'T Bird and the Breaks' Spice up Hot Sauce Festival

September 1, 2009 | Good | Austin, contest, funk, hot sauce, hot sauce festival, live music, soul, T Bird and the Breaks, Waterloo Park

No one in the crowd thought twice about enduring the dusty winds at the annual Hot Sauce Festival in Austin, Texas this weekend. Though temperatures were predictably high, the city still turned out to participate in the long-lined taste tests of Lone Star culinary fame.

T Bird and the Breaks ended the day with tracks from their latest album Learn About It. Though the stage was a little cramped for a 10-piece band with so much soul, they accommodated well and garnered quite a crowd.

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The Results:
Restaurant Category

Red Sauce

1st Place: Torchy’s Tacos
2nd Place: La Condesa
3rd Place: El Caribe

Green Sauce

1st Place: Las Lomas
2nd Place: Sazon
3rd Place: Cuatro’s Restaurant

Special Variety

1st Place: Curra’s Grill
2nd Place: La Condesa
3rd Place: Sazon

Individual Category

Red Sauce

1st Place: Twyla Wick
2nd Place: Michael Hutchinson
3rd Place: Robert Heady

Green Sauce

1st Place: Karen Kessel
2nd Place: Gary Peifer
3rd Place: Brett Appolito

Special Variety

1st Place: Burt Friedman
2nd Place: Jim Hoppers
3rd Place: Carol Castillo

Commercial Bottlers – Judged by Celebrity Judges

Red Sauce

1st Place: Kala’s Kuisine – Curry Chipotle Sauce
2nd Place: Austin Slow Burn – Salsa Con Habanero
3rd Place: Pace – Pico de Gallo

Green Sauce

1st Place: Kala’s Kuisine – Mirchi Masala Salsa
2nd Place: Big Dawg’s Fire Rescue Jalapeno Hot Sauce
3rd Place: Tears of Joy 6th Street Green

Special Variety

1st Place: Tears of Joy – Tequila Lime Hot Sauce
2nd Place: Pepper Creek Farm – Island Flame
3rd Place: Kala’s Kuisine – Mango Chutney

Pepper Sauce

1st Place: Big Daddy’s Ass Burn Hot Sauce
2nd Place: Sgt. Pepper’s Tropical Tears Mango Hot Sauce
3rd Place: Big Dawg’s DNR