Press for Ashley Food Co.

Dedham, Mass., July 15, 1998---The question of which hot sauce delivers the most heat has been a source of fiery debate among chili-heads for years. We have a winner. In a recent scientific comparison of over 100 self-proclaimed mouth-sizzling sauces, it's official Mad Dog Inferno earned the title of “The World’s Hottest Sauce.”

Taste Trend -Boston Herald, Wednesday, May 13, 1998 A drop of Mad Cat Hot Sauce first pussyfoots across your tongue, then makes you yowl.  If you like hot sauce, the slow-building burn makes you want another bite.  And another.  The new, habanero-based sauce is a spin-off from the Dedham-based Mad Dog label.

Designer sauces come out on top in a dual taste test, while sauces heavy in starch and corn syrup bring up the rear.

Boston Herald, Sunday, August 20, 1995 Not surprisingly, it’s called Inferno and it’s searing sauce maker David Ashley’s name onto the culinary map.