Barbecue Chips

*
Barbecue Chips I've tried
Brand Name City, State rating thick crisp sweet oily salty spice aftertaste / comments
7-Eleven 7-Select Barbecue Flavored classic thin and crispy Dallas, TX 4+ 2 4 3 3 4 4 Nice combination of sweet, lemon, mild chili, tomato, garlic, onion
7-Eleven 7-Select Fiery Habanero Kettle Style Dallas, TX 4+ 4 4 1 2 3 5 Nice chili pepper and chili powder balance, with lingering heat that sneaks up on you.
7-Eleven 7-Select Kettle Cooked Barbecue Chips Dallas, TX 4- 4 4 2 3 3 3 paprika, onion, some garlic, slight lemon, mouth drying, slight smoky, brown sugar
7-Eleven 7-Select Spicy Jalepeño Kettle Style Dallas, TX 4 4 4 1 2 3 4 Spicy jalepeno pepper, no chili powder or "red" flavor.
Always Save (generic) KS 3 3 3 3 2 5 3 salty
Andy Capp's (ConAgra Foods) BBQ Fries corn and potato snacks Omaha, NE 3+ 1 4 4 2 4 3 They look like French fries, but are light and airy. Lemon, chili powder, garlic, tomato, onion, paprika.
Archer Farms (Target) Buffalo Wing Potato Chips Minneapolis, MN 4 5 4 3 3 4 5 red pepper, garlic, onion, tomato, smoky, light lemon, light vinegar
Archer Farms (Target) Jamaican Jerk Potato Crisps - Baked Minneapolis, MN 4 4 4 3 1 4 3 Black pepper, garlic, onion, spice is not evenly distributed
Art and Mary's Homestyle Jalepeno Hot Cheney, KS 4- 4 4+ 2 2 4 3 Mouth-on-fire spicy, great with beer.
Art and Mary's Homestyle Mesquite Smoked BBQ Cheney, KS 4 4+ 4 4 3 4 4 Lots of spice on each chip, nice smoky flavor.
Bachmann Golden Ridges BarBQ Reading, PA 3+ 4 4 4 3 3 3 good blend of sweetness, saltiness, spice
Bachmann Golden Ridges Red Hot Reading, PA 3+ 5 3 4 3 4 4 nice blend of flavor, spicy hot but not overpowering, spicing somewhat uneven
Barcel USA Papas Toreadas a la Diabla Irving, TX (made in Mexico) 4 4 3 1 3 4 4 vinegar, chili powder, garlic, paprika, spicing is pretty thick
Barcel USA Papas Toreadas Habanero Irving, TX (made in Mexico) 4 5 2 3 3 5 3 Spicy habanero and vegetable pepper flavors, strong lemon, very salty
Barcel USA Papas Toreadas Jalepeño Irving, TX (made in Mexico) 4- 4 4 2 3 4 3 Green pepper, jalepeño, garlic, onion, light lemon
Barcel USA Takis Feugo Irving, TX (made in Mexico) 4+ 5 3 3 3 5 5 tortilla chips rolled into small tubes, lots of spice, lime, chili powder, garlic, onion
Barrel O'Fun BBQ Thin Perham, MN 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 not uniform spice
Best Choice Barbecue Kansas City, KS 3 2+ 3 4 2 3+ 3+ look spicier than they taste
Blimpie Lea&Perrins Barbecue New York, NY 3 3 3+ 4 2 5 3 Fresh potato flavor, not much spicing
Boulder Canyon Natural Foods Hickory Barbeque Boulder, CO 4+ 5 4 3 2 4 4 chili powder, lemon, garlic, onion, light smoke, molasses
Brother Kane Crinkle Cut Baby Back Ribs Chips Atlanta, GA 40 5 3 3 3 3 3 Barbecue sauce, tomato, light garlic, sweet onion, lemon, paprika
Brother Kane Crinkle Cut Sweet N' Tangy BBQ Chips Atlanta, GA 4+ 5 4 4 3 4 5 honey, lemon, chili powder, garlic, onion, smoke, tomato, molasses
Brother Kane Home Style Hot Sauce Potato Chips Atlanta, GA 4- 4 3 3 3 4 4 dry chili pepper, lemon, light smoky, Durkee's hot sauce, tomato, onion, garlic
Calbec America Hot&Spicy Torrence, CA (made in Hong Kong) 3+ 4 3 3 2 3 4 spicy, chili powder, garlic, onion, late heat
Cape Cod Firecracker Barbecue Hyannis, MA 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 Thick spicing, with lots of flavor (molasses, too)
Cape Cod Sweet And Spicy Jalepeño Hyannis, MA 4+ 4 3 3 3 4 4 Spicy jalepeño heat, garlic, onion, green bell pepper, lemon, sugar balances the heat
Cape Cod Sweet Mesquite Barbecue Hyannis, MA 4+ 5 4 4 3 4 5 Very thick spicing, lots of different flavors - garlic, paprika, onion, smoky
