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Best Hot Sauce in Orlando, FL: 3 Makers, Ranked

Kendy's Pepper Sauce sells The Original for $9.00 a bottle. The brand started with a backyard garden during the 2020 pandemic closures. Fat Cat Gourmet is an Orlando, FL based company run by a husband-and-wife team. MagicFireBrand makes its bottles in Orlando, and its HQ sits just south of the city.

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The ranking

  1. Illustrative image of a thick pepper sauce with habanero and jalapeno peppers, mango and cilantro; not a photograph of the premises or packaging.
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    Kendy's Pepper Sauce

    The shop lists a $5.00 travel bottle and an eight-ounce Original at $14.00. The standard bottle sells for $9.00, the same price as the habanero Rest In Garlic. That original formula blends habanero and jalapeno with garlic, mango, onions and cilantro, and the brand describes its pepper sauce as a thicker, textured hot sauce. Orders ship by UPS ground for a flat $10.

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    Fat Cat Gourmet

    Three Scoville ranges are printed on the product pages: Hiss-y Fit at 120,000-280,000 SHU, Chairman Meow's Revenge at 50,000-120,000 SHU and Florida Sauce at 3000-7000 SHU. Hiss-y Fit is labeled extra hot and built on Carolina Reaper with jalapenos and roasted red peppers. Chairman Meow's Revenge starts at $10.99, the Everyday Green Jalapeno at $8.99. Orders over $50 ship free, orders below pay $7.99.

  3. Illustrative image of smoked Dominican habaneros and reaper peppers beside bottles of dark red sauce; not a photograph of the premises or packaging.
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    MagicFireBrand

    Fired Green Tomatoes costs $10.00 on the shop page, and a three sauce bundle goes for $27.00. NC Fire smokes Dominican habaneros for 27 hours, Unholy Mole stacks Carolina Reaper, Scotch Bonnet and Chocolate Bhutlah, and Kradot Chok uses locally grown Bhut Jolokia peppers. Bottles are made in Orlando, and the company HQ sits just south of the city.

FAQ

What style of hot sauce is Orlando known for?

Kendy's Pepper Sauce describes its island flavor as inspired by the Caribbean Islands, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago. Fat Cat Gourmet labels its own line flavor-forward. MagicFireBrand builds Kradot Chok on locally grown Bhut Jolokia peppers, and Fired Green Tomatoes on hybrid artisan chilis grown in Georgia and Florida.

What are the cheapest hot sauce bottles in Orlando?

Travel Kendy's Pepper Sauce is listed at $5.00, and the standard Original bottle is $9.00. Fat Cat Gourmet's Everyday Green Jalapeno starts at $8.99, while MagicFireBrand sells Fired Green Tomatoes for $10.00.

Which Orlando hot sauce makers ship online?

Kendy's Pepper Sauce ships by UPS ground at a flat rate of $10 and gives free shipping on orders over $50. Fat Cat Gourmet ships within the U.S. including Hawaii, Alaska and APOs. MagicFireBrand offers free shipping on orders over $50.

Which Orlando hot sauces are the hottest?

Fat Cat Gourmet publishes a Scoville range for Hiss-y Fit at 120,000-280,000 SHU and for Chairman Meow's Revenge at 50,000-120,000 SHU. MagicFireBrand calls The Unhappiest Place on Earth the hottest sauce it has ever made.

Which Orlando hot sauce makers use habanero?

Kendy's Pepper Sauce puts habanero and jalapeno in its original formula. MagicFireBrand hardwood-smokes Dominican habaneros for 27 hours for NC Fire.

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