I am a big fan of Crystal. Very common on restaurant tables in New Orleans. Oh yes, very common to find a bottle of hot sauce on NOLA seafood restaurant tables, next to the salt, pepper, and ketchup.
I used to use Frank’s all the way, but stopped using it when they brought out their NFT at the Super Bowl a few years ago. Found Crystal soon after, and it’s absolutely my favorite now. Edit: Texas Pete is a little too deep for my taste for general use, but it *really* brings out the corn flavor in cheesy grits
I use different hot sauces for different purposes, and generally like them all. Some taste similar, some don’t and taste very different. This makes it so that you can find better purposes for the different sauces.
For Louisiana style it’s Crystal or Louisiana brands for me. They are both solid & versatile hot sauces. Not very hot, but with a nice flavor punch. But I do like Tobasco with breakfast foods, and Franks is an obvious choice when making chicken wings. 🌶️
I was raised on Tabasco, and it goes on everything. I cannot tell you how fast I go though a bottle. It is hotter than others, and thinner, but I love the acidity.
Mcilhenny's is my Louisiana hot sauce of choice. I've been eating it as long as I can remember. I took my wife to Avery Island to see it made and learned that if you are on the tour and take a deep breath, it'll clear out your sinuses. The combination of flavor and heat puts McIlhenny Tabasco Sauce head and shoulders above the others. What it does for red beans and rice has to be tasted to be believed. When the weather gets cooler, I make chicken-vegetable soup. The McIlhenny sauce is a vital part of that soup. I suppose it ain't for everybody, but if someone likes their food to bite back when they bite into it, THIS is the best Louisiana hot sauce on the market.
I was raised on the same hot sauce and always have a bottle in the cupboard. One thing I noticed is the heat level varies a lot. The flavor is the same, but some bottles are mild and others will blow my head off. Theres also a sweetness to it that the other sauces dont seem to have. I like other hot sauces, but I always go back to McIlhenny's.
I’m from Baton Rouge. I know my hot sauce. There are others for Mexican, but for Louisiana style it must be Crystal. People who think La food is supposed to be really hot are totally mistaken. Our food is rounded and nuanced. If all you taste is heat, why bother?
I'm from the Piney Woods in Texas. There was always Tabasco on the tables, Crystal at the cajun and creole spots. Southerners and some older people ate it up, but my friends and I never used it much. Growing up on Tex-Mex, with jalapeños everywhere, the Louisiana hot sauces just didn't register. They brought way more vinegar. Maybe our pallets are just torched.
Tabasco has been produced in Louisiana for 156 years. It may be the hottest of the Louisiana style sauces, but as hot sauces go it isn't very hot at all. To the palate accustomed to spice, in fact, Tabasco is really quite mild -- so I'm not sure the argument that it's too spicy to be Louisiana-legit really holds up!
Louisiana brand is the one I've used most of my life. Good on things by itself, but it's also useful while cooking when you want to add both acidity and heat.
Thank you for showing us some fresh personalities. Nothing against the two women we always see but there’s so many other talented people I see once in a while but never see them again.
I absolutely love a vinegar-based sauce that combines heat and spiciness with a tangy sourness. Salsa verde fits this profile perfectly, its zesty and vibrant flavor, with the right balance of heat and tang, is exactly what I enjoy.
Went through the old Tobasco factory in the early 90's. Walking across the catwalk over the aging vats makes your eyes water, it's pretty cool. Met a woman who had worked there for over 50yrs, she had the greatest Louisianan accent. I compare all hot sauce to Tobasco, it goes best w/oysters.(Just as you guys showed, 'your on your game ATK') 2nd Favorite is Frank's because it tastes very similar to Tobasco but milder. Nice w/eggs & grits. Never tried Crystal but interested from this video. I've received lots of hot sauces as gifts over the yrs & can't fathom the fascination w/ghost pepper burn your taste buds to a crisp so you won't taste anything else for hrs, type sauces. Prefer food over pain. Usually end up in the fridge until they get thrown out. The names are funny I guess
As many say, different sauces work for different foods, but Crystal is the one that stays on the table. Crystal recently came out with a garlic version that’s even better!
My favorites after many years of tasting: Crystal- vinegar based sauce Tapatio- non-vinegar based sauce for Mexican and Asian dishes Melindas Green Sauce- good on anything
I just discovered Melinda's. I bought I case of the Habanero Honey Mustard (to save on shipping because it wasn't available locally). It's far beyond anything I've tried.
