N C Hot Sauce & BBQ Sauce Contest
​Be named NC Best!

CONTEST JUDGING RULES:
  • All entries MUST be PRE-REGISTERED by 08/01/2022
  • All entries MUST be produced in North Carolina
  • All entries MUST have a professionally labeled bottle (ready for retail) 
  • Each entry MUST fill out an entry form with contact information and check the “category” for entry judging 
  • No entry will be accepted if “pepper extracts” are used in the ingredients
  • ALL Sauce Contestants  must pre-register each bottled sauce and mail  to NC Hot Sauce Contest, 300 Williamsboro St. Oxford NC 27565 by Aug. 1st 2022 to qualify for "blind" judging 


SAUCE ENTRY PROCESS: 
  • Fill out the entry form listing the category with 1 sample bottle for the sauce to be judged.
  • The top 3 contestants in each category will be called to the Baily Farms Pepper Eating Stage where the Champion for each listed category will be announced.
  •  A cash prize of ($500) will be given to each category Champion and medals will be awarded to the 2 runner-ups in each category.
  • Sauces entered by mail AND not present at the day’s festival are limited to 1 entry per contest year Mail to: NC Hot Sauce Contest, 300 Williamsboro Street, Oxford NC 27565
  • First place Champions will receive a jpg “winner” seal in recognition as a 2021 NC Sauce Winner to add to labeling providing that sauce winner the much-deserved bragging rights as a 2022 NC Hot Sauce Winner!​ 

We will NOT accept ANY product "privately labeled" outside of North Carolina for a named NC Company or any sauces containing "pepper extract".

​"SMOKIN' HOT PRIZES"
$500 Cash Prize Each 1st Place Winner

Hot Sauce Categories:
Mild Sauce
Hottest Hot Sauce
Verde Hot Sauce

BBQ Sauce Categories:
Mustard Based
Vinegar Based
Tomato Based

Judges Choice of BEST OVER ALL HOT SAUCE AND BBQ SAUCE

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All judging will be done by
Vance-Granville Community College 
Culinary Arts Program, Head - Chef Jillian Whitlow and selected team.