# Where are all the chileheads at? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560 "2024-06-04T16:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/1 "2024-06-04T16:08:19Z")
I know that there has to be a few of my fellow heat fiends on this forum. Where are you at? What types of hot peppers are you growing this year? What types of hot sauces are you enjoying these days? ![IMG_0824](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/3/9/43913601563bf98238aadd3801f63b777c2c9c0d.jpeg) Obligatory photo of my dog, Luna, guarding my transplanted pepper plants. This photo was taken 2 days after transplanting. šŸ•¶ ---
**Author:** ![FrankDeath](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frankdeath/32/271970_2.png) [@FrankDeath](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FrankDeath)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/2 "2024-06-04T16:44:05Z")
> [@ThrowHeat](#): > > What types of hot sauces are you enjoying these days? [Gringo Bandito](https://gringobanditostore.com/) hot sauces, from Dexter Holland, the lead singer of The Offspring. ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/3 "2024-06-04T16:49:37Z")
Iā€™ve seen his sauces, but I am yet to try any of them. Gringo Bandito is definitely on the list of brands I want to try at some point. ---
**Author:** ![FrankDeath](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/frankdeath/32/271970_2.png) [@FrankDeath](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/FrankDeath)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/4 "2024-06-04T17:05:13Z")
I put the red and green Gringo Bandito sauces on everything. I find them to be the perfect balance of flavor and heat. Itā€™s actually made it much harder for me to appreciate other hot sauces. The super hot one is made with Scorpion and Jolokia peppers and is a little too hot for regular use for me. ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/5 "2024-06-04T17:14:59Z")
I love my sauces the same way I like my peppersā€¦DUMB HOT. As long as the sauce doesnā€™t contain oleoresin capsicum/pepper extract, there is no such thing as ā€œtoo hotā€ for me. Here are a couple of recent favorites of mineā€¦ ![IMG_0731](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/f/4/2f4dbeb6cf9c3e1a7362b9c800783ca504c76aa8.jpeg) ![IMG_0744](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/d/e/5de4b90b735f86094fc3e16bc85732a25e3f2db9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![reverend](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/reverend/32/283939_2.png) [@reverend](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/reverend)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/6 "2024-06-04T17:39:17Z")
Now this a thread Iā€™m excited about šŸ’ŖšŸ¾ I feel like the hot sauce scene in the UK is TRASH now. Iā€™ve not done a ton of exploring lately, A bunch of my favourites shut during Covid, so Iā€™ve literally just been eating fresh chillies with my food. Which has given me a ton of revelations about flavours and what works with what. Think Iā€™m gonna get back on the sauce scene! This post has inspired me to lol ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/7 "2024-06-04T17:54:43Z")
Nice! Iā€™m glad this thread could inspire you. And Iā€™m right there with you when it comes to the fresh chiles. I love adding them to my meals when they are in season, which is only a few months out of the year for me. The rest of the year, I get down on chile flakes I make out of my dehydrated pods. Here are a few of the peppers Iā€™ve grown over the yearsā€¦ ![IMG_9483](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/c/7/9c7343dafb31b982d92e12bdf9a9cf1232a8d002.jpeg) 2023 Red Hubaneros. These were Orange Habaneros in 2018, but this is what they look like after several years of keeping and growing out open pollinated seeds. ![IMG_5303](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/f/1/cf171abc2304e8df83082233ecb11b83c1f64ae5.jpeg) 2021 BBM. This was the hottest and most productive variety I grew that year. The pods had the most wicked mouth numbing burn. It was like fire ant bites in your mouth. ![IMG_9477](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/6/6/d6658917826925da61f2a7d0d299e9f22b6935d6.jpeg) 2023 Big Olive Mama. This was a personal favorite from last year. It wasnā€™t the hottest I grew, but the flavor was enjoyable, and the plant itself was super productive. I enjoyed this variety so much I had to grow it again in a 20 gallon container. ---
**Author:** ![Luke\_Renner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/luke_renner/32/368_2.png) [@Luke\_Renner](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Luke_Renner)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/8 "2024-06-04T18:29:21Z")
Great thread! I am just a consumer not a grower. I did Yo-Yo shows at that Hatch Chili Festival in New Mexico and included that I would be paid partly in green chili. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/1/9/41926fcceb5daef952883ebad2f6b96bdd9a5846.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/3/1/6312d5abea66fcca26fe2e6ceea58b90e8ef0955.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![crackout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/crackout/32/44608_2.png) [@crackout](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/crackout)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/9 "2024-06-04T18:49:57Z")
