Frank's RedHot is a
hot sauce
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History
Humans have used chili peppers and other ho ...
made from a variety of
cayenne peppers, produced by
McCormick & Company. The Original blend ranks low on the
Scoville scale, with 450 SHUs, but the XTRA Hot variety measures 2,000 SHUs.
History
The Frank Tea and Spice Company was founded in 1896 in
Cincinnati, Ohio
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. In 1917, owner Jacob Frank contracted for the Estilette Pepper Farm in
Louisiana
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where Adam Estilette and Frank became business partners. They mixed spices,
vinegar,
garlic and
cayenne peppers and aged them, creating the original blend of Frank's RedHot, which entered the market in 1920.
Frank's RedHot is the primary ingredient in many
Buffalo wing recipes, but was probably not the hot sauce that was used in the original 1964
Anchor Bar recipe. In 1977, Frank's RedHot was sold to Durkee Famous Foods.
Following the purchase of the Durkee brand in 1995, it was owned by
Reckitt Benckiser until 2017. Frank's is produced in
Springfield, Missouri
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. In 2007,
Thanasi Foods began marketing licensed Frank's RedHot flavored
beef jerky and
meat snacks. In August 2017, spice maker
McCormick & Company closed a $4.2billion deal that included
French's
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mustard and Frank's RedHot sauce.
Advertisements
Frank's RedHot is known for its national television ad campaign depicting an irreverent elderly woman named Ethel explaining her recipes for various foods. Usually in front of a prestigious figure (e.g., the
Queen
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), she will quip "I put that s*** on everything", much to the disdain of those around her. The expletive is always censored with a
bleep, and Ethel's mouth is covered with a censoring "splat".
See also
*
Louisiana Hot Sauce sauce, also from New Iberia
*
Trappey's Hot Sauce, also from New Iberia
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List of condiments
*
List of hot sauces
*
Louisiana Creole cuisine
*
Scoville heat scale
References
External links
Frank's RedHot— Official Home Page
Frank's RedHot on the ChilliWorld Scoville Scale (archived December 14, 2016 from the original)
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Brand name condiments
Reckitt brands
Products introduced in 1920
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