The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Winners 2023
The people and critics have chosen the best of the fest
By James Renovitch, 7:30PM, Sun. Sep. 10, 2023
Commercial Bottlers
Red Sauce
1st Place: Fantastic Fuego – Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Salsa
2nd Place: Old Bones Chilli Co – Longhorn
3rd Place: SAVIR Foods – Arbol Serrano
Green Sauce
1st Place: SAVIR Foods – Jala Pepa
2nd Place: Summer Camp Sauces – Jalapeno
3rd Place: Fantastic Fuego – The Green Inferno Salsa
Special Variety
1st Place: Fantastic Fuego – Hard Ticket to Hawaii Salsa
2nd Place: Wicked Provisions Hot Sauce – Yellow Jacket Hot Sauce
3rd Place: Mikey V's Foods – Moroccan Madness
Pepper Sauce
1st Place: Yellowbird – Garlic Shiitake
2nd Place: Goodburn Sauce Co – Papa Dreadie Scotch Bonnet
3rd Place: Old Bones Chilli Co – Jawbreaker
Restaurant Category
Red Sauce
1st Place: Tacodeli – Salsa Roja
2nd Place: Sazón – La Totopera
3rd Place: Posse East – Picante
Green Sauce
1st Place: Veracruz All Natural – Roasted Tomatillo
2nd Place: The Meteor – ¡El Meteoro! Super Green Cremosa
3rd Place: Eldorado Cafe – La Mera Mera
Special Variety
1st Place: Jefeberto's Taco Shack – Robdog's Fire Sauce
2nd Place: Tacodeli – Salsa Doña
3rd Place: Sazón – La Macha
Pepper Sauce
1st Place [TIE]: Eldorado Cafe – Screamin' Green Demon; Tacodeli – Salsa Habanero
3rd Place: Jefeberto's Taco Shack – The Apache Reaper
Individual Category
Red Sauce
1st Place: Anders Dowd – Anders' Red Salsa
2nd Place: Bud Spaar – Gringo Billy's Terlingua Red
3rd Place: Dan Montville – Dan's Second "Good" Salsa
Green Sauce
1st Place: Michael Brumley – Big Mike's "Get Your Own" Green Sauce
2nd Place: Sal Solano – Sal's Austin Verde Blaze
3rd Place: Daniel Cook – Cooks & Kings Roasted Green
People's Choice
Red Sauce
1st Place: Old Bones Chilli Co – Longhorn
2nd Place: Bindu Bites – Nepali Himalayan Sunrise
3rd Place: Summer Camp Sauces – Chile Arbol
Green Sauce
1st Place: Boerne Brand – Original Jalapeno
2nd Place: Bindu Bites – Nepali Emerald
3rd Place: Teardrop Pepper Company – Supreme Serrano
Special Variety
1st Place: Bindu Bites – Nepali Mystic Aura
2nd Place: Cowboy Spice – Angry Scorpion Inferno
3rd Place: Salsa Maya – Habanero Aioli
Pepper Sauce
1st Place: Old Bones Chilli Co – Jaw Breaker
2nd Place: Goodburn Sauce Co – Papa Dreadie Scotch Bonnet
3rd Place: Mikey V’s Foods – Roasted Garlic Reaper
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