It’s time to bring the heat! Hot sauce lovers, better known as chili heads, have a deep craving for the spice of life. To them, everything is better with hot sauce! They seek sauces that will blister taste buds and made from sadistically named chilies like the ghost, scorpion and Carolina Reaper. To measure the hotness of each sauce they look to the scoville scale which measures heat levels in terms of a jalapeno. However, behind the bragging rights of consuming liquid fire you’ll find tons of hidden flavors hidden in these hot sauces that can add a little extra kick to almost any food. Hot sauce is a big business and as such, there’s a massive glut of hot sauces on the market from the brand name to the gourmet to the diabolical. Which is why we made our list of the best hot sauces for hot sauce lovers.
1. Da Bomb Beyond Insanity Hot Sauce
Scoville Rating: 135,600!
One of the hottest hot sauces known to man, Da Bomb is a true SMD (Sauce of Mass Destruction). A mixture of pure habaneros for heat combined with chipotle peppers and orange juice for a unique taste this is hot sauce is as delicious as it is dangerous. Consume with caution!
2. Secret Aardvark Habanero Sauce
Scoville Rating: 5,000
Talk to anybody in Portland and they will swear by this stuff. made with a mixture of tomatoes, habaneros and mustard this sauce is a unique blend of Tex-Mex and Caribbean flavors that is so tasty one bottle never lasts long, A smothering type sauce, Secret Aardvark goes great on wings but just kills it on pizzas. Do it. Try it. Thank us. You’re welcome.
3. Bravado Spice Hot Sauce
Scoville Rating: 28,000
Spicy ghost peppers combined with sweet blueberries? Sign us up please! Bravado’s fruity hot sauce adds a unique sweet heat to any dish with a peppery finish. A perfect complement for red meat venison, duck, pork, breakfast and of course and BBQ sauces. This is a sauce that delivers on taste, while still bringing the heat. Not a fan of blueberries? Try their pineapple
4. The General’s Hot Sauce Triple Threat
Scoville Rating: varied
Cover all the bases with this three pack of gourmet hot sauces. They’ll love the high concentration of peppers in the cayenne based “Dead Red” and “Marine Green”. But when you need to go to war don’t be afraid to pull the pin on the habanero based “Shock and Awe” sustained heat. A great gift for military vets and active service as a portion of the General’s are donated to military families!
5. Zombie Apocalypse Ghost Chili Hot Sauce
Scoville Rating: 500,000!
You’ll be the walking dead after one taste of this deadly hot sauce! Forget wimpy pepper extracts, because each bottle of Zombie Apocalypse comes made with sixteen, yes we said sixteen, whole ghost peppers! Make no mistake, this hot sauce hurts! But in the best way possible. A liquid blow torch.
6. Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet And Ginger Hot Sauce
Scoville Rating: 9,000
You and your friends have never tried a hot sauce quite like those from Queen Majesty before. Their scotch bonnet sauce is a delicious combination of ginger and lime creates something very similar to Caribbean jerk sauce but with a taste all its own. If you still are looking for the unique and unusual don’t miss a bottle of their red habanero and black coffee
7. The Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce
Scoville Rating: 1,200
Made exclusively with community grown Serrano peppers from New York, this special hot sauce is a perfect gift for those who love or miss the Big Apple. Made pure and without additives and preservatives a simple six ingredients is all it takes to deliver a flavorful sauce that goes great on poultry and fish.
8. Dirty Dick’s Hot Sauce
Scoville Rating: 21,000
There’s nothing dirty about this award-winning fruit flavored blend of raisins, bananas, and pineapples. Oh, and habanero peppers. This is hot sauce after all. Dirty Dick’s goes great in stir fry, on wings, and as a stand alone dipping sauce for the brave or the crazy. This sauce will surprise with its long lasting flavors. Enjoy.
9. Blair’s Death Sauce
Scoville Rating: 550,000!
Made with liquid rage, Blair’s Death Sauce is not for the timid. With a blazing hot half a million scovilles this sauce will knock you back on your ass if not careful. It’s mix of habanero’s cayenne and chiptole peppers are masked by a subtle hint of molasses for a sweetness you probably won’t even notice with your tongue on fire. Consume carefully.
10. Mad Dog 357 Gold Edition
Scoville Rating: 1,000,000!!!!
Consider the gold bullet around the neck of the bottle a warning. Mad Dog 357 Gold Edition is one of the hottest hot sauces known to man. With a mouth blistering 1,000,000 rating on the scoville scale this hot sauce will burn anybody’s tongue off. A combination of ghost, Carolina reaper and scorpion pepper extract this hot sauce is only for the most serious chili heads. You’ve been warned.