'Pepper X' Creator Ed Currie Tries 32 Hot Sauces | Epicurious
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- Professional hot sauce maker Smokin’ Ed Currie, the founder and president of PuckerButt Pepper Company, returns to Epicurious to demystify hot sauce labels and classify some of the many varieties available into categories of hotness. Which ones come in on the mild side and which ones push the envelope on heat?
0:00 Sauce It Up
0:43 Table Sauces (Mild)
2:47 Warming Up (Hint of Spice)
6:46 Wild Cards (Flavored)
9:13 XXX Sauces (Wild)
14:08 Cool It Down (Dessert)
Director: Cory Cavin
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: LJ D'Arpa
Host: Ed Currie
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Creative Producer: Lisa Paradise
Coordinating Producer: Tommy Werner
Culinary Producer: Kat Boytsova
Culinary Associate Producer: Katrina Zito
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Amy Haskour
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Cynthia Simpson
Camera Operator: Will Boone
Assistant Camera: Tony Aviles
Sound Mixer: Rachel Suffian
Production Assistant: Brianna Figueroa
Culinary Assistant: Leslie Raney
Staff Editorial Consultant: Ryan Harrington
Researcher: Vivian Jao
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
VFX: Léa Kichler
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This is literally the last guy you should ask advice for what is considered hot or not.
I agree. The guy is immune to spicy sauces
His palette is screwed for real. I can taste a lot of flavors in many of these and all he tastes is salt and vinegar.
@@r.h.3084yeah… saying Cholula has no flavor is a wild take. Is it spicy? Not really, but it has a ton of flavor. Dudes palate is shot.
@@vitreous_lusterIt doesn’t have any flavor lol but yeah those of us that pretty much only eat spicy food won’t notice what yall notice.
@@carryeveryday910yes, that’s my point. Your palate is destroyed lol. Can’t taste subtle/complex flavors anymore.
"Oh excuse me, I picked up the wrong one. I am stoned out of my mind." Never change, Ed
He needs to make a spicy strain haha
I think he meant stoned on heat, when you eat that much capsaicin it gets psychoactive.
add a time stamp 13:38
@@unknowntosociety01Something high in b-Caryophyllene!
Whoop whoop
Ed Currie should do a 4 levels style video, but with a hot sauce amateur, a hot sauce connoisseur, himself as a hot sauce expert, and then a culinary chemist.
Do it with Chili Claus and Sean Evans. The best trio.
No thanks
You definitely couldn't do this with 32 sauces, but this is a great idea and something they should absolutely do.
@@syrkon27grow up
This needs to happen!
Emily
Lorenzo
Frank
I love how he showed almost no emotion on the mild sauces, but as soon as he popped open a hot one, he cracked a big smile and started showing enthusiasm. That says it all about how truly passionate he is about hot peppers!
The best thing about it is, he didn't outright say "these aren't spicy, they're bad", he actually gave constructive information about the flavor of the hot sauce, the texture, and what it might pair with, even if it was just tabasco.
@@thiccestboi5114 that's not impressive, that's how you should comment. Your standards are low
@@donotreply8979U didn't provide constructive criticism, your lack of conversational skill is showing, it's on par as an autistic kid
@@thiccestboi5114Ahhhh don't listen to this weiner above me. Nothing wrong at all with appreciating high quality constructive criticism my dude 👍
@@donotreply8979 "Impressive" was never once used in OPs comment. I bet people love talking to you knowing you'll just throw in words of your own that "they said" just to be a depressing smartass. Go get some fresh air and socialize outside of the internet, guy.
The fact he can talk through the 1M+ Scoville peppers is truly amazing.
Not at all
His taste buds are just habituated/adapted to hardcore spicy food
sure but getting to that point isnt easy@@JohnHausser
I agree with @@JohnHausser, practice makes perfect, even with Hot sauces
Honestly, I used to douse my sandwiches and chili with ghost pepper hot sauce. Lol
"I'm going blind because there's so much water in my eyes. But the flavor...."
"The bourbon flavor comes through first"
"No heat at all, I'd put this in a baby bottle!"
Never change, Ed
Babies love bourbon.
Get em started early
I about died when I herd him say that 😂😂
The alcohol evaporated...
Nice profile picture
The fact that he keeps tasting the hot sauces on that small spoon like ice cream, going up the Scoville scale over a million units while giving his expert opinion in a very nonchalant way it's beyond legendary.
When I get new sauces, I always try them by a spoon first.
