# Hottest hot sauces and pepper extracts you can buy The hottest product here is Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9, a 9,000,000 SHU pepper extract its maker sells as a food additive, not a sauce. Among regular hot sauces, Blair's Crystal Death Sauce (2,000,000 SHU) and Hot Ones' The Last Dab (2,000,000+ SHU) top the list, per Wikipedia. **9M SHU** Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9 **2M+** The Last Dab **2M** Blair's Crystal Death **Spot 8** Da' Bomb on Hot Ones Blair's builds its Death Sauce line around ever-hotter extracts, and the Scoville ratings Wikipedia lists for it climb from a mild 4,000 to 2 million. Crystal Death tops the sauces that are still on shelves. The hotter 16 Million Reserve was a numbered run of 999 bottles, now sold out. Price tables: [Spicy](https://sharpest.ai/spicy)[Extreme foods](https://sharpest.ai/extreme) ## At a glance | Product | Claim | Lowest eBay | Amazon | |---|---|---|---| | [ Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9 Pepper Extract](#mad-dog-357-plutonium-no-9-pepper-extract) | 9M SHU | [$88.64](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/mad-dog-357-plutonium-no-9-pepper-extract/v1%7C880044916846%7C0) | [Check price](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mad+dog+357+plutonium+no.+9+pepper+extract&tag=sharpestai-20) | | [ Blair's Crystal Death Sauce](#blair-s-crystal-death-sauce) | 2.0M SHU | none listed | [Check price](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blair%27s+crystal+death+sauce&tag=sharpestai-20) | | [ Hot Ones The Last Dab](#hot-ones-the-last-dab) | 2M+ SHU | [$28.70](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/hot-ones-the-last-dab/v1%7C940073473873%7C0) | [Check price](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hot+ones+the+last+dab&tag=sharpestai-20) | | [ Blair's Ultra Death Sauce](#blair-s-ultra-death-sauce) | 1.1M SHU | [$23.50](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/blair-s-ultra-death-sauce/v1%7C800902351565%7C0) | [Check price](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blair%27s+ultra+death+sauce&tag=sharpestai-20) | | [ Blair's Mega Death Sauce](#blair-s-mega-death-sauce) | 550K SHU | [$23.77](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/blair-s-mega-death-sauce/v1%7C366408902701%7C0) | [Check price](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blair%27s+mega+death+sauce&tag=sharpestai-20) | ## Run your own Hot Ones challenge Hot Ones guests eat wings with a lineup of hotter and hotter sauces. Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity has sat in spot 8 since season 2, and The Last Dab is always the final sauce (Wikipedia). At home: - Line up the sauces from mildest to hottest. - Eat one wing per sauce, in order, with no skipping. - Finish on The Last Dab, or Crystal Death if you want 2 million SHU in a regular sauce. - Plutonium No. 9 is an extract, not a dipping sauce: its maker says never use more than one drop in any food. ### Do it safely - Keep milk, bread or rice nearby. - Wash your hands before touching your eyes. - Keep extracts away from children. ## The sauces and extracts ### Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9 Pepper Extract 9M SHU [source](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-hottest-food-additive-is-ashley-food-companys-mad-dog-357-plutonium-no-9-pepper-extract-228756281.html) [eBay $88.64](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/mad-dog-357-plutonium-no-9-pepper-extract/v1%7C880044916846%7C0)[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mad+dog+357+plutonium+no.+9+pepper+extract&tag=sharpestai-20) Ashley Food Company says it registers 9,000,000 on the Scoville scale, about four times a Carolina Reaper pepper. It is an extract for cooking, not a table sauce. Food additive, not a sauce: keep it away from eyes and children. The maker's founder says never use more than one drop in any food or consume it directly. ### Blair's Crystal Death Sauce 2.0M SHU [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%27s_Sauces_and_Snacks) [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blair%27s+crystal+death+sauce&tag=sharpestai-20) Listed at 2,000,000 SHU, the hottest in Blair's regular sauce line on Wikipedia's list: about 400 to 800 times Tabasco (2,500 to 5,000 SHU). ### Hot Ones The Last Dab 2M+ SHU [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Ones) [eBay $28.70](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/hot-ones-the-last-dab/v1%7C940073473873%7C0)[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hot+ones+the+last+dab&tag=sharpestai-20) The final sauce on the Hot Ones interview show, rated 2,000,000+ SHU per Wikipedia. Guests take it last, after Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity in spot 8. Later versions include Reduxx, XXX, Apollo and Xperience. ### Blair's Ultra Death Sauce 1.1M SHU [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%27s_Sauces_and_Snacks) [eBay $23.50](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/blair-s-ultra-death-sauce/v1%7C800902351565%7C0)[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blair%27s+ultra+death+sauce&tag=sharpestai-20) Listed at 1,100,000 SHU: about 220 to 440 times Tabasco, and in the range of a Carolina Reaper pepper. ### Blair's Mega Death Sauce 550K SHU [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%27s_Sauces_and_Snacks) [eBay $23.77](https://sharpest.ai/go/spicy/blair-s-mega-death-sauce/v1%7C366408902701%7C0)[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=blair%27s+mega+death+sauce&tag=sharpestai-20) Listed at 550,000 SHU: about 110 to 220 times Tabasco. The easiest of the three to find, and the mildest. We earn a commission on purchases through these links. eBay prices (item + shipping) read from our latest check; Amazon links open a search, so check the price there. Listed in no particular order. Each figure is the maker’s or the named source’s claim, as of 2026-11-09. ## How hot is that? Scoville heat units on a log scale: each step right is a multiple, not an addition. Pepper Sauce or candy On this page - Tabasco sauce 2,500 to 5,000 SHU · [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%27s_Sauces_and_Snacks) - Jalapeño about 5,000 SHU · [source](https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/hottest-hot-sauce-in-the-world) - Blair's Mega Death 550,000 SHU · [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%27s_Sauces_and_Snacks) - Blair's Ultra Death 1,100,000 SHU · [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%27s_Sauces_and_Snacks) - Carolina Reaper 1,641,183 (average) SHU · [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Reaper) - Blair's Crystal Death 2,000,000 SHU · [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair%27s_Sauces_and_Snacks) - Hot Ones The Last Dab 2,000,000+ SHU · [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Ones) - Pepper X 2,693,000 average SHU · [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_X) - Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9 9,000,000 SHU · [source](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/worlds-hottest-food-additive-is-ashley-food-companys-mad-dog-357-plutonium-no-9-pepper-extract-228756281.html) - Blair's 16 Million Reserve (sold out) about 16,000,000 SHU · [source](https://www.themanual.com/food-and-drink/hottest-hot-sauce-in-the-world) ## Good to know - Heat figures are the makers' ratings as listed by Wikipedia (page last edited 14 June 2026), not independent lab results. - Blair's 16 Million Reserve (capsaicin crystals, about 16 million SHU) is sold out; resale prices run into the hundreds of dollars. ## Watch Hot Ones and extract challenges [ ▶**Gordon Ramsay on Hot Ones** First We Feast · YouTube · 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9DyHthJ6LA)[ ▶**Tom Holland on Hot Ones** First We Feast · YouTube · 2021](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxGmGGmvFD8)[ ▶**Dry-aging steak in 9 million Scoville extract** Max the Meat Guy · YouTube · 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cPXvVxxckc) Videos open on YouTube. 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