When my brother and I were kids I tricked him into drinking a shot of Tabasco sauce. I told him it was tomato juice. He chased me with a baseball bat. It was the only time I ever hid behind my mother. Now we’re both in our 70s and I can say it’s the only time I’ve ever seen him angry.
Being from Louisiana, we have over a dozen different hot sauces in our Fridge/Pantry. For an "Every Day" hot sauce, I prefer Louisiana brand Hot Sauce, while my wife's go-to is Crystal. Frank's is good for Wings. We have a number of different Tabasco sauces that friends try out sometimes, but the best Tabasco product I have is a limited edition Necktie.
Finally a good replacement for your old hot sauce tasting where you clearly switched the Tabasco and Cholula samples! I enjoyed this format, was nice to learn a bit about the history of the product.
Chipotle Tabasco is by far my favorite. More flavor than straight Tabasco. Didn’t care for Frank’s. Crystal has changed over the decades to my tastebuds, but it could be me. 😀 And yes to Sawyer and the other woman whose name I didn’t catch. Bing them back!
I grew reapers and tai which i smoked, dried, and ground adding garlic and salt. I figure it over 40,000 on the S scale. I call it Grumpy Dust. Friends and family love it. I still buy and use many of the sauces shown (have to try crystals) in and on most dishes. Looking for flavors, i have the heat. Great video.
Crystal has always been my favorite general-purpose hot sauce. Frank's just tastes weird to me, and Tabasco is all heat and no flavor. I'm now curious to try Slap Ya Mama -- it sounds like a flavor profile I would enjoy. Also, +1 to more Sawyer. She's awesome.
This was a definite companion piece to hot ones. Frank's is my favorite of these traditional sauces. I have been a fan of American Test Kitchens since 91
I was raised in south Louisiana, and I love me some hot sauce. You have some good ones in that lineup. Crystal is a solid choice and always have a bottle at the house, but my favorite is Cajun Chef brand. To me it has the prefect combo of flavor to heat.
Not Louisiana style but my favorite is Valentina. It's mild but very flavorful of chilis and seasoning rather than vinegar. It's also thicker than most. All this combined means I can put a TON of it on my food without losing the flavor of the food. They also have a hotter variety but I go with the regular.
For the richness of food you get in the South ; Biscuits and gravy, gumbo, or Étouffée the Mexican style sauces don't cut it. You need the pure chili pepper and vinegar of Louisiana hot sauce. My personal and professional preference is to use Crystal.
Depending on what it’s going on, the vinegar can be essential. I would never put Valentina on fried chicken or gumbo just like I would never put Tabasco on a burrito.
My choice of hot sauce depends on what I'm eating. For example, I prefer tomatillo based hot sauce when I'm eating pork. In my experience, I have always viewed Franks and Tabasco as being at the same heat level. It's unexpected to me to see the big difference in Scoville Units. My favorite is Tapatio. I eat Mexican food a lot. I don't like Cholula, but don't know why.
I love Crystal. It's a little less common here in my part of Washington State; it's available, but not in every grocery store. I grab a couple of bottles when I see it. I have Tabasco on the shelf and like it, also, but Crystal gets emptied sooner.
Great new host!! Among these sauces I choose Tabasco for it's flavor, heat, and simple ingredients. Tabasco's specially grown cayenne peppers give it the best flavor and heat. There are good reviews about the "Slap" sauce but with mystery "other spices" listed under ingredients I put it back on the shelf. The others I like are Red Hot and Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce. I'm going to check for Poirier's. I hope you do more taste tests because this was interesting and fun.
Home office for Texas Pete is maybe 25 miles from me, and I STILL prefer Melinda's. Any level of heat, any variety. This is based on carrot instead of tomato, which gives it a unique flavor.
Tabasco for the win. My go to since I was ten and growing up in Donaldsonville, LA. A staple hot sauce and a classic that will never be topped as far as an everyday hot sauce. Can't be beat.
I'm a Louisiana Hot Sauce girly ❤, though I now want to try Slap Ya Mama's. I use their seasoning regularly, as Tony's isn't gluten free and my husband has Celiacs. But I always found Tobasco to be too vinegary. It kinds overpowers food in a very unpleasant way. If I want SPICY spicy, I'd rather just add some more Cayenne.
i always liked Crystals. i have the Louisiana from Iberia in the cupboard now. i also have been using green cholula lately, i dont think most people or Mexicans generally like it, it is too vinegar acid forward. Tapatio is a fave.
