Below are the winners of the Fiery Food Challenge straight from ZestFest 2015 in Irving, Texas. A massive thanks to CaJohn Hard of CaJohn’s Fiery Foods for sending these!
I will be working on reformatting &cleaning these up and adding links to these as the night transpires. Congratulations to all of the winners!
Barbecue Sauce: Mild – Consumer Ready
1. High River Sauces – Rattler BBQ Sauce
2. Woody’s Bar-B-Q Sauce – Woody’s Hickory Mild B-B-Q Sauce
3. Southern Belles BBQ – Original Belle
Barbecue Sauce: Medium – Consumer Ready
1. AmberFyre Foods – Manhattan Black Cherry Bourbon BBQ
2. CRC BBQ Enterprises LLC – Riley’s Triple R Sauce
3. Full Boar BBQ – Full Boar BBQ Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce
Barbecue Sauce: Hot – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Smack LLC – Pepper Smack Pepper Q
2. Full Boar BBQ – Full Boar BBQ Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce
3. Southern Belles BBQ – Southern Heat
Barbecue Sauce: X Hot – Consumer Ready
1. AmberFyre Foods – Manhattan Black Cherry Bourbon BBQ HOT
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Black Rock Scorpion BBQ Sauce
3. Cobra Chili – Carolina BBQ Sauce
Barbecue Sauce: Fruit Based – Consumer Ready
1. Southern Belles BBQ – Blueberry Blues
2. Sweet Heat Gourmet – Apple Bourbon BBQ Sauce
3. Southern Belles BBQ – Hot & Sassy Peach
Barbecue Sauce: Mustard Based – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Palace Inc – South Carolina Mustard Style
2. KW’s BBQ Sauce – KW’s BBQ Sauce Sweet & Spicy
3. SuckleBusters, Inc – SuckleBusters Mustard
Barbecue Sauce: Tomato Based – Consumer Ready
1. CRC BBQ Enterprises LLC – Riley’s Triple R Sauce
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Cayenne BBQ
3. Full Boar BBQ – Full Boar BBQ Sweet & Spicy BBQ Sauce
Barbecue Sauce: Vinegar Based – Consumer Ready
1. SuckleBusters Inc – SuckleBusters Original
2. Woody’s Bar-B-Q Sauce – Woody’s Original Hot Bar-B-Q Sauce
3. YT’z Trading Company – YT’z Carolina Shark Byte Sauce
Barbecue Sauce: Specialty – Consumer Ready
1. CRC BBQ Enterprises LLC – Riley’s Triple R Sauce
2. Frog Bone Cajun Sauces – Bayou BBQ
3. Woody’s Bar-B-Q Sauce – Woody’s Marinade and Baste
Best Barbecue Sauce
AmberFyre Foods – Manhattan Black Cherry Bourbon BBQ
Condiments: Horseradish – Consumer Ready
1. PuckerButt Pepper Company – I Dare You Stupit Horseradish
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Nasal Napalm Horseradish
3. PuckerButt Pepper Company – Blazing Hot
Condiments: Jam/Jelly – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Smack LLC – Pepper Smack Habanero Pepper Jelly
2. Diane’s Sweet Heat – Peach Habanero Jam
3. Rasta Bros – Jamaican Pepper Jelly
Condiments: Ketchup – Consumer Ready
1. AmberFyre Foods – DeVille Cayenne Garlic Ketchup
2. Grumps Burgers – Grumps Jalapeno Ketchup
3. The Karma Sauce Company – Curry Kats’up
Condiments: Mustard – Consumer Ready
1. The Karma Sauce Company – Cold Process Mustard
2. AmberFyre Foods – Verona Cayenne Garlic Mustard
3. The Karma Sauce Company – Chipotle Mustard
Condiments: Relish – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Palace Inc – Red Bell Pepper Relish
2. Pappa Perrys Pepper Products – Pear Chow Relish
3. Cottage Lane Kitchen – Give Me A Switch Spicy Pepper Relish
Condiments: Salad Dressing – Consumer Ready
1. Frog Bone Cajun Sauces – Remoulade Sauce
2. Stagecoach Salsa – Sheriff Mike’s Spicy Salsa Ranch
3. Pepper Palace Inc – Cherry Balsamic Sauce
Condiments: Steak Sauce – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Spicy Steak Sauce
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Steak Sauce
3. Geno’s Food Friendly Sauce – Geno’s Spicy Sauce
Condiments: Specialty – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Smack LLC – Fire Lime Sriracha