Clancy's Bar*B*Q Flavored Potato Chips Batavia, IL (made in Canada) 4 3 2 4 3 4 5 Very thick spicing - sweet, onion, smoke, garlic, tomato
Cheetos Crunchy Flaming Hot Plano, TX 3+ N/A 5 4 3 4 4 Puffed cheese twists (not potato chips)
Clover Club Foods Clover Club Barbeque Clearfield, UT 4+ 3 3 4 3 3 3 These were my favorite chips 30 years ago, but I thought they disappeared. Paprika, garlic, onion, lemon, potato,
Cumberland Farms, Inc. Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips Westboro, MA 3+ 3 2 3 3 4 3 chili powder, garlic, potato, tomato, onion, paprika
Old Lyme Gourmet Company Deep River Snacks Asian Sweet & Spicy Kettle Cooked Old Lyme, CT 4+ 5 4 4 3 4 initial heat with sweet and hot aftertaste, nice fresh hot pepper aroma and finish, lemon, garlic, oregano, jalepeno aftertaste / comments
Old Lyme Gourmet Company Deep River Snacks Cracked Pepper & Sea Salt Kettle Cooked Old Lyme, CT 3+ 5 4 3 4 4 3 hot black pepper with nice aroma
Old Lyme Gourmet Company Deep River Snacks Mesquite BBQ Kettle Cooked Old Lyme, CT 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 paprika, garlic, onion, tomato, lemon, brown sugar, light smoke
Old Lyme Gourmet Company Deep River Snacks Zesty Jalepeño Kettle Cooked Old Lyme, CT 3 4 3 3 3 4 3 slight old oil/cardboard, garlic, jalepeño, parsley
Dillons (generic) KS 4 2 3 4 2 4+ 3 spicy/powdery finish
Dirty Potato Chips Mesquite BBQ Garamercy, LA 4+ 4 5 5 3 4 5 hint of lemon, chili powder, onion, garlic, paprika, smoky
Dirty Potato Chips SMoky Chipotle Garamercy, LA 3+ 5 4 2 3 3 3 lemon, chili pepper, light smoke, light garlic, light onion, tomato, jalepeño
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos 1st Degree Burn - Blazin' Jalepeño corn chips Plano, TX 3+ 5 4 1 2 4 5 green pepper, very hot jalepeño spice, garlic, onion, light cheese, needs a sour cream based dip to cool the heat!
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos 2nd Degree Burn - Fiery Buffalo corn chips Plano, TX 4 5 4 2 2 4 4 cayenne pepper, vinegar, lemon, onion, garlic, lactic acid tartness
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Baja Picante corn chips Plano, TX 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 Thick spicing, a real mouthful of flavor
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Flamas corn chips Plano, TX 4- 5 3 2 3 4 5 Very hot and spicy with a lingering burn in finish - habanero type of pepper flavor, lime, lemon, light garlic, onion, paprika
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Flavor Shots Nacho Cheese with Atomic Chile Limon corn chips Plano, TX rating 4 3 2 3 4 4 Starts as nacho cheese chips, with separate Atomic Chile Limon packet to sprinkle on. Very limey, cheesy, late spicy heat, onion, garlic. Nice to be able to add as much spice as you like, but also seems like too much work, and does not promote eating from the bag. The add-on spice was extremely fine dust, and made me sneeze when I ate the chips.
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Late Night Tacos At Midnight corn chips Plano, TX 5- 5 3 2 2 4 4 Lemon, chili powder, garlic, onion, tomato, sour cream, slight cheese, corn comes through nicely, great balance of flavor
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Salsa Verde corn chips Plano, TX 3+ 4 3 1 2 4- 5 Very spicy - make SURE to have liquid - good with sour cream - be good as fried chicken coating
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Smoky Red BBQ corn chips Plano, TX 3+ 4 3 4 2 4 4 Blend of many flavors - spices and cheeses - would go well with sour cream and onion dip
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Spicier Nacho corn chips Plano, TX 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 Thick spicing, pleasantly hot, very flavorful.
