Captain Thom’s Chili Pepper Company
Captain Thom's Chili Pepper Company is a brand of spicy creations and hot sauces that was created by Captain Thom Edwards who started making his own hot sauce in the early 1990s.
Captain Thom was a self-proclaimed hot sauce fanatic who had a passion for creating new and unique flavors of hot sauce. He experimented with different combinations of peppers, spices, and other ingredients until he finally found the perfect recipe for his hot sauce. Edward’s passion for good food and drink was unmatched, his love for barbeque stood out in his hometown of Timonium, Maryland where he would travel in and around the Baltimore area for festivals and BBQ competitions.
Captain Thom's hot sauces gained popularity in the early to mid-2000s, thanks in part to the growing popularity of spicy foods in the United States. The brand has since become known for its wide variety of flavors, ranging from mild to extremely hot. Thom would attend hot sauce conventions and expos dressed as a Pirate Captain and would garner amazing attention and his booth was always a destination spot for attendees looking for photo ops with The Captain. His self-proclaimed First Mate, his wife Nancy, was always by his side to support his passion.
Captain Thom's hot sauce has been featured in several magazines, including Bon Appétit and Maxim, and has won numerous awards at hot sauce competitions. Edward’s also penned a reoccurring feature article in Chile Pepper Magazine called Captain Thom’s ChileMax! The article was an outlet for the Captain to share recipes he developed himself with the readers. The recipes and dishes were the hottest offerings in the magazine each issue, lending to the name of being chiles to the max.
When Captain Thom and his First Mate retired, they sold the company to Hot Shots Distributing in 2016. Today, Captain Thom's hot sauces are still being made using the original recipes including the wildly popular Captain Thom’s Slappin” Fat Bacon Flavored Ketchup. Another extremely marketable sauce in the product line that exploded for the company was his Dia De Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead Piquine Tequila Pepper Sauce with its signature gem eyed skeleton key chain, it is still to this day a best seller.