2. Jake’s Famous Foods – Jake’s Famous Chipotle Mayonnaise
3. PuckerButt Pepper Company – VooDoo Prince Death Mamba
Best Condiment
Pepper Palace Inc – Red Bell Pepper Relish
Hot Sauce: Asian Style – Consumer Ready
1. High River Sauces – Foo Foo Mama Choo
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Tsunami Asian Style Hot Sauce
3. The Karma Sauce Company – Curry Karma Sauce
Hot Sauce: Caribbean Style – Consumer Ready
1. AmberFyre Foods – Mango Suave
2. Scorpion Gourmet Hot Sauce – Scorpion Gourmet Hot Sauce XHOT
3. High River Sauces – Tears of the Sun
Hot Sauce: Latin Style – Consumer Ready
1. AmberFyre Foods – Xoxoctic
2. Pangean Foods LLC – Chantico Pepper Sauce
3. Race City Sauce Works – Deadwood
Hot Sauce: Louisiana Style – Consumer Ready
1. AmberFyre Foods – Livingston Parish
2. Todd-Sik Sauce – Todd-Sik Garlic Hot Sauce
3. Pepper Palace Inc – Black Rose Hot Sauce
Hot Sauce: Chipotle – Consumer Ready
1. High River Sauces – Hellacious
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze Hot Sauce
3. Hot Sauce Depot – Irazu Volcanic Pepper Sauce Chipotle
Hot Sauce: Fruit Based – Consumer Ready
1. Sweet Heat Gourmet – Pineapple & Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce
2. Jungle Heat – Caribbean Heat
3. Jungle Heat – Mango Heat
Hot Sauce: Pepper Blend – Consumer Ready
1. Scotty B’s Hot Sauces – Ghostly Garlic
2. Lucky Dog Hot Sauce – Pink Label
3. Chicks and Salsa – C & S Original Roasted Reaper – Habanero
Hot Sauce: Mild – Consumer Ready
1. High River Sauces – Tears of the Sun
2. Race City Sauce Works – Deadwood Eulogy
3. Lucky Dog Hot Sauce – Green Label
Hot Sauce: Medium – Consumer Ready
1. Chicks and Salsa Virgin Mary by Chicks & Salsa
2. Consuming Fires Specialty Foods – Consuming Fires Smoked Jalapeno Sauce
3. Lucky Dog Hot Sauce – Orange Label
Hot Sauce: Hot – Consumer Ready
1. Lucky Dog Hot Sauce – Black Label
2. Smokin Texas Gourmet – Angry Twist
3. The Karma Sauce Company – Cherry Bomb Hot Sauce
Hot Sauce: X Hot – Consumer Ready
1. Race City Sauce Works – Seven Pepper Sriracha
2. Chicks and Salsa – Scary Bloody Mary by Chicks & Salsa
3. Scotty O’Hotty Hot Sauce – The Ghost Sauce
Hot Sauce: Ultra Hot Pepper – Consumer Ready
1. Chicks and Salsa – C & S Signature Roasted Reaper-Habanero
2. Primo’s Peppers – Swampadelic Sauce
3. Born to Hula – Reaper of Sorrow
Best Hot Sauce:
Race City Sauce Works – Seven Pepper Sriracha
Fresh Salsa: Mild – Consumer Ready
1. Ana’s Foods – Ana’s Salsa Original Mild
2. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Jack’s Special Mild
3. Olympus Fare – Olympus Fare Salsa “Aphrodite”
Fresh Salsa: Medium – Consumer Ready
1. Citas Salsa – Red Rage
2. Olympus Fare – Olympus Fare Salsa “Zeus”
3. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Jack’s Special Medium
Fresh Salsa: Hot – Consumer Ready
1. Citas Salsa – Fiery Fiesta
2. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Carolina Reaper Hot
3. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Jack’s Special Hot
Fresh Salsa: Fruit – Consumer Ready
1. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Mango Habanero with Ginger & Honey
2. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Mango Peach
3. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Mango Pico de Gallo
Fresh Salsa: Specialty – Consumer Ready
1. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Tomatillo Salsa
2. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Fire Roasted Tomatillo
3. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Fire Roasted Black Bean & Corn
Best Fresh Salsa:
Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Tomatillo Salsa
Salsa: Mild – Consumer Ready
1. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Tomatillo Salsa
