The world's best chili sauce comes from Carinthia

Seven world champion sauces in just six years: This was achieved by the Carinthian chili professional Tommy Hlatky at the Scovie Awards in New Mexico. The awards have been considered the Oscars of the chili world since 1996 and celebrated their 30th anniversary this year. Nearly 1000 sauces from 49 countries were submitted – once again, the chili sauces from Carinthia were convincing.

Heat upon Heat: These are the Austrian Winning Sauces

In the "Fruit-Hot" category, Hlatky's hottest sauce "TOM’S HOT SAUCE – Afterglow" won, a fruity composition of apricot, mango, and pineapple with a 16 percent content of Carolina Reaper chilis, the second hottest chili variety in the world.

The second world championship title was claimed by the chili sauce "nur a bissi schaf" in the "Fruit-Mild/Medium" category, which he produced together with content creator Jonny Balchin – better known as AustrianKiwi (800,000 followers on Instagram). Recently, this sauce was immediately crowned the best chili sauce in Europe at the "European Hot Sauce Awards 2025" in Berlin, and now it also convinces worldwide.

Not enough of that: The other two varieties of the jointly developed special edition also won awards. The sauce "nix für’n kindergeburtstag" reached second place in the "World-Beat-Hot" category, and "geh leck mi am arsch" took third place in the "Fruit-XXX-Hot" category.

"From the beginning, it was important to us that if we do something, we want to do it really well," says AustrianKiwi. "That we would even win a world championship title with our own sauce was beyond our wildest dreams. That makes us incredibly proud."

Carinthian Chili Expert Hlatky Has Something for Everyone

In terms of taste, all three sauces of the "TOM'S HOT STUFF" AustrianKiwi trilogy focus on pineapple and kiwi. However, they differ significantly in heat and aroma: from the mildly fruity "just a little spicy" to the medium-hot smoky "not for a children's birthday" with 19 percent habanero content and smoked jalapeños, to the extremely hot variant "holy moly" with 30 percent Carolina Reaper chili content, there is something for everyone.

Award-Winning Chili Sauces from Carinthia

The success story of the Carinthian is remarkable: In his manufactory in Klagenfurt, 16 different sauces are now produced – more than half a million bottles have been sold since the company was founded in 2016. The chilies themselves are all sourced from local cultivation. With quality, high-quality ingredients, and a unique flavor profile, the Carinthian has quickly reached the top of the world in chili sauces, earning him seven world championship titles and international awards.

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