce Is)

SCOTTY B’s HOT SAUCES
826 21st Street
Lewiston, Idaho 83501

Goonie Nick in Heaven with Hotternell

Label: This was a 1 oz. plastic sample bottle from Hotternell. The label is white and captioned is “This Stuff’s Hotternells”. There is a red devil with a pitchfork on front of the label. Towards the upper east side is a CHOCOLATE circled in orange. Towards the bottom of the label is the website www.hotternell.com

Ingredients: Swiss Dark Chococolate, Cream, Sugar, Vanilla Peppermint Extract, Grand Marnier Liqueur, Red Savina Habanero, Spices.

Appearance: The color is of dark brown chocolate not surprising enough. There are no seeds that are visible. I see no traces of pepper flesh either. The mixture is very well blended and smooth but the consistency is thick enough so that the sauce has to be squeezed out of the 1 oz. bottle.

Odor: A perfect combination of chocolate and peppermint is the 1st trace that hits the nose. It is very aromatic and rich smelling. I smell no trace of Red Savina but I can pick up on a chile. Of course it is the Red Savina naturally, but if I didn’t see the ingredients I could have guessed the orange habanero just as well. The Grand Marnier Liqueur comes out slightly hear and I feel it blends both the odors of the chocolate and peppermint together in a 50-50 ratio.

Fat free vanilla sundae w/ wet walnuts buried underneath. Great stuff hotternell (Muso!) Perfect for buy one get one free Wednesdays!

Taste: The combination of chocolate and peppermint, as the odor indicated correctly, is just a dream come true for a dessert sauce. What I like also about it is that I can now taste the chile pepper and to some degree I am able to pick up on that it is the Red Savina. The heat is not overbearing and it doesn’t take away from the flavor of the vanilla ice cream, or the maple syrup that the wet walnuts are coated in. The sauce just brings a new dimension to the sundae!

Final thoughts: I have to say I am not that big of a chocolate fan. Everytime you see me do review that includes a dessert, I am sure it will be of vanilla ice cream. However, this Heavenly Divine Hot Chocolate Mint Sauce is just great stuff! There is no reason why this sauce cannot be used for any recipe that calls for a chocolate syrup ingredient such as a cake, pie, etc. I wonder how this is on something warm like a pancake or waffle. Man I wish I had more of this for tomorrow’s breakfast! This is the 1st product outside of the 4 Million Extract [suprised?, lol :-)] that I have had from Hotternell and I am going to have to try more of his line. Keep it up Muso!!

Packaging NA (Sample)
Aroma 9.5/10
Taste 10/10
Appearance 9.5/10
Heat 7/10

Overall 9

Hotternhell
www.hotternell.com

The Devil and Goonie Nick

Label: A purple label wraps around the 5 oz. bottle with letters in black font. A basic sketch of a Devil with a pitchfork is towards the bottom half of the label. The Devil’s quote is, “Hottest Hellfire, it comes in colors”.

Ingredients:Sun-ripened tropical hot peppers, vinegar, blue mountain pimento (allspice), salt, and 0.1% sorbic acid as a preservative.

Appearance: The sauce is very thick but not as thick as a pure puree. Plenty of pepper flesh is visible as well as seeds and other spices. The color of the sauce is purplish brown with some green mixed in. It makes me wonder what type of peppers are in here because the label nor ingredients didn’t specify. Definitely a different appearance than your normal hot sauce.

Odor: When I opened the gates to Hell, I honestly have to say it did smell quite different than anything in hot sauce I have come across. The aroma is a bit fruity but like an alcoholic drink such as southern comfort or something with a fruity type of flavor. It is so pungent that is the only aroma that I can smell. It really has an alcohol flavor in it that overbears anything else. You are going to think so too if you try this hot sauce. You will be thinking, “Is this hot sauce or some alcoholic beverage?”

