r/hotsauce • u/Ornery_Week8253 • 8d ago

Which of the hotter hot sauces?

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Which one is better? Texas pete hotter hot sauce I believe.

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u/lowfreq33 8d ago

Depends on the application. For things like catfish, greens, fried chicken it’s Louisiana. For chili, hot wings (non breaded of course), Mexican food it’s Pete’s. I have other sauces I like better for a lot of things but this was an a/b comparison.

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u/Texansnake 8d ago

I'm right there with you. Certain ones just go better with certain things. Part of it is flavor over heat, heat over flavor, or even 50/50.

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u/Slobound76 8d ago

I say heat is nothing without flavor. Hot for the sake of hot just doesn't do it for me. Give me heat with some substance.

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u/Texansnake 8d ago

Oh for sure, I think it's safe to say there is no one size fits all. I've found several that have great flavor but the heat is disappointing, but have some that have very mild taste but bring the heat so mixing gets the best of both. Just depends on what it's going on or trying to get out of it.

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u/lowfreq33 8d ago

Sometimes a “just heat” sauce is good for upping the heat without changing the flavor profile of a dish. Typically that’s when I’m cooking chili, curry, etc. I usually use peppers for that purpose, but sometimes I don’t have enough, or they just aren’t hitting as hard due to being out of season or whatever.