Hot Ones

Hot Ones is an American YouTube talk show, created by Chris Schonberger, hosted by Sean Evans and produced by First We Feast and Complex Media.[1] Its basic premise involves celebrities being interviewed by Evans over a platter of increasingly spicy chicken wings. Several spin-offs have been produced, including the game show Hot Ones: The Game Show on the cable television network TruTV, and Truth or Dab, a truth or dare style competition that also airs on the First We Feast YouTube channel.

Hot Ones
GenreInterview
Created byChris Schonberger
StarringSean Evans
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons22
No. of episodes296 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Sean Evans
  • Sarah Honda
Production companies
Release
Original networkYouTube
Original releaseMarch 12, 2015 (2015-03-12) 
present

As of October 2023, the show has produced twenty-two seasons (with three seasons per calendar year since 2018). Most seasons produce between 10 and 16 episodes, though prior to 2018 there were longer seasons consisting of more episodes; approximately 40 episodes air per year. Each season features a different line-up of hot sauces, though certain sauces remain from year-to-year, including three self-produced sauces, "Hot Ones – The Classic" in spot 1, "Hot Ones – Los Calientes" in either spot 4 or 5, and "Hot Ones – The Last Dab" as the final sauce. Since Season 2, "Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity" has occupied spot 8. Guests who do not complete the gauntlet of hot sauces are placed in the "Hall of Shame" or, beginning in Season 17, the "Wall-Most Made it."

The show has been nominated for several awards, winning two Streamy Awards and its host, Sean Evans, has been nominated for Daytime Emmy Award. In 2022, Hot Ones received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment. The show has been noted for its deep-probing questions, often digging up material from a celebrity's background not often discussed on other interview shows, with Hollywood Insider calling it "the hottest celebrity interview right now" in 2021.[2]

Format

The format involves Evans and his celebrity guests eating ten chicken wings (or a vegetarian/vegan alternative based on the guest's preference), each prepared with a progressively hotter hot sauce. Evans states the show's tagline at the beginning of each episode: "The show with hot questions, and even hotter wings."

The first sauce presented is relatively mild such as sriracha, which has a rating of 2,200 Scoville units. The final sauce (as of season 4), Hot Ones' own The Last Dab (The Last Dab Reduxx starting in season 6, The Last Dab XXX starting in Season 10, The Last Dab Apollo starting in season 13, And The Last Dab Xperience starting in season 22), has a Scoville rating of 2,000,000+.[3] As per "tradition", the guests are encouraged to put a minuscule extra amount of The Last Dab on the final wing; they are told this is not required, but most guests opt to do so even when already struggling with the heat of the previous wings.

After each wing, Evans asks his guest an interview question. As the wings get hotter, the guest typically begins to display the effects of eating the spicier wings and the interview becomes less focused on the guest and more so the struggle to finish the wings. The guests are also provided glasses of water and milk as well as ice cream to counteract the effect of the wings.

The standard show is Evans and one guest eating ten wings each, but in some episodes where there are two guests (such as the episodes featuring Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele and Hila & Ethan Klein from h3h3Productions), only five wings are given to each guest. Guests who successfully finish all ten wings are allowed to promote their upcoming projects. Guests who fail are still afforded this opportunity, but are also added to the show's Hall of Shame.

Development

The show was created by First We Feast Founder Christopher Schonberger. Schonberger cites Alexa Chung's quirky interview show Popworld as the inspiration for the show.[4] The show is hosted by Sean Evans.

