REALPEPPERS.REALFIRE.ZEROCORPORATENONSENSE.Fermented Hot Sauce · Austin, TX

Small-batch fermented hot sauce from peppers we grow on 3 acres east of Austin. 7 sauces, 220+ stores, and one very stupid challenge.

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THE LINEUP

Seven sauces. Seven personalities. All fermented, never just cooked.

PORCH FIRE

“The one that goes on everything”

Fermented cayenne and garlic. Medium heat. Your new everyday sauce, the one you reach for before you even think about it.

Cayenne, Garlic
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$12

SUNDAY SMOKE

“Saturday night taco fuel”

Smoked habanero and roasted tomato. Medium-hot. Built for breakfast tacos, perfected on Sunday morning eggs.

Smoked Habanero, Roasted Tomato
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$14

WIDOW MAKER

“This is going to hurt and you’re going to like it”

Carolina Reaper and scorpion pepper. Extreme heat. The one that gets YouTubers. Legitimately painful. You’ve been warned.

Carolina Reaper, Scorpion Pepper
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$16

GREEN GOSPEL

“The one chefs steal from us”

Fermented serrano and tomatillo. Bright and tangy. The sauce that disappears from restaurant kitchens because the line cooks keep taking it home.

Serrano, Tomatillo
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$14

MANGO TANGO

“Fish tacos will never be the same”

Habanero and mango. Sweet heat that hits different on seafood. One drizzle on a fish taco and you’ll understand.

Habanero, Mango
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$14

MIDNIGHT EMBER

“Your mom’s gateway sauce”

Ancho and chipotle. Smoky, low-heat. The gateway drug for people who say they don’t like spicy food. Your mom puts it on everything.

Ancho, Chipotle
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$12

GHOST LIGHT

“Ghost pepper meets tropical vacation”

Ghost pepper and pineapple. Hot but tropical. Like a beach vacation that punches you in the mouth. Our second best seller.

Ghost Pepper, Pineapple
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$16

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220+ stores across TX, OK, LA

GIFT PACKS

3-bottle, 5-bottle, or the full collection. For the person who already has everything except good taste.

SUBSCRIPTION BOX

Quarterly. 3 bottles plus an exclusive flavor you can't get anywhere else. Cancel anytime, but nobody does.

CATERING & CORPORATE

Event sauce bars, corporate gifting, custom private label batches. We bring the heat to your thing.

THE BURN BAR

Walk in and you hit it all at once: Edison bulbs throwing warm light across concrete walls, Tejano bleeding from the speakers, the smell of garlic and smoke, and a wall of Polaroids. Every one of them a Gauntlet survivor looking like they just saw God. Reese is behind the counter grinning because he's about to ruin your afternoon in the best way possible.

Grab a seat at the bar and try them all. Hot sauce flights let you work through the lineup, from the everyday Porch Fire all the way up to the Widow Maker. Bring friends. Bring water. Leave with bottles.

HOURS

Wednesday – Friday2pm – 8pm
Saturday11am – 8pm
Sunday11am – 5pm
Monday – TuesdayClosed

2341 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78702

VISIT THE BURN BAR

★ 4.9 stars. “People specifically mention the vibe.”

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

★★★★★

“The vibe in here is unmatched. Like a punk rock taco stand meets your cool uncle’s garage.”

— Jake M.

★★★★★

“Did the full flight. My face melted. Would 100% do it again.”

— Sarah K.

★★★★★

“Stopped in on a whim during a trip to Austin. Left with 6 bottles.”

— Dan R.

★★★★★

“The Burn Bar is the reason I moved to East Austin. I’m not kidding.”

— Priya T.

★★★★★

“Best hot sauce tasting room in Texas. Possibly the world.”

— Chris L.

THE GAUNTLET

All seven sauces. Mild to Widow Maker. Finish without milk, earn a free t-shirt and your photo on the Wall of Flame.

Saturdays get busy. Now taking reservations so you don't have to wait in line to suffer.

BOOK YOUR SPOT

40% completion rate. Do you have what it takes?

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Completion Rate

Most people don't make it past Ghost Light.

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Sauces, Mild to Extreme

THE STORY

Started making hot sauce in my apartment during COVID after getting laid off from a restaurant line. Mason jars, a closet full of fermenting peppers, and a TikTok account.

2020

The Apartment Era

Lost my job as a line cook when COVID shut everything down. Started fermenting peppers in mason jars in my apartment closet. Had nothing but time, a TikTok account, and a stupid amount of cayenne peppers.

2021

First Farmers Market

Showed up to the East Austin farmers market with a folding table and 40 bottles. Sold out in 2 hours. Came back every weekend. People started asking which stores carried us. No stores carried us.

2022

The Production Kitchen

Got the USDA-compliant kitchen. Devon quit his job to run production. Started growing our own peppers on 3 acres east of Austin. First 20 retail stores said yes.

2023

The Burn Bar Opens

Opened the tasting room on Cesar Chavez. Maria came on to run it. Jess painted the fox skull mural on the exterior wall. The Gauntlet Challenge started as a joke between friends. It stopped being a joke.

2024

220+ Stores

Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana. 220+ retail locations. Strawberry Hellfire sold out in 4 hours. TikTok hit 45K. The Gauntlet has a 40% completion rate and people fly in to try it.

NOW

Still Growing

Still fermenting. Still growing peppers. Still making Reese taste every batch before it ships. Six people, one kitchen, and a tasting room that smells like garlic and smoke.

6

Years

3

Acres of Peppers

220+

Stores in 3 States

6

Person Team

THE PEOPLE

Reese Calloway

Owner / Head Sauce Maker

Started it all in a COVID-era apartment. Grows peppers on 3 acres. The voice, the personality, the guy who tastes every batch.

Devon Calloway

Production Manager

Reese's brother. Runs the production kitchen. The reason bottles get filled and shipments go out on time.

Maria Fuentes

Retail Manager

Runs the Burn Bar and every farmers market booth. The first face you see when you walk in.

Jess

Label Artist

Tattoo artist who created the fox skull logo and every hand-illustrated label. Folk-art meets punk show flyer.

Can't make it to Austin? We ship everywhere.

SHOP THE SAUCES

From apartment mason jars to 220 stores in 6 years.

FIND OUR HOT SAUCE IN AUSTIN & BEYOND

220+ stores across Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Or come to the source.

RETAIL LOCATIONS

Texas

180+

Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and everywhere in between

Oklahoma

25+

Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman

Louisiana

15+

New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette

THE BURN BAR

2341 E. Cesar Chavez St.

Austin, TX 78702

Wed–Fri 2–8pm · Sat 11–8pm · Sun 11–5pm

(512) 555-0847

JOIN THE COMMUNITY

TIKTOK
45K followers · Gauntlet videos, pepper field chaos, Reese being Reese
INSTAGRAM
28K followers · Behind the scenes, limited drops, Wall of Flame

Limited drops sell fast.

Strawberry Hellfire sold out in 4 hours. Oak Aged Reaper didn't last the weekend. Follow us on socials to catch the next one.

45K TikTok · 28K Instagram. Join the community.

SAY SOMETHING

Questions about our sauces, wholesale inquiries, Gauntlet reservations, or just want to tell us about that time you put Widow Maker on ice cream. We want to hear it.

THE BURN BAR

2341 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, TX 78702

HOURS

Wed–Fri 2–8pm · Sat 11–8pm · Sun 11–5pm

Call (512) 555-0847