I think this is the reason America is getting into spicy foods like never before.

I can remember the days when some regular ol vinegar based sauce was fine for me because that is basically all there was out there. At least that was readily available. Now I have a hard time deciding which one to use cause I have so many!!

Anthony..very well said.. and much appreciated

flavor and spice is taking over the taste buds of the general public,
too long have we ate bland and tasteless foods. Zesty foods brings about a zest and passion for life. Anthony as a reviewer and all of HSB
reviewers, the product manufacturers and the HSB readers look to you for sound and honest reviews and thats why HSB is gaining such
popularity!! in the recent months.

-Scotty B

So, who likes Texas Pete hot sauce?

Scott on 5/6/2006 at 12:39 pm said:

So, who likes Texas Pete hot sauce?

Me. But I still wish we could get “Crystal Classic Habanero” sauce
from the grocery store though. That was another “Good on everything”
sauce.

I thought they still sold that where you are.

Nope. Safeway stopped selling it a couple of years ago.

I have a bottle of it in my collection. Its about 4 years old. AND LOOKS IT!!! Little darker than when it was new.

Scotty B’s Hot Sauces on 5/6/2006 at 11:43 am said:

flavor and spice is taking over the taste buds of the general public,
too long have we ate bland and tasteless foods. Zesty foods brings about a zest and passion for life. Anthony as a reviewer and all of HSB
reviewers, the product manufacturers and the HSB readers look to you for sound and honest reviews and thats why HSB is gaining such
popularity!! in the recent months.

-Scotty B

Scotty - I am just finishing up another review of your Devil Drool. Look for it shortly. It is incredible!!!!

Ive had some awful sauces in my time, but what one person likes another person could hate? Its all up to personal preference, I really dont care for chalula, tabasco, or tapatio, but im sure theres millions of people who love it? Why hate on thier taste buds, But you as a reviewer have your own oppinoin and people should take that into account, find a reviewer who has similiar tasste and oppinoins on certain sauces as you, and stick with them.

in my opinion, these reviews are great, whether we try them and hate them or love them, it gives the sauce great exposure to the public, lets us know about them if we have not heard about them and gives us an oppurtunity to make our own decisions. It also gives us a way to ask the reviewer questions and also maybe the sauce owner too if they bless us with their presence. it gives all of us great debate material.

Mrs.Ryan, maybe you can become a reviewer and “The Tracy” could be your first victim. :)

Oh that would be freakin awesome!!!!!!!! I would love to, but I better get another bottle first

Mrs.Ryan on 5/6/2006 at 3:27 pm said:

Oh that would be freakin awesome!!!!!!!! I would love to, but I better get another bottle first

no prob…..need to get you into a bottle of the “new” chipotle as well. Just waitin on the labels to be printed..dum dee dumm

Tracy C on 5/6/2006 at 5:15 pm said:

no prob…..need to get you into a bottle of the “new” chipotle as well. Just waitin on the labels to be printed..dum dee dumm

HELL YEAH!!!!! Can’t wait to see it

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i AM EXCITED, ABOUT THAT

Great article. I completley agree. Good iob!

Well said Daniel- I think you’re right. Find a reviewer that matches your tastes & go with it. There’s a LOT of folks out there that still like the thinner vinegar sauces or Tabasco & Franks & Durkees wouldn’t still be eating our lunch on the manufacturing side

I do think you’re right Anthony, about the manufacturers being a bit more receptive to what the people want. It might also be a bit of hotter (and sometimes better) sauces also becoming more mainstream as folks discover (through stuff like the chileheads list and the blog) that they’re NOT the only weird ones out there

Jim,

To take your thought one step further, I think we can thank the internet and great sites like HSB for helping us all out by making the really hot stuff more mainstream.

For those of us in the midwest, it was very difficult to come across a good selection of really hot stuff even five years ago. I had never even heard of Blair’s before I started to check out hot sauces on the internet a few years ago, since no grocery stores around me sold it. The only really hot stuff I could find in stores around me was Dave’s insanity and Endorphin Rush - and unfortunately, the flavor of those isn’t good enough to drive masses of people to crave even hotter things.

Now, anyone in any state can easily get a hold of a ton of great stuff. I am sure that, in the climate of 5 years ago, I would have never ever gotten to hear about Defcon, Peppermaster, or Palmetto Pepepr Potions. I would not have even heard of a producer like CaJohn if it wasn’t carried in my local grocery store. But now, the whole world’s at our finger tips, and when someone gets a hold of a great sauce, anywhere in the country, it spreads like wildfire to those who are interested - namely weirdos like us. I think that quick spreading of information lets the best sauces rise to the top and get good exposure, and get pushed by word of mouth. Hopefully, this lets smaller producers spend more on quality products than flashy promotions to get into stores.

A few of us crazies may have gotten hooked on the raw power of capsacin extract, but heat without flavor turns many people off. Now that the internet has made sauces that are hot as hell AND taste great widely available, many more people who try the hot stuff want more. The additional exposre benefits all of us, as people who used to buy the mass produced crap slowly shift over to supporting smaller, high quality producers.

John S. on 5/6/2006 at 10:19 pm said:

Jim,

To take your thought one step further, I think we can thank the internet and great sites like HSB for helping us all out by making the really hot stuff more mainstream.