Morgan is my favorite ATK personality so I knew I would enjoy this. Lots of good hot sauce brands out there. I’ve got a large bottle of Franks in my fridge along with smaller bottles of several others. Love me some twang! 😋
Cholula is better than any other by far. For a long time I used whatever was cheapest or on sale because I thought they were all the same. Then I started using Frank’s. It was better than Crystal or Louisiana, but still somewhat similar really. Then a friend of mine told me about Cholula and I was blown away at the flavor difference between Cholula and any of the other ones.💯
Hi from Winston! - Enjoyed this My journey began with Texas Pete before moving on to Louisiana, Crystal, and Tabasco. I had a tendency to be over zealous with it and began using Frank's Xtra Hot Buffalo (2,000 SHU) to cut down on the amount of salt. Fast-forward another ~10yrs and today I mix in a little Tabasco Scorpion sauce into my Franks Xtra Hot Buffalo! 😈 Stay spicy everyone 🔥
I use Cajun Sunshine for my Spicy Garlic Shrimp. Salt the shrimp, sauté over medium high heat in a good amount of olive oil with several cloves (3-4) of minced garlic for one minute, flip, douse with sauce to your liking, turn off the heat, remove shrimp when they are totally pink.Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve with plenty of crusty bread for dunking and mopping up all the garlic and oil. BTW, I remove the tails before cooking, as I think it's gross to serve this and have your guests get all messy removing the tails and getting garlic, sauce, and oil all over themselves! Enjoy!
If you can, take a tour of the Tabasco factory in Louisiana. It is still made at the same place since 1868. All the peppers used are still grown on the island. They also have a special hot sauce that can only be gotten at the factory. It is aged longer and they use a white wine vinegar.
I'm forever loyal to Franks. My father introduced me to it along with a bag of pork skins sixty five years ago. I'm 71 now. I've sampled others but they never replaced Franks.
Since I have started to make my own I am in love with all the different kinds you can make at home. That is off topic for this, to get back on topic. Tabasco is what I grew up on and is a wonderful classic for me, and a go to. A completely different style but good heat while keeping taste is the Ring of Fire company out of the San Diego area in California. Also some of the Hot Ones sauces are quite good.
My gateway sauce was Franks, had it on my food for a long time. Since then I started growing my own peppers and now make my own sauce. Habanero and wiri wiri peppers is my current favourite sauce combination. Ontario, Canada.
I keep about ten hot sauces in my fridge, but my go-to is Crystal. I use Frank's and melted butter for Buffalo wings, but Frank's is NOT a Louisiana Hot Sauce.
It's quietly hilarious that the hottest hot sauce in ATK's lineup is Tabasco. Sometimes I forget it's New England's Test Kitchen, but eventually they mention seeding jalapeños again.
I definitely cut my teeth on Louisiana style hot sauces, but it's hard to pretend they're "hot". We used to do shots of Tabasco for giggles, and Crystal is an effective substitute for eye drops in a pinch. I'm much more into the less vinegar-forward Mexican "hot" sauces these days- better flavors than the LA sauces, generally. Tapatio is an all-around, "You can probably find this anywhere in the US" favorite, but there's so, so many others...
As a youngster, I always thought Tabasco was the hottest sauce around, but now know there are many others that make it seem like water. I started trying them all, eventually working up to Dave's "Total Insanity" hot sauce, that is more of a novelty item than anything useful. My 15 year old bottle is still about 99% full, and even 1 drop is enough to make things unpleasantly hot. Still it's fun to say, "Try this," when talking with other masochists who love heat. But again, if there is a practical use for it, I don't know what it is. Perhaps these modern ghost pepper sauces are hotter, but I've long since lost my desire to find out. Time to leave that pursuit to younger, braver men.
I'm going shopping and picking up more for dinner guests. Got Texas Pete, got Crystal, got Franks, got Tabasco. Tabasco is a main staple but if I want more heat, Jamaica here I come. Marie Sharp's Habanero Pepper Sauce.
TRAPPEY'S! Trappey's is my favorite Louisiana-style hot sauce, and it has been selected as the best in several different independent taste tests. We all love what we love, but I encourage everyone to try Trappey's, especially if you favor a touch of vinegary sourness in your sauce.
For the classic Anchor Bar Buffalo wings, my go to is Frank’s. Tabasco is good for adding a splash of heat, but too thin to dip a wing into. While the original Tabasco is good, I much prefer their chipotle variant, as it packs way more flavor and a little less heat.
