The Hot Sauce Hookup

The Hot Sauce Hookup I’m a small batch hot sauce maker. I make delicious flavor forward hot sauce with home grown peppers

All set up! Market at  today from 1-6pm!Come grab some hot sauce, a beer, and some tasty food!I’ll bring the sauce!Some ...
04/12/2026

All set up!
Market at today from 1-6pm!
Come grab some hot sauce, a beer, and some tasty food!
I’ll bring the sauce!
Some restocks, fan favorites, and all the flavors!
Let’s Get LOST in the SAUCE!

Looking for something to do this weekend?Come swing by  in Des Moines on Sunday, and check out some tasty sauces!Be a gr...
04/08/2026

Looking for something to do this weekend?
Come swing by in Des Moines on Sunday, and check out some tasty sauces!

Be a great time and all sorts of other vendors… but definitely check out the sauce.

Market season is almost upon us!!

Just seeded my “pepper in a can”!It’s going to be a Nazgûl’s Breakfast Pepper (seeds from  ) and once it sprouts I’ll be...
03/29/2026

Just seeded my “pepper in a can”!
It’s going to be a Nazgûl’s Breakfast Pepper (seeds from ) and once it sprouts I’ll be moving him to my desk at work and be my desk pepper for this year!

It’s been a while pepper people! I took a good chunk of the winter off to relax and do some projects around the house th...
03/16/2026

It’s been a while pepper people! I took a good chunk of the winter off to relax and do some projects around the house that in all honestly are still on going 😅

BUT that doesn’t stop seeding season! I got my seeds started today, and I’m looking forward to seeing how these little guys sprout up!
Aside from my normal sauces, I’m going to be focusing on more mild to medium sauces this year that of course come with a great flavor. So stay tuned!!!

Ps I do still have some new SUPER hots on deck as well 🤪

See you all soon, and
Get Lost in the SAUCE!!!
🔥🌶️🫑🔥

Out here for the  at  today from 1-6pm!I’ll bring the sauce, Big Grove has the drinks and food, and you just have to bri...
11/23/2025

Out here for the at today from 1-6pm!

I’ll bring the sauce, Big Grove has the drinks and food, and you just have to bring the good times!

Swing out! 🤙🏼

Today is the day! Come swing out for some wonderful crafts and some even tastier hot sauces and then wash all those good...
11/23/2025

Today is the day! Come swing out for some wonderful crafts and some even tastier hot sauces and then wash all those good vibes down with a tasty brew at Big Grove Brewery today!
1-6pm
See you there!!

10/28/2025

Shoot me a message if you want free peppers!!!

I’m back with photos of what kinds and how much of each I have!I’ll put the name and the heat level in each photos capti...
10/28/2025

I’m back with photos of what kinds and how much of each I have!
I’ll put the name and the heat level in each photos caption.

If you do want some of these, please let me know as soon as possible. I will be taking some into work to give away as well. Sort of a first come first served situation.

I’ll update availability as time progresses.

Been a minute y’all but I have some great news.My freezer stock is full for the winter and I STILL have a ton of pepper ...
10/27/2025

Been a minute y’all but I have some great news.
My freezer stock is full for the winter and I STILL have a ton of pepper I just picked off the plant this afternoon. 🥵

Peter Piper picked his peppers and now it’s turn!

That means free peppers for whoever wants them! I quite literally have 28lbs of peppers that I picked this evening and will be giving them away for free to anyone who wants them! This is a great opportunity to try new or unique peppers that you’ve never had before. Some of them are rare types and one is a 1of1 type as it is the one I manually crossed myself.

First Bag: weighs in at just over 13 lbs
Second Bag: weighs in at just over 10lbs
Third Bag: weighs in at just over 4 lbs

Range in heat level from bell peppers to Carolina Reapers. I will be posting a more detailed list tomorrow but let me know if you are interested!
They are FREE!

Come on out to the  and snag some $0.50 peppers out of the big Oktoberfest stein before heading over to  for the festivi...
09/20/2025

Come on out to the and snag some $0.50 peppers out of the big Oktoberfest stein before heading over to for the festivities!

Oh, and I have all the sauces to put on your schnitzel, bratwurst, and pretzel!

Tomorrow will be the last  of the year for me! So, I’m not only going to be selling some tasty sauces (restock of Boom B...
09/19/2025

Tomorrow will be the last of the year for me! So, I’m not only going to be selling some tasty sauces (restock of Boom Boom Pow!), but you know I’m gonna push out some fresh peppers as well!
These are great prices for the amount and type of peppers. So come and get your sauce and take home a bag of peppers as well!
One last go around for the year!!!

!!!4 NEW SAUCES ALERT!!!And 2 restocks!1. La Flama Blanca (Death by Fire)- a dabble in whether I could get an almost all...
09/13/2025

!!!4 NEW SAUCES ALERT!!!
And 2 restocks!

1. La Flama Blanca (Death by Fire)- a dabble in whether I could get an almost all white sauce. It was a success. White Carolina reapers for the pepper and green grapes, parsnip, shallot, and garlic for the flavor.

2. Cyclone Sauce (Death by Fire)- in the nature of cyclone football and the funnel cloud looking effect on the RB003 peppers that bring this sauce some heat with sweet corn, local honey, and some tasty herbs; this sauce will bring the full force of the o-line from Ames to pack with flavor and heat

3. Frankensauce (Medium) - made with my manually cross between a Purple UFO and a Puma (temporary name - RS UFOxPuma), this sauce brings a lot of flavor to the table with mango, carrot, Roma tomato, and local honey, but with a bit of heat on the backend.

4. Sssmokin’ Brown Jalapeño (mild) - I’m rounding up with saying it’s a new sauce because it’s the same recipe as the previous Sssmokin’ Choc. Scotch Bonnet sauce BUT with brown jalapeños. It is quite mild which is what I was going for. If you like a Smokey bbq sauce with the slightest of any heat on the backend.. this is your sauce!

Come out to the tomorrow morning to try all 4 and enjoy the restock of Cayenne You Take Me Higher and Datil Beach Sauce!

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