The Devil and his sauce on my pizza

Taste: After trying this on pizza I was honestly displeased. It was one of the worst tasting hot sauces that I have had in a while. It is unique. The flavor of the sauce didn’t taste like southern comfort but actually like a shot of JagerMeister. It had that licorice type of flavor to it. I don’t know what is in this sauce, but it seems like there are way too many spices in here. It is a potpourri gone bad. It clearly doesn’t blend with pizza. The salt content was low but I tasted an abundance of salt. It felt like I was at a yankee game and eating nothing but oversalted pretzels. Maybe this sauce is for plain tortilla chips, I dont know.

Final Thoughts: After trying this hot sauce I can say that I really don’t want to go to Hell. The flavor is too strong, resembling an alcoholic flavor. If you want a great sauce with a trace of alcohol try Jack Daniel’s Lynchburg Tennessee Habanero. The heat was somewhat there but the flavor was just too weird for me.

Packaging 5/10
Aroma 2/10
Taste 2/10
Appearance 3/10
Heat 5/10

Overall 3.4

Goonie Nick encounters the Black Mamba!

Black Mamba mini-sanctuary!

Background: Nick L. 7/5/05 states, “Using a toothpick, I applied the pungent sauce to my tongue. Toothpick sized drop mind you and holy crap did that light me up! Within a minute my eyes were watering and my nose was running and I’ll be damned if I could taste anything but the heat for at least another 10 minutes. But once the burn started to ease up, I started to taste things again. Minus the capsaicin, this sauce is quite enjoyable. Not recommended for beginners. Hot sauce lovers, proceed with caution ~ You may end up with your head in a freezer.” GOONIE NICK HAD TO GO BEYOND THE TOOTHPICK WITH THIS ONE!!

Label: Black Mamba Venomous Hot Sauce comes in a 2 fl. oz (60 ml) bottle. A black label wraps around the bottle. On the label is Black Mamba up on top while Venomous Hot Sauce is towards the bottom. All the words are in yellow font color. In between the title is a snake with in a coil while a pair of snake eyes looks deep into your soul. On the side of the bottle is a Warning Extreme Heat that says, “Avoid contact with the eyes and sensitive areas. Keep away from children and pets. Use responsibly.

Ingredients: Chocolate Habaneros, Vinegar, Capsaicin.

Appearance: The color of this extreme sauce is like an exotic paint color such as crimson red with a blending of brown in it. The consistency is thin. The best description I can come up with would be that of tomato paste with some olive oil added to it. There are no pepper seeds nor pepper pulp visible.

Odor: Releasing the cap, (and I really want to say that you should use caution here because you don’t want this stuff on your hands if possible), I am suprised. The smell of extract is not as strong as some of Blair’s or Dave’s products. I am thinking that a good quality of extract has been used in this sauce. I am able to smell the chocolate habanero’s which is deep and smokey but the extract does kill the natural odor somewhat of these habanero peppers. I am unable to smell any vinegar.

Chinese style pork spare rib with a decent amount of Black Mamba on it. I consumed 6 more ribs, this size, and did increase my dose of Black Mamba on them.

Taste: I knew this sauce would be best on spare ribs or something calling for a dark sauce since it had extreme heat and had the chocolate habs in it. (For more info on chocolate habs, read my review on Hot Chocolate). I wouldn’t want this sauce on something calling for a lighter sauce such as pizza or a stir fry. Well after spreading the Black Mamba onto the rib and trying it the heat didn’t hit me as I expected it, initially. I was really really pleased with the flavor of the sauce. Black Mamba might be venomous but it is really hard to pick up on. The extracts(venom) are of the finest quality. There is no trace of metallic flavor at all. The chocolate habanero flavor are present but clearly not as strong as some other natural sauces. After a few more ribs, I really began to feel the endorphins kick in. See my pic below for some of the induced pain I got after being intoxicated with the venom!

I love feeling the pain! Bring it on CaJohn!

Can you say, “Get that dude a cup of water?” This is after all 7 ribs were put down!. My brother and his girlfriend were saying that I had to get a endorphin high and post the pics since I went Hot Sauce Papparazzi on her best friend, Erica! I never disappoint. Thanks, CaJohn!

