The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Winners 2022

Commercial Bottlers

Red Sauce

1st Place: Chef Flaco's Wicked Provisions – Smoked Onion Chipotle Hot Sauce
2nd Place: Fantastic Fuego – Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
3rd Place: Boerne Brand – Texas Style Hot Sauce Smokin' Red
Honorable Mention: My Brother's Salsa – House Recipe (Medium); Yellowbird Foods – Bliss & Vinegar

Green Sauce

1st Place: SAVIR Foods – Jala Pepa
2nd Place: Fantastic Fuego – The Green Inferno
3rd Place: My Brother's Salsa – Valley Blend
Honorable Mention: Mikey V's – Sam Sauce; Salsero Hot Sauce Co. – Mamaria

Special Variety

1st Place: My Brother's Salsa – Pineapple Thai Salsa
2nd Place: Teardrop Pepper Company – Golden Habanero
3rd Place: Aunt May's – Yellow Bajan Sauce
Honorable Mention: Fantastic Fuego – Machete

Pepper Sauce

1st Place: Mikey V's – Sweet Ghost Pepper Sauce
2nd Place: Yellowbird Foods – Hitchhiker
3rd Place: Old Bones Chilli Co. – Jawbreaker
Honorable Mention: Aunt May's – Red Bajan Pepper Sauce; Fantastic Fuego – Up In Smoke

Restaurant Category

Red Sauce

1st Place: Posse East – Picante
2nd Place: Eldorado Cafe – Salsa X
3rd Place: Sazón – La Totopera

Green Sauce

1st Place: Jefeberto's Taco Shack – JC Bullfrog's Tomatillo
2nd Place: Sazón – Envidia
3rd Place: Tacodeli – Salsa Verde

Special Variety

1st Place: Tacodeli – Salsa Doña
2nd Place: Eldorado Cafe – El Scorpio
3rd Place: Sazón – La Macha

Pepper Sauce

1st Place: Sazón – Espantosa
2nd Place: Jefeberto's Taco Shack – The Apache Reaper
3rd Place [TIE]: Eldorado Cafe – Screamin' Green Demon; Veracruz All Natural – Salsa Macha

Individual Category

Red Sauce

1st Place: Maggie Livingston – Dos Margaritas Original Mild Salsa
2nd Place: Rusty Ward – Texas Red
3rd Place: Jeremy Pruyne – Red Doña

Green Sauce

1st Place: Chris Lickteig – Meanie Greenie
2nd Place [TIE]: Mark Kobdish – Green Garden; Ronald Jones Emter – Ron's Pickled & Fermented Green Hot Sauce

People's Choice

Red Sauce

1st Place: ATX Hot Sauce – Smoked Habanero 5 Pepper
2nd Place: Boerne Brand – Smokin' Red
3rd Place: Fantastic Fuego – Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Green Sauce

1st Place: Teardrop – Supreme Serrano
2nd Place: ATX Hot Sauce – The Big Green
3rd Place: Boerne Brand – Original Green

Special Variety

1st Place: Fantastic Fuego – Machete
2nd Place: Salsa Maya – Habanero Aioli
3rd Place: ATX Hot Sauce – Honey Bee Hot

Pepper Sauce

1st Place: Mikey V's – Sweet Ghost Pepper
2nd Place: Yellowbird – Hitch Hiker
3rd Place: Old Bones – JAWBREAKER