Marco Castillo

Kitchen Guide

Fresh vs Dried Peppers: How Flavor and Heat Change

How drying changes pepper flavor and heat. Name changes, substitution ratios, and when to use each.

Kitchen Guide

How to Make Hot Sauce

Make hot sauce from scratch. Fermented, vinegar-based, and Caribbean styles with pepper picks.

Apollo Pepper

Pepper X

Dragon's Breath

Carolina Reaper

Komodo Dragon Pepper

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

Chocolate Bhutlah

7 Pot Douglah

7 Pot Primo

Dorset Naga

7 Pot Katie

Naga Morich

Trinidad Scorpion Butch T

Naga Viper

7 Pot Brain Strain

7 Pot Barrackpore

7 Pot Red Giant

7 Pot Jonah

7 Pot Yellow

Bedfordshire Super Naga

Infinity Chili

Ghost Pepper

Bhut Jolokia Chocolate

Bhut Jolokia Yellow

Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion

7 Pot White

Bhut Jolokia White

Nagabon

Fatalii

Hot Paper Lantern Pepper