I assume I’m supposed to answer no, but I say, of course a sauce can be too hot. Personally, I reach my enjoyment limit at around 200,000 SHU.
we create hot sauces that range from about 5000 SHU to a sadistic 250,000 SHU.
Wait it out and don’t go into panic mode. People swear by milk or ice cream…basically something fatty. Since capsaicin piggybacks itself in the oil of the pepper, anything acidic might help, but the best thing to do is simply stay calm and relax until the ride is over. There’s really not much you can do. Just enjoy the ride.
Scoville is a way to measure the heat of a hot pepper. It’s more of a guideline than a rule. Hot Sauce is measured in SHU, or Scoville Heat Units. Our Sauces available for sale range from 5000 SHU to a perfectly uncomfortable 140,000 SHU.
The hottest sauce, to us anyway, is Smoke Show. It’s a super hoy sauce made with 3 of the hottest peppers and 1 Smoked pepper. It’s loaded with Habanero, Caroline Reaper, and Ghost peppers, with smoke Guajillo peppers for a dreamy smokiness to round it all off. It’s absolutely perfect for wings and most other pub style treats. it weighs in at a whopping 400, 000 SHU. So not for the faint of heart, and mostly for seasoned veterans of spice.
Bring the heat
I assume I’m supposed to answer no, but I say, of course a sauce can be too hot. Personally, I reach my enjoyment limit at around 200,000 SHU.
we create hot sauces that range from about 5000 SHU to a sadistic 250,000 SHU.
Wait it out and don’t go into panic mode. People swear by milk or ice cream…basically something fatty. Since capsaicin piggybacks itself in the oil of the pepper, anything acidic might help, but the best thing to do is simply stay calm and relax until the ride is over. There’s really not much you can do. Just enjoy the ride.
Scoville is a way to measure the heat of a hot pepper. It’s more of a guideline than a rule. Hot Sauce is measured in SHU, or Scoville Heat Units. Our Sauces available for sale range from 5000 SHU to a perfectly uncomfortable 140,000 SHU.
The hottest sauce, to us anyway, is Smoke Show. It’s a super hoy sauce made with 3 of the hottest peppers and 1 Smoked pepper. It’s loaded with Habanero, Caroline Reaper, and Ghost peppers, with smoke Guajillo peppers for a dreamy smokiness to round it all off. It’s absolutely perfect for wings and most other pub style treats. it weighs in at a whopping 400, 000 SHU. So not for the faint of heart, and mostly for seasoned veterans of spice.
Hot Peppers have a chemical compound called capsaicin. Capsaicin binds to pain receptors in and on your body. In reality, the pain is imaginary, but to those who have taken heat to an extreme, the burn seems, and feels very real. Please see our post that describes the benefits of hot peppers to know more about how your body can be affected by capsaicin. Here’s a pro tip for that moment you jump into the hot pepper deep end.