Final Thoughts: Well I can tell you this. Black Mamba is something that you don’t want to bring home for the wife! [Well, that depends actually, lol It's just a funny pun that came to mind when I first heard of this sauce] Seriously though, this sauce is of extreme heat and it is the best tasting extract sauce that I have ever had. I feel it beats many of the other companies hottest products because the heat is really intense but yet the flavor is actually not bad at all. I promise you will feel the heat at first taste of this sauce. I didn’t because I am a real whack-o. There has been no scoville unit testing done on the sauce but I feel it is in the range of 2/2.5 Million Scoville Units. I had only the slighest trace of abdominal pains which is saying alot considering the amount that I had straight on my ribs. The chocolate habaneros have to be the perfect pepper to use for this sauce. This sauce is great on ribs, tacos, pork chops. For many of you it will be used purely as a dilution ingredient but for you few maniacs in the class I am, it is perfect for direct consumption.

Packaging 9.5/10
Aroma 9/10
Taste 10/10 (I seriously doubt you will get a sauce this hot that tastes this good, if so let me know)
Appearance 9/10
Heat 10/10 (if possible it is really a few notches above this)

Overall 9.5

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2040 Oakland Park Avenue
Columbus, OH 43224

Review: Lottie’s Original Barbados

Background Information: LOTTIE’S” Hot Sauces were first made in Barbados, West Indies in 1985. They have been available in the United States for some time but now through are now available in many countries worldwide.

“ORIGINAL” Hot Pepper Sauce is made with Scotch Bonnet peppers, vinegar, onions, salt and garlic. The redder the peppers are at the time of cooking, the redder the sauce becomes. It might be considered to be a bit hotter than Lottie’s “TRADITIONAL” sauce. Some say that a little drop of this “ORIGINAL” flavour in your Bloody Mary makes that drink even more fun to enjoy!
Measures “8″ on the Heat Index (30,000 to 49,999 Scoville Units). Made in St. Michael, Barbados.

Label: Lottie’s comes in the standard 5 oz. hot sauce bottle. The label is white and the text consists of white and black font. The font is overpressed on a green figure that I am unable to make out what it is. Their quote is, “Add just a little of this international award-winning gourmet red pepper sauce and all of your dishes and recipes will explode with flavors.”

Ingredients:Scotch Bonnet peppers,vinegar, onions, salt and garlic.

Appearance: The sauce is not too thin nor too thick. The color is vibrant red with both seeds and pepper flesh visible. These are the characteristics of sauces that I like best, of those that are of the old school. Some spices are visible as well such as the garlic and onion.

Odor: After opening the cap the 1st thing I smell is scotch bonnets. The smell isn’t overbearing as other sauces with habanero’s such as the fatalli, orange hab, chocolate habanero. The main difference is that the Red Scotch Bonnets don’t give off as much of an acidic odor. Also, there is little aroma of any vinegar as well, which also contributes to the drop in strong scent. However, the garlic and onion do shine here when putting your nose close to the bottle.

Regular cheese pizza slice with a good amount of Lottie’s.

Taste: It was back to the pizza tonight which is one of my favorite uses for red sauces from the islands. As usual I went heavy with it. After trying the 1st bite I knew this would be in my top 20 hot sauces. The combinations of the garlic, onions, with the flavor of the red scotch bonnets blended great with the cheese, tomato sauce and bread of the pizza. The heat wasn’t overbearing at all which reserved all the flavors of the pizza as well as the hot sauce. My only one complaint was that it was slightly thinner than I would have liked. The heat wasn’t there for me so I did the whole bottle but it is hot enough for the general masses.

Final Thoughts: Lottie’s Original Barbados is definitely in my top 20 for a reason. It is one of the greatest natural sauces out there on the market. The heat is there and this sauce is great for either a direct additive or a cooking ingredient since it is as natural as you can get. My only one complaint is that I have tried the Lottie’s in the 6.75 FL oz. bottle and that sauce seemed to be slightly hotter to me as well as being thicker. I am thinking maybe Lottie’s has possibly changed their original recipe or maybe 2 different recipes exist for the 2 different bottles. I will have to try the 6.75 oz. bottle again and get back to everyone. Regardless though of the bottle, this sauce should be tried by every hot sauce fan.

