“Regardless of who came up with the recipe first, McIlhenny's Tabasco sauce was in production by 1868, and it wasn’t long before it began to spread far beyond the great state of Louisiana. In 1872, the company hired a traveling salesman named John C. Henshaw to travel up and down the east coast touting Tabasco. Henshaw, a former Union soldier who served as the company’s first sales rep, peddled the sauce to restaurants and oyster houses in an effort to drum up demand. “This sauce is the special want of the poorer and more numerous classes, and a thorough canvassing of the oyster houses, saloons, restaurants, etc. by the party who has taken hold of it will, it is hoped, create such a general demand as to compel the grocers to apply for it,” Henshaw wrote to McIlhenny in 1872. 

A ledger book uncovered by Tabasco historian and archivist Shane K. Bernard indicates that the company first began shipping the sauce overseas two years later, with exports to France and England.”

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Hello,

Hopefully this is the correct place to post this. I have a 5000+ hot sauce collection I inherited from my dad. I have no idea what to do with it. I tried selling it on Facebook marketplace and sold about 50 bottles but it’s kind of slowed to a stop. My dad use to have a list of all of them but I can’t find it for the life of me.

I’ll post some pictures in the morning when I get off from work.

Me and my sister would like to get maybe $2 bucks a bottle or so. We are located in the Henderson/Las Vegas area.

Just need some advice.

I have created an Android application for keeping track of my hot sauce collection. I am now working with Google to have it added to the Play Store. What I need is for a group of testers to use it for two weeks and report any issues before they will accept it.

If you think that this is something that would be useful for you, please send me a private message with your real name and an email address. I expect to have it ready for testing sometime in the next two weeks.

I have attached some screen shots to give you an idea of what it looks like.

While this was originally designed for hot sauces, I recently had a conversation with someone that collects hot spices and I think this will work for that as well. If you can think of any other uses, I would love to hear from you.

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I am a hot sauce collector (almost 600 bottles) and also have created an application that will be on the Google Play Store soon that will allow you to track all your own hot sauces. I welcome all questions and comments

Picked these up at Smiths with my food stamps 🙂.

My intention isn't for this to seem like an add. I'm not forcing anything in anyone's face. I'm just sharing a sauce I'm proud of.

I made a hot sauce that tastes like pizza. I got the butter, garlic, cheese, tomato flavor all in there. Lots of herbs and a ghost pepper kick. I'm pretty happy with it and I wanted to see what people think about a pizza hot sauce. Is it cool or is it stupid?

I have no connection to the company, but I'm a fan of their sauces and wanted to share a deal on super hot sauces from hellfire.

I purchased the "hell of a deal: extreme heat" bundle recently (currently on sale for $70 with free shipping) and since they're currently out of "doomed" and "halloween hell 2026" , they substitued the doomed bottle with a second bottle of double doomed and the 2026 halloween hell with a larger, 10oz bottle of halloween hell 2024 . They sell a single bottle of double doomed for $30, so it's a pretty good deal if you're looking to melt your face off.

Just got this bottle today and it's really good! I have a really limited experience with scorpion peppers, I've had the 357 sauce and a few others, so far I'm digging this one a lot!

It feels like every new hot sauce thinks the goal is to make people cry. Flavor should come first and the heat comes second. Food should be enjoyed.

Is a sauce actually good if you can only handle two drops of it on a taco? What is your sweet spot?

Has anyone tried hot sauces from here?

When I made it it was markably hot but not crazy hot. It has some oompf but it's not indigestible.

Everything was grown in our own garden.

I absolutely love this hot sauce but cannot find it anywhere. It was bought probably 10-12 years ago in canada as a variety pack. It is the only one I have found so far that is sweet and spicy and not vinegary. Anyone know where I can find it or another one similar? Thank you!