Food and Drink CBS NEWS: Hot Sauces Ranked By Heat - Page 2

listopencil · 06-04-2017, 10:43 PM

Hot sauces, ranked by heat:
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/hot-...d_id=61806652/

The listicle goes from one to twenty nine, even though they are listed as 1-30 with number 30 missing. Here are a few of my favorites from the list that I have tried and enjoyed over the years-other than that last one. I have never tried the stuff but I want to cook with it at some point, before I'm so old that it will kill me. The article has pics to jog your memory. Click on it to see them.

- 26. Taco Bell Fire Sauce
- This is the hottest sauce served in packets at the popular taco chain. It has 500 SHU... nowhere near the top of the scale.
- Credit: Tacobell via Instagram
- 24. Valentina Salsa Picante
- Valentina Salsa is just starting to gain popularity in the United States, but it's the best-selling hot sauce in Mexico. It brings 900 SHU.
- Credit: SalsaValentina via Facebook
- 19. Valentina Salas Picanto - Extra Hot
- Valentina's spicier version delivers 2,100 SHU — more than double the heat of its original.
- Credit: SalsaValentina via Facebook
- 18. Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Sauce
- Sriracha creator David Tran said he set out to "make a rich man's sauce at a poor man's price."
- The company has never advertised its products, but in 2010, Tran had to open a 650,000-square-foot facility to keep up with demand. Sriracha clocks in at 2,200 SHU.
- Credit: Huyfongfoods via Instagram
- 14. Tabasco Original Hot Sauce
- The ubiquitous hot sauce has up to 5,000 SHU.
- Credit: Tabasco via Instagram
- 8. Dave’s Ultimate Insanity Hot Sauce
- Dave's Gourmet recommends you use this sauce "one drop at a time." It boasts 250,000 SHU.
- Credit: DavesGourmet via Facebook
- 1. Blair’s 16 Million Reserve
- The hottest hot sauce isn't really a sauce at all. It's packaged pure capsaicin crystals (the chemical compound that makes peppers hot), and is "not to be consumed or even opened without using extreme caution."
- As the name suggests, it clocks in at 16,000,000 SHU.
- Credit: BlairsDeathSauce via Facebook

**Gonzo** · 06-05-2017, 11:09 AM

A former friend of mine and I went out drinking and he bragged that he could eat anything spicy. I ordered wings with Daves Insanity on them and instructed the waiter to make sure they weren't watered down at all.

He ate three of them. The kicker was that he had a shaved head and touched his forehead after eating them. Had a nice burn mark there. What's better is when he went to take a piss and he thought he washed his hands well enough. He had to go directly home and sit in a tub for a while.

**srvy** · 06-05-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Food should not hurt.

This

Tapatio is my speed never cared for the hot sauce that has a overpowering vinegar taste like Tabasco. I was surprised by Crystal I have used it in restaurants didnt know it was that hot.

Holladay · 06-05-2017, 01:04 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EZf...1dOZWSZzUSadfZ

First We Feast "Hot Ones" Video of Travis Kelce completing the board. Funny as hell. He is the only one not to drink water or milk. Definitely worth a watch.

I bought their sauce and is quite good.

**wazu** · 06-05-2017, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dlphg9

What's the point of the 16 million reserve if it's not supposed to be eaten?

It says without using "extreme caution". To me any caution at all means don't go near it.

philfree · 06-05-2017, 03:18 PM

I put a couple drops of Dave's Insanity Sauce in some ham and beans once and I ended up standing at the sink with the sprayer in my mouth. That stuff is to hot to eat and could probably cause some internal damage if you consumed very much of it.

TLO · 06-05-2017, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by scorpio

Maybe you should focus on not being a loser instead of talking shit on the internet.

Probably not gonna happen Big Chief

**Rain Man** · 06-05-2017, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by gblowfish

Food should not hurt.

No kidding. That Taco Bell sauce is way too hot for my tastes.

philfree · 06-05-2017, 04:35 PM

Speaking of hot sauce. I came across this last year and tried with some jalapenos I grew and they had turned red. In the end I think I put much vinegar in it. I'm going to try it again this year except this year I planted serano and habanero peppers along with the jalapenos.

https://youtu.be/vgK3EpXROks

How do I embed these days?

GloucesterChief · 06-05-2017, 04:50 PM

Chipotle cholula for me. The chipotle Texas Pete was really good too but it seems to be not be made anymore.

DanT · 06-05-2017, 04:52 PM

When I was a college freshman, back in 1988-89, I guzzled about 8 ounces of Tabasco in a very short amount of time and then went a long amount of time without any food or drink in order to win a challenge from my dormitory housemates. I forget the exact details, but the short amount of time was 10 seconds or so and the longer time was either 20 or 30 minutes. The amount of Tabasco was what remained in a partially used 12-ounce "food service" bottle, which was about two-thirds full.

