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Mild 2 Wild

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Jalapeño Jack
Waggie
Rico
Cayenne Dan
Guido
Tennessee Bob
Ma, La Abuela
Happy Habanero
Rasta
Ty
Pablo Poblano
Jim Grim
The heat ladder

Mild 2 Wild

Four rungs, eighteen bottles. Start at the sweet end with Boca Berry and work along until Jim Grim talks you out of it.

Mild

Mild · keep scrolling to climb the ladder

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Mild

Sweet end of the shelf

Fruit first, heat second. Built for people who want flavour without a fight.

4 bottles at this heat

Typical pepper band
Up to 8000 SHU

Shop mild
Boca Berry Sauce

Boca Berry Sauce

Boca Berry Sauce is our latest flavor spotlighted at the Boca Strawberry...

$10.00 Hannah Banana Sauce

Hannah Banana Sauce

Hannah Banana Sauce is unique in that it is the only sauce...

$10.00 Jack and Pablo's Chipotle Sauce

Jack and Pablo's Chipotle Sauce

This smoky chipotle sauce is preferred by many. It features poblanos (ancho)...

$10.00 Ma's Chimichurri Sauce

Ma's Chimichurri Sauce

Ma is the Abuela (Grandmother) of the ranch, and she delivers a...

$10.00

02

Medium

The everyday pour

The workhorses. Enough heat to matter, mild enough to finish the bottle.

6 bottles at this heat

Typical pepper band
8000 to 50000 SHU

Shop medium
Jack Sauce

Jack Sauce

Jack Sauce is a bold, straightforward jalapeno sauce with a lively green...

$10.00 Rico Sauce

Rico Sauce

Like the name, this sauce is rich and as smooth as velvet....

$10.00 Cayenne Dan Sauce

Cayenne Dan Sauce

Dan is on the lighter side in terms of attitude, especially as...

$10.00 Lady Fingers Hot Sauce

Lady Fingers Hot Sauce

Inspired by my wife, Nicolina who will soon become transformed into a...

$10.00 Guido’s ‘G’ Sauce

Guido’s ‘G’ Sauce

Guido hails from the Capone era, and his sauce is rich, zesty,...

$10.00 Hillbilly Hot Sauce

Hillbilly Hot Sauce

Wee doggies! This tangy, medium hot sauce is my signature sauce! Straight...

$10.00

03

Wild

Habanero country and past it

The far end of the ranch. Habaneros, scotch bonnets and one Carolina Reaper, all handled with respect.

7 bottles at this heat

Typical pepper band
100000 SHU and up

Shop wild
Happy Habanero Sauce

Happy Habanero Sauce

This is the first sauce I created when starting this company. It...

$10.00 Happy Junior Sauce

Happy Junior Sauce

Refreshing, bold, and sure to make you blush, Happy Junior is a...

$10.00 DRAGON'S BREATH

DRAGON'S BREATH

Dragon’s Breath Hot Sauce was inspired by my son, Ethan—who will soon...

$10.00 Jim Grim Sauce

Jim Grim Sauce

Ole Jim is not one to be reckoned with! He is the...

$10.00 Rasta Sauce

Rasta Sauce

Rasta sauce brings all the spice of the islands, literally! Packed with...

$10.00 TY Sauce

TY Sauce

Ty comes from Thailand and his sauce is totally inspired by the...

$10.00 Hillbilly Pirate Sauce

Hillbilly Pirate Sauce

Bob, being a Navy Veteran, always considered himself a Hillbilly Pirate, just...

$10.00
The Pepper People

Every bottle is somebody

The labels are not decoration. Jalapeño Jack was the first refugee to reach the ranch, Ma keeps the peace, and Jim Grim is the reason the Carolina Reaper bottle carries a warning. Read the character, then taste the sauce.

Tennessee Bob

Founder of El Rancho del Fuego

Tennessee Bob

Straight out of the Appalachian mountains, Bob lends heart and mind to humble, down to earth folk. Campfires blaze, songs get sung, and everybody dances. That is the mind of this homegrown hillbilly.

Jalapeño Jack

The main character

Jalapeño Jack

Jack was the first of the world's refugees to find his way to the ranch. He popped off the truck after a trip to the market, and once he showed up on Bob's ranch they all started coming.

Ma, La Abuela

Goddess of the ranch

Ma, La Abuela

The one who keeps the peace. Now transformed from a person into a pepper, Ma comes from Ecuador and is known as the Mother of the Earth, La Ma de la Tierra, or simply La Ma. Her chimichurri recipe is in the bottle.

Jim Grim

Carolina Reaper, the hottest in the land

Jim Grim

Ole Jim is not one to reckon with, the baddest of all the rancheros. He came in from the Wild West as a gambler, a cowboy and a snake. When Jim gives that crooked smile, you feel like you just lost something.