On September 26, 2017, First We Feast featured an episode of Sean in the Wild, using sauces from Hot Ones, starring Sean Evans and Michael Stevens from Vsauce.[5]

The nineteenth episode of the fourth season featuring Mario Batali was originally released on November 23, 2017 and was removed a month later possibly in light of the sexual misconduct allegations towards him.[6][7]

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
18March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12)October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)
240December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)December 22, 2016 (2016-12-22)
324January 19, 2017 (2017-01-19)June 29, 2017 (2017-06-29)
424July 20, 2017 (2017-07-20)December 28, 2017 (2017-12-28)
516January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)May 3, 2018 (2018-05-03)
613June 7, 2018 (2018-06-07)September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06)
712October 4, 2018 (2018-10-04)December 20, 2018 (2018-12-20)
812January 24, 2019 (2019-01-24)April 11, 2019 (2019-04-11)
912 + 1 bonusMay 30, 2019 (2019-05-30)September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05)
1012September 19, 2019 (2019-09-19)December 5, 2019 (2019-12-05)
119January 18, 2020 (2020-01-18)April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09)
1210June 25, 2020 (2020-06-25)August 27, 2020 (2020-08-27)
1311October 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)December 10, 2020 (2020-12-10)
1412January 28, 2021 (2021-01-28)April 15, 2021 (2021-04-15)
1512May 27, 2021 (2021-05-27)August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)
1614September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)December 23, 2021 (2021-12-23)
1712January 20, 2022 (2022-01-20)April 7, 2022 (2022-04-07)
1812May 26, 2022 (2022-05-26)August 11, 2022 (2022-08-11)
1912September 29, 2022 (2022-09-29)December 22, 2022 (2022-12-22)
2012January 26, 2023 (2023-01-26)April 13, 2023 (2023-04-13)
2112May 25, 2023 (2023-05-25)August 10, 2023 (2023-08-10)
22TBASeptember 21, 2023 (2023-09-21)TBA

Hot sauce lineup

Note that the number of sauces was cut in half in earlier seasons when there were multiple guests on the show.

The Scoville units listed below for Season 1 are based on Scott Roberts web Scoville scale whereas the following seasons are based on the units displayed in the episodes, which sometimes results in the same sauce having different ratings in different seasons.

Season 1 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Texas Pete Original Hot Sauce 747
2 Cholula Original Hot Sauce 3,600
3 El Yucateco Caribbean Hot Sauce – Chile Habanero 5,790
4 Lottie's Traditional Barbados Yellow Hot Pepper Sauce 12,000
5 Pain is Good – Louisiana Style 13,000
6 Pain 100% 20,600
7 Blair's Original Death Sauce with Chipotle 30,000
8 Dave's Gourmet Temporary Insanity 57,000
9 Dave's Gourmet Insanity Hot Sauce 180,000
10 Mad Dog 357 357,000

Season 2 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Sriracha 2,200
2 Tapatío 3,000
3 El Yucateco – Chile Habanero 5,790
4 Pain is Good – Louisiana Style 13,000
5 Hot Ones – Fiery Chipotle 15,600
6 High River – Rogue 34,000
7 Pain 100% 40,600
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Mad Dog 357 357,000
10 Blair's Mega Death Sauce 550,000

Season 3 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Huy Fong Sriracha 2,200
2 Tabasco 4,000
3 El Yucateco Chile Habanero 5,790
4 Queen Majesty – Red Habanero and Black Coffee 14,000
5 Hot Ones – Fiery Chipotle 15,600
6 Bravado Spice Company – Ghost Pepper and Blueberry 28,000
7 Torchbearer Sauces – Zombie Apocalypse Sauce 100,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Mad Dog 357 357,000
10 Blair's Mega Death Sauce 550,000

Season 4 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Valentina Black Label 2,100
2 Crystal 3,000
3 Secret Aardvark 5,000
4 Queen Majesty – Scotch Bonnet and Ginger 9,000
5 Hot Ones – Fiery Chipotle 15,600
6 Dirty Dicks 21,000
7 Zombie Apocalypse Ghost Chili Sauce 100,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Blair's Mega Death Sauce 550,000
10 The Last Dab 2,000,000+

Season 5 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Humble House Ancho & Morita 450
2 Original Louisiana Hot Sauce 550
3 Small Axe Peppers – The Bronx Greenmarket Hot Sauce 5,500
4 Hot Ones – Fiery Chipotle 15,600
5 Adoboloco Hawaiian Hot Sauce Hamajang Kiawe Smoked Ghost Pepper 32,000
6 Karma Sauce Extreme Karma 56,000
7 Dawson's Original Hot Sauce 82,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Mad Dog 357 – 25th Anniversary Edition 1,000,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab (Reaper Edition) 2,000,000+