You are nit him though. Congrats @@Stoovey24
You’ve inspired me to quit drinking 4 years ago. I am still clean. I replaced my addiction with doing super hot pepper sauces and growing them. Thank you for inspiring me that there is more to life than drinking my life away…❤
That’s insane. Congratulations
what is the hottest sayce you've tried so far
@@connnnnnor A homemade batch I made that was aged well Carolina Reaper and Trinidad Scorpion hybrid. I am an avid pepper head and this stuff is crazy hot!! 👍 How bought you bro?
I know you asking, that you have got a recommendation… also, I’ve had hotter sauces that had capsaicin crystals and were hot. The tube of terror is probably one of the hottest I’ve had. Or The Last Dab.
That's Awesome, bro. Congratulations.
Very happy to hear that.
Keep it up and don't ever go back.
❤
You can bring Ed as often as you can.
Won´t get tired of it :D
I'm definitely tired of it. Dude is full of himself.
The fact his last name is ‘Curry’ and he makes hot sauce is just hilarious to me. He was born for this 😅
The HUGE smile when he pulls out the chicken makes my heart warm up!
Ed should go on Hot Ones but he picks the sauces
I'm pretty sure he is the one designing the Hot Ones branded sauces
@@KrimsonHunter But he's definitely not picking the lineup for the show. They only use their own hot sauces once or twice.
Haha, “I’ll show you hot…” - Ed
He makes the hot ones sauces
Ed and Klaus torturing Sean again? I'm ok with this idea.
Please keep this Pepper Ed content coming 😎
Ed is a national treasure
I can confirm
"You can always get hotter, but you can never go backwards. Enjoy your sauce!", Smokin' Ed Currie. Just a baby to peppers, a little salsa on the chips needs 'a touch of heat'. Praise the Lord!
His enthusiasm and expertise on chilis is just a joy to witness! Thanks Ed!
The one person who can make or break a hot sauce brand in a minute.
Yeah, no kidding, I went to heatonist and started loading my cart while I watched.
For someone impressionable maybe.
@@dropthehammer1360lol thats every human dude
@@dropthehammer1360 you're on the most popular video site, watching a channel with over 5 mil subs, don't think you're not impressionable XD
@@lukeandliz that’s not what that word means.
His version of “no heat at all” is radically different than mine. I have a friend that just barely tastes even extremely spicy things, they didn’t build up tolerance, they’re just nearly insensitive to it, I suspect he’s similar.
Maybe they have some genetic advantage there
Yeah, I use Marie Sharp's habanero often but sometimes I prefer Tabasco on certain things and even though Marie Sharp's is 10 times as hot the Tabasco still has some heat.
@@Mimi-jl5ci It seems to be something genetic like I have the gene that cilantro tastes like soap. As to it being an advantage, I’m not so sure. These folks often seem disappointed with spice levels at many restaurants.
Same. I have friends that will start coughing and complaining about a little bit of black pepper.
@@joeymorris4589that’s wild
Ed definitely has some screws missing, but that allows him to make some of the best as well as the hottest hot sauces available.
He's basically taken a sadistic agricultural career path, which is mad. He's definitely gifted + a bit of a lunatic.
Please keep bringing Ed on! I cannot begin to describe every reason he should have regular episodes. My education towards spice and peppers has skyrocketed within months because of this gentleman and I’d LOVE to learn more, I’d love to do what he does for a job haha maybe one day I’ll learn.
It's interesting to see how Ed's sauces have no added preservatives, the pasteurization added to a controlled pH enviroment keeps the bottle sterile
Or the heat is so friggin' high that no living thing (even the fungal and microbial variety) wanted to get near that sauce /jk
@@ducanhbui8471 Nah, bacteria don't have taste buds.
@@hanifarroisimukhlis5989that ‘/jk’ means it was a joke 💀
@@ducanhbui8471that’s partially true. humans likely started eating spicy food because it helped preserve foods to some extent.
@@user-kh9ki3kq8m Or just mask the flavour of meats going bad...
I continue to enjoy all these videos with Ed Currie. Thanks for having him on!
For the simplicity, I love Tabasco sauce! No artificial stuff, just three ingredients kept in white oak barrels for 3 years. Made with love ❤︎
The simplicity makes it go with anything
I love Tabasco.. He’s nuts
It’s not even hot and mostly vinegar. Completely overrated.
