Homade Chili Sauce

At first inspection I thought the picture looked a big sketchy. Something made at home and sold on Etsy. But upon further searching the internet it's actually manufactured by a company in New Jersey and also sold on other websites and in some supermarkets. I found it in ShopRite. Leave it to someone in Dirty Jersey to spell it "Ho". The picture above says "All Natural" but my jar says "Instead of Ketchup". Further reading people seem to love this stuff. Some going far as to say it's the only thing they'll eat on meat loaf. One lady said she buys cases of this at a time.

I don't think ketchup belongs on hot dogs, but I figure with the other ingredients maybe it'll be spicy or something. Sesame seeds seem like such a random ingredient.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to hold off judgement on this until another day. I opened the jar and took a taste. It's tomato laced with sweetness and some crunchy peppers. I took a tiny taste from a spoon, but so far I think this would be better on a hot dog, but with some mustard to add that tangy heat. My initial judgement would be that I don't know why people go so crazy for this stuff. I tried it on crackers also, it's alright, but not something I'd ever go crazy for.

Ingredients: tomatoes, sugar, vinegar, green and red bell pepper, salt, onion, sesame seeds, spices.

Nathan's Famous Coney Island Onion Sauce

This was your standard pushcart style onion sauce. It was fine. I did 3 hot dogs with this package, and could have done a fourth. Good amount for the (store bought) price.

Note: While I provided a link for ordering this online (because that's what my website is about), I should note that if you buy these in the supermarket they're much cheaper. Less than $2 each at Wally World.

Ingredients: onion, water, seasoning (dextrose, soybean oil, tomato powder, sugar, salt, spice, citric acid, modified food starch, onion powder, garlic powder, beef powder, oleoresin paprika, flavoring).

Texas Tailgate Chili Sauce

This is made by the same company that makes Patterson's Beef Hot Dog Chili. I bought two cans. They both had similar expiration dates, however I noticed they have two different cans. One is pictured above with that cowboy on a horse. The other one is exactly the same except has a picture of a bull instead. The ingredients and nutrition facts are exactly the same, so my only thought is they were tricking me into buying both cans.

The first thing you can tell is that it's not made with meat. It just has a different look than other chili. The second thing you'll notice is the smell of paprika. Flavorwise this chili has a strong paprika and chili powder taste. It's also slightly sweet, not salty, not spicy either. I like this much better than Patterson's.

Ingredients: water, soy grits, tomato paste (tomatoes), dark chili powder (chili pepper, cumin, oregano, salt, silicon dioxide, garlic), lard type flavor (interesterified soybean oil, natural flavors), distilled vinegar (diluted with water, natural flavor, caramel coloring), hot sauce (aged cayenne peppers, distilled vinegar, water, sal, garlic powder), sugar, salt, brown sugar, smoked paprika, onion powder, xanthan gum, lecithin oil (liquid soya lecithin), garlic powder, black pepper.

Patterson's Beef Hot Dog Chili

You can really taste the meat, although I don't totally enjoy the flavor. Spices are definitely in the front and this has some heat to it. It builds as you keep eating it. It's just the right texture for hot dogs without having the beans that some brands add.

EDIT: I finally opened the second can. I got a hard piece of something in it, decided to spit it out, and stopped eating.

Ingredients: beef, water, tomato paste, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel coloring), barley flour, spice blend (chili peppers, spices, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, salt, red pepper, silicon dioxide (2% max), caramel color, natural spice extractives, and ethoxyquin [100 pm max]), modified corn starch, sugar, garlic powder.

Nathan's Famous Coney Island Cheese Sauce

Ingredients: water, cheese seasoning (cheese powder, modified food starch, unbleached wheat flour, skim milk powder, salt, yeast extract, maltodextrin, natural flavors, sodium phosphates, onion powder, garlic powder, mono & dyglycerides, lactic acid, xanthan gum, guar gum, flavor enhancer [disodium inosinate & guanylate] , annato), soybean oil.

Nathan's Famous Coney Island Chili

Flavorwise, this tastes like meat and really nothing much else. There is some sort of slight funk in the background. I don't really care for the flavor. If you're eating these on hot dogs, the pouches are convenient because they're enough to do a few hot dogs without any left over. It microwaves right in the pouch and has a spot to grab so you don't burn your hand. However, if you want to eat these with potato chips I think you'll find the quantity to be a little small. Although in my case that's not a bad thing because I don't really want to eat much more of this.

Note: While I provided a link for ordering this online (because that's what my website is about), I should note that if you buy these in the supermarket they're much cheaper. Less than $2 each at Wally World.

Ingredients: water, cooked beef (beef, salt), chili spice blend (modified food starch, yellow corn flour, spice, textured soy concentrate [caramel color added], onion*, salt, flavor [dextrose, tomato powder, salt, citric acid, garlic powder, onion powder], paprika, beef stock powder, sugar, soybean oil, garlic powder, silicon dioxide, oleoresin paprika, tomato paste, beef fat powder (beef fat, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, mono & diglycerides, BHT, citric acid), textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), vinegar. *dehydrated.

Cajun Power Makin' Chili Sauce

This has a classic chili smell and is dark red in color. You can see a lot of spices in it. It's flavor is not hot, but a bit complex. I find it hard for me to actually describe. Tasty, not overly salty, but by no means bland. Strong tomato presence up front, but then notes of cajun and garlic hit your mouth. It's something I'd definitely order more of.

I originally ordered this from Wally World's website. When I brought it home the jar was partially opened. The lid was on very loose and half twisted. I was worried about if it was sealed for protection or not and that someone could have tampered with it.

I've since edited the link on my website to the companies actual website / store and ordered directly from them. I received my package a few days ago. I ordered this and a bottle of Garlic Sauce. Garlic Sauce is their original product that made them famous and it's also inside this chili product. I wanted to try the garlic sauce by itself.

I think my only issue is the jars aren't "sealed", but the bottle of garlic sauce has a nice plastic band around it. I wouldn't mind paying a few extra cents if I had to for them to put some protection on it for peace of mind.

Ingredients: onions, water, tomato sauce, tomato paste, soybean oil, cajun power garlic sauce [vinegar, garlic, sucrose, spices, salt, cayenne pepper, xanthan gum (stabilizer)], sugar, chile peppers, salt, black pepper, green bell peppers, spices.

Sauerkraut Relish

Note: I could only find this for sale on Amazon Germany. There was a seller that will ship to the United States. You can use your normal Amazon.com login and order. If you need to translate the website paste the URL into Google Translate.

American Hot Dog Sauce

Note: I could only find this for sale on Amazon Germany. There was a seller that will ship to the United States. You can use your normal Amazon.com login and order. If you need to translate the website paste the URL into Google Translate.