The Heat Source

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Our sauce this week can be found at my local Ace Hardware, but also has sauces featured on Hot Ones and multiple other places, Hoff & Pepper. This Chatanooga Tennessee sauce company has an array of sauces, collaboration sauces, seasonings, BBQ, and Ghost ketchup to keep you trying more. We tried their original everyda...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! What happens when you combine Apples and Peppers? You get Mike talking reproductive health of plants & reptiles of course. This one was packed with discussion as we tried the Worcester, Ma saucemaker Lizard Mill Sauce Co. Their Green Apple Jalapeno is a mild starter sauce that should be on any table with a side of tor...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Move over A1, this sauce is taking the lead position on all things steak. Deja Vu by Rhed's is named after it's owner, Chef Deja and we are happy to have tried it. An award winning sauce that packs a great heat to pair with that steak sauce type taste. We talk about different meat sauces, go into deja vu and mor...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This week we revisited Tennesse with the brand Two Heads Hot Sauce. This dynamic duo created a smokey sauce with Fresno, Habanero, and Serrano pepper that we loved. It's a great medium heat for an everyday use. We discussed Tennessee, the folliclly challenged, otters, Halo, and more. This was a fun one and be sure to...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We stay local this week with a Michigan made Hot Sauce company in Grand Traverse Sauce Co. This hot sauce gave us a waterfall of ideas and recipes to try this with. Also this week we talk wine tasting, Pickle festivals, and Mike's great hunting mysteries of the North. We cover all that and more this week, but be sure...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Happy National Hot Sauce Day!!! We decided to celebrate our first National Hot Sauce Day with the podcast by making sauces of our own to try, judge and discuss. On top of that we had guest Sauce Makers drop a message about advice, tips, or stories from their hot sauce making experience. Be Sure to check this out and more,...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! This week we try a Hot Ones Alum with Sauce Leopard. This Season 18 Hot Ones sauce is a red chimichurri inspired sauce with a punch of Carolina Reaper. Shaun for Sauce Leopard included this sauce in the Hurricane Relief Raffle we won, and we are lucky for it. The amount of food we dive into on this is enough to fill a buf...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! With a new year we look to new Brands of sauce to try. We dive into our first sauce out of Tennesse with the aptly named Tennesse Hot Sauce Co. They do a quarterly subscription that you can get delivered to you including specialty sauces only available when subscribed. We got our hands on a Mushroom Reaper sauce that was...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We start out the new year with a recording we've had in the vault for a little while. Scott at Lucky Dog Hot Sauce had a 10-year anniversary sauce come out in 2022 and we were able to try it for this episode. Scotch Bonnets, Blueberries, Szechuan Peppercorns, and Beer?! It's a combination that works amazingly we...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We have an episode just in time for the Holiday Weekend. Austin, Minnesota's Sam Hastings joined us today as we tried Smokey J & One Drop from Sam Sa'House. This episode featured both sides of the heat spectrum as we start with the mild Scovie Award winning Smokey J that balance the smoke, toasted seasonings...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We tried two sauces that have been recently added by their respective brands. It's worked out well that both lend themselves to the Holiday season too. Mammoth Sauce Co has come out with a Black Currant sauce called Currant Situation while Sarabande Sauce was recently released by Lorne at Hot Graham Sauce Co. Both ar...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We revisited one of our favorite sauce makers over in Philly with some good mild sauces from his arsenal. Faiya has many flavors and heat levels, but this week we tried his Sweet Summer Heat and Purple Flame. Boasting citrus, fruit, and peppers, these brought us into a world of Fish Tacos, Charcuterie boards, and more. We...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We wanted to prepare ourselves this Thanksgiving with a variety of flavor and heat so we could take our Thanksgiving dinner up a notch. The first Holiday season after we started the podcast has opened up the potential of new flavors to add. This week we have three returning sauce makers with Golden Pumpkin by Craic Sauce,...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Family Band Hot Sauce was introduced to us at the Boston Hot Sauce Festival earlier this year and we are finally trying some of their product. This Ghost Chipotle Hot Sauce is a step up from their original Chipotle sauce they originally release, but it still has that delicious smokey flavor. We dive into Family Bands, Chi...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We took a two pack of Hell's Kitchen Hot Sauce by Ron Menin today. We have been pleasantly surprised by Ron's diversity of flavors and this week's episode was no different. His Westside Red and Black Forest brought new levels of heat, falvor, and fruit to the table. We talk about raspberry's, sports......

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! After much delay, we have our Louisiana Inspired sauce by Craic Sauce out of Lowell, MA. Mill City Red was a sauce Matt was able to try at the Boston Hot Sauce Festival and it was just as good as he remembered it. Discussions went wild today as we get into the food pairings for this sauce, proper pronunciation, Irish hist...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Hook and Arrow are providing this week's Quick Fire episode with a classic Louisiana Style hot sauce in Cayenne Garlic and a pairing fit for a juice bar in Orange Ginger.....with a Habanero for good measure. We had a few current event topics to discuss on this one to start the episode and then we dug into wings, arch...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Hook & Arrow have premiered 2 seasonal sauces in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Strawberry Ghost and Blueberry Ghost were new sauces they have introduced on October 1st and we were lucky enough to try them. These are probably the most unique sauces we have based on the heavy lean into fruit flavor, and we wer...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Last week we tried our most authentic Dominican sauce and this week we didn't travel very far as we tried some Cuban Inspired hot sauces from Barbaro Mojo. This pair of sauces give you two distinct paths to add flavor to your food. We discussed Cuba, Roasted Pork, Cubanos, and even some Ernest Hemingway as we tried o...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We could not wait to try more sauces by Faiya after our introduction of Salsa Roja. We dove into Mama Juana, a sauce that honors the sauce maker's Dominican roots, and La Muerte, one of the original sauces that brought the heat with Carolina Reapers and Red Habaneros. Mike was in for a surprise on this episode as we...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We are heading back to the East Coast with some New England Heat and a classic movie discussion to boot. Gabe at Spicy Shark Hot Sauce has some amazing flavors and we kicked off our collection of his with a warm Thresher Shark Chipotle Hot Sauce. Varying and diverse ingredients gave us a lot to discuss and the heat was a...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We opened our first bottle of Philly based maker Faiya with their Salsa Roja. This Chile de árbol & Habanero sauce gives you the classic feel of a sauce  you've had before, but elevated to be something new and delicious. We downed spoonful after spoonful as we talk US sugar consumption, Rat Tails, and Bloody Mary...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! Eric & Eddie from Stanky Sauce have added two new flavors to their collection with Agave Jalapeno & Pineapple Habanero Ghost. These sauces were released three months ago and we have been eagerly trying to find a time to record them. We gave each one it's time in the spotlight on this Quick Fire Doubleheader....

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! In honor of last week being National Chicken Wing Day, we have assembled 5 sauces together to try on chicken wings to rate. Think of it as 5 Quick Fire episodes smashed into one episode. Our topics are wide ranging from Master P, hieroglyphics, Pacino movies, and even some pumpkin chunking. We opened up a Pandora's b...

Text us a question or comment and you might get it read on a future episode! We brought out a nice scorcher this week with Decimation Hot Sauce's Six Six Citrus. Jared Brodeur out of Worcester, MA brings the heat in his lineup, but the flavor punch is riding shotgun. This Orange Habanero hot sauce had us speculating over Tacos, Seafood, and everything else we can think of to pour this sauce o...