They rate "hot" based on the Scoville scale.
Check out this
page. It includes sauces such as "Crazy Jerry's Brain Damage Sauce" and "Colon Blow Hot Sauce". MMMMM.....just what the doctor ordered. :mg:
It has a hot sauce rated at 1 million scoville units.
Scoville_scale is defined as:
"The Scoville scale is a measure of the "hotness," or more correctly, piquancy, of a chili pepper. These fruits of the Capsicum genus contain capsaicin, a chemical compound which stimulates thermoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucus membranes. The number of Scoville heat units (SHU) indicates the amount of capsaicin present. Many hot sauces use their Scoville rating in advertising as a selling point. The scale is named after its creator, American chemist Wilbur Scoville."
I like some heat in my food, but "hot" just for the sake of being "hot" isn't for me. I actually like my tastebuds.
Wayne