2024 Competition
7th Annual Old Boney Mountain Hot Summer Night International Hot Sauce Competition
Different States
38
Different Countries
21
Sauces Judged
2377
Sauces Entered 2024
575
World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Company of 2024
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
2nd Place
HAB Sauce
3rd Place
The Notorious Sauce
Top 10 - World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Companies of 2024
#1 Rivera Hot Sauce
#2 HAB Sauce
#3 The Notorious Sauce
#4 Klowns on Fire Gourmet Sauces
#5 Hellfire Hot Sauce
#6 Flash Point Sauces
#7 Maestros’ Sauce Co.
#8 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#9 Middle Finger Hot Sauce
#10 Knox Your Socks Off
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce of 2024
The Notorious Sauce
Verde
Finalists People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce
The Notorious – Verde
Klowns on Fire Gourmet Sauces - Spicy Peach Reaper
Flash Point Sauces - Screaming Banshee
Maui Flavor Wave – S-Turns
Knox Your Socks Off – Trial By Fire
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Label of 2024
1st Place
The Notorious Sauce
The Kraken
2nd Place
Dirty Bird’s
Swett Sauce Original
3rd Place
The Notorious Sauce
Verde
Finalists World’s Favorite Label:
Splintered Sauce – Dirty Blues
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Pure Hell
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s BBQ Hot Sauce – Pineapple Fatalli
Infinity Hot Sauce – Tri-Haba-Saurus Rex
Knox Your Socks Off – Tempting Fate
Mild Division
1st Place
The Notorious Sauce
Verde
2nd Place
Maestros Sauce Co
Roasted Garlic
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hawaiian Luau
3rd Place
Infinity Sauces
Chipotle
Finalists Mild Division
Father of Seven – Guaberry
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s Apricot Reaper BBQ Hot Sauce
Mat’s Hot Shop – Nola Louisiana Style
Defiant Sauce Co. Son of a Peach
Infinity Sauces – Barrel Aged
Earthquake Spices – Kickass Cilantro
HAB Sauce – Murder Mango
Binko’s Pepper Sauce - Banger 848 Jalapeno Pepper Sauce
Father of Seven – Guavi-Q BBQ Sauce
HAB Sauces – Minnesota Maple
Father of Seven - Original
Medium Heat Division
1st Place
Klowns on Fire Gourmet Sauces
Spicy Peach Reaper
2nd Place
HAB Sauce
Atmosphere
Minnesota Maple
3rd Place
Mimi’s Hittin’ the Sauce!
HaChaChaCha
Medium Heat Finalists
Furious Sauces – Volcano Sunrise
Dirty Bird Swett Sauce – Original
Maestros - Roasted Ghosted Garlic
Oil Town Brewing Co. – 20W-40 Tropic Thunder
Kieltys Irish Sauces – Habanero and Smoked Apricot
Sauce Lords – Sacred Scorch
Furious Sauces – Golden Elixer
Pepper by Pinard – Caribbean Habanero
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Synergy
Hellfire Hot Sauce Sauceress’ Private Reserve
Hot Division
1st Place
Flash Point Sauces
Screaming Banshee
2nd Place
Binko’s Pepper Sauce
Storm 93 Dragon’s Breath Pepper Sauce
3rd Place
Hellfire Hot Sauce
Hellfire Sauceress’ Private Reserve
Hot Division Finalists
Klowns on Fire – Klowns Inferno
HELFIRE Hot Sauce – Black Label – Red Sauce
Rivera Hot Sauce – Scorpion Luau
Harmacy Hot Sauce - Pata del Diablo
Infinity Sauces – Tri Haba Saurus
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s Pineapple Fatali
MarFar Sauce
Villain Sauce Co – Bad Guy Sauce
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Ritual
Extra Hot Division
1st Place
Knox Your Socks Off
Trial By Fire
2nd Place
Klowns on Fire
Passion of the Dragon
3rd Place
Klowns on Fire
Kiss of the Klown
Extra Hot Division Finalists
Maestros – Steel Hurtin’
Villain Sauce Co. – Bad Guy Sauce
Dirty Bird Swett Sauce - Ghost
Spice Beast – Beast Sauce
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Slow Death
Knox Your Socks Off – Creeping Death
Funky’s Hot Sauce Factory – Dark Star
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Zombie Snot
Fruit Division
1st Place
Maui Flavor Wave
S- Turns
2nd Place
Flash Point Sauces
Peachanero
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hawaiian Luau
Fruit Division Finalists
Rivera Hot Sauce – Tropical Reaper
Fuego Fermentations – Blueberry Habanero BBQ
Klowns on Fire – Kiss of the Klown
Rivera Hot Sauce – Scorpion Luau
Father of Seven – Guavi-Q
Flash Point Sauces – Grim Peacher
Flash Point Sauces – Screaming Banshee
Island Rayne Gourmet – Flaming Lilikoi
Island Rayne Gourmet – Sweet & Spicy Lilikoi
Spicy Mustard Division
1st Place
Grunds Gourmet
Southern Mustard BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Defiant Sauce Co.
