Favorite hot sauce?

[BaBaBlacksheep]

I was raised on the shit. Nothing else comes close IMO. I'll even buy a bottle to leave at friends houses if I know they're not Tabasco people.

 

[ytsejam]

I’ll check it out, Thanks!

Any good crushed red pepper you recommend? The best I have is from one of my good buds who has a farm and his family grounds their own fresh pepper recipe. But I’m running low and had some really shitty red pepper products

These guys make some really good stuff:
http://volcanicpeppers.com/volcano-dust/

Volcano Dust #2 is probably my favorite.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

I like franks hot sauce

Taste so damn good you really can put it on everything. Doritos, pizza, chicken......

Franks + butter and extra spices for wings, Cholula for everything else.

 

[Fatman LOU]

Franks + butter and extra spices for wings, Cholula for everything else.

I agree 100 % . Working With Mexicans for 30 years in the construction industry, Cholula was the only hot sauce they would bring to work.

 

[Crystallas]

Just to add: http://quakersteak.authenticmerch.com/product/buckeye-bbq-sauce/

 

[DC]

I know it's not an underground hot sauce, but I love Cholula. Love it on fried chicken, biscuits n gravy, and eggs.

 

[Tater]

Franks + butter and extra spices for wings, Cholula for everything else.

Huge fan of Cholula here. @Desparado - I used to grow cayenne, hang them for a couple months from a thread (use a needle to string them together) to dry them out, and then crush them up in a plastic baggie. Made for some great red pepper flakes. The cayennes are very easy to grow. The trees got too tall around here so not much sunlight available.

 

[BearFanJohn]

Cholula, Franks (esp for wings), occasionally Tabasco.

 

[nvanprooyen]

Big fan of cholula too as an every day sauce.

 

[LordKOTL]

Tabasco when I want it mild.

Sriracha hen I want it medium

Bohabanero when I want it hot.

The Final Answer when I want to set the world on fire.

 

[Ares]

Cholula green pepper.... good stuff

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Cholula green pepper.... good stuff

Never tried that. Will cop.

What do you mainly use it on?

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Never tried that. Will cop.

What do you mainly use it on?

Food

 

[Ares]

Never tried that. Will cop.

What do you mainly use it on?

Usually my eggs/hashbrowns.

I've also used it in a bowl of chili if I make the chili real mild.

 

[brett05]

Impossible for me to pick a favorite. So many great hot sauces out there ranging from mild, to burn your face off. It also really depends on what I'm eating it on / with. I guess if I had to pick one that was versatile, with enough heat and a good flavor profile...it would have to be good old sriracha. Great on practically everything, but there are definitely better options for specific food / cuisine types.

I'd add to this and say the best ones are the ones you make yourself.

 

[brett05]

I don't have much of a preference, but is there a bad hot sauce out there?

Yes, any of the vinegar based ones. They are awful.

 

[HeHateMe]

Yes, any of the vinegar based ones. They are awful.

Tobasco is awful? Franks is awful? What?

 

[brett05]

Tobasco is awful? Franks is awful? What?

Yes, the vinegar overpowers the flavor

 

[brett05]

If you like vinegar, go for it. I don't.

 

[HeHateMe]

If you like vinegar, go for it. I don't.

okay.