World Rankings
World's Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Companies
2026
#1 Swindle Sauce
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce
#3 HAB Sauce
#4 Middle Finger Sauce Co.
#5 Knox Your Socks Off
#6 Binko's Pepper Co.
#7 Spice Beast
#8 Maestros Sauce Co.
#9 Villain Sauce Co.
#10 The Notorious Sauce
#11 Grim Reaper Foods
#12 Fermented Fire Hot Sauce Company
#13 Dawson's Hot Sauce
#14 Holly's Heavenly Creations
#15 Mimi's Hittin' the Sauce
#16 Heat From the Hammer
#17 Kai Caribbean
#18 DaKine Hawaiian
#19 Creative Fire Kiln & Kitchen
#20 Log's
#20 Rasta Fire
#20 OCF
Honorable Mention
High River Sauces
Big Jalm
Captain Saicin Foods
Harmacy Hot Sauce Co.
Zamm's
TNT Spices
Oil Town Brewing Co.
Infinity Sauces
Facepunch Foods
Bandidas
Aztek Eagle
Waste Management
#1 Swindle Sauce
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce
#3 HAB Sauce
#4 Middle Finger Sauce Co.
#5 Knox Your Socks Off
#6 Binko's Pepper Co.
#7 Spice Beast
#8 Maestros Sauce Co.
#9 Villain Sauce Co.
#10 The Notorious Sauce
#11 Grim Reaper Foods
#12 Fermented Fire Hot Sauce Company
#13 Dawson's Hot Sauce
#14 Holly's Heavenly Creations
#15 Mimi's Hittin' the Sauce
#16 Heat From the Hammer
#17 Kai Caribbean
#18 DaKine Hawaiian
#19 Creative Fire Kiln & Kitchen
#20 Log's
#20 Rasta Fire
#20 OCF
Honorable Mention
High River Sauces
Big Jalm
Captain Saicin Foods
Harmacy Hot Sauce Co.
Zamm's
TNT Spices
Oil Town Brewing Co.
Infinity Sauces
Facepunch Foods
Bandidas
Aztek Eagle
Waste Management
2025
#1 HAB Sauce
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce
#3 Maestros' Sauce Co.
#4 Infinity Sauces
#5 Middle Finger Sauce Co.
#6 Knox Your Socks Off
#7 Oil Town Brewing
#8 Grunds Gourmet
#9 Defiant Sauce Co.
#10 Heat From The Hammer
#11 Harmacy Hot Sauce
#12 Big Ginger Sauce Co.
#13 Mimi's Hittin' The Sauce
#14 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#15 Hawaiian Hot T's
#16 Klowns on Fire!
#17 Maui Flavor Wave
#18 The Spice Beast
#19 Bootsies Sauce Co.
#20 Intergalactic Sauce Co.
#20 TNT Spices
#22 Villain Sauce Co.
#23 Singularity
#24 Facepunch Foods
#25 Red Beards
#26 Swindle Sauce
#26 Last Best Hot Sauce
#26 Long Island Pepper Co.
#26 Texan Heartland
#26 MF Heat Co.
#26 Bob and Brians
Honorable Mention: Aztec Eagle, MAS, Mulata Hot Sauce, Powerful Pepper Co., Toby's Place BBQ, Torchbearer Sauce Co., Mama's Peri Peri, Beto's Hot Sauce, Gaigan Sauces, Brunini's Extremely Hot, Canokie Foods, Earthquake Spices, Whoa Doggie Hot Sauce
#1 HAB Sauce
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce
#3 Maestros' Sauce Co.
#4 Infinity Sauces
#5 Middle Finger Sauce Co.
#6 Knox Your Socks Off
#7 Oil Town Brewing
#8 Grunds Gourmet
#9 Defiant Sauce Co.
#10 Heat From The Hammer
#11 Harmacy Hot Sauce
#12 Big Ginger Sauce Co.
#13 Mimi's Hittin' The Sauce
#14 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#15 Hawaiian Hot T's
#16 Klowns on Fire!
#17 Maui Flavor Wave
#18 The Spice Beast
#19 Bootsies Sauce Co.
#20 Intergalactic Sauce Co.
#20 TNT Spices
#22 Villain Sauce Co.
#23 Singularity
#24 Facepunch Foods
#25 Red Beards
#26 Swindle Sauce
#26 Last Best Hot Sauce
#26 Long Island Pepper Co.
#26 Texan Heartland
#26 MF Heat Co.
