The 10th Annual Hot Pepper Awards - WINNERS!

The 10th Annual Hot Pepper Awards Winners!
 
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HOT SAUCE
 
BEST OVERALL: THE HOT PEPPER AWARD - Pepper North - Momento de Muerte
BEST MILD - Truth Serum - Plum Crazy
BEST MEDIUM - K-Sauce - K2 Keenan's Killer Mean Green Hot Sauce
BEST HOT - Pepper North - Solar Flare
BEST EXTRA HOT - Pepper North - Momento de Muerte
 
PEPPER-SPECIFIC
1st - GABKO - Jalapeño Tequila
2nd - Truth Serum - Red Rage
3rd - Secret Aardvark Trading Co. - Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce
 
SUPERHOTS PEPPER-SPECIFIC
1st - Furious Sauces - Dragon's Smoke
2nd - Sam & Oliver - Blackheart
3rd - JLD Enterprises - Bhut Jolokia Extra Hot Sauce
 
PEPPER BLEND
1st - K-Sauce - K2 Keenan's Killer Mean Green Hot Sauce
2nd - Purple Pam - Kiss Of Death 
3rd - OB's Irie - Pepper Sauce and Marinade
 
SUPERHOTS PEPPER BLEND
1st - Pepper North - Momento de Muerte
2nd - Pepper North - Solar Flare
3rd - Burns & McCoy - Excubiarum
 
PEPPER-BASED
1st - GABKO - Jalapeño Tequila
2nd - K-Sauce - K6 Keenan's Killer Salsa Brava
3rd - El Fuego - Serrano Pepper Sauce
 
SUPERHOTS PEPPER-BASED
1st - Pepper North - Momento de Muerte
2nd - Meet your Cremator - DD's Original
3rd - Burns & McCoy - Exhorresco
 
FRUIT-BASED
1st - Truth Serum - Plum Crazy
2nd - Lucky Dog Hot Sauce - Year of the Dog
3rd - Cobra Chilli - Tropical Zing
 
SUPERHOTS FRUIT-BASED
1st - Pepper North - Solar Flare
2nd - Sam & Oliver - Blackheart
3rd - Burns & McCoy - Exitium
 
EXTREME
1st - Pepper North - Momento de Muerte
2nd - JLD Enterprises - Special Reserve Carolina Reaper Sauce
3rd - Burns & McCoy - Exhorresco
 
SWEET
1st - Truth Serum - Plum Crazy
2nd - Pepper North - Solar Flare
3rd - Furious Sauces - Volcano Sunshine
 
SAVORY
1st - Furious Sauces - Dragon's Smoke
2nd - Furious Sauces - Angry Assassin
3rd - SoCal Hot Sauce - Hot Avocado Guac Sauce

SWEET & SAVORY
1st - Truth Serum - Plum Crazy
2nd - SoCal Hot Sauce - Hot Red
3rd - Lucky Dog Hot Sauce - Year of the Dog

SMOKY
1st - Jak Jeckel - Gourmet Pepper Sauce
2nd - Furious Sauces - Dragon's Smoke
3rd - Moe Mountain - Hot Sauce

ETHNIC
1st - SoCal Hot Sauce - Hot Red
2nd - Cobra Chilli - Reaper Magic Sauce
3rd - Secret Aardvark Trading Co. - Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce

UNIQUE
1st - Cobra Chilli - Reaper Magic Sauce
2nd - Sam & Oliver - Blackheart
3rd - Trinadé - Hotsauce

 
CONDIMENT
 
BEST OVERALL: THE HOT PEPPER AWARD - Born to Hula - Imperial Apple Barbecue Sauce
BEST MILD - Fireland Foods - Smoky Mustard Senf-BBQ Sauce
BEST MEDIUM - Born to Hula - Imperial Apple Barbecue Sauce
BEST HOT - Heather's Dirty Good - Censored
BEST EXTRA HOT - Deception Salsa - I Dare You
 
SALSA
1st - Deception Salsa - Oink
2nd - Deception Salsa - Insanity
3rd - Deception Salsa - I Dare You
 