Reapers Gold BBQ Sauce
3rd Place
MarFar Sauce
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Reaper Mustard
Spicy Mustard Division Finalists
Flash Point Sauces – Smokin’ Mustard
Torchbearer Sauces – Spicy Horseradish Mustard
Kietlys Irish Sauces – Smoked Chili Mustard
TD’s Brew & BBQ – Southern Mustard
Rivera Hot Sauce – Hot and Spicy Mustard
Maestros – Devil Dust
HAB Sauces – Imperial Fire Hot Mustard
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Raging Reaper BBQ
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hot Roasted Garlic Red Bell Pepper
2nd Place
Kielty’s Irish Sauces
PK BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Ghost Pepper BBQ
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Bacon Ghost BBQ
3rd Place
Maestros Sauce Co.
The Blazin’ Butcher Sauce
3rd Place
Hellfire Hot Sauce
Not Your Mama’s BBQ Hot Sauce
Apricot Reaper
BBQ Sauce Division Finalists
Pepper By Pinard – Hickory Smoked BBQ
Rivera Hot Sauce – Scorpion Ghost BBQ
Aussom Aussie BBQ – Blue Flame BBQ Sauce
Maestros Sauce Co. – The Butcher Sauce
Defiant Sauce Co. – Kicken Hickory BBQ
Grunds Gourmet – Triple Stout BBQ Sauce
Defiant Sauce Co. – Reapers Gold BBQ Sauce
Bandits Backyard BBQ – Say When Sauce
Funky’s Hot Sauce Factory – Trilby’s Original BBQ Sauce
Kielty’s Irish Sauces – Hand Smoked Chipotle BBQ
Fuego Fermentations – Blueberry Habanero BBQ
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s BBQ Hot Sauce – Pineapple Fatali
Grunds Gourmet – Blue Gum Honey BBQ Sauce
Klowns on Fire – Spicy Pineapple Reaper
MarFar Sauce
Verde Sauce Division
1st Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Life’s A Risk
2nd Place
HAB Sauces
Roasted Serrano
3rd Place
Maestros Sauce Co.
MASS-TERPIECE
Verde Division Finalists
HAB Sauces – Garlic Turmeric Habanero
Rivera Hot Sauce – Cilantro Serrano Lime Tequila
Eleven Eleven Sauce – Wes Mar Mi Sauce
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Firestarter
The Notorious – Verde
HAB Sauce – Serrano Tequila Verde
Caulfield Provisions - #67 Minty Jalapeno Tomatillo Sauce
Mexican Inspired Sauce Division
1st Place
Rising Smoke Sauceworks
Buenos Nachos
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Life’s A Risk
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Taco Ghost Pepper
Mexican Inspired Finalists
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Fiesta Caliente
Middle Finger Hot Sauce – El Sancho
Top Shelf – Mayfair Mexican
Christina’s Salsa – Hot Taco Hot Sauce
HAB Sauce – Roasted Serrano
Caulfield provisions Co. - #56 Smokey Red Pepper Chipotle Sauce
HAB Sauce – Garlic Turmeric Habanero
HAB Sauces – Luche Libre Mexican Red Chili
Middle Finger Hot Sauce Co. Holiest of Moles
Kai Caribbean Market – Passionfruit Habanero
Kai Caribbean Market – Pineapple Habanero
Wing Sauce Division
1st Place
Singularity Sauce Co.