It was fairly easy money. I only made $28, but that was nice to have. The challenge came at the end of a spaghetti dinner in the dormitory. The dinner included some Italian bread, which somehow led to a discussion of food bets--there's a famous challenge where the consumer had to down a slice of Wonder Bread in 60 seconds without aid of beverage, something much harder than it sounds. Anyway, I did this in front of about 20 witnesses or so. (This was at the University of Chicago.) About 15 years later, I learned that the supposed Tabasco Sauce world record was some piddlin' amount, something like 2 2.75 ounce bottles, which I easily beat. However, when I drank the bottle, I first removed the stopper, whereas the Guinness record holders sucked the sauce through the stoppers, on TV, which would be harder. I'm sure the actual world record is way higher than what Guinness thinks it is, but it was probably witnessed by just some friends being silly.

Anyway, even though I like hot sauce, I don't see much point in having hot sauce so hot that it can't be used liberally over the food. If a drop or two is too hot to enjoy, what's the point? I like to use lots of hot sauce, preferably stuff with some flavor. I like Franks Red Hot and Tabasco. I'm starting to like Cholula and Tapatio, which are common in California and which I used to think were not flavorful. Sriacha is good, too, though I use it slightly differently than the other kinds of hot sauce.

**mdchiefsfan** · 06-05-2017, 05:05 PM

Crystal is my go to. I put it on everything from chili to biscuit and sausage gravy.

DanT · 06-05-2017, 05:13 PM

Here's a link to a video of the supposed World Record in 2007, about 4 ounces in 30 seconds, a much lower volume and rate than what I did in 1989 or so, though in my case there was not a stopper on the bottle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60mABHsSxM

bdj23 · 06-05-2017, 05:50 PM

I love spicy food.

Mrs. Renfro's ghost pepper salsa is my go to snack.

Frazod · 06-05-2017, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BDj23

I love spicy food.

Mrs. Renfro's ghost pepper salsa is my go to snack.

I still love it, but it doesn't love me. Tabasco's about as hot as I go these days.

Crapping fireballs the next day lost it's alure for me a long time ago.

listopencil · 06-05-2017, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Frazod

Actually Taco Bell has a new sauce called "Diablo" in a black packet. It's fairly hot. For real.

I have had that. I think it is discontinued.

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06-05-2017, 01:04 PM	#18
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06-05-2017, 03:18 PM	#20
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06-05-2017, 04:35 PM	#23
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06-05-2017, 04:50 PM	#24
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06-05-2017, 04:52 PM	#25
DanT Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Davis, CA Casino cash: $4391711	When I was a college freshman, back in 1988-89, I guzzled about 8 ounces of Tabasco in a very short amount of time and then went a long amount of time without any food or drink in order to win a challenge from my dormitory housemates. I forget the exact details, but the short amount of time was 10 seconds or so and the longer time was either 20 or 30 minutes. The amount of Tabasco was what remained in a partially used 12-ounce "food service" bottle, which was about two-thirds full. It was fairly easy money. I only made $28, but that was nice to have. The challenge came at the end of a spaghetti dinner in the dormitory. The dinner included some Italian bread, which somehow led to a discussion of food bets--there's a famous challenge where the consumer had to down a slice of Wonder Bread in 60 seconds without aid of beverage, something much harder than it sounds. Anyway, I did this in front of about 20 witnesses or so. (This was at the University of Chicago.) About 15 years later, I learned that the supposed Tabasco Sauce world record was some piddlin' amount, something like 2 2.75 ounce bottles, which I easily beat. However, when I drank the bottle, I first removed the stopper, whereas the Guinness record holders sucked the sauce through the stoppers, on TV, which would be harder. I'm sure the actual world record is way higher than what Guinness thinks it is, but it was probably witnessed by just some friends being silly. Anyway, even though I like hot sauce, I don't see much point in having hot sauce so hot that it can't be used liberally over the food. If a drop or two is too hot to enjoy, what's the point? I like to use lots of hot sauce, preferably stuff with some flavor. I like Franks Red Hot and Tabasco. I'm starting to like Cholula and Tapatio, which are common in California and which I used to think were not flavorful. Sriacha is good, too, though I use it slightly differently than the other kinds of hot sauce. Last edited by DanT; 06-05-2017 at 05:00 PM..
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06-05-2017, 05:13 PM	#27
DanT Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Davis, CA Casino cash: $4391711	Here's a link to a video of the supposed World Record in 2007, about 4 ounces in 30 seconds, a much lower volume and rate than what I did in 1989 or so, though in my case there was not a stopper on the bottle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60mABHsSxM
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