For those of us in the midwest, it was very difficult to come across a good selection of really hot stuff even five years ago. I had never even heard of Blair’s before I started to check out hot sauces on the internet a few years ago, since no grocery stores around me sold it. The only really hot stuff I could find in stores around me was Dave’s insanity and Endorphin Rush - and unfortunately, the flavor of those isn’t good enough to drive masses of people to crave even hotter things.

Now, anyone in any state can easily get a hold of a ton of great stuff. I am sure that, in the climate of 5 years ago, I would have never ever gotten to hear about Defcon, Peppermaster, or Palmetto Pepepr Potions. I would not have even heard of a producer like CaJohn if it wasn’t carried in my local grocery store. But now, the whole world’s at our finger tips, and when someone gets a hold of a great sauce, anywhere in the country, it spreads like wildfire to those who are interested - namely weirdos like us. I think that quick spreading of information lets the best sauces rise to the top and get good exposure, and get pushed by word of mouth. Hopefully, this lets smaller producers spend more on quality products than flashy promotions to get into stores.

A few of us crazies may have gotten hooked on the raw power of capsacin extract, but heat without flavor turns many people off. Now that the internet has made sauces that are hot as hell AND taste great widely available, many more people who try the hot stuff want more. The additional exposre benefits all of us, as people who used to buy the mass produced crap slowly shift over to supporting smaller, high quality producers.

Well said bro! Thanks to Al Gore inventing the internet we have a hot sauce revolution! Viva la revolución!!

Mrs.Ryan on 5/6/2006 at 2:50 pm said:

in my opinion, these reviews are great, whether we try them and hate them or love them, it gives the sauce great exposure to the public, lets us know about them if we have not heard about them and gives us an oppurtunity to make our own decisions. It also gives us a way to ask the reviewer questions and also maybe the sauce owner too if they bless us with their presence. it gives all of us great debate material.

You said it Girl, again this is why HSB and all the HSB crew is leading and paving the way of Zesty & Spicy food product Blogs! The interesting and professionally written topics, and variety of product reviews.

Anthony on 5/6/2006 at 2:28 pm said:

Scotty - I am just finishing up another review of your Devil Drool. Look for it shortly. It is incredible!!!!

Anthony, I am very pleased that Devil’s Drool met with your approval!!
I remember your comment on Clinton’s review of Just Damn Good
Habanero making a great Duo. We are planning in the coming months, to introduce a Hotter & great tasting sauce by the name of Oblivion.

-Scotty B

Scotty B’s Hot Sauces on 5/7/2006 at 1:00 am said:

Anthony, I am very pleased that Devil’s Drool met with your approval!!
I remember your comment on Clinton’s review of Just Damn Good
Habanero making a great Duo. We are planning in the coming months, to introduce a Hotter & great tasting sauce by the name of Oblivion.

-Scotty B

Funny you should mention that (about Oblivion). I submitted my review today for your Devil Drool and you should see the last sentence I wrote for it! Looking forward to it!

Godd ole tabasco can still satisfy my hot sauce cravings at any time. Yes it an oldie but its still a goody in my book. It makes me appreciate where we were in this chile world and where we are going.

I agree and think is a great trend. That’s why none of us makers should be looking at each other as competition, because of the variety of palates out there and the desire for variety. Mike Greening from Ring of Fire hot sauce said something to me at our first food show that stuck with me: “Make your customers happy and the rest will follow.” And that’s been our goal ever since.

Well stated Anthony, Thank You!!!

Hello CaJohn.

Goodnight just here for a couple minutes godtta hit the sac.

Goodnight all

pmac on 5/8/2006 at 10:42 pm said:

Hello CaJohn.

Goodnight just here for a couple minutes godtta hit the sac.

Goodnight all

G’Night pmac, hope “you’re on the mend”

Ok here is a question for you guys I got a bottle of 6am and 3 am. I am going to dip a toothpick and do a drop of the 3am on sunday (after my triathlon so I will be nice and unable to fight the pain Is there anything I can do so I know in my mind I am getting the full brunt of the heat? How about the 6am if I ever decide to do the 6am is there a good way to sample a single drop of that?

Josh on 5/12/2006 at 2:01 pm said:

Ok here is a question for you guys I got a bottle of 6am and 3 am. I am going to dip a toothpick and do a drop of the 3am on sunday (after my triathlon so I will be nice and unable to fight the pain Is there anything I can do so I know in my mind I am getting the full brunt of the heat? How about the 6am if I ever decide to do the 6am is there a good way to sample a single drop of that?

Brush your teeth, tongue, and roof of your mouth well before you do this. That way, there are no layers of grime or food to get in the way of the full effect. Rinse well with water (not mouthwash) so you have a clean pallet and have fun

how about the application should I just use the tooth pick to get a single drop on my tounge or something or is there a better way. Will the toothpick drop only grab the least hot layers or will it grab them all?

It’ll grab enough to get the job done If you’re worried about it, use the plastic tine of a picnic fork.

Josh on 5/12/2006 at 2:25 pm said:

how about the application should I just use the tooth pick to get a single drop on my tounge or something or is there a better way. Will the toothpick drop only grab the least hot layers or will it grab them all?

Come on Josh…As they say, “Just Do It”!!!!

It’ll only hurt for a little while.

Tracy C on 5/12/2006 at 7:43 pm said:

Come on Josh…As they say, “Just Do It”!!!!

It’ll only hurt for a little while.

Amen brother. Just jump right on in - in only hurts a little