2021 Competition
People’s Choice - World’s Favorite Hot Sauce
Flash Point Sauces
Smokin’ Mustard
People’s Choice - World’s Favorite BBQ Sauce
BBQ Buddha
Memphis Mop BBQ Sauce
People’s Choice - World’s Favorite Hot Sauce Label
MF Hot
Judgement Day - International Hot Sauce Competition Results
(Blind Judging Results)
Mild Heat Division
1st Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks Buenos Nachos
2nd Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce Hacha
3rd Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks It
Medium Heat Division
1st Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce Hachachacha
1st Place - Flash Point Sauces Smokin’ Mustard
3rd Place - Mat’s Hot Shop Peachango Tango
Hot Division
1st Place - Dirty Bird Sauce Swett Sauce Ghost
2nd Place - The Karma Company Ghost Island
2nd Place - Fxcking Hot Hot Sauce The Disclaimer
2nd Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks Fiesta Caliente
Extra Hot Division
1st Place - Flash Point Sauces Grim Preacher
2nd Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks All In Hot Sauce
3rd Place - Flash Point Sauces Blazin’ Mustard
Fruit Based Division
1st Place - The Karma Sauce Company Huhu Diablo
2nd Place - Snack Season Sauces VHS Zest
3rd Place - HAB Sauce Pineapple Habanero
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place - Rivera Hot Sauce Hot Roasted Garlic Red Bell Pepper
2nd Place - Rivera Hot Sauce Scorpion Ghost BBQ
3rd Place - BBQ Buddha Memphis Mop BBQ
Top 10 - Winners of the People’s Choice World’s Favorite Label Contest
First Place - MF Hot Sauce
Second Place - Stanky Sauce
Third Place - Dirty Bird Sauce
Fourth Place - Spice Dog Provisions
Fifth Place - Martina’s Hot Sauce
Sixth Place - Tijuana Tom’s
Seventh Place - High Desert Sauce Co.
Eighth Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce
Ninth Place - Facepunch Foods
Tenth Place - Teardrop Pepper Company
Judges Choice World’s Favorite Taste
Mild Heat Division
1st Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks Buenos Nachos Hot Sauce
2nd Place - HAB Sauce Lucha Libre Mexican Red Chili
3rd Place - HAB Sauce Roasted Serrano
3rd Place - Radiation Therapy Hot Sauces El Gran Verde
5th Place - Peppermaster Sticky Ginger Garlic
5th Place - B.T. Leigh’s Sauces & Rubs Jalapeno Business
Medium Heat Division
1st Place - HAB Sauce Chocolate Habanero Honey
2nd Place - Mat’s Hot Shop Peachango Tango
3rd Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce! Hachachacha
4th Place - Flash Point Sauces Smokin’ Mustard
5th Place - The Chilli Alchemist Blaze
Hot Division
1st Place - Torchbearer Sauces Son of Zombie
2nd Place - Dirty Bird Sauce Swett Sauce Ghost
3rd Place - The Karma Sauce Company Cherry Bomb
3rd Place - Magnolia Sauce Company Reaper’s Orchard
5th Place - 2 Dogs Hot Sauce Pineapple Chipotle
5th Place - Sedley’s Peri-Peri Chilli Sauce
Extra Hot Division
1st Place - Flash Point Sauces Grim Preacher
2nd Place - Lucky Dog Hot Sauces Year of the Dog Thai Chili Pineapple
2nd Place - Hot Sauce Shero Plain Flame
4th Place - Steel City Sauce Co. The Banshee
5th Place - Flash Point Sauces Blazin’ Mustard
5th Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks All In Hot Sauce
5th Place - The Karma Sauce Company Ghost Island
5th Place - Dawson’s Hot Sauce Original Hot
5th Place - High Desert Sauce Co. Tikk-Hot Masala
Fruit Division
1st Place - The Karma Sauce Company Huhu Diablo
2nd Place - Flash Point Sauces Peachanero
3rd Place - Snack Season VHS Zest
4th Place - HAB Sauce Pineapple Habanero
5th Place - Inchrees The Heat River of Blood Thai Chili Blood Orange
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Hot Roasted Garlic Red Bell Pepper
2nd Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Ghost Pepper
