A very Clandestine Burn (Habenero Powder)
 

I checked out a new restaurant here in Tucson while my daughter was at a
birthday party. The place is called Brundog's Zy-de-Que a Cajun BBQ joint.
I was able to talk with Chef Tom and asked him about his sauces. He does
a peach based wing sauce and a sweet BBQ sauce that has very little
mouth burn but after it goes down you get the same sweating brow as if
you had just tackled the hottest sauce around.
The key is his homemade dried habenero powder. I didn't get into the
details of it but I imagine that he dries the skins and grinds it up
without the seeds.
The flavor was great without the mouth burn but got the endorphine rush
minutes later. Very cool food for a hot summer day here in the Old Pueblo.