For me, McIlhenny Tabasco Sauce is my go-to for general cooking, especially to kick up onions for soups. But for raw flavor on eggs or in chili and such, I always go to McIlhenny Chipotle Tabasco Sauce, absolutely awesome. :)
This has to be the "Very Best" video in ATK history. 😁 they spoke to many people heart.. Crystals, the best tasting Franks, Louisiana Hot Sauce, and Tabasco.... never tried Slap Ya Mama.....
I am a big fan of Crystal. Very common on restaurant tables in New Orleans. Oh yes, very common to find a bottle of hot sauce on NOLA seafood restaurant tables, next to the salt, pepper, and ketchup.
#1 I absolutely love this new woman.
#2 You will never take me away from Crystal's for general use.
I used to use Frank’s all the way, but stopped using it when they brought out their NFT at the Super Bowl a few years ago.
Found Crystal soon after, and it’s absolutely my favorite now.
Edit: Texas Pete is a little too deep for my taste for general use, but it *really* brings out the corn flavor in cheesy grits
I use different hot sauces for different purposes, and generally like them all. Some taste similar, some don’t and taste very different. This makes it so that you can find better purposes for the different sauces.
For Louisiana style it’s Crystal or Louisiana brands for me. They are both solid & versatile hot sauces. Not very hot, but with a nice flavor punch.
But I do like Tobasco with breakfast foods, and Franks is an obvious choice when making chicken wings. 🌶️
Louisiana brand is my go-to for beans and rice. Very underrated brand, it seems.
You can't have buffalo sauce without frank. And tobacco on eggs makes toomuch sense to me. Why do I need Crystal again?
the heat is not the point behind a good Louisiana Hot sauce, it's the flavour profile. cayanne peppers, vinegar, salt. I prefer the Crystal
I was raised on Tabasco, and it goes on everything. I cannot tell you how fast I go though a bottle. It is hotter than others, and thinner, but I love the acidity.
Mcilhenny's is my Louisiana hot sauce of choice. I've been eating it as long as I can remember. I took my wife to Avery Island to see it made and learned that if you are on the tour and take a deep breath, it'll clear out your sinuses. The combination of flavor and heat puts McIlhenny Tabasco Sauce head and shoulders above the others. What it does for red beans and rice has to be tasted to be believed. When the weather gets cooler, I make chicken-vegetable soup. The McIlhenny sauce is a vital part of that soup. I suppose it ain't for everybody, but if someone likes their food to bite back when they bite into it, THIS is the best Louisiana hot sauce on the market.
I was raised on the same hot sauce and always have a bottle in the cupboard. One thing I noticed is the heat level varies a lot. The flavor is the same, but some bottles are mild and others will blow my head off. Theres also a sweetness to it that the other sauces dont seem to have. I like other hot sauces, but I always go back to McIlhenny's.
Where are you from? I have only ever heard it referred to as tobasco my whole life.
No
My favorite is Crystal!
Same
Crystal's has been my main squeeze for 32 years now. Taste great. Clean ingredients. Right amount of spice for heavy usage. Affordable
"Collaborated with his enslaved workforce" is quite the sentence
It sure is! 😅
He was trying to find a cure. If you were a slave with cholera, you would certainly be helping him. LOL
@@morrismonet3554 I think he collaborated with them because they knew taste.
Yes, that should have been worded a little differently. Were the enslaved workforce financially compensated for being used as scientific guinea pigs!
I’m happy I’m not the only one who felt that way… I had to rewind to make sure I heard that right
The Chipotle Tabasco is my go to. It's basically the perfect all arounder.
I would practically use 1/3 of a bottle where I would drip a few drops on each bite. I missed those days at Chipotle.
I love it, it's not very hot but that smokey taste is delicious
I like the Sriracha Tabasco Sauce. Good flavor and not too hot.
I’m from Baton Rouge. I know my hot sauce. There are others for Mexican, but for Louisiana style it must be Crystal. People who think La food is supposed to be really hot are totally mistaken. Our food is rounded and nuanced. If all you taste is heat, why bother?
Exactly.
I'm from the Piney Woods in Texas. There was always Tabasco on the tables, Crystal at the cajun and creole spots. Southerners and some older people ate it up, but my friends and I never used it much. Growing up on Tex-Mex, with jalapeños everywhere, the Louisiana hot sauces just didn't register. They brought way more vinegar. Maybe our pallets are just torched.
