Real smoke. Real heat. Made by hand in the Kawarthas.
The Back 40 Smoke Box is two things done properly: low-and-slow barbecue catering cooked over real wood fire, and Sweet Whiskey Heat hot sauce — fermented in barrels, bottled by hand, and decorated with some of the biggest awards in Canadian hot sauce.
Original, Mild Jalapeño & Xtra Hot Jalapeño in one gift-ready pack, from our online store. Hand-made, barrel-fermented in Fenelon Falls, and shipped anywhere in Canada.
At events you'll find us set up behind our two tents with the offset smoker working behind them — brisket, ribs and pulled pork cooked the slow way, plus a full table of our own hot sauces to finish the job. The same kitchen puts every bottle of sauce together by hand, in small batches, right here in Fenelon Falls.
BBQ Catering
Weddings, festivals, rodeos, staff parties and backyard blowouts across the Kawartha Lakes and beyond. Smoked meats, scratch sides and a crew that feeds a line fast.
Six flavours of barrel-fermented hot sauce — from a gentle jalapeño to the Extreme Cinnamon that bites back. Gluten-free, keto-friendly and vegetarian, every one of them.
Under the tent at a summer event — that's us in the middle of service, not a stock photo.
The trophy shelf
Sweet Whiskey Heat took home Best in Show
In 2023 our flagship sauce went up against makers from across the country at the Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo in London, Ontario — and came home with the top honour of the whole show. It wasn't a one-off, either:
Best in ShowEternal Flame Awards 2023 · Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo, London ON — Sweet Whiskey Heat
Best Sauce — Hot CategoryEternal Flame Awards 2023 · Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo, London ON
1st Place — MildCK Hot Sauce Expo 2023
2nd Place — Best Nacho SauceApex Sauce Awards 2023
From the sauce kitchen
Fermented 14–21 days. Bottled by hand. Gone fast.
Every batch of Back 40 sauce starts as fresh peppers and gets its depth the patient way — a barrel ferment of two to three weeks before it's blended, sweetened with just a dash of honey and stevia, and bottled by hand. There's no whiskey in the bottle, despite the name — the "Sweet Whiskey Heat" is all about the smooth, slow burn.
Four flavours are on the shelf right now. Cinnamon and Xtra Hot sell out as fast as we can make them — when they're gone, they're gone until the next batch.
Brisket sliced to order, ribs with a proper bark, pulled pork, and the sides that make a plate — beans, slaw, mac and more. If you're planning a wedding, a company party or a community event anywhere in the Kawarthas, talk to Darby about dates. Catering packages from $64 per guest — Smoke Box Buffet and the Pitmaster Feast.
Our most popular spread: two standard smoked mains, three pit sides and fresh buns. 50-guest minimum. See the catering packages →
Pitmaster Feast · $72 per guest
Two mains including one premium choice — brisket, ribs, or salmon — plus four pit sides and buns. 50-guest minimum. See the catering packages →
The two behind it all
Jamie & Darby Mousseau
Every bottle and every brisket traces back to these two. Darby hand-makes the sauce — small batches, barrel-fermented 14 to 21 days. Jamie runs the smoker and the catering line. If you've eaten with us at a fair or a wedding anywhere in the Kawarthas, you've met them both.
