Saturday, September 13, 2025

Magic Man Detroit-Style With Beans

 

This is pretty much the same as Magic Man Detroit-Style No Beans Chili, so read the review there. The only difference here is I don't get that cocoa flavor, replace that with bean flavor.

Ingredients: water, prepared pinto beans (pinto beans, water), protein matrix (water, pea protein, rice protein), olive oil, modified food starch, less than 2% of: onion powder, salt, cocoa powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, spices, paprika, tumeric.

Thursday, September 11, 2025

National Coney Island Chili Sauce




I just did a review on Magic Man Detroit-Style No Beans Chili which is manufactured by the same company. This one is similar. Kind of smells like Hormel coming out of the can, comes out easily. The other one has no meat in it, but this has beef. I like the flavor and texture better. It's not spicy or salty at all. Has a very mild flavor. This one comes in smaller cans, which is a good serving for one or two people and a few hot dogs. Some Walmart's carry this and I'd choose it over other store brands.

Ingredients: water, beef, cracker meal (bleached wheat flour, salt), natural flavors, spices, textured vegetable protein (soy flour), salt, modified food starch, paprika, tumeric.

Magic Man Detroit-Style No Beans Chili

 

Thick consistency, but easy to shake right out of the can. Looks and smells like Hormel chili, but there's no meat in it. Kind of bland tasting. Not salty at all. Some bites are super bland, some you get strong notes of cocoa, and some you get cocoa with a slight heat in the background. This ranks slightly above store brand chili sauces, but see my latest review National Coney Island Chili Sauce which is made by the same company and I like better.

Ingredients: water, protein matrix (water, pea pea protein, rice protein), modified food starch, olive oil, less than 2% of: salt, onion powder, cocoa powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, paprika, spices, tumeric.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Hormel Coney Island Inspired

 


I thought I put this up on the website. It's been out awhile. Maybe I left it off because Hormel is disgusting? Who knows. It's up now and I'll buy a can to try some day soon.ss

Ingredients: beef and pork, water, onions, tomato paste, textured soy flour, contains 2% or less of modified food starch, oatmeal, flavoring, chili powder (chili peppers, flavoring), corn flour, sugar, salt, concentrated rochester sauce (distilled vinegar, corn syrup, water, salt, garlic powder, spices [including celery seed], tamarind, natural flavor, sulfates, mustard flour, spices, dextrose.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Wendy's Chili With Beans

 


This has been out for awhile now.

Ingredients: beef, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), cooked kidney beans (kidney beans, water), cooked pinto beans, onions, water, diced tomatoes in juice (diced tomatoes, tomato juice), water, celery, green bell peppers, contains less than 2%: salt, beef broth, beef tallow, sugar, modified corn starch, corn starch, natural flavors, chili pepper, beef flavor (contains beef extract, yeast extract, salt, flavor, maltodextrin, lactic acid, citric acid), onion powder, citric acid, tapioca, starch, yeast extract, garlic powder, dextrose, disodium inosinate & disodium guanylate, xanthan gum, autolyzed yeast extract, gum arabic, maltodextrin, smoke flavor.

Wendy's No Beans Chili

 


This has been out for some time now.

Ingredients: beef, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), onions, water, diced tomatoes in juice (diced tomatoes, tomato juice), celery, green bell peppers, contains less than 2%: salt, beef broth, beef tallow, sugar, modified corn starch, corn starch, natural flavors, chili pepper, beef flavor (contains beef extract, yeast extract, salt, flavor, maltodextrin, lactic acid, citric acid), onion powder, citric acid, tapioca, starch, yeast extract, garlic powder, dextrose, disodium inosinate & disodium guanylate, xanthan gum, autolyzed yeast extract, gum arabic, maltodextrin, smoke flavor.

