2025 Competition
8th Annual Old Boney Mountain Hot Summer Night International Hot Sauce Competition
Different States
39
Different Countries
21
Sauces Judged
2701
Sauces Entered 2025
322
World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Company of 2025
1st Place
HAB Sauce
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
3rd Place
Maestros' Sauce Co.
Top 10 - World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Companies of 2025
#1 HAB Sauce
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce
#3 Maestros' Sauce Co.
#4 Infinity Sauces
#5 Middle Finger Hot Sauce
#6 Knox Your Socks Off
#7 Oil Town Brewing Co.
#8 Grunds Gourmet Sauces
#9 Defiant Sauce Co.
#10 Heat From The Hammer
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce of 2025
Infinity Sauces
Aloha Chipotle
Finalists People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce
Rivera Hot Sauce - Hawaiian Luau
Rivera Hot Sauce - Scorpion Hawaiian Luau
Mastroes' - MASS-TERPIECE
Klowns On Fire! - Passion of the Dragon
Infinity Sauces - Aloha Chipotle
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Label of 2024
1st Place
HAB Sauce
Garlic Turmeric Habanero
2nd Place
Intergalactic Sauces
Closed On Sundays
3rd Place
Knox Your Socks Off
Maple Maverick
Finalists World’s Favorite Label:
Bootsies Sauce Co. - Aloha From Hell
HAB Sauce - Chocolate Habanero Honey
The Spice Beast - Irish Red Hot Long Lot
Bootsies Sauce Co. - Buzz Buzz
HAB Sauce - The Golden Child
Mild Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hawaiian Luau
2nd Place
Defiant Sauce Co.
Son Of A Peach
3rd Place
Maestros' Sauce Co.
Mo' Honey Mo' Poblanos
Finalists Mild Division
4th Singularity – Every Day Hot Sauce
5th Oil Town Brewing Co. – 5W-20 Pickled Mustard
6th Grunds Gourmet - Peri-Peri Sauce
7th HAB Sauce – Scotch Bonnet Heirloom Tomato
8th – Rising Smoke Sauceworks – IT
9th – Villain Sauce Co. – Southern Symphony
10th – Swindle Sauce – Macho Verde
Medium Heat Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Scorpion Hawaiian Luau
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Calista Crack
3rd Place
HAB Sauce
Smoked Gochugaru
Medium Heat Finalists
4th Oil Town Brewing Co. 20W-30 Tropic Thunder
5th Red Beards – Green Gator Sauce
6th Last Best Hot Sauce Co. – Serrano Pablano
7th Harmacy Hot Sauce – Cinco
8th Long Island Pepper Co. – Mango Ghost Pepper
9th HAB Sauce – MSG’ZUS Tomato Revelation
10th HAB Sauce – The Ghost of Masculine Pride
Hot Division
1st Place
Maestros Sauce Co.
MASS-TERPIECE
2nd Place
TNT Hot Sauce
Sir-HOT-Cha
3rd Place
Oil Town Brewing Co.
70W-30
Hot Division Finalists
4th Hawaiian Hot T’s Hot Sauce – Killa Kurry
5th HAB Sauce – The Golden Child
6th Harmacy Hot Sauce – Brimstone Rimshot
7th Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce – Smack My Ass Hot
8th HAB Sauce – Garlic Turmeric Habanero
9th Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Fiesta Caliente
10th Facepunch Foods – Project X Reaper Edition
Extra Hot Division
1st Place
Klowns on Fire!
Passion of the Dragon
2nd Place
Big Ginger Sauce Co.
NAGA Bomb Ghost Edition
3rd Place
HAB Sauce
Carolina Reaper Spicy Sweet Soy Sauce
Extra Hot Division Finalists
4th Texan Heartland – Roasted Onion & Garlic Reaper Hot Sauce
5th Maestros’ Steel Hurtin’
6th Hawaiian Hot T’s Hot Sauce – Alohadobo
7th Knox Your Socks Off – Abandon All Hope
8th MF Heat – Caramelina Reaper
9th Knox Your Socks Off – Trial By Fire
10th The Spice Beast – Beast Sauce
Fruit Division
1st Place
Infinity Sauces
Aloha Chipotle
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Calista Crack
3rd Place
Knox Your Socks Off
Kilt Lifter
Fruit Division Finalists
4th Oil Town Brewing Co. – 20W-40 Tropic Thunder
5th Maui Flavor Wave – S-Turns
6th Infinity Sauces Original
7th HAB Sauce – Pineapple Habanero
8th Hawaiian Hot T’s – POG
9th Rivera Hot Sauce – Chocolate Cherry Firestorm
10th Middle Finger Hot Sauce – The Pogfather
Spicy Mustard Division
1st Place
Grunds Gourmet
Southern Mustard BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Harmacy Hot Sauce Co.
