Hot Sauce Showdown (Nov 19)

On Sunday, November 19th from 3-5pm, the Firehall Brewery and Pappa's Firehall Bistro will be hosting the Firehall Hot Sauce Showdown!

The hot sauces will be tasted by a panel of judges and participating members of the public, followed by a Hot Wing Challenge against Chance Beauclair. What does that even mean? Read on!

Taste testers will have two methods for tasting the sauces: tortilla chip, or toothpick (double dipping will be punished by waterboarding with the hottest sauce). The judges will judge the sauces according the following categories: Heat level, Flavour, Colour, Consistency, and Aroma. The sauce with the highest score wins the saucier $50 cash and Firehall swag. Participating members of the public will choose their favourite by anonymous vote, with the People's Choice Award winning the saucier Firehall Brewery vouchers and Firehall swag!

As the grand finale, the sauce selected as the hottest by the judges will have a secondary challenge: beat local Hot Wing Master Chance Beauclair in a Hot Wing Challenge! If Chance can finish 10 chicken wings tossed in the hottest sauce in less than 4 minutes, the saucier scores $50 cash and Firehall swag!

Submissions: $10/entrant. Entrants must have FoodSafe certification, and prepare hot sauces in accordance with FoodSafe guidelines. A list of ingredients must be provided for allergy purposes (ingredients will be kept confidential). Each submission requires 250ml of sauce.

FoodSafe Level 1: https://www.foodsafe.ca/courses/level-1.html

12 Entrants Total

Maximum 3 entries per person

Submissions accepted first-come-first serve through this webpage.