We braved the heat and made a respectible showing at the 2008 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival.. Taco Town entered 4 salsas in all.. unfortunately, none of them were able to take home trophies.. but by the end we were too blasted to care.. this was the biggest year ever for the event, with over 600 entries.. basically doubling the last years numbers..

we topped the evening off with a stroll down to Stubb’s for the sold out My Morning Jacket concert, which was f-ing amazing!

winners results after the jump..

Restaurant Category

1st Place: Sazon
2nd Place: Café Serrano’s
3rd Place: Torchy’s Tacos

1st Place: Cuatro’s
2nd Place: Torchy’s Tacos
3rd Place: The Smokin’ Rose of Texas

1st Place: Curra’s
2nd Place: Iguana Grill
3rd Place: Café Serranos

Individual Category

1st Place: Thomas Frist
2nd Place: Kimberly Johnson
3rd Place: John Cunningham

1st Place: Magda Alanis
2nd Place: John Unger
3rd Place: Karen Kessel

1st Place: Jill Lewis
2nd Place: Mattie & Russell Lewis
3rd Place: Robert Mayberry

Commercial Bottler’s People’s Choice

1st Place: Two Hot Mamas Creamy Chipotle
2nd Place: Koki’s Green Garlic Salsa
3rd Place: Two Hot Mamas Salsa Roja

1st Place: Two Hot Mamas Roasted Almond Chimichurri
2nd Place: Two Hot Mamas Chile Verde
3rd Place: Tie: Austin Slow Burn Salsa Verde; Tears of Joy 6th Street Green

1st Place: Koki’s Green Garlic Dip
2nd Place: Two Hot Mamas Creamy Cilantro Salsa Dip
3rd Place: Tears of Joy – Tequila Lime Hot Sauce

1st Place: Aztexan Habanero Supreme
2nd Place: Two Hot Mamas Amaretto Pepper Sauce
3rd Place: Tears of Joy – August in Austin

Commercial Bottler’s – judged by celebrity judges

1st Place: Fredericksburg Farms
2nd Place: Texas-Texas Salsa-Scream
3rd Place: Ana’s Salsa

1st Place: Tacodeli Salsa Verde
2nd Place: Austin Slow Burn Salsa Verde
3rd Place: Two Hot Mamas Chile Verde

1st Place: Tears of Joy – Tequila Lime Hot Sauce
2nd Place: Pepper Creek Farm – Island Flame
3rd Place: Sgt. Pepper’s Roasted Jalapeno Pesto

1st Place: Tacodeli
2nd Place: Tears of Joy – August in Austin
3rd Place: Austin Slow Burn Habanero Jelly w/ Rosemary

source: the austin chronicle