@@mioszradomski1825 do you have an original thought of ur own or do u just repeat other people?
get at least the habanero tabasco. the regular one just tastes like vinegar
Such an amazing presence you are Smokin’ Ed Currie! Always a pleasure to see you!
Cholula just tastes like salt? This man’s taste buds are blown out
Thanks for the nice shout-out, Ed! Glad ya like the 10th anniversary sauce with Drake’s Denogginizer!
That was wonderful! Great flow and production. Ed is great in everything!
The fact that this guy said Cholula just tastes like salt is proof that his taste buds are shot.
I mean, if you like the amount of heat he likes, yeah it is pretty much salt hahah. But yeah he's clearly desensitized
My father is in his endgame of Parkinson disease. Our family has lived with it for more than a decade. Watching Mr. Currie's shaking makes me feel for him. I'm not a doctor, but his bahaviour makes me think of my father when the symptoms were first detectable.
He ate a bunch of hotsauces ,
most people would be vomiting or crying.
It's probably his way of coping with heat.
This was my thought as well, maybe not that specifically, but something along those lines.
@@Eric-eq2bm Sweating/spitting are ways of coping with the heat, not exhibiting blatant symptoms of a neurological disorder
@kylegilmore3810 why would he spit , this guy is an expert, a freak of Nature, he has been doing for over 20 years. He stop being an alcoholic because of it .
Amateurs spit or freak out.
Eat 10 different hot sauces , see how you feel.
You will be shaking , crying , sweating , vomiting .
Ed isn't shaking he's coping with extreme heat his way. His insides are burning his tongue is on fire and he has to deal with all of that while talking to the camera. I
While my mind went there too similarly because of my dad, I hope it is just him reacting to the, lets be honest insane, amount of heat he's just ingested.
1:58 THANK YOU! Always thought that Crystal was better than Tabasco and Cholula. Even had heated discussion with friends about it! Finally have proof to rub on their faces. 😂
The world needs people like this...just not alot of them. 😅
This is a great video.
I've been making homemade hot sauces for years now, but I've learned something in this video. I love your perspective of what is and what isn't a hot sauce; how the pepper should be the star of the show and everything else is only there to compliment the pepper. 😁👍
I can't believe he just wrote off Cholula that quickly.
Glad to see him doing stuff like this for the online fans. Great hearing his feedback and hearing his reactions to some of these sauces. I’m also now wildly curious about “dessert hot sauces” - I’m all here for it!
Dude is a champ. I was happy to see he liked the Caribbean yellow pepper sauce. That style of hot sauce is my favorite.
I love Ed Currie, the guy just exudes passion and a love for his craft.
I haven't tried hot sauce on ice cream before, but just last week I had candied Scotch Bonnet on plain vanilla ice cream and it's pretty interesting, do recommend! Stoked to hear that there are hot sauces specifically made for dessert, most of them go for the savory angle obviously.
He makes me proud to be a Sriracha fan. Pretty warm praise for a hot sauce he had on the "not hot" side. I know I'm no hardcore spice addict, but I do have taste.
It’s a staple for a reason I guess.
I love how he says “I use this on absolutely everything! It’s horrid don’t even think of trying it!”😂😂
I feel vindicated when you picked Crystal as the best table sauce, definitely consider it the go to option.
I also tried the Last Dab Apollo without really knowing what it was. Definitely hot, not as bad as I’d think, the heat is a lot but passes relatively quickly.
I have zero interest in trying these super hot hot sauces but I love Ed Currie as a host. He's like a combination of your crazy uncle and grandpa, but you can tell he knows his stuff and has a passion for peppers.
Anyone else notice Ed shaking throughout the video? Hope he’s doing well
I second this! I hope he is well.
He has been like that since the vid he talked about peppers on this channel
Hope he's fine.
He’s probably living up life to its best saying screw it to his Parkinson’s disease
Does he have parkinson's@@whumptapus ???
I'm not really into spicy food or hot sauce, but listening to his enthusiasm makes me want to try some.
Keep bringing ed here. I always enjoy watching videos with him on it.
Ed and Sean are the reasons I started making my own hot sauces🔥
I want to have a passion for something like Ed has for peppers.
Pepper Ed is so great. I do worry about those shaky hands. Hope he's okay.
His intention tremor is much more reassuring than a resting tremor
Must be all the peppers 🌶️ that causes the shaking.
Obviously an alcoholic
@@sunnyztmoney yup
@@kyles5513 it's alcohol that does that ? My father is an alcoholic and has shaky hands (not as intense as the guy in the video tho).
