4 Worst Rated Hot Sauces
in the World

Tabasco is a hot sauce that is, at its basic, made from tabasco peppers, salt, and vinegar. The original sauce was invented in the 1860s by Edmund McIlhenny. He acquired the seeds of Capsicum frutescens peppers from Mexico or Central America and planted them on Avery Island in Louisiana. He crushed the reddest peppers, mixed them with salt, and aged the concoction for 30 days in barrels and jars. Later on, he combined the ingredients with white vinegar and aged the whole thing for another 30 days. McIlhenny named the sauce after a Mexican Indian word tabasco, meaning a place where the soil is humid, marketed it, and patented it in 1870. The sales skyrocketed and Tabasco sauce was sold throughout the USA and England. Today, it is still made on Avery Island and it remains the most famous pepper sauce in the world. There are many versions of the sauce such as Green Tabasco, Chipotle, Buffalo, Habanero, Garlic Pepper, and Sweet & Spicy. It has numerous uses, so it can be sprinkled over pizza or pasta, drizzled on nachos, hot dogs, and hamburgers, or stirred into different dips and salsas.Expand

Texas Pete is a popular American hot sauce, and is currently the third best-selling hot sauce in the USA. The first bottle of Texas Pete was sold in 1929 by Sam Garner, a barbecue stand vendor from North Carolina. The customers were not completely satisfied, and they wanted the sauce to be spicier, so the Garner family made a version with cayenne peppers, and the legendary sauce was born. A marketing advisor suggested that they name the sauce Mexican Joe, but the Garners refused and demanded that the sauce should have an American name. Sam named the dish after his son Harold, whose nickname was Pete, and chose Texas due to its reputation for spicy cuisine. Today, the sauce is used in a wide variety of vegetable and meat dishes, and even in the preparation of some cocktails.Expand

Bajan pepper sauce is a popular Barbadian hot sauce made from scotch bonnet peppers, onions, turmeric, mustard, vinegar, and brown sugar. There are milder and hotter varieties, but the sauce is generally very spicy. It is traditionally used in most local poultry and fish dishes for an added kick of heat.Expand

Crystal hot sauce is an American invention consisting of only three ingredients – salt, distilled white vinegar, and aged red cayenne peppers. It is the best-selling sauce in Louisiana, characterized by a reddish orange color, medium heat, and a milder flavor than the famous Tabasco sauce. This hot sauce adds a nice touch to a variety of beef, pork, fish, shellfish, and vegetable dishes, but it can also be used to marinade meat or intensify the flavors of salads, soups, and gravies.Expand