Individual Category
Red Sauce
1st Place: Anders Dowd
2nd Place: Shasta Erickson
3rd Place: Dallas Milton
Green Sauce
1st Place: Dan Cook
2nd Place: Sal Solano
3rd Place: Francisca Nunez
Special Variety
1st Place: Aaron Alterman
2nd Place: Josh & Jon Smetana
3rd Place: Jim Birdd
Restaurant Category
Red Sauce
1st Place: Posse East
2nd Place: Cruzteca Mexican Kitchen
3rd Place: Sazón
Green Sauce
1st Place: Don Dario’s
2nd Place: Quetzal Tex-Mex
3rd Place: Serrano’s
Special Variety
1st Place: TacoDeli
2nd Place: Eldorado Cafe
3rd Place: Quetzal Tex-Mex
Pepper Sauce
1st Place: TacoDeli
Commercial Bottlers People’s Choice
Red Sauce
1st Place: Mom’s Kitchen – Spicy Salsa
2nd Place: Mikey V’s Foods – Smoked Beer Bacon Salsa
3rd Place: Yellowbird Foods – Blue Agave Sriracha
Green Sauce
1st Place: Yellowbird Foods – Serrano Condiment
2nd Place: TIE: 3 Sons Foods – Diablo Verde; Mikey V’s Foods – Hatch Green Chile Salsa
Special Variety
1st Place: Perry’s Pepper Sauce – Habanero
2nd Place: Kent’s Sauce
3rd Place: Das Güd Spice Co. – Blueberry Habanero
Pepper Sauce
1st Place: Aztexan Pepper Company – Habanero Supreme
2nd Place: Perry’s Pepper Sauce – Reap the Benefits Reaper Sauce
3rd Place: Stellar Gourmet – Tropic Like It’s Hot
Commercial Bottlers Judged by Celebrity Judges
Red Sauce
1st Place: Texas Brew Salsa – Salsa Roja with Charred Poblano
2nd Place: Schlotzsky’s – Louisiana Hot Sauce
3rd Place: Mikey V’s Foods – Smoked Beer Bacon Sauce
Green Sauce
1st Place: 3 Sons Foods – Diablo Verde Hot
2nd Place: Yellowbird Foods – Serrano Condiment
3rd Place: 3 Sons Foods – Diablo Verde Mild
Special Variety
1st Place: Mikey V’s Foods – I Love Taco Sauce So Much
2nd Place: Smoke Point Foods – The Heater Smoked Salsa
3rd Place: Hot Line Pepper Products – Hatchanero
Pepper Sauce
1st Place: Mikey V’s Foods – 7-Pot Primo Salsa
2nd Place: Evil Cowboy – Smokin Ghost
3rd Place: Mikey V’s Foods – Sweet Ghost Pepper Sauce
This article appears in August 31 • 2018.