FOOD NEWS
There's One Hot Sauce Brand That's Simply Too Boring For Us
BY COURTNEY ISEMAN
When Tasting Table's Katherine Peach ranked the 20 best grocery store brands of hot sauce, Red Devil was dead last. It breaks really the only rule in hot sauce: it's totally blah.
The sauce, made by Louisiana brand Trappey's, consists pretty simply of distilled vinegar, red cayenne peppers aged with salt, and, unfortunately, that's it.
Red Devil has been around since 1898, but today, we have hot sauces from around the world that incorporate various herbs and spices and achieve whole, individual flavor profiles.
A good hot sauce demonstrates creativity and the best flavor-to-spice ratio. Cayenne is dull, and not spicy enough to balance the vinegar, leaving a thin, acidic condiment.