UNIQUE SALSA
1st - Deception Salsa - Oink
2nd - Deception Salsa - Aloha
3rd - Salsa Del Diablo - Devil's Delight
 
BBQ SAUCE
1st - Born to Hula - Imperial Apple Barbecue Sauce
2nd - Freddy Ray's BBQ Sauce - Creeper
3rd - Bone Doctors' - Brazen Heat
 
UNIQUE BBQ SAUCE
1st - Born to Hula - Imperial Apple Barbecue Sauce
2nd - Fireland Foods - Smoky Mustard Senf-BBQ Sauce
3rd - Freddy Ray's BBQ Sauce - Creeper
 
WING SAUCE
1st - Fireland Foods - Mahatma Curry Habanero
2nd - Wild Bill's Wing Sauce - Classically Original
3rd - Cobra Chilli - I Believe I Can Fly Ultra Hot Wing Sauce
 
COOKING CONDIMENT
1st - Pepper Pot - Mild Tamarind Sauce
2nd - Sam & Oliver - Molten Gold
3rd - Fire Peak - Chili Mix

TABLE CONDIMENT
1st - Dimples - Spicy BBQ Sauce
2nd - Gypsy Grove Foods - Spicy Chimichurri
3rd - The Spice Lab - Best of the Bay Seasoning
 
SANDWICH CONDIMENT
1st - Pepper North - Hive Mind Honey Mustard
2nd - Sam & Oliver - Sundown
3rd - Gypsy Grove Foods - Spicy Chimichurri

PICKLED
1st - Bolder Beans - Bolder Beans Hot
2nd - Bolder Beans - Bolder Garlic Hot
3rd - Pickle Baron of Key West - Wicked Hots

JELLY/JAM
1st - Pepper North - Habanero Gold
2nd - Maureen's Gourmet Pepper Jam - Raspberry Lemon Habanero
3rd - Maureen's Gourmet Pepper Jam - Peach Apricot Habanero
 
FRUIT-BASED
1st - Pepper North - Habanero Gold
2nd - Deception Salsa - Aloha
3rd - Salsa Del Diablo - Devil's Delight

DRY SPICE
1st - Heather's Dirty Good - Censored
2nd - The Spice Lab - Jerk Seasoning
3rd - The Salemme Pepper-Co. - Crushed Salemme Pepper
 
DRY RUB
1st - The Spice Lab - Jerk Seasoning
2nd - Miners Mix - Fire in the Hole
3rd - Miners Mix - Pepperhead's HotBanero

ETHNIC
1st - Fireland Foods - Mahatma Curry Habanero
2nd - Pepper Pot - Mild Tamarind Sauce
3rd - Gypsy Grove Foods - Spicy Chimichurri
 
UNIQUE
1st - Fireland Foods - Mahatma Curry Habanero
2nd - Pepper Pot - Mild Tamarind Sauce
3rd - Bolder Beans - Bolder Garlic Hot
 
 
 
OPEN CLASS
 
BEST OVERALL: THE HOT PEPPER AWARD - Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks - Scorpion Beef Jerky
 
JERKY
1st - Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks - Scorpion Beef Jerky
2nd - Mammoth Beef Jerky - Crush It! Habanero Ancho 
3rd - Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks - Seriously Spicy Beef Jerky

SNACK
1st - Grillo's Pickles - Hot Italian Dill Spears
2nd - Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks - Spicy Garlic Lovers' Dream Beef Jerky
3rd - Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks - Sweet & Spicy Ginger Beef Jerky
 
FRESH SALSA
1st - Chato's Gourmet Salsa - Hot Salsa with Mango
2nd - Chato's Gourmet Salsa - Medium Salsa with Mango
3rd - Chato's Gourmet Salsa - Mild Salsa with Mango
 
BLOODY MARY
1st - Bolder Beans - Mary's Mornin' FiXXer
2nd - What The Chuck!?! - Hot For Bloody Mary
3rd -  Demitri's - Chipotle-Habanero Bloody Mary Seasoning
 
UNIQUE
1st - Fireland Foods - Chiliöl Habanero
2nd - Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks - Spicy Brown Sugar Pineapple Jerky
3rd - What The Chuck!?! - Mix For Michelada
 
 
 