You may know YOUR hot sauce, but you don't know mine, brother. ;-)
As a born-and-breaded New Orleans girl, I reach for Tobasco for a little kick.
Tabasco has been produced in Louisiana for 156 years. It may be the hottest of the Louisiana style sauces, but as hot sauces go it isn't very hot at all. To the palate accustomed to spice, in fact, Tabasco is really quite mild -- so I'm not sure the argument that it's too spicy to be Louisiana-legit really holds up!
My favorite is Louisiana Original Hot Sauce with the Red Dot. I really wish they had sampled it.
Agreed. Louisiana born here and it is either Louisiana brand or Crystal in our house. Usually Louisiana.
Louisiana brand is the one I've used most of my life. Good on things by itself, but it's also useful while cooking when you want to add both acidity and heat.
Thank you for showing us some fresh personalities. Nothing against the two women we always see but there’s so many other talented people I see once in a while but never see them again.
I absolutely love a vinegar-based sauce that combines heat and spiciness with a tangy sourness. Salsa verde fits this profile perfectly, its zesty and vibrant flavor, with the right balance of heat and tang, is exactly what I enjoy.
Went through the old Tobasco factory in the early 90's. Walking across the catwalk over the aging vats makes your eyes water, it's pretty cool. Met a woman who had worked there for over 50yrs, she had the greatest Louisianan accent. I compare all hot sauce to Tobasco, it goes best w/oysters.(Just as you guys showed, 'your on your game ATK') 2nd Favorite is Frank's because it tastes very similar to Tobasco but milder. Nice w/eggs & grits. Never tried Crystal but interested from this video. I've received lots of hot sauces as gifts over the yrs & can't fathom the fascination w/ghost pepper burn your taste buds to a crisp so you won't taste anything else for hrs, type sauces. Prefer food over pain. Usually end up in the fridge until they get thrown out. The names are funny I guess
Hot sauce test was great like someone already commented like that demonstration more of them on different products❤
As many say, different sauces work for different foods, but Crystal is the one that stays on the table. Crystal recently came out with a garlic version that’s even better!
Sawyer is a great host! would love to see more of her
My favorites after many years of tasting:
Crystal- vinegar based sauce
Tapatio- non-vinegar based sauce for Mexican and Asian dishes
Melindas Green Sauce- good on anything
Pretty much everything from Melindas is great
My favorite hot sauce is Colula, but Tapatio and Crystal are good, too.
@@vlmellody51 Cholula's chili garlic sauce is so fuckin good
@Magic-Man too true!
I just discovered Melinda's. I bought I case of the Habanero Honey Mustard (to save on shipping because it wasn't available locally). It's far beyond anything I've tried.
When my brother and I were kids I tricked him into drinking a shot of Tabasco sauce. I told him it was tomato juice. He chased me with a baseball bat. It was the only time I ever hid behind my mother. Now we’re both in our 70s and I can say it’s the only time I’ve ever seen him angry.
Time to do it again
@@Aaron-kj8dv He’s wise to me now.
I usually stick with Louisiana brand hot sauce. It is rather vinegar forward and a bit thinner, and also one of the cheapest.
Being from Louisiana, we have over a dozen different hot sauces in our Fridge/Pantry. For an "Every Day" hot sauce, I prefer Louisiana brand Hot Sauce, while my wife's go-to is Crystal. Frank's is good for Wings. We have a number of different Tabasco sauces that friends try out sometimes, but the best Tabasco product I have is a limited edition Necktie.
I agree with you about Louisiana brand sauce. More heat but not too much heat. I’ve been trying others but haven’t found one that I like more.
The ones with vinegar can be really astringent when they're served plain, but as a base of a brine or marinade, the flavor boost is really remarkable
Agree. Most of these are incredible as an ingredient but terrible as a condiment.
I like old school Tabasco for some things, like scrambled eggs, but Louisiana Hot Sauce is my cooking standard.
I live in the New Orleans area, but my go to is always Louisiana Hot Sauce, straight from New Iberia, LA!
Finally a good replacement for your old hot sauce tasting where you clearly switched the Tabasco and Cholula samples! I enjoyed this format, was nice to learn a bit about the history of the product.
I think they knew they were wrong but since it was in front of a live audience they just did it anyway. Too bad.