3rd Place - BBQ Buddha Memphis Mop BBQ Sauce
3rd Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Bacon Ghost Pepper
5th Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Scorpion Ghost
5th Place - Red Hot Foods Wild Willie’s Instant Death
Mild Division
1st Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks Buenos Nachos Hot Sauce
2nd Place MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce Hacha Hot Sauce
3rd Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks IT
Honorable Mention:
Peppermaster – Sticky Ginger Garlic
B.T. Leigh’s Sauces & Rubs – Jalapeno Business
Hab Sauce – Lucha Libre Mexican Red Chili
Hab Sauce – Roasted Serrano
Radiation Therapy Hot Sauces – El Gran Verde
High Desert Sauce Company – Co-Conspirator Hot Sauce
High Desert Sauce Company – Spicy Adobo
Medium Division
1st Place MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce! Hachachacha
1st Place Flash Point Sauces Smokin’ Mustard
3rd Place Mat’s Hot Shop Peachango Tango
Honorable Mention:
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Smoldering Embers
Flash Point Sauces – Peachanero
Stanky Sauce – Honey Mango Habanero
The Karma Sauce Company – Cosmic Dumpling
Toscano Family Farm – Aji Amarillo
Magnolia Sauce Company – Carolina Mud Dog
Mojo’s Sauce – Sunshine Carrot
HAB Sauce – Pineapple Habanero
Hot Division
1st Place Dirty Bird Sauce Swett Sauce Ghost
2nd Place The Karma Sauce Company Ghost Island
2nd Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks Fiesta Caliente
2nd Place Fxcking Hot Hot Sauces The Disclaimer
Honorable Mention:
The Karma Sauce Company – Cherry Bomb
Sedley’s – Peri-Peri Chilli Sauce
2 Dogs Hot Sauce – Pineapple Chipotle M-43
Torchbearer Sauces – Son of Zombie
High Desert Hot Sauce- Reapers Fuzzy Navel
Salsero Hot Sauce – La Lumbre
Extra Hot Division
1st Place Flash Point Sauces Grim Preacher
2nd Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks All In Hot Sauce
3rd Place Flashpoint Sauces Blazin’ Mustard
Honorable Mention:
Torchbearer Sauces – The Rapture
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Slow Death Hot Sauce
Steel City Sauce Co. – The Banshee
Steel City Sauce Co. – Viking Tears
High Desert Sauce Co. – Tikk-Hot Masala
Gabko Chili Hot Pepper Sauce – Yellow
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce – Year of the Dog – Thai Chili Pineapple Hot Sauce
Fruit Based Division
1st Place The Karma Sauce Compant Huhu Diablo
2nd Place Snack Season Sauces VHS Zest
3rd Place HAB Sauce Pineapple Habanero
Honorable Mention:
Torchbearer Sauces – Plum Reaper Hot Sauce
Flash Point Sauces – Peachanero
The Karma Sauce Company – Carnival
Singularity Sauce Co. – Reapers & Blackberries
The Way Hot Sauce Co. – The Pomegranate Projekt
Hella Hot Hot Sauce – Over Fear
Snack Season Sauces – Lard’s Blood Sauce
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place Rivera Hot Sauce Hot Roasted Garlic Red Pepper
2nd Place Rivera Hot Sauce Scorpion Ghost
3rd Place BBQ Buddha Memphis Mop BBQ Sauce
Honorable Mention:
Red Hot Foods – Wild Willie’s Instant Death
Rivera Hot Sauce – BBQ Sauce Ghost Pepper
Rivera Hot Sauce – BBQ Sauce Raging Reaper
Rivera Hot Sauce – BBQ Sauce Bacon Ghost Pepper
Rhed’s – Spicy Jalapeno BBQ Sauce
TD’s Brew & BBQ – Southern Mustard Tearl Dunlap
Torchbearer Sauces – Chipotle BBQ Sauce
Small Town Shack – Spicy BBQ Sauce
Some interesting statistics:
470 sauces in the competition
96 Sauce companies
470 sauces
Companies with multiple finalists:
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – 6 finalists
Flashpoint Sauces – 5 finalists
The Karma Sauce Co. – 5 finalists
Rivera Hot Sauce – 5 finalists
High Desert Sauce Company – 4 finalists
HAB Sauce – 4 finalists
Torchbearer Sauces – 4 finalists
MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce – 2 finalists
