The best hot sauces you can buy
The top 3 according to 46 votes from people: Tabasco · Valentina · Cholula. (Updated Jul 3, 2023.)
Widely available hot sauces that chefs and blind taste tests (Uproxx, Paste, Saveur) rank highest. Mostly about flavour, not just heat.
Top 12
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1
Tabasco
McIlhenny's aged tabasco pepper sauce from Avery Island, Louisiana, since 1868.
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2
Valentina
Mexican sauce with puya chillies, rich and mildly hot; chefs' top pick.
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3
Cholula
Árbol and piquín chillies with a wooden cap, the most versatile.
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4
Crystal
Cayenne-forward Louisiana sauce, less vinegary than Tabasco.
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5
Truff
Hot sauce with black truffle, a gourmet favourite.
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6
Melinda's Original Habanero
Carrot-based habanero sauce from Belize-inspired recipe.
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7
Lao Gan Ma Chili Crisp
Chinese crispy chilli oil with fermented soybeans, a cult condiment.
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8
Huy Fong Sriracha
The rooster bottle created by David Tran in Los Angeles in 1980.
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9
Tapatío
Los Angeles-made Mexican-style sauce with the sombrero man.
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10
El Yucateco Habanero
Fiery green or red habanero sauce from Yucatán.
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11
Marie Sharp's Fiery Hot
Belizean habanero and carrot sauce.
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12
Frank's RedHot
Cayenne sauce that was used in the first Buffalo wings.
Candidates
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13
Secret Aardvark Habanero
Portland sauce with roasted tomatoes and habanero.
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Comments (1)
Valentina at #1, the people's hot sauce.