#26 Bob and Brians
Honorable Mention: Aztec Eagle, MAS, Mulata Hot Sauce, Powerful Pepper Co., Toby's Place BBQ, Torchbearer Sauce Co., Mama's Peri Peri, Beto's Hot Sauce, Gaigan Sauces, Brunini's Extremely Hot, Canokie Foods, Earthquake Spices, Whoa Doggie Hot Sauce
2024
#1 Rivera Hot Sauce
#2 HAB Sauce
#3 The Notorious Sauce
#4 Klowns on Fire
#5 Hellfire Hot Sauce
#6 Flash Point
#7 Maestros
#8 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#9 Middle Finger Hot Sauce
#10 Knox Your Socks Off
#11 Grunds Gourmet
#11 Defiant Sauces
#11 MarFar
#11 Keilty's Irish Sauces
#15 Infinity
#16 Dirty Bird
#17 Maui Flavor Wave
#18 Father of Seven Sauces
#19 Heat From The Hammer
#19 Barbaro Mojo
#21 Binko's Pepper Sauce
#22 Grim Reaper Foods
#23 Sauce Lords
#24 Singularity
#25 Mimi's Hittin' the Sauce
#26 Pepper by Pinard
#26 Funky"s Hot Sauce Factory
#26 Villain Sauce Co
#29 Facepunch Foods
#30 The Chilli Alchemist
#31 Caulfield Provisions Co.
#32 Island Rayne Gourmet
#32 El Perro Picante
#32 Fuego Fermentations
#32 Kai Caribbean
#32 Furious Sauce Co
#37 TD's Brew & BBQ
#38 Earthquake Spices
#39 Torchbearer
#40 Mat's Hot Shop
#41 Splintered Sauce
#41 Eleven Eleven Sauce
#41 Bandits Backyard BBQ
#41 Christinas Salsa
#45 Oil Town Brewing
#45 Harmacy
#45 Top Shelf
#45 Aussom Aussie
#45 Spice Beast
2023
#1 Flash Point Sauces - North Carolina
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce - New Jersey
#3 - Hab Sauce Oregon
#4 Pepper by Pinard Australia
#5 Mimi's Hittin' the Sauce - Massachusetts
#6 Infinity Sauces - California
#7 Maestros' Sauce Company - Pennsylvania
#8 TD's Brew & BBQ - New Mexico
#9 Villain Sauce Co. - Canada
#10 Funky's Hot Sauce Factory - Washington
#11 Soothsayer Hot Sauce - Illinois
#12 Red Hot Foods - California
#13 Rising Smoke Sauceworks - North Carolina
#14 Dirty Bird's Swett Sauce - Florida
#15 Fxcking Hot Sauces - Texas
#16 Lucky Dog Hot Sauce - California
#17 Father of Seven Sauces - Florida
#18 Wicked Provisions Hot Sauce - Texas
#19 Bottle-Fed Hot Sauce - California
#20 K-Pow Hot Sauce - New Zealand
#21 Middle Finger Hot Sauce - Florida
#22 Earthquake Spices - New York
#23 Rebel kitchen - Hawaii
#24 Knox Your Socks Off - Canada
#25 Red Beards Hot Sauce - California
#26 Singularity Sauce Co. - Scotland
#27 Dingolay Hot Sauce - New York
#28 HYCH Hot Sauce - Oregon
#29 Sweet Heat Co. - Australia
#30 Brocmar Smokehouse BBQ - Pennsylvania
#31 Deep Fork Foods - Oklahoma
#1 Flash Point Sauces - North Carolina
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce - New Jersey
#3 - Hab Sauce Oregon
#4 Pepper by Pinard Australia
#5 Mimi's Hittin' the Sauce - Massachusetts
#6 Infinity Sauces - California
#7 Maestros' Sauce Company - Pennsylvania
#8 TD's Brew & BBQ - New Mexico
#9 Villain Sauce Co. - Canada
#10 Funky's Hot Sauce Factory - Washington
#11 Soothsayer Hot Sauce - Illinois
#12 Red Hot Foods - California
#13 Rising Smoke Sauceworks - North Carolina
#14 Dirty Bird's Swett Sauce - Florida
#15 Fxcking Hot Sauces - Texas
#16 Lucky Dog Hot Sauce - California
#17 Father of Seven Sauces - Florida
#18 Wicked Provisions Hot Sauce - Texas
#19 Bottle-Fed Hot Sauce - California
#20 K-Pow Hot Sauce - New Zealand
#21 Middle Finger Hot Sauce - Florida
#22 Earthquake Spices - New York
#23 Rebel kitchen - Hawaii
#24 Knox Your Socks Off - Canada
#25 Red Beards Hot Sauce - California
#26 Singularity Sauce Co. - Scotland
#27 Dingolay Hot Sauce - New York
#28 HYCH Hot Sauce - Oregon
#29 Sweet Heat Co. - Australia
#30 Brocmar Smokehouse BBQ - Pennsylvania
#31 Deep Fork Foods - Oklahoma
2022
#1 Flash Point Sauces - North Carolina
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce - New Jersey
#3 Grim Reaper Foods - England
#4 TD’s Brew & BBQ - New Mexico
#5 Pepper by Pinard - Australia
#6 Infinity Sauces - California
