

See many of the top awards listed below.
Top Barbecue Sauce (tie)
B.T. Leigh’s, The Magical Mop; Kentucky
Louisiana Creole Candy, Creole-ish BBQ Sauce; Louisiana
Top Hot Sauce of 2023
Coney Island Saucery, Ricky’s Smokes Let’s Go Hot Sauce; New York City
Runner Up, Top Hot Sauce of 2023
Craic Sauce, 40 Shades of Green Chili; Lowell, Mass.
Homegrown Hero Award
Elfassy Foods, Harissa Paste; NYC
Category Of Their Own Award
Dirty Bird’s Swett Sauce, Dirty Bird’s Swett Sauce Original; Lake Worth, Florida
Runner Ups, Metro NYC Start Up Award
Sotto Voce restaurant, Diablo Sauce; Brooklyn; NYC
International Wings Factory, Cry hot sauce; NYC
Most Delicious Heat Award
RocketFuel Foods, Raspberry Scorcher; Newark, NJ
Best Traditional BBQ Sauce
Ol’Chefskis, Road House BBQ Sauce; Cleveland, Ohio
Classic Everything Sauce Award
B.T. Leigh’s, Somethin’ Somethin’ Sauce; Kentucky
Rib King NYC Grill Sauce Award
Bear’s Smokehouse; Kansas City Sweet Sauce; Connecticut
The Whole Hog Award (Best Dipping Sauce)
Pork Mafia, Cochon Dippin’ Sauce; Chicago
Most Applelicious BBQ Sauce
Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Q, Applelicious Hot BBQ Sauce, Des Moines, Iowa
Top Ketchup
RocketFuel Foods, Granny Smith Apple Ketchup, Newark, NJ
SEE THE FULL AWARDS LIST HERE.
Congrats to all the winners!
Sean Ludwig
Founder, NYC BBQ
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