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Momma K's Meat Hot Sauce


I've got a cold, so my sense of taste is clouded a bit. I was hungry, though, so I made this. Take this review lightly until I get another jar when I'm feeling better. Soupy consistency and gritty texture. Slight tomato flavor, good heat but not too spicy. It's not overly complex in it's flavor. The allspice blends in nicely with the other spices. Cinnamon takes a back seat. I wouldn't even know there was honey in here if I hadn't read the ingredients. I honestly think it needs a touch more salt. Good sauce.

Ingredients: ground beef, tomato sauce (tomato puree (water, tomato paste from vine-ripened tomatoes), less than 2% of salt, citric acid*, onion powder, garlic powder, dehydrated bell peppers, natural flavors, *naturally derived), water, honey, less than 2% of green peppers, onions, worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, water, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, sugar, spices, anchovy (fish), natural flavor (soy), tamarind extract and soy lechithin), crushed red pepper, sodium acid sulfate, garlic salt (salt, granulated garlic), dark chili powder (chili peppers, cumin, oregano, garlic, salt), onion powder, allspice, cayenne red pepper, cinnamon.

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Costanza Sausage Hotdog Mustard

 


I absolutely love the packaging on this one. It's vibrant (much like the product inside) and made me want to try it as soon as possible. This is one bold tasting mustard with a lot of flavor. It's sweet, slightly spicy, and tangy. I'll definitely be ordering more of this. It makes me want to make things for dinner just to eat this. I'll probably try it on a sandwich tomorrow.

Sorry I don't have an ingredient list yet. The fridge is down the hall and it's close to 4AM. I need sleep. I'll get to it soon.

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Costanza Sausage Coney Island Hot Dog Sauce

 

I tried their Rochester Meat Sauce first. This one is milder and less tangy. It's also darker in color, thicker and less oily. This one is closer to a traditional chili sauce. There's no stuff like allspice, cinnamon, or cloves in here, but does contain worcestershire that the other one does not. I like this one better, but it could use a little more heat.

Ingredients: ground beef, tomato sauce (tomato puree (water, tomato paste from vine-ripened tomatoes, water, less than 2% of onion powder, garlic powder, citric acid, dehydrated bell pepper, natural flavors), onion, cayenne pepper sauce (aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, garlic powder), worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, water, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, sugar, spices, anchovy, natural flavor, tamarind extract, soy lecithin), chili powder (chili pepper, cumin, oregano, salt, garlic powder), mustard (distilled vinegar, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, spices), sodium acid sulfate, water, cumin, salt, celery salt, garlic powder.

Costanza Sausage Rochester Meat Sauce


Spicy, tomato-y, oily, definitely meaty. Meat's the first ingredient. Leaves a tangy after taste in your mouth. Not salty. This has a lighter color than their Coney Island sauce. While I liked this one, having tried so many, it sits in the upper middle of the pack for me. Good enough to come back to, not unique enough to make the top of the list. 

Ingredients: ground beef, onion, tomato sauce (tomato puree (water, tomato paste from vine-ripened tomatoes, water, less than 2% of onion powder, garlic powder, citric acid, dehydrated bell pepper, natural flavors), water, cayenne pepper sauce (aged red cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, garlic powder), soybean oil, cumin, sugar, garlic, sodium acid sulfate, allspice, cinnamon, black pepper, paprika, chili powder (chili pepper, cumin oregano, salt, garlic powder), cloves, salt, garlic powder, molasses, cayenne pepper.

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Meat Rocket - Roc Style Meat Hot Sauce

 


They make two varieties, hot and mild.

No review yet.

Ingredients: black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, mustard powder, light chili powder, tomato powder, cayenne pepper, paprika, salt, light brown sugar, cumin, cinnamon, allspice, cloves.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Kelly's Hot Dog Chili Sauce

 


No review yet.

Mountain Mama's Mustard Slaw Dressing

 


No review yet.

Ingredients: honey, mayonnaise (soybean oil, egg yolk, water, vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, mustard, flour, calcium disodium, edta), cider vinegar, sugar, mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spice, natural flavor, garlic powder), horseradish (horseradish root, distilled vinegar, salt,), spices, salt, sodium benzoate

Mountain Mama's Hot Dog Chili Sauce

 


No review yet.

