# What's your favorite hot sauce? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703 "2004-05-11T23:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/21 "2004-05-12T17:01:40Z")
My wife is a big fan of Cholula. I’m not a hot-sauce guy, though I do enjoy spicy foods. Mostly, I thank the Powers That Be on a regular basis for [Tabasco soy sauce](http://countrystore.tabasco.com/index_category.cfm?tlcatid=2&catid=3&anchor=03061&xcode=csb86). Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/22 "2004-05-12T17:31:59Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > No disrespect, but I find cholula far too vinegary. I’m no fan of vinegar, and I tend to avoid hot sauces with too much vinegar taste, but I love Cholula. I’m just a mass of contradictions. I also love cherry flavored food, but hate cherries. So where can I get me some Pico Pica? Do they sell it in stores? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/23 "2004-05-12T17:36:56Z")
**Sid** …check your local Von’s. They carry Pico Pica here in SoCal. Look in the Mexican Foods aisle, next to the Ortega’s Taco Sauce. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/24 "2004-05-12T18:34:29Z")
I’m a big fan of **Tapatio** , which seems to be quite popular with my town’s Mexican population as well. At least, it’s made available at every taco truck and almost every Mexican restaurant here. One of my Mexican friends gave me a bottle of **Cholula** , and I really like that, too. The Tapatio is quite a bit saltier than the Cholula I notice - 110mg/serving compared to 20mg/serving. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/25 "2004-05-12T19:32:14Z")
> [@Siddhartha Vicious](#): > > I’m currently in love with Cholula. It’s fantastic. It seems as if many stores don’t carry it, though. Cholula is very good - nice fruity flavor. I am also a big fan of Melinda’s Habanero sauce, and Tiger Sauce (not strictly a hot sauce, more of a fruity/spicy meat sauce.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/26 "2004-05-12T19:46:55Z")
[Tiger Sauce](http://www.luzianne.com/template_buy_product.cfm?ID=64&) Wondersauce. ---
**Author:** ![bat312](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bat312](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bat312)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/27 "2004-05-12T19:49:09Z")
I enjoy Walkerswood Hot Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce, very flavorful but with a real good kick. I also keep a bottle of Dave’s Insanity Sauce around to fix up the sauces that are not hot enough. A small bottle lasts me at least a year. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/28 "2004-05-12T20:11:23Z")
Sriracha is definitely good stuff. It’s essential for making spicy tuna rolls. I’m also partial to the basic red Tobasco on my omlette, but the smell drives my wife nuts so I have to refrain. For hotter stuff, Dave’s Insanity is, well, insane, but tastes good. There’s also Pain is Good, which uses habaneros and carrots for an interesting flavor. This is salsa rather than hot sauce, but Herdez makes a variety of good stuff, much better than Pace or Old El Paso. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/29 "2004-05-12T20:12:17Z")
[QUOTE=bat312] I enjoy Walkerswood Hot Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce, very flavorful but with a real good kick. QUOTE] Wow. I just love the name. I think they probably could’ve gotten in at least three more adjectives, though. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/30 "2004-05-12T20:46:21Z")
The Tobasco Chipotle sauce is my favorite, but this [Frontera Grill chipotle hot sauce](http://www.fronterakitchens.com/shopping/food/frontera/hot_sauces/12010) is running neck and neck with the Tobasco right now. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/31 "2004-05-12T22:34:57Z")
I will be shortly be buying some Tabasco Chipotle and Cholula upon the recommendations of this thread! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/32 "2004-05-13T13:04:48Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I dearly love El Yucateco red. I’m well aware that the green packs more oomph but the red tastes better. I am a huge fan of Yucateco Green - it is pretty much all I use. I go to [www.mohotta.com](http://www.mohotta.com) - that’s Mo Hotta, Mo Betta’s web site - and by it by the case. All the ones you folks have mentioned are there - it is a great site. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/33 "2004-05-13T13:30:29Z")
One of the few things I liked about Rochester (NY) were the tiny eateries that served chicken with hot sauce – a unique hot sauce I haven’t found anywhere else. Smitty’s (now gone), Country Sweet Chicken and Ribs, Sal’s Birdland. You can buy sauce from the latter two over the internet now, along with the similar “Boss Sauce”. (You used to be able to get Smitty’s sauce bottled, too.) A weird sweet + hot sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/34 "2004-05-13T13:38:05Z")
I’m a fan of good olde Franks Red Hot, it’s not all that hot, and pretty vinegary, but I like vinegar, so there! 😛 (puts Tabasco Chipotle on the shopping list) ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/35 "2004-05-13T13:40:04Z")
My favorite is Cholula, hands down. I also like Crystal. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/36 "2004-05-13T22:29:24Z")
[http://www.sammcgees.com/storegen/C202\_51.html](http://www.sammcgees.com/storegen/C202_51.html) This stuff should be outlawed its so friggin hot. I can only use a half of a teaspoon or I’d be on the toliet for days. I put it on everything. Chilli, hotdogs, sandwiches, soups, etc… I will probably get an ulcer later in life as a result, but its soooo goood. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/37 "2004-05-14T06:39:24Z")
Currently in the house: Tabasco reg (old standby…good with chili) Tapatio (not crazy about it) Mongolian Fire Oil (not too hot and has a funny aftertaste. Good on eggs, tho) Frank’s Buffalo Wing sauce (yummy & vinagary. Great on all types of chicken) El Yucateco red (mmmmm…hot) Sriracha (my personal fave. Great on everything from brats to pizza to rice) **goes to kitchen, returns with stale Doritos and Sriracha** and I can hardly imagine mac & cheese without crushed red pepper flakes. OT but has anyone tried the Shake&Bake buffalo wing mix? I was pretty impressed, even thought I had to fortify it with extra hot sauce (I’m used to doing that :)) ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/38 "2004-05-14T20:29:52Z")
Here’s another Old School vote for **Tabasco** , the pride of Avery Island, LA. BTW, I would support a constitutional amendment that outlawed the manufacture, importation or sale of Texas Pete sauce. Criminy, that stuff sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/39 "2004-05-15T06:02:33Z")
Here’s one I bet no one would have thought of. I like the stuff they give you at Wendy’s to put in their chili. What I like about it is that it has no flavor, only heat. It doesn’t change the taste of the chili, just makes it hotter. A place I used to work at had a hot sauce bar in the cafeteria. Unfortunately, they switched me to a shift where my lunch was after the cafeteria closed so I would usually get a salad on my break to have for lunch. But I remember a sauce called “Kiss me in the Dark” which I was fond of. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-hot-sauce/244703/40 "2004-05-15T08:25:52Z")
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