Snack Season Sauces – 2 finalists
Steel City Sauce Co. – 2 finalists
Flash Point Sauces
Smokin’ Mustard
People’s Choice - World’s Favorite BBQ Sauce
BBQ Buddha
Memphis Mop BBQ Sauce
People’s Choice - World’s Favorite Hot Sauce Label
MF Hot
Judgement Day - International Hot Sauce Competition Results
(Blind Judging Results)
Mild Heat Division
1st Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks Buenos Nachos
2nd Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce Hacha
3rd Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks It
Medium Heat Division
1st Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce Hachachacha
1st Place - Flash Point Sauces Smokin’ Mustard
3rd Place - Mat’s Hot Shop Peachango Tango
Hot Division
1st Place - Dirty Bird Sauce Swett Sauce Ghost
2nd Place - The Karma Company Ghost Island
2nd Place - Fxcking Hot Hot Sauce The Disclaimer
2nd Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks Fiesta Caliente
Extra Hot Division
1st Place - Flash Point Sauces Grim Preacher
2nd Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks All In Hot Sauce
3rd Place - Flash Point Sauces Blazin’ Mustard
Fruit Based Division
1st Place - The Karma Sauce Company Huhu Diablo
2nd Place - Snack Season Sauces VHS Zest
3rd Place - HAB Sauce Pineapple Habanero
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place - Rivera Hot Sauce Hot Roasted Garlic Red Bell Pepper
2nd Place - Rivera Hot Sauce Scorpion Ghost BBQ
3rd Place - BBQ Buddha Memphis Mop BBQ
Top 10 - Winners of the People’s Choice World’s Favorite Label Contest
First Place - MF Hot Sauce
Second Place - Stanky Sauce
Third Place - Dirty Bird Sauce
Fourth Place - Spice Dog Provisions
Fifth Place - Martina’s Hot Sauce
Sixth Place - Tijuana Tom’s
Seventh Place - High Desert Sauce Co.
Eighth Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce
Ninth Place - Facepunch Foods
Tenth Place - Teardrop Pepper Company
Judges Choice World’s Favorite Taste
Mild Heat Division
1st Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks Buenos Nachos Hot Sauce
2nd Place - HAB Sauce Lucha Libre Mexican Red Chili
3rd Place - HAB Sauce Roasted Serrano
3rd Place - Radiation Therapy Hot Sauces El Gran Verde
5th Place - Peppermaster Sticky Ginger Garlic
5th Place - B.T. Leigh’s Sauces & Rubs Jalapeno Business
Medium Heat Division
1st Place - HAB Sauce Chocolate Habanero Honey
2nd Place - Mat’s Hot Shop Peachango Tango
3rd Place - MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce! Hachachacha
4th Place - Flash Point Sauces Smokin’ Mustard
5th Place - The Chilli Alchemist Blaze
Hot Division
1st Place - Torchbearer Sauces Son of Zombie
2nd Place - Dirty Bird Sauce Swett Sauce Ghost
3rd Place - The Karma Sauce Company Cherry Bomb
3rd Place - Magnolia Sauce Company Reaper’s Orchard
5th Place - 2 Dogs Hot Sauce Pineapple Chipotle
5th Place - Sedley’s Peri-Peri Chilli Sauce
Extra Hot Division
1st Place - Flash Point Sauces Grim Preacher
2nd Place - Lucky Dog Hot Sauces Year of the Dog Thai Chili Pineapple
2nd Place - Hot Sauce Shero Plain Flame
4th Place - Steel City Sauce Co. The Banshee
5th Place - Flash Point Sauces Blazin’ Mustard
5th Place - Rising Smoke Sauceworks All In Hot Sauce
5th Place - The Karma Sauce Company Ghost Island
5th Place - Dawson’s Hot Sauce Original Hot
5th Place - High Desert Sauce Co. Tikk-Hot Masala
Fruit Division
1st Place - The Karma Sauce Company Huhu Diablo
2nd Place - Flash Point Sauces Peachanero
3rd Place - Snack Season VHS Zest
4th Place - HAB Sauce Pineapple Habanero
5th Place - Inchrees The Heat River of Blood Thai Chili Blood Orange
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Hot Roasted Garlic Red Bell Pepper
2nd Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Ghost Pepper
