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

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Contest Judging Rules:
  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 2021 to qualify for "blind" judging 
 Sauce Entry Form (click here)


SAUCE ENTRY PROCESS: 
1.  Fill out entry form listing the category with 1 sample bottle for sauce to be judged
2.  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.
3.  A cash prize  of ($500) will be given to each category Champion and medals will be awarded to the 2 runners up 
     in each category.
4. 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
5.1st 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 2021 NC Hot Sauce Winner!​ 

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


 Sauce Entry Form (click here)

​"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. 

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