Winner 2007 Fiery Food Challenge

Ingredients: Vinegar, fresh red bell and habanero peppers, garlic, salt, sugar and spices.
Contains no MSG.

This one is well deserving of the 2007 Fiery Food Challenge Award. In fact there isn’t a sauce I have had in quite some time that I can almost put in the same category as Blair’s Original Death. But before you proclaim that those are fighting words, notice that it is almost there……

Unfortunately this sauce has the same problem as most. Even though it has the shiny 2007 Award winning sticker, it is still pretty unassuming on a shelf. And if there is a batch out there that hasn’t acquired the sticker…..well that is too bad. There will be a lot of people passing up a great sauce here.

The sauce itself looks incredible. It is bright, thick, and has substance to it. It smells fresh and vibrant with a touch of smoke that lends to some weight behind the sauce.

Chicken nuggets and crinkle fries were the lucky recipients of this sauce. I didn’t even have to use ketchup for the fries. The picture shows one good dollop, but by the end of the meal I managed to go through a third of the bottle. It contained some medium heat that would but a bead on the uninitiated but a veteran can go through this in a second without even noticing it.

Bottom line is that this is an extremely flavourful medium hot sauce that has all the right stuff going for it. Give this one a go if you see it at your local hot shop!

Packaging 7.5/10
Aroma 9/10
Appearance 9.5/10
Taste 9.5/10
Heat 5/10

Overall 9.5/10

Richard’s Hot Sauce Co.
St. Petersburg, FL
richhotspot@tambabay.rr.com
Phone 727-804-6522