Frank's RedHot


Frank's RedHot is a hot sauce made from a variety of cayenne peppers, produced by McCormick.

History

Frank's RedHot's recipe dates to 1896 to the Frank Tea and Spice Company in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 1917, owner Jacob Frank contracted for the Estilette Pepper Farm in Louisiana where Adam Estilette and Frank became business partners. The two men mixed spices, vinegar, garlic and cayenne peppers and allowed them to age, thus creating the original blend of Frank's RedHot as it first appeared on the market in 1920. The Original blend ranks low on the Scoville scale, with 450 SHUs, but the XTRA Hot variety has 2,000 SHUs.
It is known as the primary ingredient in the first Buffalo wing sauce, developed in 1964 by Teressa Bellissimo at the Anchor Bar and Grill in Buffalo, New York.
In 1977, Frank's RedHot was sold to Durkee Famous Foods. Since the purchase of the Durkee brand in 1995, it was owned by Reckitt Benckiser until 2017. Frank's is produced in Springfield, Missouri.
In 2007, Thanasi Foods began marketing licensed Frank's RedHot flavored beef jerky and meat snacks.
In August 2017, spice maker McCormick closed a $4.2billion deal that included French's mustard and Frank's RedHot sauce.

Products

The company produces flavors based on the original recipe:
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, 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".