Packaging 9.5/10
Aroma 10/10
Taste 10/10
Appearance 10/10
Heat 8/10

Overall 9.5

Lottie’s Island Flavours
(866) 246-5685 or (713) 866-8816
contact@lottiesislandflavours.com

Goonie Nick visits the Amazon Jungles and meets a Hot Sauce Hottie!

Label: A red label surrounds the 5.6 fl oz. bottle that has a light gold trim surrounding the top and bottom. On top is a blue parrot sitting on a branch of the Amazon Jungle I take it. “Habanero sauce” is in blue font next to it while underneath it towards the middle of the label in white font is, “All Natural Amazon”. The label indicates it is Very Hot and their claim to fame is quoted as, “For the real professional in fiery foods”. On the back of the label is the same exact information but in spanish.

Ingredients:Habanero Peppers, Cane Vinegar, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum,

Our latest hot sauce hottie, Erica!

Appearance: When observing this sauce the simplest way to describe it is real thin vinegar based consistency and plain red in color. Absolutely no spices are visible nor pepper flesh. It is basically looks the same as restaurant tabasco.

Odor: Simply Vinegar and Caribbean Red Habaneros. A slight touch salt is present. Again this smells like tabasco but slightly better.

Shrimp Scampi from Boulder Creek Restaurant.

River Wings from Boulder Creek Restaurant.

Taste: On the Shrimp Scampi the hot sauce went well with the Shrimp. It tasted like an enhanced version of tabasco as previously mentioned. The main difference is that there is more Habanero Pepper content to this sauce than there is Tabasco Pepper content to the McElhenney’s. However, the vinegar killed the scampi sauce somewhat. The main flavor of the pepper seemed to be the Red Caribbean. The sauce went much better on the Buffalo Wings. The sauce didn’t take away from the spices that are added to the naked wings. I also noticed that the sauce tasted hotter on the wings as compared to the fettucini which is probably due to the scampi sauce which dialed it down a bit.

Heat: Overall, the sauce is a bit hotter than tabasco but not by an overwhelming amount. I did half a bottle before noticing that there was indeed a pepper in the sauce. However, I am insane so there may be many that find this sauce to have some heat.

Final Thoughts: This Amazon Very Hot sauce is a basic sauce that is not really dynamic in any way. It’s main uses are best for fast foods such as wings, fries, and tacos. The flavor and heat is better than a normal restaurant tabasco sauce. This is a quality hot sauce that I would not lose dignity in serving to the occasional guest/rookie that comes over the house and demands hot sauce. However, for the gourmet hot sauce afficionado’s out there this is probably something that will not appeal to them in any special way.

Packaging 8/10
Aroma 6/10
Taste 6/10
Appearance 7/10
Heat 6/10

Overall 6.6

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CaJohn’s Sauce 10 and CaJohn’s No Naga Sauce 10

Behind the sauce is the 1st place chess title I captured earlier in February.

Label: The label wraps a 5 oz. bottle and is glossy red. There is a diamond figure in the middle of the label that engulfs a flame. The #10 is embroidered in silver font. There is a sticker near the neck of the bottle that reads “CaJohns Fiery Foods 10th Anniversary”. On back there is text that is scripted, “To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the company, I have taken all I have learned about creating natural pepper sauces and created a blistering hot sauce without the use of pepper extracts. The top 4 hottest chiles in the world come together and create a true chilihead elixir worth of the highest rating, 10 on a scale of 1-10. Enjoy!”

Ingredients: Fatalii chiles, Red Savina Habaneros, Orange Habaneros, Onions, Distilled Vinegar, Mustard, Garlic, Naga Jolokia Powder, Black Pepper, Chili Caribe, Cayenne, A select blend of dehydrated vegetable powders.