Doritos (Frito Lay) Doritos Spicy Sweet Chili corn chips Plano, TX 5- 4 3 4 3 4 5 Great combination of many flavors - onion, garlic, hot paprika, caramel, chili pepper.
Frito's BarBQ corn chips Dallas, TX 4 4 3 3+ 3+ 5 3+ Spices well blended, not excessively piquant, but flavorful with a little kick.
Garden Of Eatin' Red Hot Blues Melville, NY 4+ 5 4 2 2 3 5 Blue corn tortilla chips, garlic, hot red pepper, onion, smoky, paprika
Golden Flake Hot Cajun Birmingham, AL 3+ 3 3 4 2 4 4+ Distinct chili powder, chili pepper, garlic, but they blend nicely into a very piquant combination.
Golden Flake Mesquite Barbecue Flavored Dip Style Birmingham, AL 3+ 4+ 2+ 4 2 4+ 4 Ridged
Golden Flake Sweet Hot Barbecue Birmingham, AL 3+ 3 3 5 3 4 4 Honey barbecue style.
Good Health Julienne Potato Stix - Barbecue Northport, NY 4 2 5 4 3 5 4 Spiced french fries. Thick (square ¼" fries), but very light and airy when bitten. Spicy, but not overly hot.
Great Value Barbecue Bentonville, AR 4 3 4 3 2 4- 4 Even spicing, nice blend of chili, paprika, garlic, onion.
Great Value Kettle Cooked Barbecue Bentonville, AR 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 chili powder, lemon, garlic, onion
Guy's Barbecue Liberty, MO 3 3 2 4 2 5 3 powdery/dry/bland
Guy's Jalepeño Krunchers Liberty, MO 3 4 4 2 2 3 3 Spicy hot, potatoey and jalepeño (only) flavoring
Guy's Mesquite BBQ Krunchers Liberty, MO 4 4+ 4+ 4- 2 2 4+ potatoey, good spice, would be great with beer :-)
Guy's Ozark Style Barbecue corn chips Liberty, MO 3+ 4+ 3 4 2 3+ 4- Uneven spicing, paprika with hint of honey - spice well integrated
Guy's Wavy Hot&Wild Liberty, MO 3+ 5 2 4 3 4 4 Ridged, spicing not even, spicing hot but flavorful
Hannaford Bar B Q Potato Chips Scarborough, ME 3+ 2 2 2 3 4 3 garlic, mild chili powder, onion - balanced but unremarkable
Hannaford Kettle Cooked Mesquite BBQ Potato Chips Scarborough, ME 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 garlic, mild chili powder, onion, lemon, paprika
Herr's Baby Back Ribs Nottingham, PA 3+ 5 2 4 4 4 3 Wave cut, dry smoke, onion, garlic, light lemon
Herr's Barbecue Nottingham, PA 3+ 3 4 3 3 4 4 good balance, nice spice blend
Herr's Barbecue Fat Free Rave (Olean) Nottingham, PA 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 Not much spice - tastes like spiced cardboard
Herr's Jalepeño Kettle Cooked Nottingham, PA 3+ 4 4 2 3 4 3 some jalepeño taste - mostly just the heat
Herr's Smokey BBQ (ridges) Nottingham, PA 3+ 4 3 4 3 3 3+ Chili powder spicing, spicing was very uneven
Hiland (Kum&Go Stores) Barbecue West Des Moines, IA 3+ 2 3 2 3 2 2 light spicing, paprika, garlic, onion, spice heat is very low
Hiland (Kum&Go Stores) Blazin' Hot West Des Moines, IA 4- 3 3 2 3 4 5 garlic, onion, chili pepper, lemon, spice heat 4+
Humpty Dumpty Barbecue Lachine, Quebec, Canada 3+ 2 4 4 3 4 4 Good blend with salty/spicy kick
Hy Vee (generic) Des Moines, IA 4 2 3 4 3 4 3+ cottony dry mouth aftertaste
Jimmy Johns BBQ Potato Chips Champaign, IL 4+ 4 4 3 2 5 5 Good strong spice and well distributed, chili powder, chili pepper, garlic, onion, smoke
Jimmy Johns Jalepeño Potato Chips Champaign, IL 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 green pepper/vegetable, jalepeño heat, garlic, onion, slight lemon
Kash n' Karry Barbecue Potato Chips Tampa, FL 3+ 3 3- 4 3+ 4 5 Heavy chili and sweetness spicing - good flavor
Kettle Chips Backyard Barbecue Salem, OR 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 Garlic, chili powder, paprika, tomato, lemon.