Happy Habanero

Real name Javier

Happy Habanero

Born in Tijuana, moved to California after high school and became a surfer. He did well working the surf shops, auditioned for Baywatch, and did not make the cut because his eyes were always a little red.

Rico

Ma's son, Bob's brother in law

Rico

When the family came to live on El Rancho from Quito, Rico was a young professional doing well in his career. He never expected to wake up one day and see a pepper in the mirror. He took it hard.

Cayenne Dan

Cajun, of Choctaw descent

Cayenne Dan

Dan is Cajun fo' sho', with a deep Creole drawl and Native American roots. After the 1831 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek scattered his Choctaw people west of the Mississippi, some stayed behind. Dan's line is one of them.

Rasta

Scotch bonnet

Rasta

One cool pepper who will still burn you if you are not cool with him. Hotter than Happy, though Happy disagrees, and the two of them have been competing for the Sweet Bells' attention ever since.

Gift sets and bundles

Build a box

Pick the bottles, keep the caddy, or send the whole ranch. Bundle pricing is off the shelf price.

Save $3
Tennessee Bob's hot sauce bottles: Waggie, Hillbilly, Dragon's Breath, spicy condiments, three flavors.

Choose 3 Hot Sauces

Choose 3 Hot Sauces and save when you bundle

$27.00$30.00
Save $5
Box of four Tennessee Bob’s hot sauces surrounded by assorted peppers on wooden table.

Choose 4 Hot sauces

Choose 4 Hot sauces and get a $5 Off your entire order

$35.00$40.00
Assorted hot sauce bottles arranged on a wooden crate with a leafy background.

Take Home the Ranch

Now you can take home all 15 flavors of Rancho Del Fuego...

$120.00
Save $12
Tennessee Bob's barbecue sauces and spices set in front of a rustic outdoor grill.

Hillbilly QUATRO Gift Set

This signature collection brings together the best of Tennessee Bob’s—four bold, small-batch...

$40.00$52.00
Bob's signature line

The Hillbilly
Quatro

Straight out of the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee

Four small-batch flavours built for the grill. The BBQ and the wing sauce both come in big ole 16 oz pint jars, with no high fructose corn syrup and no ketchup base. Super gourmet, better than all the rest.

  1. Hillbilly Hot SauceClassic backwoods heat with depth
  2. Hillbilly Hot Wing SauceBold, sticky heat made for wings
  3. Hillbilly Key Lime BBQTangy citrus BBQ with a kick
  4. Spice of Life Dry RubAll purpose seasoning
The Hillbilly Quatro gift set, open box
Wing sauce, key lime BBQ, dry rub and hot sauce, boxed
Grill friends

For the smoke and the wings

The Hillbilly line handles everything the hot sauce does not: key lime BBQ, a wing sauce thick enough to hold the drum, and a dry rub for the cast iron.

Hillbilly Hot Sauce

Hillbilly Hot Sauce

Wee doggies! This tangy, medium hot sauce is my signature sauce! Straight...

$10.00

Hillbilly Hot Wing Sauce

Hillbilly Hot Wing Sauce

Hillbilly Wow!! This tangy, medium hot wings sauce is made with my ...

$17.00

Tennessee Bob with the sauce line at a Florida market

Robert D. Vasvary, in character, at a South Florida market

The man in the hat

Navy veteran, engineer, storyteller

The peppers are real. So is the farm.

Robert D. Vasvary lives in Boca Raton, Florida with his wife Nicolina, known on the ranch as Lady Fingers, and their son Ethan, known as Dragon's Breath. The family spends much of the year in Nikki's native Quito, Ecuador, and that is where El Rancho del Fuego comes from.

Bob is an electrical engineer, a blues harmonica player and the author of three Pepper People books. Every sauce is small batch, made with locally sourced peppers and its own spice blend, and every label carries a character with a story attached.

On the shelf

Where to find the bottles

Florida stockists carrying the line right now, from Delray Beach down to Key West.

The Boys Farmers Market

Delray Beach, FL

Small-batch bottles on the sauce shelf, including the hot ones.

Belladukes Gourmet Market

Boca Raton, FL

Stocked for two years, sitting next to the pastry case. Ask for a sample.

Nutrishop Boca Raton

Boca Raton, FL

Bold flavours and serious heat, in with the supplements.

Easy Meats

Boca Raton, FL

Paired with fresh cuts for the next cookout.

Souvlaki Time

Boca Raton, FL

Three years of support, and the TB Spicy on the counter.

Spice of the Harbor

Safety Harbor, FL

Key Lime BBQ and Dragon's Breath both on the shelf.

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