Appearance: The sauce is fairly thick and no seeds are visible. The color is orange brown. Black pepper and Garlic are visible as well as some small pepper flesh.

Odor: The main smell is of Red Savina, Fatalii, and Orange Habanero’s mixed together. The smell of the Naga Jolokia is easily blunted by the power of the other habanero’s included. However, the Naga Jolokia does reduce the strong aroma of what would naturally be of the trifecta habanero mix. There is very little vinegar odor but some garlic scent is present. The mustard is too tough to pick out.

Chicken parm slice with a good amount of Sauce 10 on it.

Taste: The flavor of the sauce is out of this world. The combination of the sauce to the pizza, chicken, tomato sauce, cheese, ricotta, really went well and better than what I originally thought. The blending of the peppers is really perfect and it is hard to tell any one flavor of pepper but rather a nice blending which is unique to the industry. No mustard flavor is present but there is a small trace of the fruity flavor of the Naga Jolokia powder. However, a small amount of powder has been used as it is not the predominant pepper used in this sauce.

Heat: Naturally hotter than CaJohns Talon or The Legend but not by that much. No extracts used and the burn comes after a few bites and it does grow.

Label: The label is white has orange trim. There is a diamond present surrounding a orange flame. Sauce 10 is underneath the flame. In silver marker is “No Naga” signed by CaJohn. There is no text or special quote on the back of the label.

Ingredients: Fatalli chiles, Red Savina Habaneros, Costa Rican Orange Habaneros, Onions, Vinegar, Mustard, Garlic, Spices.

Appearance: Slightly thinner than Sauce 10 but still thick enough. No seeds are visible and the color is lighter than Sauce 10 appearing more orange than orange brown. Pepper and Garlic bits are present.

Odor: There is clearly a much stronger trifecta pepper smell and the acidity level feels stronger than Sauce 10. Red Savina and Fatallii seem to be the peppers with the most odor here. Less garlic smell than Sauce 10 is present. The odor doesn’t appear to be as fruity as Sauce 10 which is expected due to the absence of the Bhut Jolokia.

No Naga Sauce 10 on a chicken parm slice.

Taste: The flavor again is a nice blending of peppers but the flavor hits you harder than Sauce 10. I am able to distinguish a little better of the individual peppers in this sauce as compared to Sauce 10. The acidity flavor does appear to be a little higher than Sauce 10. The flavors did go well with all aspects of the pizza. I honestly liked the flavor about the same as Sauce 10.

Heat: This is the only area that I felt shocked by. I honestly feel that No Naga Sauce 10 is clearly hotter than Sauce 10. I am unsure as why this is since Sauce 10 has the Naga Jolokia in it. Maybe there is some chemistry to it as a reaction taking place. I am certain though that this sauce is hotter.

Here it is! The Moneyshot of Natural Peppers and Sauces. A chicken parm slice with half Sauce 10 on it(left), half No Naga Sauce 10 (right), and a nice sprinkling of Naga Jolokia flakes on top.

Final Thoughts: Both of these sauces are the 2 hottest natural pepper sauces ever created using a perfect combination of Red Savina, Fatalii, Orange Habanero. Only difference is that Sauce 10 contains the Naga Jolokia while No Naga Sauce does not. Both are absolutely amazing in taste and heat. However, a strange mystery lies ahead as to why I feel that No Naga Sauce 10 is hotter. I am sure it is. I did half a bottle of each one and the No Naga Sauce 10 made me peak to an endorphin high while Sauce 10 did not. A few months ago I had the pleasure to try both sauces as a pre-test run and I did notice the same thing. I have administered the sauce to a rookie and he feels that Sauce 10 is also not as hot. However, trust me Sauce 10 still packs a potent punch and in my book is the 2nd most hottest natural sauce in the universe.

Sauce 10
Packaging 10/10
Aroma 9.5/10
Taste 9.5/10
Appearance 10/10
Heat 9/10

Overall 9.5

No Naga Sauce 10
Packaging 9/10
Aroma 9.5/10
Taste 9.5/10
Appearance 10/10
Heat 10/10

Overall 9.7