Kettle Chips Buffalo Bleu Crinkle Cut Salem, OR 4 5 3 2 3 3 5 Lemon, chili powder, vinegar, onion, garlic, cayenne.
Kettle Chips Chipotle Chili Barbeque Organic Salem, OR 4 5 3 3 3 4 4 lemon, chili powder, chili pepper in finish, onion, garlic, paprika, light smoke
Kettle Chips Death Valley Chipotle Salem, OR 4+ 4 4 1 3 3 4 Smoky, spicy chili powder, chili pepper, garlic, dry finish.
Kettle Chips Jalepeño Salem, OR 3+ 4 3 2 4 3 2 Simple spicing - just jalepeno, with maybe background garlic and onion
Kettle Chips Kettle Crisps Baked Hickory Barbecue Salem, OR 4+ 4 4+ 4 1 4 4 Whole potato flavor, spice does not cover up the potato, and compliments it nicely.
Kettle Chips Salsa with Mesquite Salem, OR 4 5 5 3 3 2 4 vinegar nose, flavors blend well
Kettle Chips Spicy Thai Salem, OR 4+ 5 3 3 3 4 4+ ginger with a lingering hot pepper aftertaste
Kettle Chips Tias! Sweet Baja Barbecue Tortilla Chips Salem, OR 3+ 4 2 4 3 4 3 lemon, garlic, corn, honey, paprika, onion, light tomato, light molasses, very light smoke
Kettle Classics (Classic Foods) Mesquite Barbecue San Francisco, CA 4- 5- 4 4 3 4 4 Sweet garlic aftertaste.
Kitchen Cooked Louisiana Style Ripple Kitchen Cooked Farmington, IL 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 chili pepper, lemon
Kroger Bar-B-Q Cincinnati, OH 4 2 3 4 3 3 3 Very similar to Dillons Generic, slightly uneven spicing.
Krunchers (from Snyders of Hanover) Mesquite Bar-B-Que Kettle Cooked Hanover, PA 4+ 5 4 4 3 4 5 Lots of spice, chips well covered, garlic, lemon, chili powder, tomato, onion, paprika, brown sugar
Lance B-B-Q Flavored Charlotte, NC 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 Distinct tastes of onion, garlic, salt, sweetness
Lance Chip Thunder Boomin' Barbecue Charlotte, NC 3 5 2 3 4 4 3 No outstanding features - just your typical Ridged barbecue chip.
Lance Chip Thunder Howlin' Hot & Spicy Charlotte, NC 3+ 5 2 4 4 4 4 Onion, sweet, lemon - and very spicy - mix of strong flavors. Ridged chips
Laurel Hill Foods Barbeque Kettle Cooked Potato Chips - 40% reduced fat Attleboro, MA 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 big lemon, paprika, honey, big garlic, onion, chili powder, light smoke
Lay's Cajun Herb & Spice Plano, TX 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 lots of spices (and heavily spiced per chip): chili powder, garlic, onion, tomato, bell pepper, black pepper, parsley, lemon, brown sugar
Lay's Chile Limòn Plano, TX 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 Lime, lemon, chili powder, moderate heat
Lay's Flaming Hot Plano, TX 3+ 3 3 3 2 4 4 very spicy hot - nice balanced spice aftertaste
Lay's Hot & Spicy Barbecue Plano, TX 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 very spicy hot, but balanced with sweetness, fairly heavy spice coating, moderately uniform
Lay's KC Masterpiece Plano, TX 5 2 4 4 2 4 3 fresh flavor
Lay's KC Masterpiece - Baked Plano, TX 3- 3 4 4- 0 3 2 chili powder, not much spice, bland
Lay's KC Masterpiece Light Plano, TX 3+ 3 3- 3 1 3 3 made with Olestra, no fat, half as many calories
Lay's Kettle Cooked Mesquite BBQ Plano, TX 5- 4 4+ 4 3 4 5 Tasty complex blend of spices. All chips have plenty of spicing. Crunchy, flavor explodes in your mouth.
Lay's Kettle Cooked Spice Rubbed BBQ - Crinkle Cut Plano, TX 4+ 5 3 3 3 4 5 Lemon, garlic, tomato, onion, cayenne, chili powder. All chips well spiced.