Buffalo Hot Sauce
2nd Place
HAB Sauce
Garlic Carrot Habanero
HAB Sauce
Spicy Sweet Soy Sauce
3rd Place
Rising Smoke Sauceworks
Synergy
HAB Sauce
Mrs. Browns Red Hot Honey
Wing Sauce Finalists
El Perro Picante – Honey I’m the Reaper
Heat From The Hammer – Buffalo Bound! Wing Sauce
HAB Sauces – Chocolate Habanero Honey
Rivera Hot Sauce – Garlic Parmesan Wing Sauce
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Slow Death
HAB Sauce – Scotch Bonnet Heirloom Tomato
El Perro Picante – Murder Hornet Mango
Spicy Snack Division
1st Place
HAB Sauce
Oregon Rasberry Scotch Bonnet Pepper Jam
2nd Place
Grim Reaper
No Remorse
Carolina Reaper Cashews
2nd Place
Sauce Lords
Peanut Chili Crisp
3rd Place
The Chilli Alchemist
Dark Matter
Dark Chilli Chocolate
Spicy Snack Division Finalists
Heat From the Hammer – Heat From Above – Fiery Cheese Bites
Heat From the Hammer – Armageddon Unleashed
Heat From the Hammer – Battlefield Trail Mix
Middle Finger Hot Sauce – Tickle My Pickle
Facepunch Foods – 6 Pepper Peanuts
Facepunch Foods 6 Pepper Pretzel Balls
Grim Reaper Foods – Nightmare Naga Peanuts
Cuban Sauce Division
1st Place
Barbaro Mojo
El Havanero
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Blunt Force Guava
3rd Place
Barbaro Mojo
Jalabao
Oriental Division
1st Place
Mar Far Sauce
Different States
38
Different Countries
21
Sauces Judged
2377
Sauces Entered 2024
575
World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Company of 2024
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
2nd Place
HAB Sauce
3rd Place
The Notorious Sauce
Top 10 - World’s Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Companies of 2024
#1 Rivera Hot Sauce
#2 HAB Sauce
#3 The Notorious Sauce
#4 Klowns on Fire Gourmet Sauces
#5 Hellfire Hot Sauce
#6 Flash Point Sauces
#7 Maestros’ Sauce Co.
#8 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#9 Middle Finger Hot Sauce
#10 Knox Your Socks Off
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce of 2024
The Notorious Sauce
Verde
Finalists People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce
The Notorious – Verde
Klowns on Fire Gourmet Sauces - Spicy Peach Reaper
Flash Point Sauces - Screaming Banshee
Maui Flavor Wave – S-Turns
Knox Your Socks Off – Trial By Fire
People’s Choice World’s Favorite Label of 2024
1st Place
The Notorious Sauce
The Kraken
2nd Place
Dirty Bird’s
Swett Sauce Original
3rd Place
The Notorious Sauce
Verde
Finalists World’s Favorite Label:
Splintered Sauce – Dirty Blues
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Pure Hell
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s BBQ Hot Sauce – Pineapple Fatalli
Infinity Hot Sauce – Tri-Haba-Saurus Rex
Knox Your Socks Off – Tempting Fate
Mild Division
1st Place
The Notorious Sauce
Verde
2nd Place
Maestros Sauce Co
Roasted Garlic
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hawaiian Luau
3rd Place
Infinity Sauces
Chipotle
Finalists Mild Division
Father of Seven – Guaberry
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s Apricot Reaper BBQ Hot Sauce
Mat’s Hot Shop – Nola Louisiana Style
Defiant Sauce Co. Son of a Peach
Infinity Sauces – Barrel Aged
Earthquake Spices – Kickass Cilantro
HAB Sauce – Murder Mango
Binko’s Pepper Sauce - Banger 848 Jalapeno Pepper Sauce
Father of Seven – Guavi-Q BBQ Sauce
HAB Sauces – Minnesota Maple
Father of Seven - Original
Medium Heat Division
1st Place
Klowns on Fire Gourmet Sauces
Spicy Peach Reaper
2nd Place
HAB Sauce
Atmosphere
Minnesota Maple
3rd Place
Mimi’s Hittin’ the Sauce!
