I’ve reviewed several sauces from Blind Hot Sauce out of Montana including their delicious Montana Huckleberry Hot Sauce and their unique and wonderful Coconut Reaper Hot Sauce in the past. Previously I’ve also tried their Habanero Smoke hot sauce, which still ranks as the smokiest sauce that I’ve ever tried, at least until I opened this bottle.
Smoke Jumpers are apparently like wildfire firefighter paratroopers. They parachute in to areas inaccessible by vehicles to try to contain wildfires before they get out of control. It’s a fitting name of this sauce as nearly everything in it is smoked. Smoke Jumper Wildfire is a limited release kicked-up version of their mainline sauce Montana Smoke Jumper. While the regular Smoke Jumper hot sauce makes do with jalapenos for heat the Wildfire version adds Moruga scorpion peppers as well as green bhut jolokia (ghost peppers). All of the peppers are slow smoked over hickory wood and smoked salt is used as well. To balance all of the heat and smoke the sauce also makes use of honey. The smoky aroma is strong as soon as you open the bottle, and while this sauce has a medium-thin smooth texture it does have a certain viscosity, likely from the honey and xanthan gum.
Blind Hot Sauce Montana Smoke Jumper Wildfire ties their Habanero Smoke as the smokiest hot sauce I’ve ever tasted. If you’ve ever been camping, sitting around the campfire, and had the wind suddenly shift bringing the smoke from the fire into your face, that’s the level of smoke here. In addition to the smoke the scorpion peppers make themselves known right away with a quick onset of violent heat that hits you in the back of the throat as much as the tongue. The green ghost peppers add a building and lingering heat though any inherent smoky flavor of those peppers is overshadowed by the heavy hickory smoke throughout the sauce. There’s a tiny bit of background sweetness from the honey but it’s overshadowed by the heavy smoke and fire from the super-hot chiles, though there is a general sense of savoriness to this sauce, likely from the chiles, smoke, and spices, that the tiny bit of sweetness does round out.
In terms of heat I was surprised by how hot this sauce is. Blind Hot Sauce’s Coconut Reaper was noticeably milder than I expected for a Carolina reaper sauce so I didn’t have high expectations for heat, but there’s something about scorpion peppers that rock me like a hurricane. This sauce is as close to a wildfire in a hot sauce bottle as I’ve had. Intense smoke, intense heat that comes on fast in an aggressive way and lingers, and a smoky aftertaste left behind. That smoke and the nature of the heat made this sauce difficult in terms of pairing. I didn’t enjoy it straight on foods as I felt the smoke overwhelmed things. I did find success with it in putting a bit into some red beans and rice as well as into a pot of chili where I found the smoke and heat were complimentary to the foods however.
Blind Hot Sauce Smoke Jumper Wildfire gets a conditional recommendation from me, with that condition being how much you love smoky hot sauces. If you love El Yucateco Black Lable and Marie Sharp’s Smokin’ Marie but want something much hotter this is the sauce for you. If you’re sensitive to smoke this may not be for you.
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Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰
Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰
Sour: ⭐⭐✰✰✰
Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰
Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰
Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰
Quick Flavor Notes: Smoke, burning, floral, savory, subtle sweetness
Texture: Medium-thin, smooth, slightly viscous
Recommended: Conditional
Get it From: https://blindhotsauce.com/
Ingredients: Smoked Jalapenos, Smoked Moruga Scorpion Peppers, Smoked Green Bhut Jolokia Peppers, Apple Cider Vinegar, Honey, Smoked Sea Salt, Granulated Garlic, Granulated Onion, Xanthan Gum
I’ve reviewed several sauces from Blind Hot Sauce out of Montana including their delicious Montana Huckleberry Hot Sauce and their unique and wonderful Coconut Reaper Hot Sauce in the past. Previously I’ve also tried their Habanero Smoke hot sauce, which still ranks as the smokiest sauce that I’ve ever tried, at least until I opened this bottle.
Smoke Jumpers are apparently like wildfire firefighter paratroopers. They parachute in to areas inaccessible by vehicles to try to contain wildfires before they get out of control. It’s a fitting name of this sauce as nearly everything in it is smoked. Smoke Jumper Wildfire is a limited release kicked-up version of their mainline sauce Montana Smoke Jumper. While the regular Smoke Jumper hot sauce makes do with jalapenos for heat the Wildfire version adds Moruga scorpion peppers as well as green bhut jolokia (ghost peppers). All of the peppers are slow smoked over hickory wood and smoked salt is used as well. To balance all of the heat and smoke the sauce also makes use of honey. The smoky aroma is strong as soon as you open the bottle, and while this sauce has a medium-thin smooth texture it does have a certain viscosity, likely from the honey and xanthan gum.
Blind Hot Sauce Montana Smoke Jumper Wildfire ties their Habanero Smoke as the smokiest hot sauce I’ve ever tasted. If you’ve ever been camping, sitting around the campfire, and had the wind suddenly shift bringing the smoke from the fire into your face, that’s the level of smoke here. In addition to the smoke the scorpion peppers make themselves known right away with a quick onset of violent heat that hits you in the back of the throat as much as the tongue. The green ghost peppers add a building and lingering heat though any inherent smoky flavor of those peppers is overshadowed by the heavy hickory smoke throughout the sauce. There’s a tiny bit of background sweetness from the honey but it’s overshadowed by the heavy smoke and fire from the super-hot chiles, though there is a general sense of savoriness to this sauce, likely from the chiles, smoke, and spices, that the tiny bit of sweetness does round out.
In terms of heat I was surprised by how hot this sauce is. Blind Hot Sauce’s Coconut Reaper was noticeably milder than I expected for a Carolina reaper sauce so I didn’t have high expectations for heat, but there’s something about scorpion peppers that rock me like a hurricane. This sauce is as close to a wildfire in a hot sauce bottle as I’ve had. Intense smoke, intense heat that comes on fast in an aggressive way and lingers, and a smoky aftertaste left behind. That smoke and the nature of the heat made this sauce difficult in terms of pairing. I didn’t enjoy it straight on foods as I felt the smoke overwhelmed things. I did find success with it in putting a bit into some red beans and rice as well as into a pot of chili where I found the smoke and heat were complimentary to the foods however.
Blind Hot Sauce Smoke Jumper Wildfire gets a conditional recommendation from me, with that condition being how much you love smoky hot sauces. If you love El Yucateco Black Lable and Marie Sharp’s Smokin’ Marie but want something much hotter this is the sauce for you. If you’re sensitive to smoke this may not be for you.