There’s few things more enjoyable than listening to Ed talk about hot sauces.
My mouth watered throughout this entire video!
Ed saying a sauce has no heat is like Rocky Balboa saying "Don't worry bro, he doesn't punch that hard"
Yes Sir I appreciate the Crystal Love! Always been on our table
Ed is just great, well spoken, very accurate .
top notch pepper boss
I've actually been working my spice tolerance up cause I really want to try his sauces
How is it going?
Reaper squeezins is amazing
@zacharyliles8657 not bad actually scotch bonnet sauce has become mildly spicy so slowly I'll get there
@@Ski_3_p_o that's first on my list next to the chocolate reaper one
@@staticx2552not sure if its the same one you're talkin about but i'm on my third bottle of puckerbutt's "chocolate plague" and it is truly underrated. it feels as hot as reaper squeezins but has sooo much more flavor.
ive never heard cholula be described as bland before lol. i really like the flavour of it.
I think Ed has fried his brain and taste buds on reapers and pepper X, so the lower level sauces don't even register to him anymore.
@@Jasontheguitarist87 Definitely can burn out your spice receptors. I used to use a lot of the stuff on the wild list and would've said the same as him. After taking a break for a bit, I can taste the heat in stuff like tabasco again.
If you keep upping the heat, stuff that used to be spicy isn't anymore. But if you go a few days to a few weeks (depending on just how hot you're at) things will start to be spicy again
Cholula ? 👉2.5/5
@@JMD3M410Tabasco is it’s own kinda heat to be fair. Does great for all kinds of cocktails too
Is anyone else glad to have found Pepper Ed content?
Through Hot Ones
He shows up on the First We Feast channel a lot.
=
Love your talent, Ed.
So Hot Ones is basically advertising this guy's sauces. Brilliant.
Glad to see some Canadian representation in the sauces, there are some fantastic hot sauce companies here. I'm a fan of Maritime Madness (based in PEI), would love to know what Ed or other pepper connoisseurs think of their sauces
Y’all got a lot considering the climate. I’m a fan of heartbeat.
Heartbeats Blueberry blend is my favorite. Stopped into their place in Thunder Bay
@@BlackJacket705 The red habanero is my favvv by heartbeat. They’re a great brand.
Try 🇨🇦 DAWSON’S HOT SAUCE
😊 the garlic jalapeño is delicious !
Love the Heartbeat scorpion one
The disrespect to not have Valentina’s on the table is wild
Nice job Ed, very educational.
Puckerbutt was my first proper hot sauce experience. Loved the Peach one and the Vodoo Death Black Mamba (if I remember correctly). Tried a lot but now I'm mostly tasting local hot sauca makers in the Philippines. I am also growing a few Reaper plants. Love it so much!
When I make my own sauce I really don't care about outcome, I just blend whatever fresh homegrown ingredients I have and it always turns out awesome.
PS. hot sauce may be not that hot with ice cream when it goes in, but keep in mind there's no ice cream on the way out.
So true...... So painfully painfully true.
I make my own. I start with ghost peppers. Then vinegar I also add mango jalapeños with a onion and a small amount of tomatoes for. That. Flavor.
i love Ed. he is so passionate about his craft, and it shows!
Great video, Ed! My favorite sauce is Picnic Hot Sauce! 😋
The only hot sauce I buy anymore is Frank's, since I started using powdered peppers for heat, but Frank's (or Crystal, or Louisiana) is essential for making wing sauces.
you need to try peruvian pepper sauces. Huancaina sauce, Tari sauce, Uchucutu sauce. Not the most spicy thing, but extremely flavorful.
I love the way he describes peppers.
I love Ed. Such an artisan and so fun.
This is why I avoid overly heating my food. Never want to lick pure tabasco and say, "No heat at all." It's like not being able to distinguish colors unless they're day glow neon bright. A smoldering crater where his palatte used to be.
Ed: "This really has no heat at all"
Literally anyone else: *Crying on the floor*
12:57 "The heat on this is gonna be just brutal"
*proceeds by pouring half of the bottle*
Living in Thunder Bay, I'm genuinely surprised and delighted to see heart beat hot sauce featured here
Id like to say that the Xanthan only BINDS everything together causing the mix not to break, It does not THICKEN the sauce, only when used out of ratio do you get a thick mix, and at that point you get off flavours
My mom used to punish me talking back with Tabasco. It’s still hot for me today. For Ed to call it “salty and not hot” blows my mind! But that’s the difference between my tolerance and his. 😅
its hot to me but too vinegarish for me to enjoy it.
