The Técnico
El Fuego Verde
Charred tomatillo, serrano, and roasted garlic with a squeeze of lime. Bright, grassy, dangerously drinkable.
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Warm-up match · 4,500 SHU
$12
Hecho a mano · Small batch since 2019
Flavor that fights back. ¡Pícale!
Fire-roasted Oaxacan chiles, four-week oak ferments, and zero shortcuts. Four signature sauces, each one a luchador with its own style in the ring. Your tacos never stood a chance.
⭐ 4.9 from 5,200+ reviews
🏆 2025 Fiery Food Award
🌱 All natural
Tonight's main event
Meet the roster
Four fighters, four flavor styles. Every bottle is fermented, blended, and hand-numbered in batches of 300. Pick your champion or take home the whole card.
The Crowd Favorite
La Reina Roja
Guajillo and chile de árbol simmered with piloncillo and cider vinegar. Sweet heat with a royal backhand.
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Mid-card heat · 18,000 SHU
$12
The High-Flyer
El Diablo Dorado
Habanero, mango, and passionfruit off the top rope. Tropical first, then the flying elbow lands.
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Title contender · 60,000 SHU
$14
El Campeón
Santo Humo
Mesquite-smoked morita and ghost pepper, fermented four weeks in oak. Slow, smoky, undefeated.
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Main event · 145,000 SHU
$16
Tres caídas, sin atajos
Three falls. No shortcuts.
A lucha match is won two falls out of three. Our sauce wins all three, every batch, the slow way our abuela taught us in Oaxaca.
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Primera caída: The Roast
Heirloom chiles from family farms in Oaxaca and the Rio Grande Valley, fire-roasted over mesquite until the skins blister and the kitchen smells like a victory parade.
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Segunda caída: The Ferment
Four full weeks in oak barrels with sea salt and patience. Fermentation builds the deep, tangy backbone that extract sauces can only dream about.
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Tercera caída: The Bottle
Blended, bottled, capped, and numbered by six pairs of hands in our San Antonio kitchen. Batches of 300, never more. When a batch sells out, it is out.
"If it didn't take a month to make, it doesn't wear the mask." ★ Lupe Reyes, founder
Know your opponent
The heat scoreboard
Scoville units, posted ringside. For reference, a jalapeño taps out around 5,000 SHU. Choose bravely, but choose honestly.
Heat measured per batch by an independent lab. Milk sold separately. 🥛
From the front row
The crowd goes wild
★★★★★"Santo Humo body-slammed every other sauce in my fridge. Smoky, slow burn, ridiculous on brisket. I bought three more bottles before finishing the first."
★★★★★"El Fuego Verde is my gateway sauce. My spice-shy husband now puts it on eggs, pizza, and, one regrettable evening, vanilla ice cream. He regrets nothing."
★★★★★"You can taste the ferment. Most hot sauce is just vinegar with attitude; La Reina Roja is an actual recipe. The batch number on the label is a classy touch."
Limited corner deal
El Campeonato Trio
La Reina Roja, El Diablo Dorado, and Santo Humo in one gift-ready box with a free collector's mask sticker sheet. The full title fight, delivered to your door. $42 $36
Join la comisión
First dibs on every batch
Batches sell out fast. Members of La Comisión get 48-hour early access to drops, secret single-barrel ferments, and recipes from the Tres Caídas test kitchen. No spam, only salsa.