3rd Place - BBQ Buddha Memphis Mop BBQ Sauce
3rd Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Bacon Ghost Pepper
5th Place - Rivera BBQ Sauce Scorpion Ghost
5th Place - Red Hot Foods Wild Willie’s Instant Death
Mild Division
1st Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks Buenos Nachos Hot Sauce
2nd Place MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce Hacha Hot Sauce
3rd Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks IT
Honorable Mention:
Peppermaster – Sticky Ginger Garlic
B.T. Leigh’s Sauces & Rubs – Jalapeno Business
Hab Sauce – Lucha Libre Mexican Red Chili
Hab Sauce – Roasted Serrano
Radiation Therapy Hot Sauces – El Gran Verde
High Desert Sauce Company – Co-Conspirator Hot Sauce
High Desert Sauce Company – Spicy Adobo
Medium Division
1st Place MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce! Hachachacha
1st Place Flash Point Sauces Smokin’ Mustard
3rd Place Mat’s Hot Shop Peachango Tango
Honorable Mention:
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Smoldering Embers
Flash Point Sauces – Peachanero
Stanky Sauce – Honey Mango Habanero
The Karma Sauce Company – Cosmic Dumpling
Toscano Family Farm – Aji Amarillo
Magnolia Sauce Company – Carolina Mud Dog
Mojo’s Sauce – Sunshine Carrot
HAB Sauce – Pineapple Habanero
Hot Division
1st Place Dirty Bird Sauce Swett Sauce Ghost
2nd Place The Karma Sauce Company Ghost Island
2nd Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks Fiesta Caliente
2nd Place Fxcking Hot Hot Sauces The Disclaimer
Honorable Mention:
The Karma Sauce Company – Cherry Bomb
Sedley’s – Peri-Peri Chilli Sauce
2 Dogs Hot Sauce – Pineapple Chipotle M-43
Torchbearer Sauces – Son of Zombie
High Desert Hot Sauce- Reapers Fuzzy Navel
Salsero Hot Sauce – La Lumbre
Extra Hot Division
1st Place Flash Point Sauces Grim Preacher
2nd Place Rising Smoke Sauceworks All In Hot Sauce
3rd Place Flashpoint Sauces Blazin’ Mustard
Honorable Mention:
Torchbearer Sauces – The Rapture
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Slow Death Hot Sauce
Steel City Sauce Co. – The Banshee
Steel City Sauce Co. – Viking Tears
High Desert Sauce Co. – Tikk-Hot Masala
Gabko Chili Hot Pepper Sauce – Yellow
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce – Year of the Dog – Thai Chili Pineapple Hot Sauce
Fruit Based Division
1st Place The Karma Sauce Compant Huhu Diablo
2nd Place Snack Season Sauces VHS Zest
3rd Place HAB Sauce Pineapple Habanero
Honorable Mention:
Torchbearer Sauces – Plum Reaper Hot Sauce
Flash Point Sauces – Peachanero
The Karma Sauce Company – Carnival
Singularity Sauce Co. – Reapers & Blackberries
The Way Hot Sauce Co. – The Pomegranate Projekt
Hella Hot Hot Sauce – Over Fear
Snack Season Sauces – Lard’s Blood Sauce
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place Rivera Hot Sauce Hot Roasted Garlic Red Pepper
2nd Place Rivera Hot Sauce Scorpion Ghost
3rd Place BBQ Buddha Memphis Mop BBQ Sauce
Honorable Mention:
Red Hot Foods – Wild Willie’s Instant Death
Rivera Hot Sauce – BBQ Sauce Ghost Pepper
Rivera Hot Sauce – BBQ Sauce Raging Reaper
Rivera Hot Sauce – BBQ Sauce Bacon Ghost Pepper
Rhed’s – Spicy Jalapeno BBQ Sauce
TD’s Brew & BBQ – Southern Mustard Tearl Dunlap
Torchbearer Sauces – Chipotle BBQ Sauce
Small Town Shack – Spicy BBQ Sauce
Some interesting statistics:
470 sauces in the competition
96 Sauce companies
470 sauces
Companies with multiple finalists:
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – 6 finalists
Flashpoint Sauces – 5 finalists
The Karma Sauce Co. – 5 finalists
Rivera Hot Sauce – 5 finalists
High Desert Sauce Company – 4 finalists
HAB Sauce – 4 finalists
Torchbearer Sauces – 4 finalists
MiMi’s Hittin’ the Sauce – 2 finalists
Snack Season Sauces – 2 finalists
Steel City Sauce Co. – 2 finalists