Avamasala
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Reaper Mustard
Spicy Mustard Division Finalists
4th Rivera Hot Sauce – Hot and Spicy Mustard
5th Defiant Sauce Co. – Reapers Gold
6th Oil Town Brewing – 5W-20 Pickled Mustard
7th Knox Your Socks Off – The Mustard Merchant
8th Maestros’ Suace Co. – Devil Dust
9th HAB Sauce – Imperial Fire Hot Sauce
10th Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Fire Seed Mustard
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Scorpion Ghost BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Maestros’ Sauce Co.
The Blazin’ Butcher BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Ghost Pepper BBQ Sauce
BBQ Sauce Division Finalists
4th Rivera Hot Sauce – Raging Reaper
5th Rivera Hot Sauce – Bacon Ghost Pepper BBQ Sauce
6th Rivera Hot Sauce – Hot Roasted Garlic Red Pepper BBQ Sauce
7th Defiant Sauce Co. _ Hadouken Spicy Asian BBQ Sauce
8th Bob and Brian’s BBQ Sauce
9th Big Ginger Sauce Co. – Rebel BBQ Sauce
10th Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce – Sticky Lips and Licky Tips
Spicy Snack Division
1st Place
Sauce Lords - by Hab Sauce
Peanut Chili Crisp
2nd Place
Heat From The Hammer
Armageddon Unleashed Hot Cheese Bites
3rd Place
Grunds Gourmet
Chili Jam Hot ‘n’ Sweet
Spicy Snack Division Finalists
4th Middle finger Hot Sauce – MacDaddies
5th Maui Flavor Wave – S-Turns Beef Jerky
6th Heat From The Hammer – Battlefield Trail Mix
7th Heat From The Hammer – Heat From Above Fiery Cheese Bites
8th Big Ginger Sauce Co. – Obsidian
9th Infinity Sauce Co. – Everywhere’s Pickled Jalapeno’s
10th Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce – Don’t Rub Me Wrong
Different States
39
Different Countries
21
Sauces Judged
2701
Sauces Entered 2025
322
World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Company of 2025
1st Place
HAB Sauce
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
3rd Place
Maestros' Sauce Co.
Top 10 - World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Companies of 2025
#1 HAB Sauce
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce
#3 Maestros' Sauce Co.
#4 Infinity Sauces
#5 Middle Finger Hot Sauce
#6 Knox Your Socks Off
#7 Oil Town Brewing Co.
#8 Grunds Gourmet Sauces
#9 Defiant Sauce Co.
#10 Heat From The Hammer
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce of 2025
Infinity Sauces
Aloha Chipotle
Finalists People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce
Rivera Hot Sauce - Hawaiian Luau
Rivera Hot Sauce - Scorpion Hawaiian Luau
Mastroes' - MASS-TERPIECE
Klowns On Fire! - Passion of the Dragon
Infinity Sauces - Aloha Chipotle
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Label of 2024
1st Place
HAB Sauce
Garlic Turmeric Habanero
2nd Place
Intergalactic Sauces
Closed On Sundays
3rd Place
Knox Your Socks Off
Maple Maverick
Finalists World’s Favorite Label:
Bootsies Sauce Co. - Aloha From Hell
HAB Sauce - Chocolate Habanero Honey
The Spice Beast - Irish Red Hot Long Lot
Bootsies Sauce Co. - Buzz Buzz
HAB Sauce - The Golden Child
Mild Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hawaiian Luau
2nd Place
Defiant Sauce Co.
Son Of A Peach
3rd Place
Maestros' Sauce Co.
Mo' Honey Mo' Poblanos
Finalists Mild Division
4th Singularity – Every Day Hot Sauce
5th Oil Town Brewing Co. – 5W-20 Pickled Mustard
6th Grunds Gourmet - Peri-Peri Sauce
7th HAB Sauce – Scotch Bonnet Heirloom Tomato
8th – Rising Smoke Sauceworks – IT
9th – Villain Sauce Co. – Southern Symphony
10th – Swindle Sauce – Macho Verde
Medium Heat Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Scorpion Hawaiian Luau
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Calista Crack
3rd Place
HAB Sauce
Smoked Gochugaru
Medium Heat Finalists
4th Oil Town Brewing Co. 20W-30 Tropic Thunder
5th Red Beards – Green Gator Sauce
6th Last Best Hot Sauce Co. – Serrano Pablano
7th Harmacy Hot Sauce – Cinco
8th Long Island Pepper Co. – Mango Ghost Pepper
9th HAB Sauce – MSG’ZUS Tomato Revelation
10th HAB Sauce – The Ghost of Masculine Pride
Hot Division
1st Place
Maestros Sauce Co.
