{"title":"Hot Sauce","description":"\u003cp\u003eHot sauces from independent makers, the kind that get started because someone could not buy what they wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:600\"\u003eRead more about hot sauce styles\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe styles, and what each is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinegar-forward sauces are thin and sharp, and they season more than they burn, which is why they suit fried food and eggs. Fermented sauces are thicker and funkier, with a depth that raw chilies alone do not give. Fruit-based sauces put sweetness against the heat and work on pork, fish and anything grilled. Smoked chili sauces bring the smoke as the main event, with the heat behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to judge heat honestly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScoville numbers describe the chili, not the bottle, and a sauce made with a hot chili can still be mild if there is very little of it in there. The ingredient order tells you more than the number does: if chilies come first the sauce is about heat, and if vinegar or fruit comes first it is about flavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sams-pickle-house-pickle-hot-sauce-9-5oz","title":"Sam's Pickle House Pickle Hot Sauce, 9.5 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe same award-winning pickle brine, dill and garlic as Sam's Dill Pickle Sauce, built out into a hot sauce rather than a dressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinegar-forward instead of sweet, so it cuts rather than coats. That is the whole reason it belongs on fried chicken, barbecue and eggs rather than sitting on the side of the plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by hand in Virginia. 9.5 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sam's Pickle House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52277672804568,"sku":"045635683167","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/sams-pickle-house-pickle-hot-sauce-9-5oz-pantry-primal-wine-v2.png?v=1787349211"},{"product_id":"woon-kitchen-mamas-way-hot-sauce-15-5oz","title":"Woon Kitchen Mama's Way Hot Sauce, 14 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hot sauce Woon keeps on the pass at its two Los Angeles rooms, made from Mama Fong's recipe for one specific job: adding a kick and cutting the savoury weight of a rich dish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFermented Fresno pepper mash, vinegar and garlic. That makes it bright and sharp rather than smoky or sweet, at a medium heat that does not stop you eating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoon puts it on noodles, rice, chicken wings, eggs, avocado toast, pizza, soups and tacos, which is close to admitting it goes on anything.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woon Kitchen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52277673263320,"sku":"850030379245","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/woon-kitchen-mamas-way-hot-sauce-15-5oz-pantry-primal-wine-v2_15be384b-2c67-4fca-82a9-1ac3ecee84e4.png?v=1787349220"},{"product_id":"bungkus-bagus-spicy-fried-shallots-garlic-chilies-sambal-goreng-chili-topping-4oz","title":"Bungkus Bagus Sambal Goreng Chili Topping, 4 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eFried shallots, garlic and chilies, which is sambal goreng and which is closer to a crisp condiment than a sauce. It works three ways: as a base to cook from, as something spooned over at the end, or straight out of the jar, which is how most of it gets eaten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by hand the old Bali way by two sisters who started selling food out of a Los Angeles driveway during the pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bungkus Bagus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52282449428696,"sku":"197644923069","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/bungkus-bagus-spicy-fried-shallots-garlic-chilies-sambal-goreng-chili-topping-4oz-pantry-primal-wine-v2_662d2621-17e8-48a9-b484-ab85eebe7621.png?v=1787349526"},{"product_id":"shuug-original-zhoug-hot-sauce-9oz","title":"Shuug Original Zhoug Hot Sauce, 9 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eZhoug is the Yemeni green sauce, and the herbs come before the heat. Fresh cilantro carries it, with poblanos, scotch bonnet and jalapenos behind, and the balance is the thing Shuug are chasing rather than the burn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a family recipe rather than a product developed to fill a shelf gap, which shows up in how much cilantro is actually in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shuug","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52282467614936,"sku":"787790097563","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/shuug-original-zhoug-hot-sauce-9oz-pantry-primal-wine-v2.png?v=1787349547"},{"product_id":"seed-ranch-flavor-co-smoked-jalapeno-hot-sauce-5oz","title":"Seed Ranch Smoked Jalapeno Hot Sauce, 5 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eChipotle peppers with dates and carrots, which is an unusual build and the reason it works. The smoke of the chipotle needs something sweet underneath it, and dates do that without the sauce turning into candy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium heat, all natural, organic, non-GMO and vegan, which has been the rule at Seed Ranch since the first batch off a porch in Boulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seed Ranch Flavor Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52282467647704,"sku":"867732000308","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/seed-ranch-flavor-co-smoked-jalapeno-hot-sauce-5oz-pantry-primal-wine-v2.png?v=1787349567"},{"product_id":"seed-ranch-flavor-co-thai-green-hot-sauce-5oz","title":"Seed Ranch Thai Green Hot Sauce, 5 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eCilantro, basil, lemongrass, lime and ginger, which reads like a green curry paste, and then Carolina Reaper underneath it. The heat creeps rather than hits, which is the more dangerous kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the three Seed Ranch launched with in 2016. Organic, non-GMO, additive free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 oz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seed Ranch Flavor Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52282467778776,"sku":"867732000315","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/seed-ranch-flavor-co-thai-green-hot-sauce-5oz-pantry-primal-wine-v2.png?v=1787349587"},{"product_id":"rancho-gordo-gay-caballero-hot-sauce-5oz","title":"Rancho Gordo Gay Caballero Hot Sauce, 5 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis one has a following, and it is not really a hot sauce in the usual sense. Chiles balanced with cinnamon and cloves, which pulls it toward the warm-spice end of Mexican cooking rather than the vinegar-and-burn end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have had a mole and wondered where that particular warmth came from, this is a bottle of the same idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 oz, from Napa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rancho Gordo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52282467909848,"sku":"713757952309","price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/rancho-gordo-gay-caballero-hot-sauce-5oz-pantry-primal-wine-v2_c2e4a724-1981-464a-8f94-83ae63e983ec.png?v=1787353267"},{"product_id":"shuug-original-harissa-hot-sauce-9oz","title":"Shuug Original Harissa Hot Sauce, 9 oz","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe harissa, which came second after the zhoug. 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