Season 6 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Howler Monkey – Original 600
2 Heartbeat Hot Sauce – Red Habanero 4,000
3 Pirate's Lantern – Pepper Sauce 7,500
4 Son of Zombie – Torchbearer 24,000
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes 36,000
6 Bravado Spice Company – Black Garlic Carolina Reaper Sauce 71,000
7 Bunsters – Black Label 99,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Hell Fire Hot Sauce – Fiery Fool 550,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab Reduxx 2,000,000+

Season 7 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Humble House Guajillo & Red Jalapeño 2,100
3 Butterfly Bakery of Vermont – Maple Wood Smoked Onion 7,900
4 Small Axe Peppers – Habanero Mango 22,500
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes 36,000
6 Clark and Hopkins – Assam 55,000
7 Culley's – Fire Water 112,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Burns & McCoy – Exhorresco 625,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab Reduxx 2,000,000+

Season 8 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Angry Goat – Hippy Dippy Green 2,300
3 Paddy O's Potion 8,800
4 High River Sauces Cheeba Gold 25,300
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes 36,000
6 Adoboloco Kolohe Kid 61,000
7 Torchbearer – Garlic Reaper 116,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Hellfire – Fear This 679,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Reduxx 2,000,000+

Season 9 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Sauce Bae Skinny Habanero 2,500
3 Shaquanda's Hot Pepper 10,100
4 Lucky Dog Year of The Dog Thai Chile Pineapple 29,800
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes 36,000
6 Hell Fire Detroit Habanero 66,000[lower-alpha 1]
7 Wiltshire Chilli Farm Trinidad Scorpion 104,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Puckerbutt Chocolate Plague 690,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab Reduxx 2,000,000+

Season 10 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Small Axe Peppers – The Chicago Red Hot Jalapeño Hot Sauce 2,800
3 Heartbeat Hot Sauce – Pineapple Habanero 12,200
4 Hot Ones – Los Calientes 36,000
5 Torchbearer Headless Horseradish 52,000
6 Adoboloco Fiya!Fiya! 77,000
7 Bravado Spice Company – Aka Miso Ghost Reaper 116,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Karma Sauce – Burn After Eating 669,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab XXX 2,000,000+

Season 11 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Cantina Royal – Tamaulipeka 4,200
3 Fiji Fire – Native Bongo Chilli Hot Sauce 14,300
4 Double Take Salsa Co. – Scotch Bonnet Mustard 37,000
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Rojo 49,000
6 Seed Ranch – Hot Thai Green 74,000
7 Pepper North – Stargazer 118,000
8 Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Dingo Sauce Co. – Widow Maker 682,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab XXX 2,000,000+

Season 12 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic (Garlic Fresno Edition) 1,700
2 Steel City Sauce Co – Jade Jaguar 3,600
3 Fresco Sauce Co – Chipotle & Habanero 12,400
4 Hotter Than El – Ghost Sauce 39,000
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Rojo 49,000
6 Seafire Gourmet – Reaper 72,000
7 Volcanic Pepper's – Thor's Hammer 121,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Monoloco – Pierde Almas 665,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab XXX 2,000,000+

