Best hot sauce on Reddit

809 reviews from r/hotsauce, r/Cooking, r/CannedSardines and 6 more subreddits
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#1

Tabasco

4.5
(152)
"Tabasco"
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"Og tabasco goes really well on pizza."
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"Tabasco, it has a little bite to it."
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"I put Tabasco on Dominoes last night and it was amazing."
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"Smoked Chipotle Tabasco"
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"Tabasco Chipotle."
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"I use Scorpion Tabasco whenever I eat pizza or fried eggs/hashbrowns."
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"Tabasco cayenne garlic"
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"I just picked up Habanero Tabasco at HEB for $2.18 which is a heck of a deal for one of the best hot sauces out there."
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"Tabasco Habanero has become my every day sauce."
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#2

Cholula

4.6
(72)
"Regular cholula, or any kind of just straight cayenne hot sauce."
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"Cholula."
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"Cholula."
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"Cholula"
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"I love Cholula."
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"I'm seeing many a Cholula and Frank's in here. Excellent choice lads."
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"My favorite is cholula."
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"All around best, availability, versatility, flavor - original cholula."
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"My favorite all-purpose sauce is the green Cholula."
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"Cholula and it's not even close"
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#3

Valentina

4.6
(57)
"Very good"
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"Valentina."
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"Valentina black label or anything from el yucateco."
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"Black label valentina."
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"Valentina negro"
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"Valentina's extra hot, we're not talking about the best, we're talking about the day to day goat."
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"Valentina"
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"Valentina Is my favorite"
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"Black label Valentina."
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"Made the switch from tapatío at the recommendation of one of my 11th graders last year."
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#4

Crystal

4.6
(46)
"Crystal"
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"It would be Crystal or Louisiana hot sauce."
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"Crystal with garlic"
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"Crystal Extra Hot"
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"Crystal sauce."
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"The correct answer is Crystal."
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"Crystal or marie sharps nopla"
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"Crystal"
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"I could drink it straight"
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"Crystal. No question"
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#5

Tapatio

4.5
(42)
"Tapatio."
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"Tapatio. Thats honestly just what i do now"
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"Tapatio"
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"Tapatio"
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"Tapatio. No question"
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"Tapatio for life!"
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"Tapatio Easily my all time favorite"
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"Team Tapatio. There's so many good sauces but Tapatio is my og fave, couldn't imagine life without him"
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"Right now I would say Tapatio"
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"For the nostalgia almost more than the flavour."
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#6

Melinda's

4.8
(40)
"Melinda's Ghost Pepper Wing Sauce is pretty damn good."
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"I love Melinda's buffalo ghost on wings."
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"Very good"
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"That's my favorite Melinda's for everything."
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"Melinda’s make one called 'pizza hot sauce'."
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"I also love Melinda’s Ghost Pepper Wing Sauce on pizza."
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"Melinda's Pizza Hot Sauce."
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"Melinda's pizza hot sauce, of course (and crystal)"
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"Melinda's Pizza Hot Sauce. I'm not a 'hot sauce on pizza' guy, but after trying the sampler bottle, it's really, really good on pizza!"
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"Any of melindas"
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#7

El Yucateco

4.8
(36)
"Very good"
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"Green El Yucateco"
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"Yucateco XXX"
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"El yucateco green habanero."
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"Yucateco Caribbean"
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"Blows my socks off every time."
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"A big ass bottle of El Yucateco Caribbean."
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"El yucateco habenero"
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"El yucateco Xxxtra hot or Secret aardvark… I can’t pick!"
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"El Yucateco XXX. Pretty hot but such a good flavor."
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#8

Frank's

4.6
(37)
"NOTHING BEATS FRANKS HOT."
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"Franks - I put that $#!+ on everything…"
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"Frank's hot sauce, or Melinda's."
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"Frank's"
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"Franks"
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"I bought a couple gallons of Frank's a couple years ago and I have no regrets."
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"Frank's 1, cholula 2"
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"Franks"
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"Franks"
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"Franks, I put that 💩 on everything 😂"
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#9