#7 Fxcking Hot Sauces - Texas
#8 Torchbearer Sauces - Pennsylvania
#9 High Desert Sauce Co - Arizona
#10 Rising Smoke Sauceworks - North Carolina
#11 Knox Your Socks Off - Canada
#12 Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce - Massachusetts
#13 Sauce Leopard - Colorado
#14 Red Hot Foods - California
#15 Magnolia Sauce Company - North Carolina
#16 Galito’s Flame Grilled Chicken - South Africa
#17 Sweet Mama Sauce - Massachusetts
#18 Villain Sauce Company - Canada
#19 Father of Seven Sauces - Florida
#20 Earthquake Spices - New York
#21 Radiation Therapy Hot Sauce - South Carolina
#22 Hook and Arrow - Connecticut
#23 Four Fat Franks - California
2021
#1 FlashPoint Sauces
#2 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#3 Rivera Hot Sauce
#4 Karma Sauce Company
#5 MiMi's Hittin the Sauce
#6 BBQ Budha
#7 Hab Sauce
#8 Dirty Bird
#9 Snack Season
#10 High Desert Sauce Co
#11 Torchbearer Sauces
#12 Fxcking Hot Sauces
#13 Steel City
2020
#1 Rivera Hot Sauce
#2 Hab
#3 Karma Sauce Co
#4 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#5 High River Sauces
#6 Steel City Sauce Co
#7 Magnolia Sauce Co
#8 Infinity Sauces
#9 Mimi's Hittin The Sauce
#10 Red Flag Spicy Foods
#11 Shore Sauce
#12 TD's Brew and BBQ
#13 Grim Reaper Foods
#14 Charman Brand
#15 Dirty Bird Sauce
#16 Caulfield Provision Company
#17 Fartley Farms
#18 Ta's Caribbean Spice Co
2019
#1 Rivera Hot Sauce
#2 Dawson's
#3 Infinity
#4 Dirty Bird
#5 Grim Reaper
#6 Underwood
#7 Red Hot Foods
#8 Gentlemen Farmer
#9 El Chacarero
#10 Fairy Tale Hot Sauce
#11 Beale Sauce Co
#12 Hot Mama's Belize
#13 Elija's Extreme
#14 El Fuego Sauce
2018
#1 Dawson's
#2 MiMi's Hittin the Sauce
#3 Gentlemen Farmer
#4 Infinity
#5 Yowchup
#6 Rivera Hot Sauce
#7 Red Hot Foods
#8 Grim Reaper
#9 Elija's Extreme
#10 Hotter Than El
#11 Dan's Rippin’
#1 Flash Point Sauces - North Carolina
#2 Rivera Hot Sauce - New Jersey
#3 Grim Reaper Foods - England
#4 TD’s Brew & BBQ - New Mexico
#5 Pepper by Pinard - Australia
#6 Infinity Sauces - California
#7 Fxcking Hot Sauces - Texas
#8 Torchbearer Sauces - Pennsylvania
#9 High Desert Sauce Co - Arizona
#10 Rising Smoke Sauceworks - North Carolina
#11 Knox Your Socks Off - Canada
#12 Mimi’s Hittin’ The Sauce - Massachusetts
#13 Sauce Leopard - Colorado
#14 Red Hot Foods - California
#15 Magnolia Sauce Company - North Carolina
#16 Galito’s Flame Grilled Chicken - South Africa
#17 Sweet Mama Sauce - Massachusetts
#18 Villain Sauce Company - Canada
#19 Father of Seven Sauces - Florida
#20 Earthquake Spices - New York
#21 Radiation Therapy Hot Sauce - South Carolina
#22 Hook and Arrow - Connecticut
#23 Four Fat Franks - California
2021
#1 FlashPoint Sauces
#2 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#3 Rivera Hot Sauce
#4 Karma Sauce Company
#5 MiMi's Hittin the Sauce
#6 BBQ Budha
#7 Hab Sauce
#8 Dirty Bird
#9 Snack Season
#10 High Desert Sauce Co
#11 Torchbearer Sauces
#12 Fxcking Hot Sauces
#13 Steel City
2020
#1 Rivera Hot Sauce
#2 Hab
#3 Karma Sauce Co
#4 Rising Smoke Sauceworks
#5 High River Sauces
#6 Steel City Sauce Co
#7 Magnolia Sauce Co
#8 Infinity Sauces
#9 Mimi's Hittin The Sauce
#10 Red Flag Spicy Foods
#11 Shore Sauce
#12 TD's Brew and BBQ
#13 Grim Reaper Foods
#14 Charman Brand
#15 Dirty Bird Sauce
#16 Caulfield Provision Company
#17 Fartley Farms
#18 Ta's Caribbean Spice Co
2019
#1 Rivera Hot Sauce
#2 Dawson's
#3 Infinity
#4 Dirty Bird
#5 Grim Reaper
#6 Underwood
#7 Red Hot Foods
#8 Gentlemen Farmer
#9 El Chacarero
#10 Fairy Tale Hot Sauce
#11 Beale Sauce Co
#12 Hot Mama's Belize
#13 Elija's Extreme
#14 El Fuego Sauce
2018
#1 Dawson's
#2 MiMi's Hittin the Sauce
#3 Gentlemen Farmer
#4 Infinity
#5 Yowchup
#6 Rivera Hot Sauce
#7 Red Hot Foods
#8 Grim Reaper
#9 Elija's Extreme
#10 Hotter Than El
#11 Dan's Rippin’