Lay's Kettle Cooked Spicy Cayenne & Cheese Plano, TX 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 cayenne, tomato, cheddar cheese, light garlic, lemon, paprika
Lay's Spicy BBQ Plano, TX 3+ 2 3 4+ 3 4 4 nicely blended sweet spice
Lay's Sweet Southern Heat Barbecue Plano, TX 4+ 2 3 3 3 5 5 smoke, paprika, honey, chili powder, lemon, garlic, onion, tomato, chili pepper
Lay's Tangy Carolina BBQ Plano, TX 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 lemon, vinegar, mustard, brown sugar, onion, tomato, garlic
Lay's Wavy Hickory BBQ Plano, TX 3+ 5 4+ 4 3 4 3 Nice potato flavor, spice is good, but unremarkable.
Lay's WOW Mesquite BBQ (Olestra) Plano, TX 3 3 4+ 4 1- 4 3 dry salty sour aftertaste
Madhouse Munchies Fire Sweet Mesquite BBQ Kettle Cooked Colchester, VT 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 Smoky, citrus, crunchy.
Margarita BarBQ Santa fe de Bogota, Colombia 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 Light but chili-pepper hot spicing
Margarita Pollo Santa fe de Bogota, Colombia 3 2 2 4 3 3 3 Chicken boullion flavor, slightly greasy taste
Martin's Famous Pastry Shop Gibbles Home Style Bar-B-Q Potato Chips Chambersburg, PA 3 3 3 4 3 4 2 mild flavors of chili pepper, salty, onion, light garlic
Martin's Famous Pastry Shop Gibbles Home Style Red Hot Potato Chips Chambersburg, PA 4 3 3 2 3 4 5 cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, can still taste potato, garlic, onion, paprika, very spicy hot
Michael Seasons - Natural Snacks Thin and Crispy Honey Barbecue Addison, IL 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 light smoky notes, very slight lemon, very slight honey, slight garlic, slight onion
Miss Vickie's Jalepeno Canada (made for Frito Lay) rating thick crisp sweet oily salty spice aftertaste / comments
Miss Vickie's Country BBQ Canada (made for Frito Lay) 3+ 4 4 3 2 5 4 Chips heavily spiced
Miss Vickie's Jalepeno Canada (made for Frito Lay) 3+ 4 4 3 2 3+ 3 Very hot pepper
Mrs. Fishers Inc "DRK" (Dark chips - not spiced) Rockford, IL 3 4 3 2 3 2 1 carmelized, slight burnt flavor
Mrs. Fishers Inc "Q" (Barbecue) Rockford, IL 4+ (initially 4-) 4 2 3 2 (initially 4) 3 3 paprika, chili powder, sweet; initial opening of bag smelled like lard and bacon - this toned down quickly and I changed my overall from 4- to 4+ - these are very tasty, but NOT oily, even though they initially smell like they are
Natural Snacks Michael Season's Honey Barbecue Thin and Crispy Reduced Fat Addison, IL 4- 2 4 2 1 3 3 Chili powder, lemon, garlic, onion, tomato
O'Boisies Bar-B-Q flavor potato crisps Bluffton, IN 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 crispy and airy light
O'Briens Kettle Cooked Jalapeno Kansas City, KS 3+ 3 4- 2 2 3+ 4- subtle initial spice, spicy but not overpowering aftertaste
Pinnacle Foods Group Hawaiian Luau Barbecue Rings Cherry Hill, NJ 3 5 4 3 2 3 3 made from corn/potato/wheat, light and airy, pineapple, chili pepper, sugar, onion, paprika, garlic, lingering heat
Planters (Nabisco) Flamin' Cajun Crunch Trail Mix East Hanover, NJ 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 Yummy hot spicy flavor - nicely balanced. Not a chip - contains a mix of "corn nuts, cajun corn sticks, sesame sticks, and red chile crescents." Snack is fresh and crispy.
Poore Brothers Cajun Goodyear, AZ 4+ 3+ 4+ 3 2- 3+ 4 cayenne, very spicy aftertaste
Poore Brothers Desert Mesquite Goodyear, AZ 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 where's the mesquite?
