Hot sauce · Massachusetts
Mad Dog 357
357,000 Scoville heat units
Named for its Scoville figure. Well past the point of being a condiment.
What this rung gets you A vindaloo cooked the way the kitchen eats it
How hot Mad Dog 357 actually is
Mad Dog 357 is about 71 times hotter than a jalapeño. Growing conditions move any published figure several-fold, so read it as the middle of a range rather than a promise.
On the twelve-rung ladder
It sits on rung 10, Inferno, which spans 200K to 450K SHU. Full habanero. Wear gloves when handling these — capsaicin stays on your fingers for hours and your eyes will find it.
Training to this rung is what gets you: A vindaloo cooked the way the kitchen eats it.
Comparable heat
Anything here burns at roughly the same level, which is what makes them interchangeable when you are training at this rung.
- Scotch bonnet 200,000
- Habanero 225,000
- Fatalii 250,000
- Datil 300,000
Common questions
How hot is Mad Dog 357 on the Scoville scale?
Mad Dog 357 measures about 357,000 Scoville heat units. That is about 71 times hotter than a jalapeño.
Where does Mad Dog 357 sit on the ladder?
Rung 10 of twelve — Inferno, covering 200K to 450K SHU. Full habanero. Wear gloves when handling these — capsaicin stays on your fingers for hours and your eyes will find it.
What stops the burn from Mad Dog 357?
Dairy. Capsaicin is fat-soluble, so water spreads it rather than removing it; the casein in milk, yogurt or ice cream lifts it off the receptor. A spoonful of sugar held in the mouth measurably helps too. Starch — rice or bread — physically carries it off the tongue.
Mad Dog 357 is rung 10 of twelve. Which rung are you on?
A vindaloo cooked the way the kitchen eats it. That is rung 10. Name the hottest thing you eat without thinking. See how far that is.
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