Pepper Joe’s Carolina Reaper Summer Sausage – Slow Smoked Spicy Summer Sausage with World’s Hottest Pepper and Premium Midwestern Meat– 12 Ounces

Ok this is a very spicy sausage! It is excellent but be warned it can be a little rough on the stomach. I eat raw peppers all the time and use hot sauce all the time and this definitely hit that spicy spot.

Since everyone's level of spicy tolerance is different, I like to start these reviews off with a little PSA for perspective...I LOVE spicy foods. My go-to snack is usually the pepperoncini, but I also enjoy whole jalapeños and chili peppers. I've beaten both the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin' Challenge as well as the Anchor Bar "Suicidal" wing challenge in Buffalo, New York (where buffalo wings are said to have originated). Popeye's Ghost Pepper wings I find to be extremely enjoyable, and I love them, but I don't even break a sweat when eating them (which is fine because they're so delicious). Pepper Jack cheese is my other go-to snack, but I've dabbled in other cheeses claiming to be laced with peppers such as habanero, ghost, and even Carolina Reaper. In most cases, even though I usually enjoy those products, the claims are exaggerated.Now, let's talk about this product. I'm giving it five stars. Not only is it VERY tasty, but it 100% delivers on its Carolina Reaper label. And you may regret that later...Going down, it's about as spicy as the ghost pepper and habanero laced cheeses I've had. It will make you sweat, especially if you eat too much in one sitting, but it's doable. The aftermath is where I can easily say this is the snack that bites back. I've now had this sausage twice, and while I deeply enjoy eating it, the atomic explosion that happens in my intestines later will say differently. There's no getting around it. The feeling is downright agonizing. I've only had one other food so spicy that I ended up throwing it up. That was a pack of six raw habaneros. Won't make that mistake again! This is the only other food I've had that was so spicy, the same thing ended up happening. It was about a 12 hour recovery time. And to be clear, this is absolutely on me and not the manufacturer. I asked for Carolina Reaper, and I sure as Hades received Carolina Reaper.Verdict? I have no plans to order this again for myself. Not because it isn't good or doesn't deliver on its promise. It absolutely does! It's because I'm not THAT stupid... That said, I'd highly recommend it for anyone who has an ungodly tolerance for spicy foods, loves a challenge, or wants to prank someone to the point of no return. Five stars, Pepper Joe's. Five stars.

It's hot

Back in my teens and 20s I loved finding the spiciest foods and sauces I could get. I was that guy who always has a bottle of some ridiculously spicy hot sauce with him always putting it in everything I was eating.I don’t go that hard anymore, but I still like spicy foods. So I bought this thing while looking for regular summer sausage.Maybe I’ve just lost my tolerance for spicy.This thing is like Really Hot. I can’t do more than 2 slices in one sitting.The second thing is the stomach pain. I didn’t typically and still don’t really have very bad reactions to spicy food in my stomach.But this stuff gave me a very uncomfortable stomach ache each time I ate any. Even if was only one slice.And then it was like magma on the toilet. And the stomach pain lasts for hours.I’m 36 now. So idk if that’s just my aging body, or even the consequences of my previous love for heat finally showing itself. Or maybe something in the product.So in conclusion, if you like summer sausage and you are An Advanced connoisseur of heat with a stomach made of iron, you’ll probably enjoy this.If you just like a little bit of heat and/or have any type of stomach issue, I think you’re gonna have a bad time.So 4/5 stars.This exceeded my expectations. Which is both a good thing and a bad thing.

Great product and would recommend if you truly like spicy. This is not for the week. Seriously.

Way too hot. I only could eat a little at a time.

very hot but with great flavor

I took 2 slices of this and put pickled reaper peppers in the middle, making a mini “death sandwich”. It was amazing. Great product!