Hoff Original Hot Sauce Review

Hoff & Pepper Original Hot Sauce

Note: This sauce was provided for purposes of review by Roger Damptz of Burn Your Tongue. Check him out on Facebook or, better yet, head on over to his new online outlet where you can shop the widest selection available anywhere, www.burnyourtongueonline.com.

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I've already done the Smoken Ghost (reviewed elsewhere here) from Hoff, so I had a pretty good grasp of what they meant by pointedly declaring they want to be "your everyday hot sauce." That sauce is and was an excellent example of what an everyday sauce should be like, in that it is flexible enough to be used nearly anywhere, ubiquitously, for whatever meal, in short, the sauce you'd reach for daily, as a good standard. I start off unusually by talking about a completely different sauce because the main, and possibly only, difference between these two is that this one does not have the Ghosties. 

I was really curious to see how this would play out without them in the mix and this sauce is about what you'd expect along those lines. It has the same smoothness and mouth feel, but is a little less smokey, less bitter, and a lot less hot than the Smoken Ghost. Flexibility is among the highest for both for any sauce I've reviewed (if I went past 10 in that category, both would be higher), able to easily transition to any style of cuisine. I'm not sure where it wouldn't fit, as I haven't found what that is, again, very unique among sauces. I've had it in both Asian and Mexican-style sauces, where it is functional to different degrees, and a variety of other foods as well. This is not to say it is my preference for many of those foods and indeed is not, but is well-rounded in a way that I would consider the epitome of "jack of all cuisines, master of none," which is precisely what a good everyday sauce should be. My favorite application remains the breakfast burritos I make, but I've expanded the gamut and found it pleasant in most, if not all, of them as well. 

Bottom line: If you want to introduce someone to what is meant by everyday sauce, this is the one to do it with. It's good a bit of punch from the Habaneros, but not enough to be chilehead-only territory.

Breakdown:

            Heat level: 2
            Flavor: 8
            Flexibility: 10
            Enjoyment to dollar factor: 7

Overall: 7