HEATONIST No. 1 Sichuan Ghost Pepper Sauce | Dawson's Reviews

4.3 Rating 149 Reviews

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At HEATONIST, we work with the most passionate small batch hot sauce makers to develop new, never-before-seen flavors in the world of spice. As the official hot sauce partner of Hot Ones, we're trusted to curate new Hot Ones lineups and create their signature line of sauces.

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“I received this months/years ago in my Hot Ones subscription box, and this sauce continues to blow me away with the use of sichuan peppercorns before the ghost peppers come to kick you in the mouth. I find this sauce painfully addicting on anything fried... if you like really hot hot sauces that are also nuanced in their aromas and flavors, then this is the sauce for you!”

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Posted 6 years ago

“This is the 3rd sauce made by Dawson that I have tried and all of them have been five stars. The flavor is great in this sauce. You get a sweet and savory taste from the lemon, olive oil, and garlic right off the bat. Then the heat hits you and there’s a lot of it, not for people new to trying very hot sauces.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“It doesn't taste like a typical hot sauce. It's tangy, and mustardy. However I find myself grabbing it over of the rest of the bottles 70% of the time. The other 30%, I notice that I've been having it a lot recently and its supply is dwindling, so I grab the Hamajang or the Culley's.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Just completely bizarre. Certainly doesn't taste like anything else I've ever had. Doesn't taste anything like any Sichuan dish I've ever had, and to be honest, I wondered initially if my bottle had gotten damaged or waylaid somewhere along the way. Strange stuff.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I lived in Sichuan China, famous for its spicy and numbing peppercorn everything, for almost 10 years. I eat fresh thai chilis on most food. My point is that I know and like my heat. This sauce has big heat, but is best mixed with mustards or creamy peppery sauces. Not Sichuan peppercorn forward enough for me and the flavor straight up is not something that would go well with most people/foods. Disappointed to be honest.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Tried it off the spoon as soon as I got it. Hot. Like whoa damn hot. It is not ruin your day hot, but it is going to hang out if you want it to or not for the next 10 or so minutes. I was thinking of all of the things I could put this on, so I put some on a breakfast burrito using a few drops, and it was spicy and not bad. I put a few drops on a slice of pizza at work (again just a few drops),, and again it was spicy and taste just fine. Dinner was burgers. Mixed a few more drops into my BBQ sauce..OH YEAH! this is a meat sauce. That peppercorn should have been a dead giveaway to me (it wasnt. HA). Just add more than normal to some sloppy Joes and its sooo good. Try it on some meat dishes, and be happy you picked this. Really I was happy I bought it after the burrito but you know.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Firstly, let me say that I’m a hot sauce rookie. I love spice, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve never been one to partake in silly challenges or get chilli all over my kebab at 3am. Even after 15 tequilas. However I’ve always wanted to try the sauces and flavours at the hottest end of the scale. I have an appreciation for anything done well, with care and love. And hot sauce is no different. I want delicious food, not some extract ridden bet. This delivers. It’s simply devine. The rich complexity of the flavours was not something I expected to experience so clearly at this end of the Scoville Scale. Of course, the ghost is there. But so much is there with it. The smoky pepperiness is ever present and sticks around, but the taste of the ghost pepper itself sticks around even longer. I’ve had this on almost every sandwich and meal I’ve had since it arrived. In tiny dabs, it’s possible to appreciate the flavour without blowing your head off, although that can obviously easily be arranged if you fancy a little masochism...”

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Posted 7 years ago

“This is the only sauce I've ever seen spoil. It's delicious, it's amazing, I'd buy it again, but it spoiled. Truly one of my favorites for flavor. No, I did not refrigerate. I kept it in my car's center console, in many varying temps, along with 4 or 5 other hot sauces. This was the only one I threw away, but with less than an 1/8th of the bottle left.”

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Posted 7 years ago