Chipotle Tabasco is by far my favorite. More flavor than straight Tabasco. Didn’t care for Frank’s. Crystal has changed over the decades to my tastebuds, but it could be me. 😀
And yes to Sawyer and the other woman whose name I didn’t catch. Bing them back!
Love this! Taste test and some history. Keep it coming! 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️
More like this! Really enjoyed this short.
Keep on keepin on ❤️✌️🤓👍
Louisianna Hot Sauce, Crystal or Tabasco Brand are the only sauces I use. Depends on what is on sale, and how hot do I want it.
Frank's still tops my list, especially on wings! But great on scrambled eggs too!
I just go with salsa with my scrambled eggs, but hot sauce works, too.
I put that s*** on everything! lol
And cheesy chicken!
good on chicken, but it's salty
A bottle of Louisiana hot sauce stays in my purse. Always ready.
Cokie Roberts would always carry these teeny bottles of Tabasco with her when she traveled.
Hillary claimed she did this...I doubt it.
I grew reapers and tai which i smoked, dried, and ground adding garlic and salt. I figure it over 40,000 on the S scale. I call it Grumpy Dust. Friends and family love it. I still buy and use many of the sauces shown (have to try crystals) in and on most dishes. Looking for flavors, i have the heat.
Great video.
Thanks for the round up at the end, helps me seek out the mildest ones
Crystal has always been my favorite general-purpose hot sauce. Frank's just tastes weird to me, and Tabasco is all heat and no flavor. I'm now curious to try Slap Ya Mama -- it sounds like a flavor profile I would enjoy.
Also, +1 to more Sawyer. She's awesome.
Tabasco just tastes like vinegar and heat. No thanks. I'll take Crystal or Louisiana or Franks... or really anything not Tabasco.
This was a definite companion piece to hot ones. Frank's is my favorite of these traditional sauces. I have been a fan of American Test Kitchens since 91
Been eating Tabasco for 40+ years, it's my go to, except for certain foods. I use Louisiana Brand fro my Gumbo and Frank's for my wings.
I was raised in south Louisiana, and I love me some hot sauce. You have some good ones in that lineup. Crystal is a solid choice and always have a bottle at the house, but my favorite is Cajun Chef brand. To me it has the prefect combo of flavor to heat.
Cajun Chef on Southern Classic Chicken
Not Louisiana style but my favorite is Valentina. It's mild but very flavorful of chilis and seasoning rather than vinegar. It's also thicker than most. All this combined means I can put a TON of it on my food without losing the flavor of the food. They also have a hotter variety but I go with the regular.
For the richness of food you get in the South ; Biscuits and gravy, gumbo, or Étouffée the Mexican style sauces don't cut it. You need the pure chili pepper and vinegar of Louisiana hot sauce. My personal and professional preference is to use Crystal.
The hotter version has a black label
Depending on what it’s going on, the vinegar can be essential. I would never put Valentina on fried chicken or gumbo just like I would never put Tabasco on a burrito.
When I was a kid in 70s L.A. my favorite fried chicken was Golden Bird and they had Crystal Sauce on the tables. Been my favorite ever since.
My choice of hot sauce depends on what I'm eating. For example, I prefer tomatillo based hot sauce when I'm eating pork.
In my experience, I have always viewed Franks and Tabasco as being at the same heat level. It's unexpected to me to see the big difference in Scoville Units.
My favorite is Tapatio. I eat Mexican food a lot. I don't like Cholula, but don't know why.
I love Crystal. It's a little less common here in my part of Washington State; it's available, but not in every grocery store. I grab a couple of bottles when I see it.
I have Tabasco on the shelf and like it, also, but Crystal gets emptied sooner.
Great new host!! Among these sauces I choose Tabasco for it's flavor, heat, and simple ingredients. Tabasco's specially grown cayenne peppers give it the best flavor and heat. There are good reviews about the "Slap" sauce but with mystery "other spices" listed under ingredients I put it back on the shelf. The others I like are Red Hot and Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce. I'm going to check for Poirier's. I hope you do more taste tests because this was interesting and fun.
I like this presenter. Should put her in more videos.
I'm thinkin' a comparison of bar-be-que sauces.
I am a Texas Pete girl too! But Crystal is excellent as well.
Loved hearing New Iberia, St Martinville, and Avery Island mentioned in this video. ❤❤❤
Frank's and the green Cholula are what I keep in the house. I used to use Texas Pete a lot, but Frank's is better and has less ingredients.
Crystal is the absolute best!