Iā€˜ve been growing quite some pods in the past years. Mostly for drying and grinding to flakes or powder. Iā€˜m well stocked up now and stopped growing Some impressions: ![IMG_7265](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/7/8/5787f4b821505b7b6d7cad9162699bd937ebf0bf.jpeg) ![IMG_7650](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/8/f/98ff5c27e8c8e95c8b3f89ec36e36d25a6ca7736.jpeg) ![IMG_4214](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/c/a/aca1429c0719568e428785d138aa939abfc601a2.jpeg) ![IMG_7654](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/d/d/bddfd5520a37200ac69d2376339d48c43a1a58a6.jpeg) ![IMG_7670](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/f/1/cf17c03c4d5e98be8f35ef49ae21e1c1f93909d6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Buttermilk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buttermilk/32/96332_2.png) [@Buttermilk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Buttermilk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/10 "2024-06-04T18:52:11Z")
Some reapers I grew last year. Friend used 1 pepper in a gallon of salsa and it still had enough kick for a regular joe haha. Wasnt really gonna grow much this year but I overwintered my reaper plant and its taking off again so Ill see what it does this year. Grew some other peppers last year like some tabasco and fresno chilis but havent had the time this year. ![20230729_103954](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/1/0/6108e86145ef3dac317a3c322d320180825d8aec.jpeg) ![20230729_103933](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/4/7/d47b77e7f2d36033b1610fd70fd3e922b9f88b16.jpeg) ![20230719_175220](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/6/e/36e8f72e8216ea4ac9126636f43bda3e56fcb027.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo313](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo313/32/304270_2.png) [@Yoyo313](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo313)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/11 "2024-06-04T18:54:14Z")
Iā€™ve never grown peppers before but Iā€™ve been enjoying Queen Majestyā€™s hot sauce ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/12 "2024-06-04T18:54:57Z")
That is awesome, and it is also reminds me of a cool historical tidbit about chiles. They were once used as currency in the days of the Inca empire. ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/13 "2024-06-04T19:31:50Z")
If you like the Reaper and want to try growing another brutally hot variety, I highly recommend the Primotalii. I grew those last year, and they were the hottest pepper Iā€™ve ever grown or tried to date. Nothing else has been as hot for me since I got totally wrecked on those. ---
**Author:** ![basicboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/basicboy/32/702707_2.png) [@basicboy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/basicboy)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/14 "2024-06-04T19:44:06Z")
Whats a good one to grow in colder weather? Im in uk i had a kit for jalepenos came with pot/soil/seeds Followed insructions they would start to sprout the tinest bit but when i look next day its gone Seeds were a few years old but could be reason But i have grown basil and thmye and few other herbs fine ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/15 "2024-06-04T19:54:47Z")
Iā€™m in a pretty bad climate zone for growing hot peppers, and I seem to get the best results from chinense varieties (Habanero, Scotch Bonnet, Bhut Jolokia, Carolina Reaper, etc.). All of the super hot peppers, pretty much. The key is starting your seeds indoors early in the year (January or February), and then moving them outdoors when you have no risk of freezing weather. They need that indoor head start to be able to produce a lot of ripe pods during the limited harvest window. I only get fresh pods 2-3 months out of the year, depending on when the first frost arrives in the fall. ---
**Author:** ![Buttermilk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buttermilk/32/96332_2.png) [@Buttermilk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Buttermilk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/16 "2024-06-04T20:03:13Z")
Im not familiar with that variety, Ill have to check it out. Those big olive mamas you grew look like some Id like to try. What was the heat comparable to on those peppers? ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/17 "2024-06-04T20:19:05Z")
I would say that they are hotter than Ghosts but still nowhere near as hot as Reapers. The heat level did vary a bit from pod to pod, but they were all chunky, oily, and had a really nice flavor when diced up and added to my meals. Here are a few more photos of the BOMā€¦ ![IMG_9532](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/7/2/872352b5cef7dbf45d022311c5ed6ce77f39474f.jpeg) ![IMG_9533](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/0/9/60929ed287f1910c208d5e61bb3047ae33df7322.jpeg) ![IMG_9682](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/c/2/bc20d214b97e2bc0b636549fa25df311efc53c9f.jpeg) ![IMG_9681](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/7/1/f71fed0066a79e5ea703d9dc70b6a23722341648.jpeg) ---
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Yup, Im gonna ahve to grow some of those they look great :+1: ---
**Author:** ![ThrowHeat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwheat/32/629764_2.png) [@ThrowHeat](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowHeat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/19 "2024-06-04T20:28:06Z")
I have plenty of seeds if youā€™re interested in trading. ---
**Author:** ![Buttermilk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/buttermilk/32/96332_2.png) [@Buttermilk](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Buttermilk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560/20 "2024-06-04T20:33:22Z")
I apreciate gesture but I didnt keep any seeds. Last year was my first year growing, well, much of anything so Im still learning the ropes. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/where-are-all-the-chileheads-at/402560.md?page=2)