Season 13 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic (Garlic Fresno Edition) 1,700
2 Dawson's – Shawarma Sauce 4,200
3 Shaquanda's – West Indian Curry 14,000
4 Angry Goat Pepper Company – Goat Rider 43,500
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Rojo 49,000
6 Heartbeat Hot Sauce Company – Scorpion 66,000
7 Hell Fire Detroit – Bourbon Habanero Ghost 89,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 PuckerButt Pepper Company – Chipotle eXpress 669,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 14 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Hot N Saucy – Garlic N Peperoncini 3,900
3 Mark's – Barbados Style 15,500
4 Hellfire – Devil's Blend 42,000
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Rojo 49,000
6 High River Sauces – Tears of the Sun Private Reserve 69,000
7 Torchbearer Sauces – Honey Badger 99,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Hot Ones – Eye of the Scorpion 676,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 15 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Savir Foods – Jala Pepa 4,000
3 Cantina Royal – Tomasa 18,000
4 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Barbacoa Hot Sauce 33,000
5 The Original Goat – Ginger Goat 55,000
6 High Desert Sauce Co. – Tikk-Hot Masala 72,000
7 Hotter Than El – Love Burns 101,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Karma Sauce – Scorpion Disco 649,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 16 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic (Garlic Fresno Edition) 1,700
2 Yellowbird Foods – Bliss & Vinegar 6,200
3 Hoff & Pepper – Hoff's Haus Sauce 14,500
4 Hot Ones – Los Calientes 36,000
5 Hot Heads Official – Revolutionary Hot Sauce 57,000
6 Señor Lechuga – .718 Hot Sauce 67,000
7 Chile Lengua de Fuego – Bhutila Fire Hot Sauce 118,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Hellfire – Kranked Hot Sauce 699,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 17 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic 1,800
2 Dawson's Hot Sauce – Cedar Smoked Garlic 7,000
3 Clark + Hopkins – Calabria Hot Sauce 15,700
4 Angry Goat Pepper Co. – The Phoenix 39,000
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Rojo 49,000
6 Queen Majesty – Cocoa Ghost Hot Sauce 71,000
7 13 Angry Scorpions – Jekyll & Hyde 109,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Puckerbutt Pepper Company – Extra Mean Green Hot Sauce 702,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 18 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones -The Classic (Garlic Fresno Edition) 1,800
2 Adoboloco – Island Wings 5,500
3 Burns & McCoy – Mezcaline Oaxacan Hot Sauce 16,600
4 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Verde 36,000
5 Sauce Leopard – The Seventh Reaper 59,000
6 Hot N Saucy – Collards N Ghost 70,000
7 Halogi Hot Sauce – Tyrfing's Curse 99,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Dingo Sauce Co. – Psycho Hot Sauce 666,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 19 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic (Chili Maple Edition) 1,600
2 Sinai Gourmet – Tropiquanté 4,000
3 Microsaucerie Piko Peppers – Piko Riko 15,500
4 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Barbacoa Hot Sauce 33,000
5 Fly By Jing – Sichuan Gold 46,000
6 Chili Lengua de Fuego – Turmeric Bomb 69,000
7 Karma Sauce – Cosmic Disco 103,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Puckerbutt Pepper Co. – Unique Garlique 642,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 20 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic (Chili Maple Edition) 1,600
2 Shaquanda's – Banjee Ranch 6,200
3 Donis – Cadejo 15,000
4 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Verde Hot Sauce 36,000
5 Brooklyn Delhi – Bhut Jolokia Ghost Pepper 39,000
6 Torchbearer Sauces – Mushroom Mayhem 68,000
7 Angry Goat Pepper – Dream of Calypso Private Reserve 101,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Butterfly Bakery – Taco Vibes Only 638,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 21 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – The Classic (Chili Maple Edition) 1,600
2 La Pimenterie – Curry Verde 6,000
3 The Crabby Shack – Zesty Lemon Pepper 15,500
4 Chili Lengua de Fuego – Chicho-Ghost 36,500
5 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Rojo Hot Sauce 49,000
6 The Spicy Shark – Mako Snake 71,000
7 Adoboloco Jalapeño Chico 103,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Alchemy Peppers – Watermelon Ghost 641,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Apollo 2,000,000+

Season 22 lineup

No. Sauce Scoville units
1 Hot Ones – Buffalo Hot Sauce 1,800
2 Angry Goat Pepper Co – Blistered Shishito & Garlic Hot Sauce 5,800
3 Pisqueya – Spicy Sweet Passion Fruit 16,000
4 Hot Ones – Los Calientes Barbacoa Hot Sauce 33,000
5 DJABLO Sauce – Power Jab 55,000
6 Marshall's Haute Sauce – Whiskey Smoked Ghost 71,000
7 Ginger Goat – Tropic Star 110,000
8 Da' Bomb – Beyond Insanity 135,600
9 Dawson's – Zuzu 7-Pot 620,000
10 Hot Ones – The Last Dab: Xperience 2,693,000

