
Flavor Balance HEAT! Hot Sauce Podcast
Food & Cooking Podcasts
The Podcast for hot sauce fans and makers.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Food & Cooking Podcasts
Description:
The Podcast for hot sauce fans and makers.
Language:
English
Contact:
2088747863
Email:
spikemindtv@gmail.com
Episodes
EP: 87 Maxime from Good Heat Hot Sauce
3/27/2026
Going on a long drive? Need to get some chores done? Or just want to sit and listen? Either way buckle up and lend an ear to Maxime from Good Heat Hot Sauce and learn about his hot sauce journey in Canada!
Duration:01:06:24
EP 86: Karma Sauce With Gene Olczak (Part 2)
3/6/2026
Listen to Part 2 of the Flavor Balance Heat Podcast featuring ex-NASA scientist Gene Olczak and the ups and downs of his hot sauce business, Karma Sauce.
Duration:00:39:07
EP 85: Karma Sauce With Gene Olczak
2/27/2026
From NASA to Hot Sauce, give a listen to Gene Olczak turned Hot Sauce extraordinaire talk about how Karma Sauce came to fruition with Spike and Claire. It's out of this world.
Duration:00:41:42
EP 82: Matt & Catharine Kuerbis from HYCH: Heat You Can Handle
2/19/2026
Grab some snacks and your favorite hot sauce and listen to an adventure of hot sauce start up struggles and flavorful wins from Matt and Catharine, owners of HYCH: Heat You Can Handle.
Duration:01:10:01
EP 83: John From Elixir Sauce Co PT 2
11/7/2025
Grab some snack or chillax as we talk more about sampling and the life of owning a hot sauce bizz with John from Elixir Sauce Co.
Duration:00:43:33
EP 82: John from Elixir Sauce Co
10/31/2025
Grab some hot sauce and a snack and give a listen to John from Elixir Sauce Co based in Spokane WA. Learn the ins and outs of building a hot sauce business and how we go about it.
Duration:00:45:43
EP 81: Rocket from Eat Vermont PT 2
10/24/2025
Join us in Part 2 of Flavor Balance Heat picking up from last week on talks about the ins and outs of content creation with Rocket from Eat Vermont.
Duration:00:42:15
EP 80: Rocket from Eat Vermont PT 1
10/17/2025
Have some chores you need to get done but nothing to listen to? Look no further than Part 1 of this Flavor Balance Heat Podcast featuring Rocket from Eat Vermont.
Duration:00:49:17
EP:79 Maddy from Homestead Hot Sauce
10/10/2025
Need something to listen to while you eat? Look no further as Flavor Balance Heat has got your back, and your taste buds. Today's guest speaker is Maddy, owner of Homestead Hot Sauce.
Duration:00:43:50
EP 78: Sarah from Marshalls Haute Sauce
10/3/2025
Grab some snacks and sit back to enjoy our guest speaker Sarah Marshall, creator of Marshall's Haute Sauce based in Portland Oregon.
Duration:00:57:22
EP 77: Mike Jack Eats Heat
9/26/2025
Flavor Balance Heat Welcomes Mike Jack as he delves into the heat eating side of the pepper/hot sauce bizz. Sit down and grab some snacks, and maybe even some hot sauce to enjoy this weeks episode.
Duration:00:46:43
EP 76: Homero Gonzalez From Harmacy Hot Sauce
9/20/2025
Listen in as Homero from Harmacy Hot Sauce tells his hot sauce journey with Spike from Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauce, Claire from Butterfly Bakery of Vermont, and Zac from High Desert Sauce Co out of Tuscon Arizona.
Duration:01:00:10
EP75: LAURA DADAP - Djablo Sauce (part 2)
6/30/2025
Claire and Spike chat with Laura Dadap from DJABLO SAUCE
https://djablosauce.com Check out Zac's High Desert Sauce Co here: https://hdsauceco.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.com
Duration:00:54:59
EP74: LAURA DADAP - Djablo Sauce
6/12/2025
Claire and Spike chat with Laura Dadap from DJABLO SAUCE
https://djablosauce.com Check out Zac's High Desert Sauce Co here: https://hdsauceco.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.com
Duration:00:41:47
EP73: Patrick Freivald from Frog's Point Honey
5/30/2025
Claire, Zac and Spike chat with Patrick Freivald from Frog's Point Honey
https://www.frogspointhoney.com
Check out Down to Ferment Hot Sauces: https://www.down2ferment.com Check out Zac's High Desert Sauce Co here: https://hdsauceco.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.com
Duration:01:03:34
EP72: MISHKA SHUBALY (Part 2) Writer, Musician, Podcaster, Hot Sauce Enthusiast & his mom ELAINE LALONDE - All-Around Wonderful Human
5/17/2025
Claire, Zac and Spike chat with MISHKA SHUBALY - Writer, Musician, Hot Sauce Enthusiast & his mom ELAINE LALONDE - All-Around Wonderful Human Being
https://www.instagram.com/mishkashubaly
https://www.facebook.com/shubaly.mishka/
Check out Down to Ferment Hot Sauces: https://www.down2ferment.com Check out Zac's High Desert Sauce Co here: https://hdsauceco.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.comMISHKA
Duration:00:54:00
EP71: MISHKA SHUBALY (Part 1) Writer, Musician, Podcaster, Hot Sauce Enthusiast & his mom ELAINE LALONDE - All-Around Wonderful Human
5/10/2025
Claire, Zac and Spike chat with SHUBALY - Writer, Musician, Hot Sauce Enthusiast & his mom ELAINE LALONDE - All-Around Wonderful HUman Being
https://www.instagram.com/mishkashubaly
https://www.facebook.com/shubaly.mishka/
Check out Down to Ferment Hot Sauces: https://www.down2ferment.com Check out Zac's High Desert Sauce Co here: https://hdsauceco.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.comMISHKA
Duration:00:33:00
EP69: Kaveh Hoda a gasterointerologist and host of The House of Pod (Part 2)
4/25/2025
Claire and Spike and (standing in for Zac) guest host Scott from Lucky Dog Hot Sauce helped a little bit too, we chat with Kaveh Hoda a gastroenterologist from THE HOUSE OF POD
Check out Scott's Lucky Dog Hot Sauce here: https://luckydoghotsauce.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.com
Duration:00:40:42
EP69: Kaveh Hoda a gasterointerologist and host of The House of Pod
4/18/2025
Claire and Spike chat with Kaveh Hoda a gastroenterologist from THE HOUSE OF POD
Check out Zac's High Desert Sauce Co here: https://hdsauceco.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.com
Duration:00:55:03
EP68: Stacy Moritz SECRET AARDVARK (Part 2)
4/13/2025
Claire and Spike chat with Stacy Moritz from SECTRET AARDVARK Check out Secret Aardvark Hot Sauces: www.secretaardvark.com
Check out Zac's High Desert Sauce Co here: https://hdsauceco.com Check out Claire's Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Hot Sauces here: https://butterflybakeryvt.com Check out Irish Spike's Unique Hot Sauces and Vandal Pepper Sauces here: http://www.saucecult.com
Duration:00:51:50