16th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest Winners
Austin, TX – August 27, 2006 – The Sixteenth Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest Winners were determined at the festival held at Waterloo Park today. The winners were:
Individual Category
- Red Sauce
- 1st Place: Kim Johnson
- 2nd Place: Shawn Muncy
- 3rd Place: Steve Huskey
- Green Sauce
- 1st Place: Mark & Margaret Harsh
- 2nd Place: Gene Golembiewski
- 3rd Place: Marti Cardenas
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Special Variety
- 1st Place: Chuck Hell
- 2nd Place: Paul Peterson
- 3rd Place: Burt Friedman
- Pico de Gallo
- 1st Place: Valery Dubon
- 2nd Place: Karla Uprety
- 3rd Place: Scott Willis
Commercial Bottler’s People’s Choice
- Red Sauce
- 1st Place: Two Hot Mama’s Salsa Roja
- 2nd Place: Classy Delites Aztec Salsa
- 3rd Place: Texapenos Gourmet Red
- Green Sauce
- 1st Place: Classy Delites Spinach Avocado
- 2nd Place: Two Hot Mama’s Chile Verde
- 3rd Place: Texapenos Gourmet Green
- Special Variety
- 1st Place: Classy Delites Mango Salsa
- 2nd Place: Two Hot Mama’s Creamy Cilantro
- 3rd Place: Texapenos Orange Flame
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Pepper Sauce
- 1st Place: Tears of Joy – August in Austin
- 2nd Place TIE: Texapenos Red Flame/Aztexan Habanero Supreme (review here)
- 3rd Place: Winston’s Hot Sauce
Restaurant Category
- Red Sauce
- 1st Place: El Caribe Mexican Restaurant
- 2nd Place: El Chilito
- 3rd Place: El Rincon Mexican Restaurant
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Green Sauce
- 1st Place: Cantina Laredo
- 2nd Place: El Rincon Mexican Restaurant
- 3rd Place: Torchy’s Tacos
- Special Variety
- 1st Place: Rio Grande
- Pico de Gallo
- 1st Place: El Caribe Mexican Restaurant
- 2nd Place: El Caribe Mexican Restaurant
- 3rd Place: Serranos Caf̩ & Cantina РSymphony Square
