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The Hot Sauce Contest is now accepting rubs!

Sauce Contestant entry Application

Hot/BBQ Sauce & Rubs Contest

Contest Judging Rules:

  • All entries MUST be PRE-REGISTERED by 08/01/2023
  • 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 it to NC Hot Sauce Contest, 300 Williamsboro St. Oxford NC 27565 by August 1, 2023, to qualify for "blind" judging 

Sauce Entry Process:

  1. Fill out the entry form listing the category with 1 sample bottle for the 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 runner-ups 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. First place Champions will receive a jpg “winner” seal in recognition as a 2022 NC Sauce Winner to add to labeling providing that sauce winner the much-deserved bragging rights as a 2022 NC Hot Sauce Winner!​   
  6. Winners will be announced from the Julia Overton Main Stage. 


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

Hot Sauce Categories:

Powder/Rubs Categories:

Hot Sauce Categories:

  • Mild Sauce
  • Hottest Hot Sauce
  • Verde Hot Sauce

BBQ Sauce Categories:

Powder/Rubs Categories:

Hot Sauce Categories:

  • Mustard Based
  • Vinegar Based
  • Tomato Based

Powder/Rubs Categories:

Powder/Rubs Categories:

Powder/Rubs Categories:

  • Classic BBQ Rub
  • Hot Rub
  • Sweet Rub 

All judging will be done by Head Chef Kyle Wilkerson and a selected team from Vance-Granville.

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