Poore Brothers Habanero Goodyear, AZ 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 Very hot habanero aftertaste - good blend of spices - sweetness helps take the edge off the habanero
PopChips Popchips Barbeque Potato San Francisco, CA 4 5 3 3 2 4 4 "Popped" is with heat and pressure (not fried, not baked), starchy, chili powder, garlic, onion, paprika, tomato
Pringles BBQ Flavor Potato Crisps Cincinnati, OH 2+ 3 4 4 1- 3+ 2 bland, hint of lemon, very little bbq
Pringles BBQ Flavor Fat Free Olean Cincinnati, OH 3- 3 4 4+ 0 4 3 salty flavor, dusty
Pringles Spicy Cajun Cincinnati, OH 3 3 4 3+ 1 4 4 Good spice - can taste "mashed potato" flavor
Publix BBQ Lakeland, FL 3+ 3 3- 4 3 4 4 Nice flavor of spices and fresh potatoes and oil. Spicing fairly heavy and even.
Route 11 Potato Chips Barbeque Mount Jackson, VA 4- 5 3 3 4 4 3 tomato, chili powder, garlic, onion, lemon, slight smoke
Route 11 Potato Chips Mama Zuma's Revenge Mount Jackson, VA 4 4 4 2 2 3 5 Touch of honey, extremely hot finish persists for minutes, chili powder, habanero, garlic, campfire smoke
Ruffles Buffalo Style Plano, TX 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 vinegar, cheese, tabasco
Ruffles FlavorRush Big BBQ&Cheddar Plano, TX 3+ 5 2 4 3 4 4 Nice blend of cheese cooling the hot/sweet spice. Doesn't need ANY dip.
Ruffles KC Masterpiece Mesquite BBQ Plano, TX 3+ 3+ 4 3 3 3 4- Well balanced spice, spice has zing
Ruffles Molten Hot Wings Plano, TX 3+ 5 2 2 4 3 4 Cheesy, onions, vinegar, paprika, garlic
Ruffles Smokehouse Style BBQ Plano, TX 4- 5 2 3 3 4 4 Chili powder, lemon, onion, garlic, paprika, brown sugar
Sabritas (Frito-Lay) Turbos Flamas corn twists Plano, TX 4- 5 3 3 3 4 5 hot and spicy, red residue, paprika, chili pepper, chili powder, garlic, lemon, onion, light smoke
Safeway, Inc. Kettle Cooked Mesquite Barbecue Pleasanton, CA 4- 4 3 3 3 3 3 sweet paprika, onion, garlic, lemon, smoky
Safeway, Inc. Smokin' Barbecue Flavored Pleasanton, CA 4- 3 3 2 3 3 3 paprika, chili powder, lemon, onion, garlic, light wood smoke
Schlotzsky's Deli Barbecue Austin, TX 3+ 2 3+ 3+ 2 4 4 smidgen of smoke, well balanced spice
Schlotzsky's Deli Jalapeno Austin, TX 4- 3 4 3 3 4 3+ Picant but jalepeno doesn't taste "real"
Schlotzsky's Deli Salt and Vinegar Austin, TX 3- 3 2 5 3 5 2 Vinegar taste overpowers potato. Sour yet very sweet.
Smithfield Farms Bar-b-que Pork Rinds (Chicharrones) Lenexa, KS 4 as chicharrones, 2 as "chip" 5 5 3 1 4 3+ not consistent spicing
Terra Arrabiata - Kettles Brooklyn, NY 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 chili powder, lemon, paprika, garlic, onion, tomato
Terra General Tso - Kettles Brooklyn, NY 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 honey, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, onion, lemon, sesame
Terra Mesquite BBQ Sweet Potato Brooklyn, NY 2 as chips, 4 as snack 3+ 3 4 1 1 3 Yam taste, subdued spicing, crisp with internal body
Terra Spiced Taro Chips Brooklyn, NY 4 3 3 3- 1 2 2 Not sugary sweet but a hint of natural sweetness, nutty flavor, subtle but well blended spices, very good but non-traditional
Terra Yukon Gold Barbecue Brooklyn, NY 4 5 4 3+ 1+ 4 4+ Heavy and thick, yet crisp, with spice well integrated and prominent, but the potato flavor is retained
Tim's Cascade Snacks Hawaiian Kettle Style Luau BBQ Algona, WA 4+ 5 4 4 3 4 5 Good heat, chili pepper, chili powder, garlic, jalepeño, onion, lemon
Tixana Manufacturing ("Soya King") Mongolian BBQ Soy Chips Sydney, Australia 3+ 5 1 3 3 4 3 nice chili/garlic flavor, but not enough spice
Tom's BarBQ Columbus, GA 3 3 3 3+ 3 4 3 Spicing uneven, flavor is good but unremarkable
Tom's BBQ Corn Chips Columbus, GA 3 5 2 2 3 3 3 Chili powder, lemon, paprika
Tom's HOT Columbus, GA 4- 3 4 4 2 4 4 Spicy with a hot aftertaste. Flavor "soaked in" to chip, not just on the outside. (that's a good thing!)
