Priscilla The Creeper (Took Silver In The European Hot Sauce Awards)

The foundation sauce of the Joey's lineup: a medium-heat sauce that creeps up rather than hitting hard. Joey named this one after the way the heat builds slowly across the meal. It's the everyday sauce Joey designed first, before the rest of the line came together.

At a glance

• Heat level: Medium
• Style: Slow-building habanero-based table sauce
• Size: 5 oz bottle
• Diet: Organic, gluten-free
• Maker: Joey's Hot Sauce, Grants Pass, Oregon

Best for

• Everyday table use, tacos and burritos
• Eggs and breakfast
• Wings and grilled chicken
• Pizza and pasta
• Gifts for the friend who wants one good hot sauce to keep on the counter

How to use

Joey's everyday recommendation: keep the bottle on the table and reach for it on whatever you're eating. The heat builds across the meal instead of front-loading.

About Joey's Hot Sauce

Joey's Hot Sauce is a small-batch, organic, family-run line out of Grants Pass, Oregon. Joey builds each sauce around real food and flavor first, with heat layered in after.