2. Daniel’s Fire Roast – Medium Black Bean & Corn
3. Cajun Tex Salsa and More – Cajun Tex Hickory-Smoked Salsa Picante
Salsa: Medium – Consumer Ready
1. Damn Good Heat – Jalapeno Garlic Salsa
2. Cajun Tex Salsa and More – Cajun Tex Hickory-Smoked Salsa Picante
3. Casa Morales Inc – Casa Morales Restaurant Salsa
Salsa: Hot – Consumer Ready
1. Damn Good Heat – Habanero Garlic Salsa
2. Daniel’s Fire Roast – Hot
3. Holmes Made Salsa – Marty’s Roasted Green Chile – Red
Salsa: X Hot – Consumer Ready
1. Silverleaf International – Scorpion Salsa
2. La Familia Salsa Co – XX Red Scorpion
3. PuckerButt Pepper Company – I Dare Your Stupit Reaper Salsa
Salsa: Bean & Corn – Consumer Ready
1. Sweet Slap’n Salsa Company – Medium X
2. Daniel’s Fire Roast – Medium Black Bean & Corn
3. Holmes Made Salsa – Spicy Black Bean w/Corn
Salsa: Chipotle – Consumer Ready
1. Daniel’s Fire Roast – Medium Black Bean & Corn
2. Stagecoach Salsa – Smoke and Fire
3. Daniel’s Fire Roast – Hot
Salsa: Fruit – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Peach Salsa
2. Sweet Slap’n Salsa Company – Strawberry Medium
3. Chehalem Ridge Brands – Blues Berry Fruit Salsa
Salsa: Exotic Blend – Consumer Ready
1. PuckerButt Pepper Company – I Dare You Stupit Reaper Salsa
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Manzano Salsa
3. Deception Salsa – Oink
Salsa: Verde/Tomatillo – Consumer Ready
1. Texas Select Seasonings – Tomatillo Avocado
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Avocado Tomatilla
3. Pepper Palace Inc – Roasted New Mexico Green Chile Salsa
Best Salsa:
PuckerButt Pepper Company – I Dare You Stupit Reaper Salsa
Snack: Cheese – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Queso Blanco
2. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Cream Cheese & Salsa
3. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Mexicali Dip with Cheddar
Snack: Chips – Consumer Ready
1. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Moe & Joe’s Tortilla Chips
2. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Tortilla Strips
3. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Original Tortilla Chips
Snack: Jerky – Consumer Ready
1. Katie’s Snack Foods – KT’s Original Beef Jerky
2. Oregon Trail Jerky – Sweet Habanero Jerky
3. Just Jerky U.S.A. – Just Jerky USA Chipotle Cayenne
Snack: Pickles – Consumer Ready
1. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Spicy Pineapple Bread & Butter
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Horseradish Pickles
3. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Habanero Chunk Pickles
Snack: Pickled Other – Consumer Ready
1. Smokin’ Texas Gourmet – L’il Gems Candies Jalapenos
2. Shaggy Dog – Shaggy Dog Spicy Pickled Asparagus
3. La Familia Salsa Co – Candied Jalapenos
Snack: Prepared Dip – Consumer Ready
1. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Guacamole Zesty
2. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Mexicali Dip with Cheddar
3. Garden Fresh Gourmet – Garden Fresh Gourmet Artichoke Jalapeno Dip
Snack: Popcorn – Consumer Ready
1. Pam’s Market Popcorn – Triple X Columbus Mix
2. Pam’s Market Popcorn – Hannibal’s Hot Nutz
3. Pam’s Market Popcorn – Sassy Sweet Gooey Caramel
Snack: Salty Snack – Consumer Ready
1. Cajun Tex Salsa and More – Cajun Tex Spicy Cajun Chips
2. PuckerButt Pepper Company – Smokin’ Ed’s Hot Nutz
3. Jungle Heat – What Was I Thinking
Best Snack
Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace Spicy Pineapple Bread & Butter
Zesty Sweets: Candy/Chocolate – Consumer Ready
1. Texas Toffee – Gotcha Toffee
2. Anettes Chocolates – Chili Lime Tortilla Brittle
3. Poco Dolce Confections – Smoked Almond & Ghost Chili Salt Bittersweet Chocolate Tiles
Zesty Sweets: Cookies/Desserts – Consumer Ready
1. Katie’s Snack Foods – Spicy Brown Sugar Pineapple Jerky