Home office for Texas Pete is maybe 25 miles from me, and I STILL prefer Melinda's. Any level of heat, any variety. This is based on carrot instead of tomato, which gives it a unique flavor.
Next time I have cholera, I'll just drink a bottle of Tabasco.
Woah the production quality was off the charts with this video. Nice!
My favorite is Tabasco, but I always have Tapatio on hand for Mexican food. Those are my go-to's.
Tabasco for the win. My go to since I was ten and growing up in Donaldsonville, LA. A staple hot sauce and a classic that will never be topped as far as an everyday hot sauce. Can't be beat.
I'm a Louisiana Hot Sauce girly ❤, though I now want to try Slap Ya Mama's. I use their seasoning regularly, as Tony's isn't gluten free and my husband has Celiacs. But I always found Tobasco to be too vinegary. It kinds overpowers food in a very unpleasant way. If I want SPICY spicy, I'd rather just add some more Cayenne.
Like what you like, but if anyone’s go to is Tabasco I won’t be taking their recommendations on anything hot sauce or salsa.
I really liked the review at the end of all of the tested sauces. Most ATK review videos are very cursory and discuss only 3-4 of the tested products.
Valentina is my favorite. Subtler heat but great flavor!
Crystal best of this bunch. Creole Fyre is the best out there...
Frank's and Crystal are what is in my fridge for as long as I can remember. Most of it winds up on wings.
Frank’s Red Hot is my Favorite .
Yes. Chrystal is a bit sour, and Tabasco has a kind of garbagey pong that I don't like.
i always liked Crystals. i have the Louisiana from Iberia in the cupboard now. i also have been using green cholula lately, i dont think most people or Mexicans generally like it, it is too vinegar acid forward. Tapatio is a fave.
Morgan is my favorite ATK personality so I knew I would enjoy this. Lots of good hot sauce brands out there. I’ve got a large bottle of Franks in my fridge along with smaller bottles of several others. Love me some twang! 😋
Cholula is better than any other by far. For a long time I used whatever was cheapest or on sale because I thought they were all the same. Then I started using Frank’s. It was better than Crystal or Louisiana, but still somewhat similar really. Then a friend of mine told me about Cholula and I was blown away at the flavor difference between Cholula and any of the other ones.💯
Cholula is Mexican, not Louisiana
C’mon
Sawyer and Morgan are a great tasting duo!
My husband puts hot sauce on everything. He used to be a Tabasco guy, but then he discovered Crystal Extra Hot. Nothing else will do.
i love cheap CRYSTAL, even though i have a cabinet full of sauces from all over the USA.
I’m mostly a Tabasco user (an underrated sauce, with a lot of fruit going on), but if Crystal showed up in more stores locally, I’d buy both.
I love Louisiana Style Hot Sauce. My current go to at the moment is the Louisiana brand one but I enjoy many of them.
Cajun chef and Louisiana brand are both solid.
Hi from Winston! - Enjoyed this
My journey began with Texas Pete before moving on to Louisiana, Crystal, and Tabasco.
I had a tendency to be over zealous with it and began using Frank's Xtra Hot Buffalo (2,000 SHU) to cut down on the amount of salt.
Fast-forward another ~10yrs and today I mix in a little Tabasco Scorpion sauce into my Franks Xtra Hot Buffalo! 😈
Stay spicy everyone 🔥
I use Cajun Sunshine for my Spicy Garlic Shrimp. Salt the shrimp, sauté over medium high heat in a good amount of olive oil with several cloves (3-4) of minced garlic for one minute, flip, douse with sauce to your liking, turn off the heat, remove shrimp when they are totally pink.Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve with plenty of crusty bread for dunking and mopping up all the garlic and oil. BTW, I remove the tails before cooking, as I think it's gross to serve this and have your guests get all messy removing the tails and getting garlic, sauce, and oil all over themselves! Enjoy!
If you can, take a tour of the Tabasco factory in Louisiana. It is still made at the same place since 1868. All the peppers used are still grown on the island. They also have a special hot sauce that can only be gotten at the factory. It is aged longer and they use a white wine vinegar.
Franks . I love it and put it on many things !! ******
Don't use hot sauce very often, but when I do I prefer Crystal
I'm forever loyal to Franks. My father introduced me to it along with a bag of pork skins sixty five years ago. I'm 71 now. I've sampled others but they never replaced Franks.
I thought it was hilarious that as the episode went on, you heard more and more sniffling. 😂
Crystal’s, in my opinion the best flavor. Use it with a lot of different foods.