INDUSTRY AWARDS
 
PEPPER PATCH AWARD (Best Product Line) - Pepper North

SEEDLING AWARD (Best Industry Newcomer) - Katie's Premium Jerky & Snacks
 
PICASSO PEPPER AWARD (Best Artwork and Design) - Burns & McCoy
 
HYBRID PEPPER AWARD (For Innovation) - Deception Salsa
 
SPICETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
A very special award for our 10th Annual, awarded to a company that has shown excellence in craftsmanship over repeated Award seasons of The Hot Pepper Awards. We would like to recognize:
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce & Fireland Foods
 
 
FOODIE AWARDS
 
Best on Eggs - SoCal Hot Sauce - Hot Red
Best on a Burger - Jak Jeckel - Gourmet Pepper Sauce
Best on Sausage - Born to Hula - Imperial Apple Barbecue Sauce
Best on Pulled Pork - Pepper North - Momento de Muerte
Best on Asian Food - Cobra Chilli - Reaper Magic Sauce

Great list congrats all!

Thanks for the Spicetme Achievement Award!

Very cool - was on a bit of a limited budget this year, so happy to have placed in 2 of the 3 categories I entered.

Thanks for hosting THP!

Congrats to all the winners!

Wow! We are thrilled to be honoured with so many awards! 14 in total, including 7 first place.
 
Especially the Best Overall Hot Sauce, and the Best Product Line Awards! Very happy for those.
 
Thanks to the THP community for all your support over the last few years, and congrats to all our fellow winners!

Congratulations to Drew and Ana from Pepper north! Im glad we have such a good sauce maker in Canada because I would be sad with a dollar this low and high shipping fees from usa
 
Momento de Muerte is also my favorite and solar flare is so good that I drink from the bottle from time to time.
 
The french on the bottle is on me ! Glad to be part of this :p

Thank You! I cant believe it!
 
http://www.gabkochili.hu

Congrats!

Congrats to all the winners and participant's!!!!

Awesome!!

Congrats Furious!

The Hot Pepper said:

Congrats Furious!

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Thank you! Congrats to all the winners!

While I snack on some Dee Roo Rocket Sauce, I look forward to trying some of those on the list. Congrats to all the winners!  

Congrats to all the winners and all that submitted entries! Keep up the good work! 

Pepper North said:

Wow! We are thrilled to be honoured with so many awards! 14 in total, including 7 first place.
 
Especially the Best Overall Hot Sauce, and the Best Product Line Awards! Very happy for those.
 
Thanks to the THP community for all your support over the last few years, and congrats to all our fellow winners!

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Congrats on the overall THPA! Well done.

charlesquik said:

Congratulations to Drew and Ana from Pepper north! Im glad we have such a good sauce maker in Canada because I would be sad with a dollar this low and high shipping fees from usa
 
Momento de Muerte is also my favorite and solar flare is so good that I drink from the bottle from time to time.
 
The french on the bottle is on me ! Glad to be part of this

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Thank you Charles, your help has been very much appreciated. Might have some more for you soon
 

Lucky Dog Hot Sauce said:

Congrats on the overall THPA! Well done.

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Thanks LDHS, I'm very happy with that one. If you're ever up for a sauce swap let me know. I've been dying to give your sauces a shot.

Lazy Y Ranch is happy and grateful that Truth Serum won 5 awards with two sauces. Plum Crazy (4) and Red Rage (2). We are glad to be a part of the hot sauce community and respect and recognize the hard work and commitment, (made by all of the hot sauce makers) in this business.

Congratulations to all the winners! Best on eggs! whoo hoo!

Hot dingity! Truly an honor to have recognition in the community!

Some great names on this list, proud to be up there with these greats!

Pepper North said:

Thanks LDHS, I'm very happy with that one. If you're ever up for a sauce swap let me know. I've been dying to give your sauces a shot.

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Will keep that in mind for sure - I've got about 100+ unopened right now and it feels a bit extreme hoarder-Ish, but once I whittle down the shelf a bit I'd be down.

Thank-you. For a one guy operation, from growing all of the peppers,to making the sauce in small batches. A place and a show ain't half bad . Woo hoo.