Make Hot Chili Sauce. Why am I telling you how to make hot sauce when you can buy the stuff? Well, three good reasons. Firstly, because it's fun! You can organize chilli competitions with your friends; see who can aim for the hottest or the best attempt to recreate your own favorite commercial brand; the options are endless. Second, the process of making your own sauce will teach you a lot about the sauces you can buy, not least the work that goes into them, but also about the impact that the various ingredients have on the final flavor. Third, I don't think you'll stop buying sauces, quite the reverse, you'll want to try more and more - you've been warned! All that said, really, just have fun!