HOT SAUCE EVENTS
Join us to #stayspicy in person at hot sauce events, special tastings, spicy food challenges and more!
AMPLE HILLS x HEATONIST
SPICE CREAM AT BK STORES
Spice up to cool down with a SPICY ice cream collab from our friends at Ample Hills! They're popping up at our Brooklyn store with the goods.
PLUS, we'll be open until 8pm every Saturday & Sunday this July so you can stop by for dessert.
NATIONAL CHICKEN FINGER DAY CHALLENGE
FOR A GOOD CAUSE
Think you can handle a lineup of chicken fingers dialed up with increasingly fiery sauces from local makers? Step up to the challenge and test your heat tolerance, or grab a beer and cheer on the brave souls who do. Either way, every ticket supports the North Brooklyn Angels.
When: July 27th — Doors open at 6PM, challenge starts at 7PM
Where: Brooklyn Brewery Tasting Room
One hundred percent of ticket sales will go toward North Brooklyn Angels' programs:
- Challenge Participants — $50 includes:
- 2 beers from Brooklyn Brewery
- Chicken finger challenge
- Entry into pepper bingo
- Ample Hills ice cream cup for cool down
- HEATONIST gift bag
- 1 Raffle entry (more tickets for sale onsite)
- Spice Supporters — $20 includes:
- Option to purchase chicken fingers at the hot sauce bar
- 1 Raffle entry (more tickets for sale onsite)
- Cheer on challengers for a good cause!
PREVIOUS HOT SAUCE EVENTS
HEATONIST No. 11 WINGS
Sauce of the Month at PLUG UGLIES
Snack on our 11th anniversary sauce on chicken wings, cauli wings, and more at this favorite neighborhood bar all month long!
On Saturday, June 20th we'll be there sampling all of our anniversary sauces with FREE chicken bites from 12:30pm-4:30pm.
Stop by to stay spicy & stay snacking:
Plug Uglies Gramercy: 295 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10010
NEW Maker Heat & Greet!
121 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn
Try new sauces we haven't carried before from a local NY maker!
Stop by to sample and tell us which flavor is your favorite... we may just end up carrying it 🔥
HEATONIST AT GRAND BAZAAR
100 WEST 77th STREET
We'll be slinging sauce at Grand Bazaar's Summer Solstice Market on the Upper West Side Sunday, June 21st from 10am-5pm.
Bring your dad and get him a gift he'll actually use (hot sauce)!
HOT ONES BBQ AT MISSION SANDWICH
326 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn
Try Hot Ones BBQ on a killer sando our friends at Mission Sandwich are serving up with Peruvian roast chicken breast, pepper jack, cheddar, kosher pickles, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and your choice of spicy Hot Ones BBQ Sauce 🥵 Smoky Serrano, Original, Hot Honey, or Caribbean.
Available for a limited time at Mission Sandwich in Brooklyn!
NYC Hot Sauce Expo
APRIL 25 & 26, 2026 | INDUSTRY CITY
It’s Hot Sauce Expo time! We’ll be slinging sauce samples, selling Hot Ones sauces + HEATONIST merch. Plus, do a dab of The Last Dab to spin the prize wheel!
Use our code for 50% off tickets: HEAT
https://www.nychotsauceexpo.com/tickets
Where: Buildings 7&8, Industry City, 36th Street Brooklyn, NY
When: Saturday, 4/25 & Sunday, 4/26 10 AM - 6 PM