HaChaChaCha
Medium Heat Finalists
Furious Sauces – Volcano Sunrise
Dirty Bird Swett Sauce – Original
Maestros - Roasted Ghosted Garlic
Oil Town Brewing Co. – 20W-40 Tropic Thunder
Kieltys Irish Sauces – Habanero and Smoked Apricot
Sauce Lords – Sacred Scorch
Furious Sauces – Golden Elixer
Pepper by Pinard – Caribbean Habanero
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Synergy
Hellfire Hot Sauce Sauceress’ Private Reserve
Hot Division
1st Place
Flash Point Sauces
Screaming Banshee
2nd Place
Binko’s Pepper Sauce
Storm 93 Dragon’s Breath Pepper Sauce
3rd Place
Hellfire Hot Sauce
Hellfire Sauceress’ Private Reserve
Hot Division Finalists
Klowns on Fire – Klowns Inferno
HELFIRE Hot Sauce – Black Label – Red Sauce
Rivera Hot Sauce – Scorpion Luau
Harmacy Hot Sauce - Pata del Diablo
Infinity Sauces – Tri Haba Saurus
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s Pineapple Fatali
MarFar Sauce
Villain Sauce Co – Bad Guy Sauce
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Ritual
Extra Hot Division
1st Place
Knox Your Socks Off
Trial By Fire
2nd Place
Klowns on Fire
Passion of the Dragon
3rd Place
Klowns on Fire
Kiss of the Klown
Extra Hot Division Finalists
Maestros – Steel Hurtin’
Villain Sauce Co. – Bad Guy Sauce
Dirty Bird Swett Sauce - Ghost
Spice Beast – Beast Sauce
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Slow Death
Knox Your Socks Off – Creeping Death
Funky’s Hot Sauce Factory – Dark Star
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Zombie Snot
Fruit Division
1st Place
Maui Flavor Wave
S- Turns
2nd Place
Flash Point Sauces
Peachanero
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hawaiian Luau
Fruit Division Finalists
Rivera Hot Sauce – Tropical Reaper
Fuego Fermentations – Blueberry Habanero BBQ
Klowns on Fire – Kiss of the Klown
Rivera Hot Sauce – Scorpion Luau
Father of Seven – Guavi-Q
Flash Point Sauces – Grim Peacher
Flash Point Sauces – Screaming Banshee
Island Rayne Gourmet – Flaming Lilikoi
Island Rayne Gourmet – Sweet & Spicy Lilikoi
Spicy Mustard Division
1st Place
Grunds Gourmet
Southern Mustard BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Defiant Sauce Co.
Reapers Gold BBQ Sauce
3rd Place
MarFar Sauce
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Reaper Mustard
Spicy Mustard Division Finalists
Flash Point Sauces – Smokin’ Mustard
Torchbearer Sauces – Spicy Horseradish Mustard
Kietlys Irish Sauces – Smoked Chili Mustard
TD’s Brew & BBQ – Southern Mustard
Rivera Hot Sauce – Hot and Spicy Mustard
Maestros – Devil Dust
HAB Sauces – Imperial Fire Hot Mustard
BBQ Sauce Division
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Raging Reaper BBQ
1st Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Hot Roasted Garlic Red Bell Pepper
2nd Place
Kielty’s Irish Sauces
PK BBQ Sauce
2nd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Ghost Pepper BBQ
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Bacon Ghost BBQ
3rd Place
Maestros Sauce Co.
