Best Hot Sauce in Rochester, NY: 5 Makers, Ranked
Karma Sauce bottles on Canal Street from Finger Lakes peppers. Its Ghost Island bottle starts at $9.00 with a mango curry heat, and the company counts 200+ awards. The Fuego Latino line sells a habanero bottle at $12.99 and a habanero honey BBQ sauce. Coach Tony's Hot Sauce builds its meat hot sauce on over 40% beef.
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Illustrative image from published details; not a photograph of the premises or packaging. Karma Sauce
The company bottles on Canal Street from peppers grown in the Finger Lakes and holds 200+ awards. Ghost Island sells from $9.00 with a mango curry heat, and Cosmic Dumpling from $8.00 with ginger, garlic and tamari. Carnival runs from $13.00. Production happens in the company's own micro factory, with peppers grown on the Karma Sauce Farm.
Illustrative image from published details; not a photograph of the premises or packaging. The Fuego Latino line is based in Rochester, New York and draws on Panama and South Asian flavors, crafting each sauce by hand. The Habanero Pepper Hot Sauce runs $12.99 for a 3.4 fl oz bottle and carries 34 premium ingredients. The Habanero Honey Hickory BBQ Sauce is $14.99 for 12 fl oz.
Illustrative image from published details; not a photograph of the premises or packaging. Coach Tony's Hot Sauce started with Spencerport resident Tony Perry and moved into a Bergen, NY building in October 2004. That facility is one of only six USDA cannery manufacturing plants in New York State. The Gourmet Beef Hot Sauce comes in mild and hot, and the company sells through Wegmans Food Markets. The phone number is 585.494.0070.
Illustrative image from published details; not a photograph of the premises or packaging. Boss Sauce
Boss Sauce has manufactured its one sauce at 272 Hudson Avenue since 1983. The company sold its first bottles from a Canal Street location. The recipe came from a family sauce served at Eddie's Chicken Coop in 1981 and has been handed down for several generations. It comes as a sweet, spicy, hot or mild after-sauce.
Illustrative image from published details; not a photograph of the premises or packaging. Suave Sauce
Suave Sauce has been made in Rochester since 2022 and uses locally sourced ingredients. The Sweet Meat version sells for $10.00, and the mild veggie version with no meat is also $10.00. A full case of the mild meat sauce is $100.00. Perri's Pub in Brighton stocks it at 1881 East Ave. in Rochester.
FAQ
What style of hot sauce is Rochester known for?
Karma Sauce describes its bottling as Finger Lakes grown, Canal Street bottled. Coach Tony's sells a meat hot sauce built on over 40% beef.
What are the cheapest hot sauce bottles in Rochester?
Karma Sauce's Cosmic Dumpling starts at $8.00. Ghost Island and Cherry Bomb start at $9.00.
Which Rochester hot sauce makers ship online?
The Fuego Latino habanero hot sauce sells online and takes orders for delivery.