Ingredients: ketchup (tomato concentrate, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, less then 2% of: (onion powder, spice, natural flavors), water, mustard (distilled vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spice, natural flavor, garlic powder), hot sauce (distilled vinegar, aged cayenne red peppers, salt, water, canola oil, paprika, xanthan gum, natural butter type flavor, garlic powder), brown sugar, hickory liquid smoke, chili powder, garlic powder, worcestershire sauce powder (dextrose, salt, sugar, spices, garlic, citric acid, spice extractives and silicon dioxide [less than 2% to prevent caking]), onion powder, salt, vinegar, spices, cayenne pepper.

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Walter's Mustard

 




Walter's Hot Dogs has been in Mamaroneck, New York since 1919 serving up their exclusive blend of beef, pork, and veal dogs along with signature mustard.. a blend of mustard seeds, relish, and spices. Served out of a Chinese Pagoda looking building with a copper roof.



I'm glad they sell stuff online now.. you can get their mustard from their website (as well as shirts and other stuff) and their hot dogs from Gold Belly. I don't quite know how to write a review on mustard, but it is some darn good mustard. The hot dogs are fantastic. Split down the middle so it get more of that meat surface to get grilled. I'd order like 30 hot dogs at a time, because some would get eaten on the ride home, and the rest would be good for a few days in the fridge since it was a long drive from New Jersey.

I will say that the mustard and hot dogs rank up there are some of my all-time favorites.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Feeburger's Meat Hot sauce

 

I was excited to try this one for awhile. I used to talk with someone who made and had co-packed for sale one of the best Rochester Plate Sauces (shout out Jim and Hot Top Foods) I've ever had. So I've known about Feeburgers since 2017 or so. I just wasn't sure if they sold it in jars, nor did I know any websites selling it, as I don't live anywhere near upstate New York.

The jar is definitely accurate.. you can tell there's a good amount of beef in it from the texture, and it's not too hot, not too not. Just as the jar says. I think everything balances out perfectly. You taste tomato ketchup, you taste hot sauce, but neither flavor is overpowering the other. It's got a great tangy flavor and it's something I'd come back for over and over.

Ingredients: ground beef, ketchup (tomato concentrate, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, spice, onion powder, natural flavoring), hot sauce (aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, water, salt, garlic powder), water, sodium acid sulfate, yellow mustard (distilled vinegar, water, no. 1 grade mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spice, natural flavors, and garlic powder), garlic salt, onion powder, garlic powder, white pepper, cayenne pepper.

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Zweigle's Hot Dog Sauce


"I" before "E" except after "C". Nope. I haven't read the list of ingredients yet but this just tastes like a classic New York pushcart onion sauce. 

Friday, April 18, 2025

Tony's Newburgh Lunch Texas Sauce


This one has no ingredient list (or expiration date) on the jar. So for my comments I'm just going on what I think.

This one is kind of gelatinous in texture. Could that be beans mashed up? Is it unflavored gelatin? I don't totally like the mouth feel of this one. 

I assume there's meat in there. Lots of tomato, but not a lot of meat. Kind of soupy. Tastes like tomato and black pepper to me. Doesn't really have any other defining flavors. It's not even salty.

Not the worst I've had, but also not the best. It's not something I'm interested in buying again.

Because there's no date on the jar, I have to wonder what the turnaround is on their sauces.

Frank's Sassy Meat Sauce

 

Sassy describes something as lively or bold. I would say that's accurate, however, the only thing bold I really taste is cloves. It's got a hotter heat than a bunch of the other sauces I've tasted (my nose is running), but I think there's way too much clove flavor. Cloves are one of those spices you need to be careful when scaling up a recipe. Good sauce, I just wish it was more balanced in it's flavor.

Ingredients: ground beef, water, cayenne pepper, salt, chili powder, sodium acid sulfate, paprika, black pepper, cinnamon, ground cloves.