Hot Sauces, Ranked

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Photo by Asit K. Ghosh (CC BY-SA 3.0)

A list in ranked list form of fairly ubiquitous, commercial hot sauces found in US restaurants

25. Generic Chinese takeout hot sauce

24. Taco Bell Border Sauce Mild

23. Frank’s Red Hot Xtra Hot

22. Frank’s Red Hot

21. Taco Bell Border Sauce Hot

20. Texas Pete

19. Louisiana

18. Valentina

17. Trappey’s

16. Taco Bell Border Sauce Fire

15. Crystal Extra Hot

14. Cholula Chipotle

13. Huy Fong Chili Sauce

12. Crystal

11. Dave’s Insanity Sauce

10. El Yucateco

9. Huy Fong Sriracha

8. Cholula Green Pepper

7. Tabasco Chipotle

6. Tabasco Habanero

5. Tabasco Green

4. El Yucateco Verde

3. Tapatio

2. Tabasco

1. Cholula

Dane A. Wisher is based in Brooklyn.