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Category Archives: Hot Sauce Reviews

04/08/2012
by Alan Bowman
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Famous Dave’s Devil’s Spit BBQ Sauce

 

Famous Dave Anderson is an icon in the worlds of barbecue and business. He operates southern-style bbq restaurants in 37 states that have garnered over 500 various awards since opening in 1994. One of the claims to fame at his eateries is the bbq sauce which won the prestigious award for “Best Sauce on the Planet” at The American Royal in 1995. Dave knows barbecue sauce! But when I saw this bottle of Famous Dave’s Devil’s Spit at my local supermarket, I wondered if Dave knew his HOT barbecue sauce.

 
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04/05/2012
by chilebrown
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PRETTY DOG HOT SAUCES ‘BLACK SCORPION GRAPEFRUIT’

It is always great to find a local hot sauce producer. ‘Pretty Dog Hot Sauce” is made in Berkeley,California. ‘I can almost see Berkeley from my backyard.’ Pretty Dog Hot Sauce’ is a very new business venture that we would like to support. Peter Fikaris, the owner, bottler, distributor and promoter is currently making his sauces in a commercial kitchen located at ‘Addies Pizza Pie”. This is the pizza palace that he works at. What is fun about his sauces are all the unique ingredients. Today we are trying a mixture of the very hot ‘Black Scorpion’ and Habanero peppers and grapefruit. Another unusual ingredient is black garlic. Black garlic has a unique fermented flavor. Peter is currently making his sauces in limited quantities. You can find his sauces at several local restaurants or you can contact him directly for mail order.

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02/26/2012
by chilebrown
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EL BESO DEL DIABLO

‘El Beso Del Diablo’ translated means ‘Kiss of the Devil” Lucy, our sweet puppy has very sharp teeth and claws. Sometimes we wonder if we should have named her Lucifer. Are we getting the ‘Kiss of the Devil’? We are today with a hot sauce from our friends at Buen Apetito. Buen Apetito is a Mexican restaurant located in Waterville Maine. They have consistently created and sold delicious hot and barbeque sauces. This sauce is a combination of ‘Naga Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Peppers) and red habaneros. It sounds like a potent combination. This sauce is sweetened with agave nectar. Today we are going to “Lakeman’s Club’ to have ‘Bucky’ our local resident hot sauce expert give us a hand tasting this sauce. You know I love hot sauce and thought I could consume hot peppers until I met Bucky. Bucky has a stomach of cast iron and loves his peppers. He has the nose, taste and fortitude for an honest opinion. We will also try this hot sauce with some grilled vegetables, hamburger and a breakfast sandwich. Pucker up and lets ‘Beso Del Diablo’.
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01/01/2012
by Scott Roberts
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Scott’s Best Spicy Products of 2011

The following are items and companies I’ve chosen as featuring the best that have been released or that I’ve encountered for the first time during the 2011 calendar year. To qualify, this product either had to be released after January 1, 2011 or I would have tasted it for the very first time in the past year. Believe me, there were dozens of worthy sauces, seasonings and food enhancers I would have loved to include and so many product manufacturers that deserved a mention. But I had to narrow it down to the creme de la creme and give the “Scottvies” (with apologies to Dave DeWitt) to my top choices in each category.

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12/11/2011
by chilebrown
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BUEN APETITO WING SAUCE

Let’s begin with the “End”. This wing sauce is not for beginners. Ms. Goofy is crying a tear of ‘Red Savina’ pepper joy, or is it pain?

Buen Apetito a Mexican grill located in Waterville,Maine has a reputation for excellent hot sauces. They now have created a wing sauce that has red Savina Habanero peppers in its ingredient mix. When I found a sample of this new sauce on my doorstep, I rushed to the store and bought some chicken wings. The thermometer outside our house reads a brisk 33 degrees. This will be perfect weather to fire up the grill and give this sauce a try.
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