Best Extreme Heat

Marie Sharp's is a hot sauce company based in Belize, founded by Marie Sharp, that produces sauces primarily using habanero peppers grown in the Stann Creek Valley. The "No Wimps Allowed" variant is one of the company's higher-heat offerings, featuring habanero peppers combined with carrots and othe...

The Carolina Reaper is an exceptionally hot chili pepper cultivar bred by Ed Currie in South Carolina. Recognized by Guinness World Records as the hottest chili pepper in the world from 2013 until 2023, it averages 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units. The pepper features a distinctive bright red, gnarled...

The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense species, originating from the island of Trinidad and Tobago. It gained global recognition for its extreme heat, frequently measuring between 1.2 and 2 million Scoville Heat Units, which briefly earned it the title of the world's hot...

Nando's PERi-PERi Sauce XX Hot is a commercially bottled table sauce produced by the international restaurant chain Nando's, which originated in South Africa. It represents the highest heat level in the company's retail sauce range, specifically formulated for consumers seeking intense spiciness. Th...

The Last Dab Xperience is a hot sauce produced by Heatonist as the tenth and final sauce in the Hot Ones lineup. It is formulated with over 91 percent Pepper X, a chili cultivar that was certified at 2.693 million Scoville heat units in 2023. The sauce is intended for consumers seeking extreme heat...

The ghost pepper, also known as bhut jolokia, is a chili pepper cultivar from India recognized for its extreme heat. A hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens, it was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's hottest chili pepper, making it the first to surpass one milli...

Da Bomb Beyond Insanity is a notorious hot sauce known for its extreme heat, derived primarily from pepper extract rather than whole peppers. This results in an intense, almost instant burn that lingers for an extended period. While the flavor is somewhat masked by the sheer heat, it does possess a...

Ghost pepper powder is made by drying and grinding fruits of the Bhut jolokia, a very hot chile associated with northeastern India. The pepper was recognized by Guinness World Records in 2007 after measurements exceeding one million Scoville heat units, although its heat varies by specimen and growi...

Dave's Gourmet Scorpion Pepper Hot Sauce is a bottled hot sauce made with scorpion peppers, water, salt, acetic acid, and xanthan gum. The manufacturer's product description identifies it as extract-free, so its heat comes from the peppers rather than added capsaicin extract. The short ingredient li...

Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauce is an American hot sauce created by Dave Hirschkop and introduced in the 1990s. It is known for using chili peppers together with concentrated pepper extract, producing a much higher level of heat than ordinary table hot sauces. The product is intended for consumers who...

Dave's Gourmet Ultimate Insanity Sauce is an extract-based American superhot sauce formulated as a hotter successor to the original 1993 Insanity Sauce.

Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity is a Kansas-made extract hot sauce rated at 135,600 Scoville units and known as the recurring eighth sauce on Hot Ones.

Da' Bomb Ground Zero is a Kansas-made extract hot sauce positioned above Beyond Insanity and commonly listed at about 321,900 Scoville heat units.