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Hot Mess BBQ Sauce

by Horsetooth Hot Sauce

At a glance

A BBQ sauce, also listed as hot sauce.

Tastes
TangyBourbon / spiritsSmokyTomato base

Probably tangy, boozy and smoky, built on tomato.

Heat
Label says “Hot”Cayenne
Try with
RibsBrisket & beef
Made with

Tomato puree (tomatoes), Apple cider vinegar, Distilled white vinegar, Brown sugar… all ingredients

From the ingredient label on file with USDA. How we read it

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Ingredients

21, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato puree (tomatoes)
  2. 2
    Apple cider vinegar
  3. 3
    Distilled white vinegar
  4. 4
    Brown sugar
  5. 5
    Odell's cutthroat porter
    • Malts
    • Hops
    • Water
    • Yeast
  6. 6
    Bourbon
  7. 7
    Garlic
  8. 8
    Salt
  9. 9
    Onion
  10. 10
    Lemon juice
  11. 11
    Molasses
  12. 12
    Liquid smoke
  13. 13
    Chili powder (chili)
  14. 14
    Smokestack lightning (vinegar, chipotles, garlic, onion, black pepper, salt, xanthan gum) smoked spanish parika
  15. 15
    Mustard flour (mentions a common allergen)
  16. 16
    Allspice
  17. 17
    Coffee
  18. 18
    Black pepper
  19. 19
    Herbs de provance
  20. 20
    Cayenne (chili)
  21. 21
    Xantham gum
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

TOMATO PUREE (TOMATOES), APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, BROWN SUGAR, ODELL'S CUTTHROAT PORTER (MALTS, HOPS, WATER, YEAST), BOURBON, GARLIC, SALT, ONION, LEMON JUICE, MOLASSES, LIQUID SMOKE, CHILI POWDER, SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING (VINEGAR, CHIPOTLES, GARLIC, ONION, BLACK PEPPER, SALT, XANTHAN GUM) SMOKED SPANISH PARIKA, MUSTARD FLOUR, ALLSPICE, COFFEE, BLACK PEPPER, HERBS DE PROVANCE, CAYENNE, XANTHAM GUM.

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Where this comes from

The USDA label record, plus the photo from Open Food Facts.

How we read the flavor4 tags
  • Tomato baseTomato Puree (Tomatoes) is listed 1st
  • TangyApple Cider Vinegar is listed 2nd
  • Bourbon / spiritsContains bourbon
  • SmokyContains liquid smoke

Words on the label: “Hot”.

We read the ingredient order and wording. No tasting, no scores, and we never guess heat.

Product facts
Brand
Horsetooth Hot Sauce
Owner, as reported
Horsetooth Hot Sauce
Type
BBQ sauce · also Hot sauce
Peppers named
Cayenne
Smoked
Yes, on the label
Label on record
2019-03-17
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
16 fl oz
US		857592004073Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2062211 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
ingredients text90%
peppers named in ingredients80%
is smoked70%

Data from Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), available under the Open Database License. Product on Open Food Facts. Photos: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0, credited on each photo.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central. fdc.nal.usda.gov (CC0-1.0).

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