Fiery Food Challenge Winners
These sauces have all won at the Fiery Food Challenge, the hot sauce competition at Zest Fest. A first place there earns the Golden Chile Award, and you'll find second and third place winners here too.
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Dirty Dick's Hot Sauce
Dirty Dick's4.73 / 5.0
86 Reviews
Dirty Dick's, from South Weymouth, Massachusetts, took first place for fruit-based sauces at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo in both 2020 and 2022 with this...
View full details7o8 7 Pot Citrus
Heat Hot Sauce Shop4.69 / 5.0
107 Reviews
After Bigfat's closed up shop a few years ago, we've gotten hundreds of requests for 7o8. After chatting with Jeremy Walsh, the creator of this inc...
View full detailsYear of the Dog Thai Chile Pineapple Hot Sauce
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.71 / 5.0
56 Reviews
An impossibly delicious Thai chile pineapple hot sauce, with toasted onion, roasted garlic, toasted sesame, honey, ginger & lime. Aleppo pepper...
View full detailsChar Man Caribbean
Char Man4.55 / 5.0
44 Reviews
An addicting combination of Manzano, Guero and Habanero chiles, along with island spices and a hint of mango and pineapple. The fruit adds sweetnes...
View full detailsPurple Hippo
Angry Goat Pepper Co.4.57 / 5.0
56 Reviews
An entirely unique sauce made with tangy prickly pear juice (cactus fruit), strawberries, and a blend of Scorpion and Habanero chiles. Heat Level:...
View full detailsBrown Label Ridiculously Tasty Mustard Chipotle
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.68 / 5.0
37 Reviews
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce's Brown Label is ridiculously tasty! It's a unique style of Chipotle sauce with the rich notes of Meco Chipotles and a dynamic ...
View full detailsHeat Roasted Habanero & Garlic
Heat Hot Sauce Shop4.81 / 5.0
36 Reviews
We're excited to release our own take on a classic Habanero sauce. We deeply roasted fresh Habanero peppers until the skin was charred and the natu...
View full detailsChar Man Verde
Char Man4.74 / 5.0
34 Reviews
A bright and tangy verde sauce that's packed with flavor and made with a blend of fire roasted Guero, Jalapeño, Serrano, and Thai chiles. Heat Leve...
View full detailsChar Man Original
Char Man4.73 / 5.0
26 Reviews
A delicious savory red hot sauce made with plenty of roasted Habaneros and Guero chiles. Lemon juice provides a bright citrusy flavor and carrots a...
View full detailsExhorresco 7-Pot Primo
Burns & McCoy4.59 / 5.0
46 Reviews
Exhorresco is one of the hottest non-extract sauces that we carry. It uses the 7-Pot Primo which is considered one of the hottest peppers in the wo...
View full detailsPink Label Applewood-Smoked Habanero
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.83 / 5.0
23 Reviews
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce Pink Label is an extra delicious applewood smoked Habanero/Serrano/Ghost chile sauce, naturally sweetened with California Bart...
View full detailsHolé Molé
Karma Sauce4.5 / 5.0
30 Reviews
Holé Molé is the first ever democratically conceived hot sauce! The members of the "For The Love of Hot Sauce" Facebook group voted on Melissa Niet...
View full detailsRogue Blood Orange Trinidad Scorpion
High River Sauces4.54 / 5.0
35 Reviews
High River Sauces pairs Trinidad Scorpion and Bhut Jolokia peppers with blood orange, pears and applesauce here, a good match for pulled pork. It t...
View full detailsTears of the Sun
High River Sauces4.67 / 5.0
27 Reviews
Tears of the Sun is a delicious Habanero sauce that blends a variety of tropical fruits including mango, papaya, and pineapple. Try it on chicken, ...
View full detailsChar Man Picante
Char Man4.7 / 5.0
10 Reviews
Char Man's take on a Northern Mexico style picante, the kind of sauce you want on carne asada. Fresh jalapeños, pumpkin, orange juice and annatto m...
View full detailsRed Label Sweet & Garlicky Roasted Pepper Sauce
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.75 / 5.0
16 Reviews
Lucky Dog's Red Label is a fire-roasted pepper sauce made with Habanero, Jalapeño and Serrano peppers and a lot of garlic, both fresh and roasted....
View full detailsHippy Dippy Green
Angry Goat Pepper Co.4.76 / 5.0
17 Reviews
Hippy Dippy Green Hot Sauce is a new twist on verde style sauces. Avocado and kiwi combine with fire roasted chiles and tomatillos to create a crea...
View full detailsBravado Spice Pineapple Habanero
Bravado Spice Co.4.0 / 5.0
17 Reviews
Pineapple is the first ingredient in this Bravado Spice sauce, followed by yellow bell pepper and orange Habanero. Bright, fruity and tangy, with a...
