Hot Sauces, Ranked
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1 min readJul 11, 2017
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
- Cholula
Dane A. Wisher is based in Brooklyn.