The Heat Source

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This week's episode is sponsored by Scovilled.com and their new subscription box. Head to their site to try out their brand new customizable hot sauce subscription box. We head out west for two sauce makers with incredible flavor profiles. Beet your Meat is more than a funny name, it gives you a steak companion for f...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This is a time capsule episode back from 2022 when we were trying to build up a backlog of episodes. Mike's baby had yet arrived, we were using our old mic setup, and Holy Fiddlehead was not available. With Craic Sauce Holy Fiddlehead nearing a return this fall we are releasing this episode. Enjoy discussions of fora...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We found our sauces for Mexican and Caribbean food this week as we dive into these two alums of the Boston Hot Sauce festival. Rhed's Morita sauce gave us all the flavors we want for tacos, nachos, burritos, etc while Rockin' Rasta from Hell's Kitchen delivered on a coconut curry that had us needing some sh...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are featuring a new sauce brand new to Sam Sa'House today! Chim'Charr is a brand new charred Argentinian inspired chimichurri sauce. With Sam's flair of unique ingredients, it gives a depth of flavor that we have brown accustomed to. Two Heads' award winning Strawberry Serrano was a pleasant surpris...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We have two sauces that are new, not only to us, but new in their line of sauces. We dive into the ingredients that make up the sauces, office trivia, and classic side scrolling games. Be sure to check these sauces and more on their respective sites.  Down to Ferment Website - HERE IG - HERE Bottle Fed Hot Sauce Website-...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We spent the weekend attending the Illinois Hot Sauce Expo in Joliet hosted by Steve Seabury of High River Sauces. We discuss the sauce makers, the wrestling, and the stage of Doom. We had such a blast and were happy to recap a little of our experience. Be sure to check out the makers below that we tried on this episode:...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are highlighting two more Illinois Show attendees with this pairing of an applewood smoked habanero sauce in Smolder and a blackberry and blueberry fruity habanero sauce. Both offer great ideas for how to use them best, but varied heat, flavor, and applications. Be sure to catch them at the Illinois show on July 22-23...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are gearing up for the Illinois Hot Sauce Expo and one maker that will be there is the Minnesota based Sam Sa'House. WE have enjoyed numerous sauces by Sam and this week is no different. We discuss his sauces, the Illinois show, Amazonian Pink River Dolphins, and of course new born blowouts. Check out Sam's f...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are in for a treat with a limited release 2nd Year Anniversary sauce from the San Diego based hot sauce company, Down to Ferment. This Fermentation focused company has big things coming, but for now we can enjoy their amazing sauces and rubs. We discuss the science from an idiots perspective, how far is to far for fusi...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Have you noticed there are not a lot of hot sauces for Asian cuisine outside of Sriracha? Well Bottle Fed Hot Sauce is helping introduced flavors and styles from his culture to change that. We tried a Sweet & Sour inspired hot sauce that had us questioning why Chinese restaurants don't open for breakfast. Be sure...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This week we are back on the East Coast with a New Jersey based sauce in Whitehouse Station Sauce Co. Table Sauce is a unique sauce that blends hot sauce with elements of other sauces to bring a universal sauce. We talk New Jersey Bears, table sauces across America, and Michigan born celebrities. Check out all that Whiteh...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We intended, before our last episode even ended, that we would have Kyle back on the show. He is back with a surprising Boston Recap, a future event, his time recording a new episode of a show, and of course, Cast Iron. A few tangents of chicken reproductive parts, pope mobiles, and Venn diagrams. Be sure to check out Kyl...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We're going green! This week we tried two sauces that are further from each other in location, but both green focused. Tennessee Hot Sauce Co has a Poblano Jalapeno sauce that is part of their regular rotation. If you think Salsa Verde, you are in the neighborhood, but it brings flavor with it's heat to go on mo...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are at it another week with a Florida based hot sauce that has a fun branding in Drunk Chicks Craft Sauces. They have themed chick characters for every sauce and this week we are trying their Fire Chick the Habanero Mojo. Great flavor as a topper or marinade, this sauce packs solid heat to go with it. We dive into drun...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We revisit Aaron Dallaire's Galactic Hobo sauces this week with limited release Hawaiian Shirt Party and Bandito Sauce.  Both vastly different and each sent us on a tangent of facts, trivia, and children's cartoons (?) Be sure to follow Galactic Hobo Sauce at both their website and Instagram page for more inform...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Our hottest sauce to date is tried this week. Indiana based Maletta's Hot Sauce has a wide variety of sauces and we started with the most intense heat they have to offer. We dive into the extreme heat, the history of capsaicin, prehistoric meatballs, and mercury. For more details be sure to check out Maletta's o...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Sauce Leopard has been a fast rising hot sauce brand out of Denver since they arrived on the scene with sauces being featured on Hot Ones and winning numerous awards. These two sauces gave us another opportunity to enjoy the uniqueness of their flavor profiles. Shaun has done it again making us rethink that cranberry is o...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This week we tried the original sauce from Portland Maker, Newk's Hot Sauce. This sauce uniquely sweetens with banana and features a variety of flavors that covers all heat levels and palettes. Be sure to check their page for updates on locations, events, and future products. Also check out our episode to hear the hi...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are revisiting a Boston Hot Sauce maker that is Veteran Owned and 100% veteran founded in 13 Stars Hot Sauce. We revisit this brand with 2 more sauces form their catalog. It brought us down such rabbit holes as horse racing, children's books, dance history, and of course bang bang shrimp. It will all make sense on...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are continuing our Boston Hot Sauce themed episodes with two sauce makers that will be at the event end of April. Hook & Arrow's Pineapple Jalapeno along with Tiki Torture from Decimation Hot Sauce are this week's sauces. They share a main ingredient of Pineapple that is shown in very different ways.  We...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This was an episode we called a "Hops Redemption Episode" because neither of us are big hops fans, but we are fans of Rhed's Hot Sauce. This Rhode Island based hot sauce company wowed us again with two of the more unusual sauce ideas that worked so well. We will be doing more sauces by Rhed's but be su...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We have a unique episode this week. Kyle Seip aka Cast Iron Kyle joined us to talk Boston Hot Sauce Festival, coming up Aril 29th & 30th. We did a rundown of the lineup this year and talked hot sauce, weird eating habits, and Hobbit-like nature in Michigan. It was great having Kyle on and talking about this great hot...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are back with the the remaining two sauces featured by Lizard Mill Sauce Co. We are amping up the heat with 2 Habanero sauces from this Worcester, Mass sauce maker. We dive into these sauces, lizards, movies and more. Be sure to check out the full assortment of their sauces on the link below or check out their IG below...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We headed out to the SW region of America with a sauce maker out of Tuscon, AZ. Zac Perkins of High Desert Sauce Co brings incredible flavors into his bottles, and we are lucky for it. His Ghost of Saffron is a taco sauce elevated to the highest level. We talk Saffron, Desert terrains, classic 90s movies, and more this we...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This week we are celebrating 1 full year of the podcast and we are commemorating that by having Radhi from FAIYA join us for this week's episode. We saved some of the best for last with What the Fuego & Salsa Verde being featured this week. We talk to Radhi about the upcoming Fiery Food Show, the origins of his s...