The 35th Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is returning to the Far Out Lounge on Sunday, September 7. Start exercising those taste buds for the onslaught, because the contestants in this year’s competition are preparing their finest Scoville-loving comestibles. Find out more about the competition and festival on our FAQ page.
Here’s who’s in the running:
COMMERCIAL:
ATX Hot Sauce
Aunt May’s
Barbaro Mojo
Bindu Bites
Boerne Brand
Cowboy Spice Company
Fantastic Fuego
Freaky Ferments
Fxcking Hot Sauces
High Seas Provisions
Hill Country Hot Peppers
Jaime’s Spanish Village
Klowns On Fire Gourmet Sauces
Mad Man Sauces
Mikey V’s Foods
Old Bones Chilli Co.
Savir Foods
Schlotzsky’s
St. Blanes Hot Sauce
Stanky Sauce
Summer Camp Sauces
T0tsauce
Teardrop Pepper Co.
Wicked Provisions
Yellowbird Foods
RESTAURANT:
El Patio
Eldorado Cafe
Fairways Cantina (Mo Willy Golf Course)
Foreign & Domestic
GUPPYS
Industry
Sazón
St. Elmo Brewing Company
Store House Eatery
Taco Baby
Tacodeli
Veracruz All Natural
INDIVIDUAL:
Amy Patel
Anders Dowd
Angelika Gritzka
Brian Alexander
Brian McCabe
Bud Spaar
Concepción Govea
Dan Montville
Daniel Cook
Daniel Weir
Jeff Cox
Maggie Livingston
Mark Kobdish
Nicholas “Nico” Harrison
Sammy Loehr
Thomas Pattison
Tina McMillin
Trevor Hale
Yvonne Knighton
Sal Solano
This article appears in August 8 • 2025.
