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The 26th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival

by Chronicle Staff August 22, 2016July 30, 2026

2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Mayeux & Broussard perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Alma Alcocer-Thomas at the cooking demo tent at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Judges at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Lorenzo Morales at the cooking demo tent at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Bombasta perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Bombasta perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
A. Sinclair perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Pluckers Wing King competition at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Pluckers Wing King competition at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Pluckers Wing King competition at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Pluckers Wing King competition at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Joe King Carrasco y Los Side FX perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Joe King Carrasco y Los Side FX perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Joe King Carrasco y Los Side FX perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Joe King Carrasco y Los Side FX perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Joe King Carrasco y Los Side FX perform at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Commercial bottler red sauce first place winner Texas Brew at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
People’s choice commercial red sauce first place winner Mom’s Family Kitchen at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Commercial pepper sauce first place winner Haitian Heat at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Individual green sauce first place winner Anna Sophia Sada at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Individual special variety sauce first place winner Adam Treadway at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
Commercial special variety sauce first place winner Kala’s Kuisine at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
People’s choice commercial special variety sauce second place winner Mikey V’s at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016
People’s choice commercial pepper sauce first place winner Aztexan at the 2016 Hot Sauce Festival on August 21, 2016

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