MASS-TERPIECE
2nd Place
TNT Hot Sauce
Sir-HOT-Cha
3rd Place
Oil Town Brewing Co.
70W-30
Hot Division Finalists
4th Hawaiian Hot T’s Hot Sauce – Killa Kurry
5th HAB Sauce – The Golden Child
6th Harmacy Hot Sauce – Brimstone Rimshot
7th Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce – Smack My Ass Hot
8th HAB Sauce – Garlic Turmeric Habanero
9th Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Fiesta Caliente
10th Facepunch Foods – Project X Reaper Edition
Extra Hot Division
1st Place
Klowns on Fire!
Passion of the Dragon
2nd Place
Big Ginger Sauce Co.
NAGA Bomb Ghost Edition
3rd Place
HAB Sauce
Carolina Reaper Spicy Sweet Soy Sauce
Extra Hot Division Finalists
4th Texan Heartland – Roasted Onion & Garlic Reaper Hot Sauce
5th Maestros’ Steel Hurtin’
6th Hawaiian Hot T’s Hot Sauce – Alohadobo
7th Knox Your Socks Off – Abandon All Hope
8th MF Heat – Caramelina Reaper
9th Knox Your Socks Off – Trial By Fire
10th The Spice Beast – Beast Sauce
Fruit Division
1st Place
Infinity Sauces
Aloha Chipotle
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Calista Crack
3rd Place
Knox Your Socks Off
Kilt Lifter
Fruit Division Finalists
4th Oil Town Brewing Co. – 20W-40 Tropic Thunder
5th Maui Flavor Wave – S-Turns
6th Infinity Sauces Original
7th HAB Sauce – Pineapple Habanero
8th Hawaiian Hot T’s – POG
9th Rivera Hot Sauce – Chocolate Cherry Firestorm
10th Middle Finger Hot Sauce – The Pogfather
Spicy Mustard Division
1st Place
Grunds Gourmet
Southern Mustard BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Harmacy Hot Sauce Co.
Avamasala
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Reaper Mustard
Spicy Mustard Division Finalists
4th Rivera Hot Sauce – Hot and Spicy Mustard
5th Defiant Sauce Co. – Reapers Gold
6th Oil Town Brewing – 5W-20 Pickled Mustard
7th Knox Your Socks Off – The Mustard Merchant
8th Maestros’ Suace Co. – Devil Dust
9th HAB Sauce – Imperial Fire Hot Sauce
10th Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Fire Seed Mustard
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Scorpion Ghost BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Maestros’ Sauce Co.
The Blazin’ Butcher BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Ghost Pepper BBQ Sauce
BBQ Sauce Division Finalists
4th Rivera Hot Sauce – Raging Reaper
5th Rivera Hot Sauce – Bacon Ghost Pepper BBQ Sauce
6th Rivera Hot Sauce – Hot Roasted Garlic Red Pepper BBQ Sauce
7th Defiant Sauce Co. _ Hadouken Spicy Asian BBQ Sauce
8th Bob and Brian’s BBQ Sauce
9th Big Ginger Sauce Co. – Rebel BBQ Sauce
10th Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce – Sticky Lips and Licky Tips
Spicy Snack Division
1st Place
Sauce Lords - by Hab Sauce
Peanut Chili Crisp
2nd Place
Heat From The Hammer
Armageddon Unleashed Hot Cheese Bites
3rd Place
Grunds Gourmet
Chili Jam Hot ‘n’ Sweet
Spicy Snack Division Finalists
4th Middle finger Hot Sauce – MacDaddies
5th Maui Flavor Wave – S-Turns Beef Jerky
6th Heat From The Hammer – Battlefield Trail Mix
7th Heat From The Hammer – Heat From Above Fiery Cheese Bites
8th Big Ginger Sauce Co. – Obsidian
9th Infinity Sauce Co. – Everywhere’s Pickled Jalapeno’s
10th Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce – Don’t Rub Me Wrong