Extracts

Hot Sauce Gift Guide 2026 — The Best Mad Dog 357 Gifts for Chiliheads

Hot Sauce Gift Guide 2026 — The Best Mad Dog 357 Gifts for Chiliheads

Mad Dog 357's official 2026 hot sauce gift guide. Five gift packs from $54.99 to $109.99 matched to the recipient's heat tolerance, plus holiday shipping cutoffs. From the extract makers since 1991.

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How to Use Pepper Extract in Your Cooking — A Mad Dog 357 Guide

How to Use Pepper Extract in Your Cooking — A Mad Dog 357 Guide

The official Mad Dog 357 guide to cooking with pepper extract — dosing math, the Heat Tier Scale applied to recipes, and the cooking applications where extracts outperform finished sauces. From the extract makers since 1991.

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What Is a Hot Sauce Extract? Pure Capsaicin Explained

What Is a Hot Sauce Extract? Pure Capsaicin Explained

A hot sauce extract is concentrated capsaicin — measured on the same Scoville scale as whole peppers, but built and dosed differently. From the formulators at Mad Dog 357.

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What Are the Strongest Hot Sauces? An Extract Maker's Guide

What Are the Strongest Hot Sauces? An Extract Maker's Guide

What makes a hot sauce 'strongest'? More than just SHU. A measured reference guide to how concentration, formulation, intended use, and product type determine real-world heat. From the formulators at Mad Dog 357.

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