I been waiting on this 😎
Love these chilli videos with ed
My favorite store-bought hot sauce is the Chipotle Tabasco. That’s my ideal mix of heat and flavor.
That's the best of the Tabasco line for sure
A very surprising hot sauce that has become one of my daily drivers is the Tabasco Scorpion hot sauce. If you haven't tried it give it a shot. It's pretty hot even next to some of the extreme sauces.
Great flavor too. I’d even try it on ice cream.
I was super shocked when I had it. I eat really spicy food and It’s freaking hot. It’s all business and no play.
Smokin Ed baby! I could listen to this guy talk peppers for a lifetime
His smile is so joyful, I love it!
Ed Currie is a LEGEND🎉
I can't wait to be able to grow some of my own Pepper X peppers eventually. Love my Carolina reapers.
Current reapers are hard to raise. Pepper X would be “fun” at a rate of 1 in 10 that gets past seedling even with controlled conditions
@@dylanzrim3635 true. I had about 3 reapers in 10 seeds start. Once they started they took off though! Have about 2 half gallon jars full of them, then dehydrated about half a pint worth to smash up for powder to put in chilis and stuff. Not something to handle without gloves lol
My all time favorite is Matouk's West Indian hot sauce. I eat it all the time! So delicious!
The various Last Dab sauces are all really delicious. I use them on pizza and hamburgers and they add so much flavor. I also make sure to have plenty of water when eating them 😅
Frank's Red Hot FTW!
i appreciate this video. and i hope Ed has some people looking at this health. seeing both his hands shaking so much. i feel he as aged a lot this last year or so.
This guy is awesome!
He actually created a hot pepper too!
I have been eating and growing carolina reapers in my back yard for about 9 years. Nothing else is really spicy anymore. When I taste store bought hot sauce, all I taste is the vinegar and salt.
I barely can eat anything hot, but Ed is always fun to watch.
@@mm6705 how do you even start when you think everything is too hot though
@mm6705 I don't have that experience. What's "pretty quickly"?
To me its not just about heat, its about flavor and what to combine it with.
This. I have 23 hot sauces on a shelf in my pantry and each one is for something different. Every time someone new comes over and sees the shelf they think I’m crazy when I explain that. Their loss.
That is true of everybody with sense but Ed's not one of them.
Which is why he tells you straight up that the super hot sauces aren't really designed to be well-balanced sauces, they are all about the heat. It makes it funny when spice heads try to pretend there are extraordinary flavors in their top level sauces when no, not really, its mostly burning death with only the smallest hints of anything else. It's totally ok to chase the hottest sauces but lets not pretend they are something they aren't.
@@Henny.777even ed said what he just said in the video what are you trying here?
@@RaeuberFotzenRotz girl what are you waffling about
Having Ed sing the praises of your sauce has to be like Elton John telling you your music is great.
Great job! Thank you very much! Now i have a lot better feel of what to look for.
He looks exactly what I expect a “pepper expert” to look like 😂
Looks more like a junk food expert.
I picked up a bottle of last dab appollo a couple months ago, and so far the best use for it is throwing a tablespoon of it into a cup of white queso. Flavor wise, not much going on. The Unique Garlique sauce is the best one here IMO, but I'm a sucker for garlic. Really want to try the taco vibes one.
Reaper Squeezins literally looks like a hot sauce that'd be in regular show to start a plot, and probably tastes similar to such
Pepper Ed a national treasure!
Ed's got the pepper shakes
Nice selection. Looks wonderful to try over time.
I used to live off Sriracha rooster, literally haven't seen a bottle in years. 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Love Ed, keep it coming
As a pepper amateur, my favorite pepper so far has got to be the humble habanero, it scales nicely to my taste. A few drops of habanero hot sauce will brighten up a meal, but I can also make my food completely inedible with habaneros, too, and the distance between the two has a lot of great stops in between.
That's pretty much where I live too. Habaneros have great flavor and they're super versatile!
Habaneros are one of the fee peppers that truly taste like fruit. They are definitely king of the "reasonable" peppers.
If habanero is your thing scotch bonnets you should like too they have a similar spice and taste but with citrus notes
the habernero flavour of heartbeat hot sauce is delicious. Probably nowhere near enough spice for the likes of Ed though