Tom's Mesquite BarBQ (Rippled) Columbus, GA 3+ 5 3 4+ 3 4 3 Ridged
Tom's Thick&Bold Tex-Mex Barbecue Columbus, GA 4- 4 2 2 4 4 3 lemon, chili powder, garlic, onion, potato-y, tomato
Tostitos Roasted Red Pepper corn chips Plano, TX 4+ 4 5 4 2 3+ 4 Light flavoring nicely complements the corn chip taste.
Tyrells Court Farm Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper hand cooked potato chips Herfordshire, UK 4+ 4 4 4 3 4 4 Black pepper, sweet, onion, tomato, red pepper, garlic
Uncle Ray's Bar-B-Q Detroit, MI 4 3 3 5 4 4 4+ Good combination of sweet and chili-pepper, lots of flavor and visible spice
Uncle Ray's Hot Detroit, MI 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 Lots of flavor and visible spice, hot but not overly hot, heat with flavor
Utz Quality Foods Smokin' Sweet BBQ Flavored Kettle Classics Hanover, PA 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 honey, garlic, lemon, chili powder, paprika, light onion
Vincent's Barbeque Salem, MA 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 average flavor, somewhat uneven spicing
Vitner's Bar-B-Q Freeport, IL 3+ 3 3- 4 3 4- 3 Flavorful, not spicy.
Walt Disney Theme Park Food & Beverage Disney Kettle Cooked BBQ Lake Buena Vista, FL 3 4 4 3 2 3 3 garlic, tomato, lemon, onion. Lightly spiced.
Western Western Family Barbecue Portland, OR 3+ 3 3 4 3 4 4 Sweet spicy aftertaste - lots of spicing on chips (not excessively "hot", tho) - good blend of spices.
Whole Foods Market 365 Barbecue Baked Potato Chips Austin, TX 3 5 5 3 1 3 2 very light spicing, light tomato, light lemon, light garlic, light onion
Whole Foods Market 365 Barbecue Kettle Cooked Potato Chips Austin, TX 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 Lemon, chili powder, paprika, onion, tomato, garlic, slight smoky
Whole Foods Market 365 Spicy Thai Kettle Cooked Potato Chips Austin, TX 4+ 4 4 3 3 4 4+ Lime, chili powder, onion, garlic, lemongrass, ginger, honey
Winn Dixie Barbeque Jacksonville, FL 3+ 1 2 1 3 3 2 Spice level varies per chip - garlic, onion, paprika - fairly light in flavor
Wise Bar-B-Q Columbus, OH 2 3 2 3 3 3 2 bland, simple chili powder/garlic taste
Wise Krunchers Kettle Cooked Mesquite BBQ Columbus, OH 4 4 3 3+ 3 4 4 Nice blend of chili, garlic, onion, paprika, smoke. Chips are heavily spiced and flavorful.
Wise Smokin' Grill Burger N' Fixin's Flavor Columbus, OH 3+ 3 2+ 4 4 5 4- Combination "barbecue" flavor and salty-beef-bullion.
Wise Smoky Mountain BBQ Columbus, OH 4 3 3 4 2 4 4 Complex smoky onions-garlic-molasses followed by dry powdery sensation then chili powder that blends into spicier chili pepper. Fresh-air feel to the crunch.
Wyandot Barbecue Smoky&Spicy Munch Mates Marion, OH 3 2 3 2 3 4 3 Slightly hot and salty
Zapp's Hotter 'n Hot Jalepeno Gramercy, LA 3+ 4 5 4 3 4 4 very spicy, spice is consistent
Zapp's Mesquite BarBQue Gramercy, LA 3+ 4 5 3 3 3 3 sweet aftertaste, hint of lemon
Zapp's Spicy Cajun Crawtators Gramercy, LA 3+ 4 5 2 3 3+ 4 Subtle but flavorful spicing with complex aftertastes, including garlic and chili powder.

Go to the Crowle Family Home Page