# Recommend a hot sauce **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 6, 2004, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820 "2004-02-06T11:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/21 "2004-02-07T13:06:48Z")
Dan T’s white hot inferno, and Satan’s Sauce are also good alternatives. But I come from flavour country. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/22 "2004-02-07T16:48:36Z")
For the sleepy hot sauce fan, there’s ThinkGeek’s caffeinated hot sauce. > **[ThinkGeek - Shirts, Toys, Collectibles & More | GameStop](https://www.gamestop.com/toys-games/thinkgeek)** > > View all results for thinkgeek. Search our huge selection of new and used video games at fantastic prices at GameStop. ---
**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/23 "2004-02-07T21:12:43Z")
357 Mad Dog. It’s 600,000 Scoville units. [All Heat](http://www.pyropepper.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1898MD&Category_Code=WH) ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/24 "2004-02-07T22:27:28Z")
Run, do not walk, to [www.mohotta.com](http://www.mohotta.com) . It also has wonderfully hot powdered peppers. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/25 "2004-02-07T22:40:07Z")
I love the powders sold here: [http://www.chiletoday.com/](http://www.chiletoday.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/26 "2004-02-08T18:19:46Z")
My favorite is “Ass in the Tub.” If a hot sauce has a name that sounds like a teenage dare and artwork like a biker tattoo, I’d be more inclined to try it. I’d like to market one called “Healthy Colons are for Pussies!” with a skull/top hat graphic on it. ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/27 "2004-02-08T19:10:07Z")
I’ll second **Dave’s Insanity Sauce**. Kicks your ass, and hurts too much to taste any flavor. Longstanding favorite of mine when I’m feeling a little masochistic. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/28 "2004-02-08T19:20:25Z")
I use **Dave’s Total Insanity** sauce. I think it is very flavorful, but you have to use it in such small amounts that the heat far outstrips the flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/29 "2004-02-09T12:34:50Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > Sriracha sauce, known and loved by aficionados of southeast Asian cuisine, is quite good. It’s well and hot, but has a very savory, garlicky flavor. It’s not vinegary at all, unlike many western hot sauces, it’s cheap, and comes in giant squeeze bottles as well. It seems to be better as a condiment than as an ingredient in cooking. I’LL second that! Man I’m glad you posted first cause I couldn’t for the life of me remember the name of that stuff. I’ll go through the big size bottle of this stuff in about two to three months. This stuff is great! I still don’t understand why its been labeled an Asian hot sauce though, because its not. (at least that what their website says) Kroger has started selling this stuff too btw. (just recently) ---
**Author:** ![Kakkerlak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bb73d2/32.png) [@Kakkerlak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kakkerlak)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/30 "2004-02-09T22:44:09Z")
All heat, no flavor ? [shakes head] Poor kid. Dave’s Insanity for you. It’s as close as I’ve experienced to “The Man” at Dixies BBQ in Bellevue, WA, a sauce whose slogan should be “Treading the Fine Line Between Cuisine and Assault”. My Sauce of the Month is Trappey’s Red Devil, but I’m exactly opposite from you on the taste/pain axis. ---
**Author:** ![Diet\_dis-Pepsi-a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Diet\_dis-Pepsi-a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diet_dis-Pepsi-a)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/31 "2004-02-10T03:38:36Z")
Definitely Dave’s. There is a light hint of smokiness and hardly any taste of vinegar, but these flavors are totally lost after you cut off your tongue in an effort to get your mouth to stop burning. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/32 "2004-02-10T06:37:52Z")
[This would fit the bill.](https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/cgi-bin/hsrun/Suite7/Suite/HAHTpage/Suite.HsViewHierarchy.run?Detail=Product&ProductNumber=ALDRICH-360376&VersionSequence=1) All burn with none of those nasty flavours to complicate things. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/33 "2004-02-10T06:41:55Z")
> [@](#): > > All heat, no flavor ? [shakes head] Poor kid. Well… most hot sauce people I know have burned away their taste buds anyway. I’m pretty good at creating the right flavor in my food, that’s why I just need a little more heat. I have to cook without too much spice because I live with wimps so I need a sauce I can add to my own food to kick it up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/34 "2004-02-10T06:47:23Z")
stupid \*!@$#%# url Try [this supplier](http://www.steveweiss.com/capnat.html). ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/35 "2004-02-10T13:52:45Z")
Sriracha sauce, which was mentioned before. Also known as “rooster sauce”. This sauce has texture, taste and flexibility. From use as a spread on hot dogs and sausage, to being squeezed right onto chips or chicken. Highly addictive. In a league of it’s own. Red bottle with green cap. Here is a link: [http://www.huyfong.com/no\_frames/sriracha.htm](http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm) ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/36 "2004-02-10T17:52:27Z")
Wow, great to see so many folks recommening **Cholula**! _waves to **Pantellerite** , **Jean Grey** , **Eggerhaus** , and **Max Carnage** _ It took me awhile to come around to hot sauce, but my husband has completely turned me into a Cholula addict. He made the tastiest wings with it for the Superbowl. _drools on keyboard_ ---
**Author:** ![Malice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@Malice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malice)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/37 "2004-02-10T23:52:05Z")
Gonna add my praise of Cholula, but also suggest a worthy alternative: Tapatio. Both are excellent–and currently in my fridge–but I give a slight edge to Tapatio ([http://www.tapatiohotsauce.com/sauce.htm](http://www.tapatiohotsauce.com/sauce.htm)) for taste. Plus it comes in 32 oz. containers 🙂 Still, both are mild-to-warm, heatwise. If you wanna turn chilli or pasta into a spicy kick-in-the-ass, a drop of Dave’s Insanity Sauce (as mentioned by others) will do just fine for a pot of either. Two drops of Dave’s, of course, is courting trouble and more is just plain silly. (Go ahead and guess how I know…) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/38 "2004-02-11T00:31:52Z")
> [@Odinoneeye](#): > > I"m not sure if it’s the vinegar that turns me off of Tabasco. I love vinegar. > > I even dip fries in it. > > Thanks for all the advice, I’ll give the Dave’s sauce a try. Jeeze, if you like Vinegar then Frank’s Original Hot Sauce is great. It won’t be as hot as you like but you can pour it over your eggs, pizza etc… It is the flavor in original Buffalo Wings. Probably good in beer if you are a beer and tomato juice drinker (don’t forget the pepper). Personally I’ve never liked Tobasco because it is hotter than I like (for the amount used) and I just don’t like the taste. Doesn’t go with eggs at all. To me, a sauce should be lavished on an item. If one drop sets the food on fire it is too concentrated for me. If you live in Boston there is a shop in the commons that sells hundreds of different sauces. I’m sure the LA crowd has many such places. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/39 "2004-02-11T00:34:11Z")
If you’re looking for burn without flavor, then [Pure Cap](http://ironq.com/pure_cap_.html) sounds perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820/40 "2004-02-11T13:42:06Z")
I also like Tapatio–it’s what I buy when I need some Cholula, but I’m feeling poor! I organized the fridge this morning and inventoried our hot sauces and salsas–right now, we’ve got six: Cholula, Tapatio, Sriracha, Tabasco, Bufalo Chipotle, and some habanero sauce (Yucatero?) These six cover all of my hot sauce needs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-hot-sauce/227820.md?page=1)