2. Katie’s Snack Foods – Pina Colada Pineapple Jerky
3. Katie’s Snack Foods – Maraschino Pineapple Jerky
Zesty Sweets: Dessert Sauce – Consumer Ready
1. Texas Brew Salsa – Fire Roasted Mango Tequila Sauce
2. Texas Brew Salsa – Fire Roasted Pineapple Spiced Rum Sauce
3. Texas Brew Salsa – Stone Fruit Hatch Chutney
Best Zesty Sweets
Texas Toffee – Gotcha Toffee
Cook-Off Food: Chile Con Carne
1. Texas Select Seasonings – Ghost Dust Chili
2. Texas Select Seasonings – Texa-Peno Chili
3. SuckleBusters Inc – Sucklebusters Comeptition Chili Kit
Cook-Off Food: Dry Seasoning/Rub
1. Black Swamp Gourmet – X-Hot Rub
2. CRC BBQ Enterprises LLC – Riley’s Smoky and Bold
3. Cowboy BBQ – Smokey Salty Bronc
Cook-Off Food: Table Seasoning
1. AmberFyre Foods – Amberger Jalapeno
2. BBQ’n Fools – Signature Seasoning
3. Mike’s Mojo Seasoning – Mike’s Mojo All Purpose Seasoning
Cook-Off Food: Asian Seasoning or Marinade
1. PuckerButt Pepper Company – VooDoo Prince Death Mamba
2. PuckerButt Pepper Company – Pineapple Ginger
3. The Spice Lab – Gourmet Bacon Rub-Asian Sesame Sweet & Spicy
Cook-Off Food: Jerk Seasoning or Marinade
1. Pepper Palace Inc – Pepper Palace World Tour Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
2. Donna’s Boston Bay Jerk Sauce – Donna’s Boston Bay Jerk Sauce
3. Rasta Bros – Rasta Bros Jamaican Jerk Marinade
Cook-Off Food: Pasta
1. Gorji Gourmet Foods – Gorji Gourmet Foods Arrabiata Diavolo
2. Gorji Gourmet Foods – Gorji Gourmet Foods Puttanesca
3. Gorji Gourmet Foods – Gorji Gourmet Foods Pomodoro
Cook-Off Food: Wing Sauce Mild/Medium
1. Hot Sauce Depot – The Flaming Chicken Hot Garlic Wing Sauce
2. Porky’s Gourmet Food – Historic Lynchburg Wild & Wicked Wing Sauce
3. Pepper Palace Inc – Wingmaster Garlic Parmesan Wing Sauce
Cook-Off Food: Wing Sauce Hot/X Hot
1. Demitri’s Gourmet Mixes – Demitri’s Chipotle-Habanero Bloody Mary Seasoning
2. Pepper Palace Inc – Wingmaster Smokehouse Wing Sauce
3. Hot Sauce Depot – The Flaming Chicken Scorpion Fire Wing Sauce
Cook-Off Food: Specialty
1. Demitri’s Gourmet Mixes – Demitri’s Chipotle-Habanero Bloody Mary Seasoning
2. The Spice Boys – Ragin Cajun
3. The Spice Lab – Smoked Ghost Pepper Sea Salt
Cook-Off Beverage: Bloody Mary Mix
1. Bloody Reolution Gourmet Bloody Mary Mixes – Bloody Revolution Smoked Habanero
2. The Murph’s Famous Bloody Mary Mix – The Murph’s Famous Hot & Spicy
3. Demitri’s Gourmet Mixes – Demitri’s Chipotle-Habanero Bloody Mary Seasoning
Cook-Off Beverage: Margarita Mix – TIE
1. SlimRitas – Slim Hatch Chile Rita
1. What The Chuck Mix – What The Chuck Mix for Margarita
Cook-Off Beverage: Other Beverage/Cocktail Mix
1. Smokin’ Texas Gourmet – Votew
2. Race City Sauce Works – Snake Oil Love Potion
3. What The Chuck Mix – What The Chuck Mix for Michelada
Best Cook-Off
1. Hot Sauce Depot – The Flaming Chicken Hot Garlic Wing Sauce
Best New Product Consumer Ready Food
1. Georgia’s Sweet Peppers – Candied Habanero
2. Texas Brew Salsa – True Blue Love Confit
3. Feisty Parrot – OUCH!
Best New Product Cook-Off
1. SlimRitas – Slim Hatch Chile Rita
2. Gorji Gourmet Foods – Gorji Gourmet Foods Arrabiata Diavolo
3. Jenks Specialty Food – Sugar Britches BBQ Sauce and Glaze
Marketing: Label
1. Primo’s Peppers – Swampadelic Sauce
2. Race City Sauce Works – Snake Oil Gold Digger
3. Lucky Dog Hot Sauce – Diá del Perro
Marketing: Logo
1. Primo’s Peppers – Primo’s Peppers
2. AmberFyre Foods – AmberFyre Foods
3. Little Bar Double R – Little Bar Double R
Marketing: Product Packaging
1. Cajun Tex Salsa and More – Cajun Tex Spicy Cajun Chips
2. Ana’s Foods – Ana’s Salsa Restaurant Style Medium
3. Chicks and Salsa – Virgin Mary by Chicks & Salsa
★ Best Overall Product / Best of the Best
Race City Sauce Works – Seven Pepper Sriracha