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
$500 Cash Prize Each 1st Place Winner
Hot Sauce Categories:
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BBQ Sauce Categories:
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Judges Choice of BEST OVER ALL HOT SAUCE AND BBQ SAUCE

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