View full detailsHeat's A Peach
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.43 / 5.0
14 Reviews
Heat's A Peach is an incredibly well balanced sauce made with Trinidad Scorpion peppers, roasted garlic, and peaches. It hits harder and faster tha...
View full detailsInner Beauty Hot Sauce
Todd's Inner Beauty4.68 / 5.0
19 Reviews
Chef Chris Schlesinger tasted a fruity mustard and Scotch Bonnet sauce on a surf trip to Barbados and started making his own at Cambridge's East Co...
View full detailsGhost Island
Karma Sauce5.0 / 5.0
9 Reviews
This award-winning sauce blends together Habanero, Bhut Jolokia, Scorpion & Fatalii peppers with mango and pineapple, making this the perfect C...
View full detailsDick's Caribbean Dream
Dirty Dick's4.78 / 5.0
9 Reviews
A classic Barbados-style hot sauce made with yellow mustard and Habanero with pears, peaches, pineapple juice and a little honey. It's tangy and fr...
View full detailsDrunken Jerk Sauce
Secret Aardvark Trading Co4.77 / 5.0
13 Reviews
Secret Aardvark's Drunken Jerk Sauce is made with Scotch Bonnet and Habanero chile peppers. This sauce is traditionally used as a marinade for Jama...
View full detailsElijah's Xtreme Ghost Pepper
Elijah's Xtreme4.57 / 5.0
14 Reviews
Elijah's Xtreme Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce does a great job balancing considerable heat with flavor. A dash of passion fruit juice provides some sweetn...
View full detailsExitium Pineapple Ginger
Burns & McCoy4.81 / 5.0
16 Reviews
Exitium is an extremely spicy sauce that's also a flavor explosion. Pineapple, ginger and agave nectar provide a base of sweetness and Fatalii, Yel...
View full detailsSpicy Ponzu Sauce
Volcanic Peppers4.36 / 5.0
11 Reviews
The word Ponzu means “Vinegar Punch” in Japanese. The combination of soy sauce, citrus, ginger, garlic and hot peppers makes this a great sauce to ...
View full detailsEl Perro Afortunado Taco Sauce
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.64 / 5.0
11 Reviews
*NEW AND IMPROVED RECIPE* A complex take on a classic picante sauce, El Perro Afortunado (also known as Taco Dog) features a 5-pepper blend of Pasi...
View full detailsGreen Label Mild Fire-Roasted Pepper Sauce
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.67 / 5.0
9 Reviews
Lucky Dog hot sauce Green Label features Jalapeño, Serrano and mild Cayenne peppers with sweet roasted garlic. This mild-to-medium fire-roasted hot...
View full detailsChairman Meow's Revenge
Fat Cat4.13 / 5.0
8 Reviews
Chairman Meow's Revenge is made with red Habanero alongside Scorpion and roasted red peppers, garlic, lime and cilantro. It's hot and garlicky, and...
View full detailsBravado Spice Serrano & Basil
Bravado Spice Co.5.0 / 5.0
10 Reviews
A combination of zesty Serrano peppers and fragrant basil with a bright and tangy white wine vinegar finish. Great on pasta and pizza. Heat Level:...
View full detailsSwampadelic 7 Pot Primo Hot Sauce
Primo's Peppers4.55 / 5.0
20 Reviews
Primo’s Swampadelic Sauce is made with the searing 7-Pot Primo pepper. This tasty pepper-forward sauce comes with some serious heat. Heat Level: Ex...
View full detailsHell Hound
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce4.73 / 5.0
11 Reviews
Lucky Dog's hottest sauce yet, Hell Hound combines fiery Carolina Reapers with roasted peppers, mango, tamarind & roasted garlic for a well bal...
View full detailsSeed Ranch Umami Reserve
Seed Ranch Flavor Co.4.67 / 5.0
9 Reviews
Seed Ranch Flavor Co.'s Umami Reserve is a hotter version of their original Umami, with the same great earthy flavor, featuring porcini mushrooms, ...
View full detailsFoo Foo Mama Choo Carolina Reaper Sauce
High River Sauces4.93 / 5.0
14 Reviews
Foo Foo Mama Choo is a super tasty sauce featuring the Carolina Reaper, one of the world's hottest chiles. It is mellowed out with the addition of...
View full detailsPrimonition Verde Sauce
Primo's Peppers4.93 / 5.0
14 Reviews
An extremely flavorful verde sauce, made with Jalapeños, tomatillos, and just enough 7 Pot Primo peppers to bring it up to hot (but not extra hot)....
View full detailsElijah's Black Cherry Bourbon Reaper Sauce
Elijah's Xtreme4.93 / 5.0
14 Reviews
Elijah's Xtreme is a father and son team, Bret and Elijah Morey, and this is their sweet heat sauce, made with black cherries, cranberries and Kent...
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