Well, the results are in! See the winners from this most recent edition of the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival for 2007:

17th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Contest Winners

Restaurant Category
Red Sauce
1st Place — Sazon
2nd Place — Curra’s
3rd Place — Rio Grande

Green Sauce
1st Place — El Rincon
2nd Place –The Gage Hotel (Marathon, TX)
3rd Place — Curra’s

Special Variety
1st Place — Curra’s
2nd Place — Serrano’s
3rd Place — El Rey Mexican Food

Individual Category
Red Sauce
1st Place — Logan Kunitz
2nd Place — Paul Peterson (Alpine, TX)
3rd Place — Jaime Simon (Pflugerville)

Green Sauce
1st Place — Ted Valmassei (Round Rock)
2nd Place — Arty Passes
3rd Place — Barry Hoelscher

Special Variety
1st Place — John W. Purser (Round Rock)
2nd Place — Kevar Hedtke
3rd Place — Jason & Angie Volk

Pico de Gallo
1st Place — Kala Uprety
2nd Place — Valery Caselli-Dubov
3rd Place — Scott Willis

Commercial Bottler’s People’s Choice
Red Sauce
1st Place — Texapenos Gourmet Red
2nd Place — Two Hot Mamas Mambo Combo
3rd Place — Classy Delites Aztec Salsa

Green Sauce
1st Place — Two Hot Mamas Roasted Almond Chimichurri Mint
2nd Place — Classy Delites Pistachio Roasted Pepper Dip
3rd Place — Taco Deli Verde Salsa

Special Variety
1st Place — Two Hot Mamas Creamy Cilantro Salsa Dip
2nd Place — Classy Delites Chunky Pineapple Dip
3rd Place — Texapenos Orange Flame

Pepper Sauce
1st Place — Aztexan Habanero Supreme
2nd Place — Two Hot Mamas Amaretto Pepper Sauce
3rd Place — Winston’s Hot Pepper Sauce

Commercial Bottler’s – JUDGED by celebrity judges
Red Sauce
1st Place — Rancho Bravo Salsa Picante
2nd Place — El Gringo Loco – Hot
3rd Place — ———

Green Sauce
1st Place — Two Hot Mamas Roasted Almond Chimichurri Mint
2nd Place — Austin Slow Burn
3rd Place — ———

Special Variety
1st Place — Vern’s Raspberry Chipotle Jelly
2nd Place — Vern’s Habanero Jelly
3rd Place — Dig Dawg Salsa Chunkin’ The Device Hot Sauce

Pepper Sauce
1st Place — Big Daddy’s Ass Burn Hot Sauce
2nd Place — Texapenos Red Flame
3rd Place — Sgt. Pepper’s Tejas Tears

Kudos especially to Hot Zone faves such as Big Dawg Salsa, Two Hot Mamas, and Big Daddy’s Ass Burn!