Marie Sharp's

4.6
(30)
"Very good"
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"Marie Sharp Belizean Heat"
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"Probably Marie sharp’s belizean heat."
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"Marie Shapes Belizean."
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"1. Marie Sharp's"
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"Marie Sharps Beware."
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"Any of the Marie Sharp sauces for eggs."
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"Marie Sharp’s. It’s been my favorite for years."
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"Marie Sharp's Nopal Green Habanero"
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"Belizean Heat Marie Sharps has me by the short and curly’s!"
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#10

Secret Aardvark

4.7
(29)
"Secret Aardvark OG"
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"I really enjoy Secret Aardvark on pizza."
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"Secret Aardvark Habanero"
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"Secret Aardvark Habanero"
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"Secret Aardvark!!"
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"I love me some Secret Aardvark everything. Their jerk sauce is just aiight, but everything else is fantastic."
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"If you're able to get it, Secret Aardvark from Portland is one of my favorites."
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"I think I've decided that Secret Aardvark is the most versatile sauce. If it's just one, that's it."
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"I guess Secret Aardvark, it goes well with a whole lot of different things."
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"Secret Aardvark"
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#11

Sriracha

4.2
(29)
"Sriracha is really good with beef and rice."
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"Sriracha is solid."
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"Sriracha. I catch myself taking swigs"
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"Sriracha. It’s the best."
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"Easy"
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"Sriracha"
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"Sriracha is my favorite on pizza."
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"Siracha, Tapatio & on rare occasions Tiger Sauce."
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"Siracha or valentina"
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"Sriracha is my go-to."
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#12

Texas Pete

4.5
(26)
"Texas Pete Or Louisiana hot sauce "
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"Texas Pete"
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"Texas Pete all day."
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"I’ve used Texas Pete my whole life and will never switch."
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"Texas Pete"
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"It's what I grew up on."
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"Texas Pete because I'm from North Carolina..I have to pick it"
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"1. Texas Pete’s 2 Franks 3. Sriracha"
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"I love texas pete or some hot honey"
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"Texas Pete"
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#13

Yellowbird

4.4
(19)
"Currently going through bottles of Yellowbird Habanero"
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"Yellowbird serrano is great"
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"Yellow Bird Ghost Pepper."
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"Yellow bird hab is my favorite but i just picked up melinda’s ghost and that may replace it"
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"Yellow bird habanero sauce, you can get it Whole Foods, Sundance."
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"Yellowbird Habanero or Secret Aardvark habanero"
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"Yellowbird habenero."
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"Yellow Bird habanero. It's my daily driver."
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"Yellowbird is a Texas hot sauce."
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"Yellowbird Habanero."
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#14

Yellow Bird

4.6
(17)
"Yellow Bird Sriracha or Serrano."
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"Yellowbird Habanero"
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"Yellow Bird Habanero"
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"Yellow bird habanero"
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"Yellowbird Habanero is SO good."
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"Yellowbird habanero is a great general use one."
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"Yellowbird habanero. It’s an everything sauce—perfect heat; good with Mexican food, pizza, breakfast."
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"Yellowbird Habanero. Never get tired of it."
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"Yellow bird habanero."
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"So tasty!"
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#15

Louisiana

4.6
(16)
"Louisiana slaps with beef and rice"
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"Louisiana, Crystal, Frank’s, tiger sauce, pickapepper mango, tapatio, el yucateco, and Valentina are a few of my favorites."
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"Louisiana"
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"Louisiana is the best. Red Dot for life."
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"Louisiana"
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"Louisiana, followed by Cholula"
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"Louisiana"
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"Louisiana, need that vinegar kick"
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"Louisiana is a good one too."
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"Louisiana."
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#16

Torchbearer

4.5
(16)
"Anything from Torchbearer, Karma Sauce, and/or Queen Majesty."
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"Torchbearer Garlic Reaper"
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"Torchbearer's Garlic Reaper is my current favorite for taste + heat."
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"Torchbearer Garlic Reaper by itself, or Tabasco Scorpion/Elijah's Regret Reserve paired with a generous slathering of mayo!"
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"Some good ones: Torchbearer Garlic Reaper, The Rapture, Ultimate Annihilation."
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"Torchbearer Garlic Reaper."
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"Torchbearer garlic reaper for sure."
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"Either Torchbearer Garlic Reaper or their sweet onion habanero."
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"Torchbearer garlic reaper. Just use a dab and spread it around."
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"Torchbearer uses oil in many of their superhots, which I tell myself lets it binds to the grease for max delivery."
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#17

