World Rankings
World's Best Small-Batch Hot Sauce Companies
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’