tinner666 said:
How do these compare on taste and heat??
Dave's Insanity
Hurricane Mash
Mega Death
Defcon 1 or 0
I was given a taste of Da Bomb, Ground Zero, the other day and found I like this stuff. Liked it so much, the jokster gave me the bottle. Now, I'm experimenting and looking around.
Feel free to add others to list.
And what is hottest non-extract sauce? Thanks, Frank
I just received a shipment of Defcons this morning, and I've tasted them, but not used them yet. So, stay tuned for my review of them, and take what I say here with a grain of salt.
John and Josh are right about the mash. The maximum heat of a pepper will depend on what's in the jar. We designed our mash to impress people with the pepper, not with the heat. Of course, the heat is still exceptional, these are extreme peppers. But still, without doing something to concentrate the capsaicin, it's not possible to get it hotter.
That said.
and I'll taste as I write so as to get an immediate response....
I don't find Dave's insanity hot at all. It burns my lips for a good 10 minutes, but otherwise, inside my mouth; it's not hot. I still haven't figured out what that's all about.
As for Defcon compared to Hurricane Mash... hmm, here goes
Defcon 3 John was wise not to send, he said it was for the masses and (my words not his) thus, wimpy. lol
Defcon 2: registers about a 5 on our Pepperfire Scale which makes it even with our Roasted Garlic Chili Chipotle sauce.
Defcon 1: registers about a 12 or a 13 on our scale which makes it definitely hotter than the Hurricane Mash, but and this I found interesting, it's got a definitively metallic feeling to it which is only tasted next to the Hurricane Mash. I suppose the fresh peppers next to the extract show it off more, but am not sure. I'll note though that it doesn't have that nasty acetone taste that I always expect from nail polish remover or paint thinner.
Solvent based hot sauce, this isn't. John, I really hope these sauces do well at the Scovies, especially in the wing category, because compared to most of the extracts out there, this is the best I have yet to taste.
I hate to disillusion anyone though, even though I like Defcon 1 and it is a bit hotter than Hurricane, Hurricane still has that sweet fresh pepper flavour that can't be beat.
T.