Enter 9th Annual Old Boney Mountain Hot Summer Night International Hot Sauce Competition

Name: 9th Annual Old Boney Mountain "Hot Summer Night" International Hot Sauce Competition & "Grotto Party"
Start: 2026-06-07T13:00:00-00:00
End: 2026-06-07T20:00:00-00:00
Location: Hot Sauce Grotto, 3807 Abbey Court, Newbury Park, California 91320, United States

Deadline: Apr 24, 2026 11:59 pm (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

9th Annual Old Boney Mountain "Hot Summer Night" International Hot Sauce Competition & "Grotto Party"

Date: Jun 07, 2026 1:00 pm - Jun 07, 2026 8:00 pm (PDT)

Newbury Park, California

$75.00 - $600.00

About the application

$75 to $600 - Hit APPLY NOW or START APPLICATION here to enter your sauces! We are on a quest to find the best tasting hot sauce, BBQ sauce, spicy mustard and spicy snacks on the planet! This is the largest, most prestigious, international hot sauce competition for charity in the world. It’s easy to enter. You do not have to attend to win.

About the event

Private party, live entertainment, food and drink, raffle, award show, hot sauces from around the world. HOT SAUCE COMPANIES - PAN DOWN to enter the international , mail-in only, Hot Summer Night, hot sauce competition. All sauces must be received by April 24, 2026

Jeff Losey

Contact Organizer

Jeff Losey

Contact Organizer

Terms & Conditions

This is unlike any other hot sauce competitions or expos because this is for charity!

All entry fees go towards, event overhead and Old Boney Mountain Foundation for Kids.

All entries must be received by April 24, 2026 to be eligible.

Awards – 31 Very Nice Trophies!

Divisions: mild, medium, hot, extra hot, fruit based, BBQ Sauce, spicy mustard, spicy snack, label. Only 75 entries in each of the other divisions will be accepted. Sauces can only be entered into one division each. All entries for label division will be accepted. If you enter a sauce in any division, it will be entered for free in the label division until all divisions are full, then the label division is $75. per entry.

1 trophy for Hot Summer Night People’s Choice World’s Favorite Hot Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for Hot Summer Night World's Best Small Batch Hot Sauce Company

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for People's Choice World's Favorite Label

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best “Mild” Hot Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best “Medium” Hot Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best “Hot” Hot Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best “Extra Hot” Hot Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best “Fruit Based” Hot Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best “BBQ” Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best “Spicy Mustard” Sauce

1st, 2nd, 3rd Place trophies for World's Best "Spicy Snack"

Please send at least 2 bottles or packages of each entry to:
Old Boney Mountain Hot Summer Night
2629 Townsgate Road
Suite 235
Westlake Village, CA 91361
1. If you are entering the same sauce in multiple divisions only one extra bottle per division is required (in addition to the original 2 bottles)

2. Please be sure to read the contest rules prior to sending in your products. Also ensure that you include the division(s) each sauce is entered into with your package.

3. We are dedicated to promoting our small batch hot sauce industry. We have two YouTube shows that could someday be promoting your sauce(s), "Tasting Notes" and "Fresh Batch". Tasting Notes: This show highlights entries in our previous years Hot Summer Night event. We put the sauces in a grab bag an select 4 sauces to promote. Fresh Batch: This is a show where we highlight new sauces to the market. It can be before or after they have come out. Send in your new sauces, along with promotional and interesting information about your company, yourself and your sauce and we will line it up to get it on the show. You can fill out the application for Fresh Batch from our Hot Summer Night website! *There is no guarantee your sauces will be on either show but we will certainly make an effort to get every company who enters on.

4. The "World's Favorite Label" competition is back again this year. It will be completed in a “bracket” format where judges will whittle down all entries ultimately to the round of 8. In the round of 8, all hot sauce companies will decide who the final 4 contestants are. The top 4 will be voted on by the PEOPLE at our People's Choice events AND/OR on Instagram. Please make sure you included the most favorable pictures of the sauce labels you'd like entered in the label contest. The top 3 favorite individual bottle labels will earn a trophy and a title. "PEOPLE'S CHOICE WORLD'S FAVORITE LABEL". Everyone in the world will have the opportunity to vote on the top 4 labels on Instagram.

Prices

Enter here if you are entering 1 or 2 sauces. 1 sauce is $75. 2 sauces is $150.	$75.00	Non-refundable	If you are entering 1 sauce and/or product, the entry fee is $75 per sauce plus a 5.9% processing fee. 2 sauces are $150. plus a 5.9% processing fee. Hit the drop down to select 1 or 2 sauces. You cannot enter the same sauce in more than 1 division. The divisions are: mild, medium, hot, extra hot, fruit based, spicy mustard, BBQ and spicy snack.
Enter here if you are entering up to 5 sauces. Entry fee is $200.	$200.00	Non-refundable	If you are entering 3 to 5 sauces and/or products, the entry fee is $200 plus a 5.9% processing fee. You cannot enter the same sauce in more than 1 division. The divisions are: mild, medium, hot, extra hot, fruit based, spicy mustard, BBQ Sauce and spicy snacks.
Enter here if you are entering up to 8 sauces. Entry fee is $300.	$300.00	Non-refundable	If you are entering up to 8 sauces and/or products, the entry fee is $300 plus a 5.9% processing fee. You cannot enter the same sauce in more than 1 division. The divisions are: mild, medium, hot, extra hot, fruit based, spicy mustard, BBQ Sauce and spicy snacks.
Enter here if you are entering 9 sauces or more. Entry fee is $600.	$600.00	Non-refundable	If you would like to enter 9 sauces/products or more, the entry fee is $600 plus a 5.9% processing fee. You may not enter the same sauce in more than 1 division. The divisions are: mild, medium, hot, extra hot, fruit based, spicy mustard, BBQ Sauce and spicy snacks.

Questions on the application

Business information

Business name
Legal business name
Contact name
Address
Email
Phone
Website (Optional)
Logo (Optional)

Additional information

Are you authorized in accordance with your state, region or country regulations to produce hot sauce?
Required - Acknowledge and agree to terms and conditions of the competition

Picture requirements

Minimum pictures required: 0
SAUCE ENTRY FORM This form must be completed for us to know what division(s) each sauce is entered in. Pictures: JPG or PNG format only Title: Name of your specific sauce or product in the picture Brief Description: Describe the specific sauce or product in the picture Category: What division(s) are you entering this sauce in? mild, medium, hot, extra hot, fruit based, chili oil or spread, spicy snack, spicy mustard, or BBQ.
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