Tabasco company CEO Paul McIlhenny dies at age 68

[dmcowen674]

2-24-2013

Tabasco company CEO Paul McIlhenny dies at age 68



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Paul McIlhenny, the chairman and chief executive of the Louisiana company that makes Tabasco brand pepper sauce, has died at age 68, the McIlhenny Co said on Sunday.


McIlhenny died on Saturday, the family-owned company said in a news release that described him as "a true bon vivant" whose passions included hunting, fishing, wine-tasting and game cooking.


He was a sixth-generation member of the McIlhenny family to live on Avery Island in the southern Louisiana bayou, and a fourth-generation member to produce pepper sauces sold worldwide under the Tabasco brand.

The McIlhenny company was founded in 1868 on Avery Island.

Paul McIlhenny joined the company in 1967 and directly oversaw the production of its sauces for 13 years, expanding both its line of spicy sauces and the array of aprons, neckties and other merchandise bearing the familiar red-and-green Tabasco logo.


He spent much of his time in New Orleans and in 2006 he reigned as Rex, the first King of Carnival during Mardi Gras celebrations after the city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

 

[dmcowen674]

RIP

 

[lxskllr]

RIP

Tabasco's my favorite hot sauce. There's a few like better for individual application, but none are as versatile as Tabasco.

 

[Sixguns]

Tabasco's my favorite hot sauce. There's a few like better for individual application, but none are as versatile as Tabasco.

So true

RIP

 

[Markbnj]

RIP

Tabasco's my favorite hot sauce. There's a few like better for individual application, but none are as versatile as Tabasco.

Agreed. It's still my go-to sauce when I can't decide which of the other sauces might work. The history of the company and Avery island just makes it taste better .

 

[UglyCasanova]

RIP

Tabasco's my favorite hot sauce. There's a few like better for individual application, but none are as versatile as Tabasco.

I like Louisiana brand hot sauce better, but either are delicious.

 

[Imp]

Love Tobasco, but my cheap ass thinks it's too expensive at $5 for the smallest bottle here.

 

[Mixolydian]

I toured the Tabasco factory in Louisiana with my family like 15 years ago. It was pretty cool.

 

[SheHateMe]

Everytime I go to Chipotle, I grab a bottle of this stuff to slather my burrito with.

 

[Flammable]

Found out the walmart near me sold the Chipotle flavored tabasco..tastes so good

 

[Printer Bandit]

how tabasco sauce is made:

http://www.wimp.com/tabascosauce/

 

[DrPizza]

how tabasco sauce is made:

http://www.wimp.com/tabascosauce/

That was rather interesting.

 

[T9D]

My word I had no idea it took so long to make and was so involved. It's like wine making!

I wonder how anyone even discovered how to make the stuff in the first place.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

how tabasco sauce is made:

http://www.wimp.com/tabascosauce/

Damn. I thought they charged way too much but there is a lot of work in one bottle.

 

[KlokWyze]

Tabasco has the best line of sauces.

RIP broski!

 

[lxskllr]

how tabasco sauce is made:

http://www.wimp.com/tabascosauce/

Being the taster there would be a dream job for me. Tabasco and ice cream all day long. I wonder what they do with off batches. Mixed in a little at a time to good batches?

 

[Cerb]

RIP.

Hopefully, there's another McIlhenny ready to take up shop. He was the 6th one, if I recall. Please don't get it go to Hell by way of being bought by some conglomerate.

Tabasco isn't my favorite, but it's awfully good, and fully deserving of its fame, right up there with Huy Fong.

 

[ichy]

Found out the walmart near me sold the Chipotle flavored tabasco..tastes so good

The original is the only real Tabasco.

 

[Anubis]

The original is the only real Tabasco.

the green one is better

 

[wirednuts]

wow i didnt know tobasco was so involved. 3 year ferment then 30 days of vinegar bath? holy crap

 

[BladeVenom]

A shot of Tabasco in his honor.

 

[KMFJD]

R.I.P. but this is superior

 

[Fritzo]

People would not believe what it takes to make a bottle of Tabasco. It's insane! I love companies that put this much passion into their products:

http://www.wimp.com/tabascosauce/

 

[Markbnj]

R.I.P. but this is superior

Apples and oranges, imo.

 

[OutHouse]

R.I.P. but this is superior

For asian dishes I agree, for sunday morning scrambled eggs tobasco is king and always will be.