Marie Sharps

4.6
(13)
"Yall sleeping on Marie Sharps"
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"Marie Sharpes"
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"Marie Sharps OG."
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"You need some Marie Sharps in your life."
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"Marie Sharp’s Fiery Hot"
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"Some kind of Marie Sharps"
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"Marie Sharps Fiery Hot"
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"Marie Sharps"
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#18

Aardvark

4.7
(11)
"I like Aardvark and Cholula the best."
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"I like aardvark, valentina black, and tapatio."
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"Gimme the Ardvark."
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"Of those? Aardvark."
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"Aardvark all day!"
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"Aardvark."
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"Aardvark and Los Calientes are the first tier of this group."
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"Big fan of Aardvarks in pizza"
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"Aardvark, local habenero hot bombness"
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"But of course it depends on what the sauce is going on."
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#19

Huy Fong

4.5
(11)
"I prefer genuine Sriacha."
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"Huy Fong Siracha sauce"
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"Sriracha"
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"Currently Huy-Fong 😋"
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"Huy Fong chili-garlic sauce is my go-to every time!"
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"Huy Fong Sriracha. It's the best one I've had."
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"Huy fong sriracha."
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"Huy Fong Sriracha"
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"If there was no supply shortage, Huy Fong Sriracha."
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"The classic Huy Fong sriracha or right now one of my favorite is Los Calientes Rojo."
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#20

Garlic Reaper

4.5
(8)
"Garlic reaper or Tabasco"
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"Garlic Reaper"
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"Either garlic reaper or senor lechuga 002."
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"Garlic Reaper is brutally hot and very tasty."
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"Garlic Reaper"
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"Probably Garlic Reaper. It's hot af for me, but I can always just use a couple drops and it's still delicious."
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"Garlic reaper or Tabasco"
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#21

Queen Majesty

4.7
(7)
"Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet and Ginger."
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"Queens Majesty either Habanero Coffee or Scotch Bonnet Ginger."
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"Queen majesty scotch bonnet and ginger"
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"Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet"
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"I just bought a full box of “queen majesty scotch bonnet” a dozen 15oz bottles."
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"I was blown away by how delicious the Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet and Ginger is."
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"I’d put Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet and Ginger on almost anything."
#22

Mike's

4.5
(6)
"Mike’s Hot Honey."
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"Mikes hot honey"
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"Mikes hot honey"
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"Mikes hot honey"
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"Depends on the pizza but Mike's hot honey (extra hot) is pretty good"
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"It's not hot sauce but Mike's Hot Honey"
#23

Pain Is Good

4.5
(6)
"Very good"
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"Pain Is Good - https://www.reddit.com/r/hotsauce/s/GXYLdcY7Ay"
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"Pain Is Good Habanero"
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"Pain Is Good."
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#24

Frank's Red Hot

4.8
(5)
"I honestly think Frank's Red Hot is the best."
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"Its franks red hot for stuff with spaghetti sauce or pizza."
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"Frank's."
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"Frank's Red Hot wins."
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"I would recommend something quite mild to start with, like a Frank’s Red Hot."
#25

Dirty Dick's

4.8
(5)
"Dirty Dick's hot sauce is a personal favourite and everyone I've introduced to it has become obsessed."
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"Dirty Dick's"
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"Probably Dirty Dick's."
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"Dirty Dick’s!"
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"Dirty Dick's!"
#26

Firelli

4.4
(5)
"I’m fond of this one on pizza, very complimentary"
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"Firelli"
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"Firelli."
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"Check out Firelli. It’s an Italian hot sauce."
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"Firelli is great, as is the Frank's Red Hot Honey sauce"
#27

Adoboloco

5.0
(4)
"Tossup between Hamajang by Adoboloco or XXX Salsa de kutbil ik De habanero by Yucateco."
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"Adoboloco Hamajang is the best on pizza."
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"Adoboloco Hamajang is the one."
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"Adoboloco Hamajang (or Fiya Fiya)"
#28