Hall of Shame

The following is a list of the guests who have failed to eat all ten wings:[9]

Hot Ones: The Game Show

On February 18, 2020, a spin-off titled Hot Ones: The Game Show premiered on truTV. Hosted by Evans, the series pits two pairs of players against one another for a chance to win up to $25,000. The main game is played in three rounds, using wings that have been cooked in hot sauces whose Scoville ratings increase from one round to the next. Players are not provided with any water or milk to reduce the effects of the wings but are given buckets in which to vomit if necessary.

In each of the first two rounds, the players begin by eating one wing apiece and the host asks three toss-up questions open to all. The first team to buzz in has five seconds to respond; a correct answer awards them money, while a miss gives it to the opposing team. Questions are worth $100/$200/$300 in the first round, and these values double to $200/$400/$600 for the second.

In the third round, the players begin by eating one bite of a wing. The host reads a series of clues, and players may buzz in at any time to identify the subject being described. Three puzzles are played, worth $1,000/$2,000/$3,000; the team that scores on each puzzle must then take another bite. In this round, if a team misses, the opponents must give the correct answer in order to score. Both teams keep their accumulated winnings.

The higher-scoring team advances to the "Ring of Fire" bonus round, in which each member must drink a shot of mixed hot sauce at the outset that includes a sauce with a Scoville rating of 2 million. One member is then shown a series of words and must get their partner to guess each one by describing it. The clue-giver may pass on a word at any time. If the team can solve five words in 60 seconds, their winnings are increased to $25,000 and they are given large milkshakes to relieve the effects of the sauce and wings they have eaten.

Accolades

Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
2017 Streamy Award Best Food Series Hot Ones Nominated [10]
2018 Shorty Awards Best Web Series Won [11]
Streamy Award Non-Fiction Series Won [12]
2019 Streamy Award Show of the Year Nominated [13]
Pop Culture Won [13]
2021 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host Sean Evans Nominated [14]
2022 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Hot Ones Nominated [15]

Note

  1. Sean Evans stated in an FAQ video that this rating was incorrect and should actually be 100,000 to 300,000 Scoville units[8]

References

  1. "Inside Hot Ones, the wildly popular and violently spicy YouTube show". 31 October 2019.
  2. Schneider, Caroline (1 April 2021). "'Hot Ones' Is The Hottest Celebrity Interview Right Now – Here's Why". Hollywood Insider. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. Roberts, Scott (2012-06-07). "Scoville Scale – The Official Scott Roberts Website". Scott Roberts Web. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  4. Steinberg, Don (2018-03-27). "Celebs Will Say Anything if You Blast Them With Hot Sauce". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  5. First We Feast (2017-09-26), Vsauce and Sean Evans Test Spicy Food Remedies | Sean in the Wild, retrieved 2019-05-11
  6. "Watch Mario Batali Take on the Hot Ones Challenge". Firstwefeast. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  7. "Mario Batali Steps Away From Restaurant Empire Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations". Eater. Irene Plagianos and Kitty Greenwald. 11 December 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  8. "Sean Evans Answers Burning Fan Questions | Hot Ones" via www.youtube.com.
  9. "Many have completed #HotOnes...But many haven't. Welcome to the Hot Ones Wall of Shame". Twitter. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  10. "7th Annual Nominees".
  11. "The 10th Annual Shorty Awards Winners". shortyawards.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  12. Brown, Kelsey (23 October 2018). "Winners Announced for the 8th Annual Streamy Awards". Streamy Awards. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  13. "9th Annual Streamy Nominees".
  14. "Nominees Announced For The CBS Broadcast Of The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards". The Emmys. May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  15. Coates, Tyler (May 5, 2022). "Daytime Emmys: 'The Young and the Restless' Leads 2022 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
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