Now is your chance to prove you have the recipe for the best BBQ sauce on the planet. Enter your products now and prove you can compete with the best of the best!
The 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue® Sauce Contest will be held May 4th, 2021. Deadline for entries to arrive to the American Royal is Friday, April 23rd, 2021.
The contest is the largest BBQ sauce contest in the world with nearly 400 entries from countries across the world. Each entry was judged in a blind tasting on their appearance, texture, taste alone, and taste on unseasoned barbecue meat.
2021 SAUCE CONTEST INFORMATION
SAUCE CONTEST JUDGING APPLICATION
Mild Tomato
1st Place – Smokey KC, Burnt Finger BBQ – Lees Summit
2nd Place – Triple Crown Organic BBQ Sauce Classic, Acme Organics LLC – Minneapolis, MN
3rd Place – BP Smokehouse BBQ Sauce, BP Smokehouse LLC – Tomah, WI
Hot Tomato
1st Place – Patriot Sauce Spicy, Code 3 Spices – Collinsville, IL
2nd Place – Hutch’s Gourmet BBQ Sauce “Hot”, Hutch's Gourmet BBQ Sauce – Friant, CA
3rd Place – Pine Ridge Jalapeno Barbecue and Dipping Sauce, Herbadashery LLC – Casper, WY
Mustard
1st Place – A Touch of Smoke Mustard, American Outdoor BBQ & More – Warsaw, IN
2nd Place – Uncle Kennys BBQ Mustard, Uncle Kenny's BBQ & Catering – Clermont, FL
3rd Place – Carolina Yeller, UrbanQ Smokehouse – Waynesville, OH
Vinegar
1st Place – SuckleBusters Original, SuckleBusters – Coppell, TX
2nd Place – G.P.A. Sauce, University of Que – Killen, AL
3rd Place – Mad Moose BBQ Original, Mad Moose BBQ – Merced, CA
Specialty
1st Place – “On The Bay” Beast, Bar-B-Que Beast, LLC – Waynesboro, PA
2nd Place – Smoky Apple, Rufus Teague – Shawnee, KS
3rd Place – Jake & Aimee’s Smokey Apricot, Jake & Aimee's Sauces – Amboy, MN
OVERALL RANKING VINEGAR MILD TOMATO HOT TOMATO MUSTARD SPECIALTY