Still a Top Contender in 2025? Knuckle Sandwich Chef’s Special 2024 Review

The Knuckle Sandwich Chef’s Special 2024 may have dropped last year, but in 2025, it’s still one of the most talked-about limited releases in the cigar world.

Made in collaboration between Espinosa Premium Cigars and Guy Fieri, this cigar features a bold Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and filler, and a unique oval soft-press toro format. Produced at AJ Fernandez’s San Lotano Factory, only 2,000 boxes were released — and we finally got our hands on one.

In this review, we cover:

- Build quality, burn, and draw
- Flavor breakdown and complexity
- How it’s aging into 2025
- Whether it’s worth chasing down now

👨‍🍳 This Chef’s Special may just end up in our Top 25 Cigars of 2025 list!

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📍 Filmed at Smoke Shack Cigars
🎙️ Featuring Stephen
💬 Comment below if you’ve smoked this one — and what your 2025 contenders are!

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0:00 Intro
0:10 Pre-Light
3:25 Initial Flavor Notes
3:46 First Third Thoughts
5:49 Second Third Thoughts
7:37 Final Third Thoughts
9:15 Final Thoughts
10:03 Overall Score
11:02 Burn Rate Scorecard
11:07 Outro

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