Rising Smoke All In Hot Sauce Review

Rising Smoke All In

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It would be an understatement to say that I've found most of other products I've tried from this company a bit wanting. Many are reviewed here and I was on the verge of not wanting to do another, when I picked this one up, the last one on the list, the last gasp so to speak. I looked at it online, no onions and a couple of smoked peppers, one of the the Reaper no less, so it sounded as though it had potential.

It took me a while to get to this, but I have to say, well I was going to say third time's the charm, but this is my fourth sauce from them, so I will say that I'm glad I didn't give up on them entirely, as this sauce is quite nice. We have the smokiness from smoked Reaper and smoked Habanero, heat from the Reaper and Ghosties, and there is some nice Cayenne and tomato to round out the backend. So we have a sauce that is quite smoky, fairly punchy (chilehead only territory here), a touch on the bitter side, but all comes together in a way that works wonderfully. Given the heat and bitterness level, this can be used sparingly and still impart a wonderful contribution.

The sauce is a bit on the runny side, and has a good amount of chunkiness to it, probably due to the bits of grit permeating the sauce. Definitely this is one you will want to agitate, but since it packs so much flavor, even in small doses, it increases the flexibility considering, even coming across well in things like pizza, where I wouldn't normally consider a Louisiana-style. That style may be where I find its usage closest, but the smokiness brings in a strong call to barbecue sauce. Indeed, I find nearly every barbecue sauce both too tame, as well as far too sweet, and unless I'm grilling with them and want the sugar for carmelization, I wind up having to cut them a bit with Louisiana-style. Here, this sauce actually does a better job. While I don't like it as much on cream dishes or chicken tendies or grilled chicken as I do the Louisiana-style, it does make for a very nice change of pace. 

Bottom line: Definitely an absolute winner from a company on the verge of being written off entirely by me. A bit unique to the market, but one I'm definitely glad I had, though I will note the heat is higher than most normies will find comfortable, if eaten by itself.

Breakdown:

            Heat level: 3
            Flavor: 8
            Flexibility: 8
            Enjoyment to dollar factor: 7

Overall: 7