The Blazin’ Butcher Sauce
3rd Place
Hellfire Hot Sauce
Not Your Mama’s BBQ Hot Sauce
Apricot Reaper
BBQ Sauce Division Finalists
Pepper By Pinard – Hickory Smoked BBQ
Rivera Hot Sauce – Scorpion Ghost BBQ
Aussom Aussie BBQ – Blue Flame BBQ Sauce
Maestros Sauce Co. – The Butcher Sauce
Defiant Sauce Co. – Kicken Hickory BBQ
Grunds Gourmet – Triple Stout BBQ Sauce
Defiant Sauce Co. – Reapers Gold BBQ Sauce
Bandits Backyard BBQ – Say When Sauce
Funky’s Hot Sauce Factory – Trilby’s Original BBQ Sauce
Kielty’s Irish Sauces – Hand Smoked Chipotle BBQ
Fuego Fermentations – Blueberry Habanero BBQ
Hellfire Hot Sauce – Not Your Mama’s BBQ Hot Sauce – Pineapple Fatali
Grunds Gourmet – Blue Gum Honey BBQ Sauce
Klowns on Fire – Spicy Pineapple Reaper
MarFar Sauce
Verde Sauce Division
1st Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Life’s A Risk
2nd Place
HAB Sauces
Roasted Serrano
3rd Place
Maestros Sauce Co.
MASS-TERPIECE
Verde Division Finalists
HAB Sauces – Garlic Turmeric Habanero
Rivera Hot Sauce – Cilantro Serrano Lime Tequila
Eleven Eleven Sauce – Wes Mar Mi Sauce
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Firestarter
The Notorious – Verde
HAB Sauce – Serrano Tequila Verde
Caulfield Provisions - #67 Minty Jalapeno Tomatillo Sauce
Mexican Inspired Sauce Division
1st Place
Rising Smoke Sauceworks
Buenos Nachos
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Life’s A Risk
3rd Place
Rivera Hot Sauce
Taco Ghost Pepper
Mexican Inspired Finalists
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Fiesta Caliente
Middle Finger Hot Sauce – El Sancho
Top Shelf – Mayfair Mexican
Christina’s Salsa – Hot Taco Hot Sauce
HAB Sauce – Roasted Serrano
Caulfield provisions Co. - #56 Smokey Red Pepper Chipotle Sauce
HAB Sauce – Garlic Turmeric Habanero
HAB Sauces – Luche Libre Mexican Red Chili
Middle Finger Hot Sauce Co. Holiest of Moles
Kai Caribbean Market – Passionfruit Habanero
Kai Caribbean Market – Pineapple Habanero
Wing Sauce Division
1st Place
Singularity Sauce Co.
Buffalo Hot Sauce
2nd Place
HAB Sauce
Garlic Carrot Habanero
HAB Sauce
Spicy Sweet Soy Sauce
3rd Place
Rising Smoke Sauceworks
Synergy
HAB Sauce
Mrs. Browns Red Hot Honey
Wing Sauce Finalists
El Perro Picante – Honey I’m the Reaper
Heat From The Hammer – Buffalo Bound! Wing Sauce
HAB Sauces – Chocolate Habanero Honey
Rivera Hot Sauce – Garlic Parmesan Wing Sauce
Rising Smoke Sauceworks – Slow Death
HAB Sauce – Scotch Bonnet Heirloom Tomato
El Perro Picante – Murder Hornet Mango
Spicy Snack Division
1st Place
HAB Sauce
Oregon Rasberry Scotch Bonnet Pepper Jam
2nd Place
Grim Reaper
No Remorse
Carolina Reaper Cashews
2nd Place
Sauce Lords
Peanut Chili Crisp
3rd Place
The Chilli Alchemist
Dark Matter
Dark Chilli Chocolate
Spicy Snack Division Finalists
Heat From the Hammer – Heat From Above – Fiery Cheese Bites
Heat From the Hammer – Armageddon Unleashed
Heat From the Hammer – Battlefield Trail Mix
Middle Finger Hot Sauce – Tickle My Pickle
Facepunch Foods – 6 Pepper Peanuts
Facepunch Foods 6 Pepper Pretzel Balls
Grim Reaper Foods – Nightmare Naga Peanuts
Cuban Sauce Division
1st Place
Barbaro Mojo
El Havanero
2nd Place
Middle Finger Hot Sauce
Blunt Force Guava
3rd Place
Barbaro Mojo
Jalabao
Oriental Division
1st Place
Mar Far Sauce