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subego · Feb 21, 2015, 06:10 PM

So, apparently there is:

Sweet & Spicy Tabasco
Tabasco Steak Sauce
Tabasco Mustard
Buffalo Tabasco
Teriyaki Tabasco
Tabasco Ketchup
Tabasco Salt

BadKosh · Feb 22, 2015, 08:32 AM

Tabasco Chipotle
Tabasco Habanero(which can burn twice)

subego · Feb 22, 2015, 08:58 AM

Those two at least, I've seen in the wild.

Cap'n Tightpants · Feb 22, 2015, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by BadKosh

Tabasco Habanero(which can burn twice)

I can testify to this burning twice.

Chongo · Feb 22, 2015, 01:35 PM

If it hasn't already been mentioned, Tabasco Jalapeño AKA Green Tabasco

subego · Feb 22, 2015, 02:02 PM

Oops... forgot that one. Also seen in the wild.

subego · Feb 22, 2015, 02:08 PM

My key "twice burnt" experience was from back when I cared about proving how tough I was.

We had a place with decent buffalo wings nearby. They had four heat levels: mild, medium, hot, and oh my gosh! This was the 80's so cleverness like that was still unusual.

Turns out, there was a secret fifth level: killer. Not listed on the menu, you had to know you could order it.

Actually doing so was a mistake.

Chongo · Feb 22, 2015, 02:32 PM

A coworker's brought a bottle of this to work:

This the back side.

This the story of whoa that happened. I went in after lunch to find Carlos kneeling over a garbage can barfing. He looked up long enough to tell me, "Get Mario" (ERT) They took him out a side door to the nurse, then to the ER. His BP was through the roof!. What I was told what happened was the owner of the above product was showing it in the break room. Mario put one drop on a chip and went pale, then hit the water fountain. Carlos went "yeah, right, then placed several drops on a chip. I can't remember if he acted like it didn't bother him. Dave's is what you add to a batch of chili or salsa and is not to put on pizza.

subego · Feb 22, 2015, 03:00 PM

I feel like Dave's was one of the original mass-marketed, blow your brains out hot sauces.

ShortcutToMoncton · Feb 22, 2015, 03:35 PM

I usually make my jerk sauce out of habanero peppers (used to be scotch bonnets, but over the past few years those are getting almost impossible to find in my neck of the proverbial woods...they're pretty similar). My jerk sauce is both tasty and out-of-subego's league spicy.

And it's the only time I wear disposable plastic gloves when preparing food...and toss them immediately after cutting. Even doing something like touching your ear after handling fresh-cut peppers will make it burn for an hour...a previously unnoticed paper cut is agony, and an accidental eye wipe will leave you seriously considering an ambulance call.

Chongo · Feb 22, 2015, 03:44 PM

I'm sure we all know someone this has happened to. A friend of the Mrs was making dinner and asked her hubby to cut up some serranos. He cleaned his hands off, but not well enough. They got a little frisky and you can guess what happened next.

BadKosh · Feb 22, 2015, 04:48 PM

Dave's IS NOT A HOT SAUCE, it is to be used as a tiny ingredient in other dishes. I wear both gloves and goggles. I wash my hands in lacquer thinner, then a strong detergent after. One drop in a gallon of chili is almost too hot.

Chongo · Feb 22, 2015, 05:04 PM

WTF! a gallon of "Ultimate Insanity"?

It would take decades to use that much!

subego · Feb 22, 2015, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by BadKosh

Dave's IS NOT A HOT SAUCE, it is to be used as a tiny ingredient in other dishes. I wear both gloves and goggles. I wash my hands in lacquer thinner, then a strong detergent after. One drop in a gallon of chili is almost too hot.

To be fair, it says "sauce" on the bottle, and what you describe sounds hot.

Cap'n Tightpants · Feb 23, 2015, 02:39 AM

In the class of "sauces that are barely tolerable for regular use" is Scorned Woman, it's very spicy but still has a nice pepper flavor. A few drops on your eggs at breakfast is a great eye-opener. Outside that class is Endorphine Rush which is really just for making large batches of chili and novelty use, it's about the hottest natural sauce I've ever tried.

My issue with Tabasco Habanero is that I didn't think it was very hot, at first, so I kept adding more to my fajitas (must have been ~1tsp each). Well, before long I realized my mistake but it was too late, the next day I paid the price again and I doubt my rectum has forgiven me yet.

subego · Feb 23, 2015, 05:09 AM

I'm sure I've had some habanero snuck in somewhere, but I was just leaving my hot food phase when it became commonly considered the "hottest pepper", so I've never purposely tried it.

I get the impression ghost peppers are the current "hottest pepper".

Until something else catches on... I think I've figured out how this works now.

BadKosh · Feb 23, 2015, 07:03 AM

If they use artificial ingredients it will burn twice.

ShortcutToMoncton · Feb 23, 2015, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by subego

I'm sure I've had some habanero snuck in somewhere, but I was just leaving my hot food phase when it became commonly considered the "hottest pepper", so I've never purposely tried it.

I get the impression ghost peppers are the current "hottest pepper".

Until something else catches on... I think I've figured out how this works now.

Naww man.....the Carolina Reaper is something like 1.5-2 million scovilles. Ghost pepper is about half that. Compared to habeneros at 100-300k or so, and your too-hot Tabasco sauce at 5-10k.

Of course, the Reaper is a cultivated pepper....most of them now are simply heat-selected hybrid breeds, which makes sense.

Anyway, those are all too crazy hot. I like my heat with great taste, not so crazy hot you can taste nothing else. But some people love the pain!