but his wife and his kids usually don’t want the killer heat, they usually want something a little bit milder for the whole family.” If you still need convincing to order a bottle from peppernorth.com, check out the independent customer reviews of Heart of Aztlan BBQ Sauce on YouTube. Tast- ingtheheat.com gave this one 2.5 out of 10 for heat and, again, 10 out of 10 for taste. “Do a plate of crackers, some cream cheese, and pepper jelly – it is fantastic!” Drew’s hottest recipes are winning big, too. Momento de Muerte, made from a black cherry base and Carolina Reaper peppers, took home first place overall at the 2017 Hot Pepper Awards. “That was huge for us,” Drew said. “With that sauce alone we’ve won eight awards. The thing about that sauce is when you first eat it, it’s not too hot. Then within about 60 seconds it starts to creep on you. Within two minutes it’s full- force. Sometimes people try it and walk away and then they will come back gasping,” he laughed. “It’s funny because sometimes you get people at shows who are like, “Oh, I can handle anything; give me the hottest!” And then it’;s great watching their faces. We make some pretty hot sauces. We make sauces that keep the chiliheads happy, I like to say. Our hottest sauce is called Stargazer. It’s also an all-natural hot sauce and it’s your full on 10 out of 10 for heat. We don’t use any pepper extracts, remember, so if you have ever seen a Dave’s Insanity Sauce or Blair’s Death Sauce they use pepper extracts to make it hotter. We don’t use any artificial ways of cranking up the heat in our sauces – we use all 100 percent fresh peppers, which is kind of unique as far as hot sauces go. We took 2 nd place for Ultra Hot Sauce at the Fiery Food Challenge for Stargazer.” Remember, Pepper North’s five hot sauces and three con- diments – which are all natural, free from added preserva- tives, and gluten free – can be found in over 250 stores across Ontario andbeyond. All eight handcrafteddelicious gourmet hot pepper products can also be found online at Pepper- North.com and shipped to any address across Canada.
in Canada. It’s not too hot but it’s a really flavourful pepper. It’s a sweet barbeque sauce and a lot of people say it’s the best barbecue sauce ever – especially on sausage. We just recently took 3 rd place with our BBQ sauce at the 2018 Fiery Food Challenge in Dallas, Texas. I wanted to make a barbecue sauce that people could put on pulled pork and ribs and steak and the family could eat it, too. I didn’t want it to be only for one person. That’s what I hear a lot of from customers. Usually the husband can handle extreme heat
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