Since I have started to make my own I am in love with all the different kinds you can make at home. That is off topic for this, to get back on topic. Tabasco is what I grew up on and is a wonderful classic for me, and a go to. A completely different style but good heat while keeping taste is the Ring of Fire company out of the San Diego area in California. Also some of the Hot Ones sauces are quite good.
Love this taste test!
My gateway sauce was Franks, had it on my food for a long time. Since then I started growing my own peppers and now make my own sauce. Habanero and wiri wiri peppers is my current favourite sauce combination. Ontario, Canada.
Surprised that Tabasco is actually that hot, I never thought of it as hot myself
Smaller spout means we typically use far less tabasco as compared to say, franks
I use a ton of it and it’s definitely hot when you use enough
Agreed. I had told someone recently that Crystal was about the same as Tabasco. Oops! Will correct that estimate with them soon.
For general usage I’ll always choose Crystal. I find it adds flavor as well as heat.
The Hot Ones + ATK mashup I always wanted
I keep about ten hot sauces in my fridge, but my go-to is Crystal. I use Frank's and melted butter for Buffalo wings, but Frank's is NOT a Louisiana Hot Sauce.
It's quietly hilarious that the hottest hot sauce in ATK's lineup is Tabasco. Sometimes I forget it's New England's Test Kitchen, but eventually they mention seeding jalapeños again.
I definitely cut my teeth on Louisiana style hot sauces, but it's hard to pretend they're "hot". We used to do shots of Tabasco for giggles, and Crystal is an effective substitute for eye drops in a pinch. I'm much more into the less vinegar-forward Mexican "hot" sauces these days- better flavors than the LA sauces, generally. Tapatio is an all-around, "You can probably find this anywhere in the US" favorite, but there's so, so many others...
As a youngster, I always thought Tabasco was the hottest sauce around, but now know there are many others that make it seem like water. I started trying them all, eventually working up to Dave's "Total Insanity" hot sauce, that is more of a novelty item than anything useful.
My 15 year old bottle is still about 99% full, and even 1 drop is enough to make things unpleasantly hot. Still it's fun to say, "Try this," when talking with other masochists who love heat. But again, if there is a practical use for it, I don't know what it is.
Perhaps these modern ghost pepper sauces are hotter, but I've long since lost my desire to find out. Time to leave that pursuit to younger, braver men.
I'm going shopping and picking up more for dinner guests. Got Texas Pete, got Crystal, got Franks, got Tabasco. Tabasco is a main staple but if I want more heat, Jamaica here I come. Marie Sharp's Habanero Pepper Sauce.
Crystals garlic great on anything
Franks and Tabasco are my two "go to's". I'll mix them together to create a different heat profile depending on what I'm using it for.
Tabasco! It's the Real Deal!
There's soooo many good hot sauces, my favorites are from the Caribbean, the Scotch Bonnet Yellow (ish) hot sauces are my favorite and my staple.
TRAPPEY'S! Trappey's is my favorite Louisiana-style hot sauce, and it has been selected as the best in several different independent taste tests. We all love what we love, but I encourage everyone to try Trappey's, especially if you favor a touch of vinegary sourness in your sauce.
More videos like this! Great job!
For the classic Anchor Bar Buffalo wings, my go to is Frank’s. Tabasco is good for adding a splash of heat, but too thin to dip a wing into. While the original Tabasco is good, I much prefer their chipotle variant, as it packs way more flavor and a little less heat.
I love hearing the history of American originals whether its food or some other invention that is uniquely ours.
I have and always will choose Tabasco as my number one favorite
For me, McIlhenny Tabasco Sauce is my go-to for general cooking, especially to kick up onions for soups. But for raw flavor on eggs or in chili and such, I always go to McIlhenny Chipotle Tabasco Sauce, absolutely awesome. :)
I love them all and have a little loyalty but I buy them all!! I think each has its own profile for different foods.
I like Louisiana for wings, with a dash of Melinda's Habanero for heat.
Still love Frank's as an all around style sauce but recently found Kikkoman Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce and fell in love with the smoky flavor!!!
This has to be the "Very Best" video in ATK history. 😁 they spoke to many people heart.. Crystals, the best tasting Franks, Louisiana Hot Sauce, and Tabasco.... never tried Slap Ya Mama.....
On the Tabasco, I thought "wow that must be a hot one". Then they reveal it's Tabasco and realized they are light weights lol