Exhorresco

5.0
(4)
"Exhoressco from Burns and McCoy"
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"Exhorresco, with the 7 pot primo pepper"
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"My two favorite 'very hot with good flavor' sauces"
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#29

Cry Baby Craig's

5.0
(4)
"Cry Baby Craig's"
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"[Cry Baby Craig's](https://crybabycraigs.com/shop/#!/3-Pack-Cry-Baby-Craigs/p/523106657)"
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"Cry baby Craig’s hands down!! Google it."
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"Cry Baby Craig's"
#30

Tapatio Hot Sauce

4.3
(4)
"Tapatio."
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"Red Pepper Flakes/Jalapenos, if I don't have those then I will use Tapatio and Green Cholula."
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"Tapatio"
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"Tapatio. It's very versatile."
#31

Tiger Sauce

4.3
(4)
"Tiger sauce."
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"Tiger Sauce, it's not hot but it's 10/10 on pizza."
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"I love tiger sauce on smoked muscles."
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"Tiger Sauce & Humble House Ancho/Morita for pizza."
#32

Frank's RedHot

4.3
(4)
"My go to is always franks red hot for plain beef and rice"
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"Franks Red Hot... I like a lot of hot sauces but Franks never gets old."
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"Just regular old Franks red hot sauce"
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"I have franks pretty much exclusively for breakfast foods."
#33

Yucateco

5.0
(3)
"Yucateco XXX. Hot, but the flavor is so good!"
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"Yucateco XXX."
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#34

Heartbeat

4.7
(3)
"Very good"
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"Heartbeat makes some great shit."
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"I like Heartbeat and Yellowbird for habanero."
#35

Paulman Acre

4.3
(3)
"Paulman Acre Fermented Garlic"
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"Paulman Acre Fermented Garlic."
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#36

Pico Pica

4.3
(3)
"Pico Pica."
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"Pico Pica. It goes on everything and has a unique but versatile flavor."
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#37

Dirty Dicks

4.3
(3)
"Dirty dicks wins this category, every time."
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"Anything that comes out of Dirty Dicks"
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"Dirty dicks and any pineapple habanero sauce that is worth something."
#38

Tapatío

4.0
(3)
"Tapatío is my everyday salsa picante"
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#39

Da Bomb

5.0
(2)
"Da bomb."
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"Love that stuff."
#40

Gator Hammock

5.0
(2)
"Gator Hammock Gator Sauce is my new favorite pizza go to."
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"Gator Hammock’s Gator Sauce is a staple for me."
#41

Nando's

5.0
(2)
"Very good"
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#42

Reaper Squeezins

5.0
(2)
"Reaper squeezins"
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"Chocolate Plague or Reaper Squeezins"
#43

Grace

5.0
(2)
"Grace Hot Pepper Sauce!! Makes everything better 🔥🔥🔥"
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"Easily, Grace Hot Pepper Sauce."
#44

Hot Honey

5.0
(2)
"I love hot honey on pizza."
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"Hot Honey"
#45

Matouk's

5.0
(2)
"Matouk's"
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"Matouk's! I love that stuff!"
#46

Smokin' Marie

4.5
(2)
"Smokin Marie"
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"Probably Smokin Marie for more versatility."
#47

Yucateco XXX

4.5
(2)
"Yucateco is always a favorite for me. Either the XXX Mayan or the Caribbean"
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"Sriracha would probably be my move or Yucateco XXX"
#48

Arizona Gunslinger

4.5
(2)
"Arizona Gunslinger is a must"
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"Arizona Gunslinger is probably my favorite."
#49

Fly by Jing

4.5
(2)
"Fly by Jing - Sichuan Chili Crisp"
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"Fly By Jing Sichuan Chili Crisp if we're playing fast and loose with what can count as a 'hot sauce'."
#50

Mike's Hot Honey

4.5
(2)
"Mikes hot honey is ridiculously good on pizza."
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#51

Melinda

4.0
(2)
"Melinda"
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"I'd pick Melinda."

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