Artisan Datil pepper hot sauce tasting bar at outdoor festival with glass sample bottles, fresh fiery orange datil peppers on a wooden rustic counter in sunlight
Artisan Datil pepper hot sauce tasting bar at outdoor festival with glass sample bottles, fresh fiery orange datil peppers on a wooden rustic counter in sunlight
• 3rd Annual Datil Fest • Palatka, FL

ROCK YA DATIL

PEOPLE'S CHOICE HOT SAUCE AWARD

You've tasted the sauces. Now it's time to pick the one that Rocked Ya Datil! Choose your ONE favorite Datil Pepper Hot Sauce below.

— Official Guidelines

One Vote Per Authorized QR Ticket

Voting is anonymous and strictly verified. Each official QR ticket assigned at the Rock Ya Datil Hot Sauce Bar carries a single-use authorization code from DF001 through DF500.

1. Scan Unique QR Code

2. Pick Your Favorite

3. Single-Use Locking

Scan your personal ticket QR code given at the Hot Sauce Bar. Your code is verified automatically against our authorized festival register.

Taste all 20 local and regional hot sauces, then select your top Datil pepper sauce from the competition ballot below.

Once confirmed, your code is marked USED permanently. Repeat scans will display: THIS VOTE HAS ALREADY BEEN CAST.

+ Official Competition

2026 People's Choice Ballot

Select your ONE favorite sauce from the contenders below. Click 'VOTE' on your choice to move to final confirmation.

SAUCE #1

SAUCE #2

SAUCE #3

SAUCE #4

Datil Sting Reserve St. Augustine Spice Co.

Palatka Gold Heat Mayhem Datil Pepper Farms

Sweet Heat Legacy Minorcan Heritage Kitchen

Riverfront Flame Putnam Pepper Works

SAUCE #5

SAUCE #6

SAUCE #7

SAUCE #8

Smoky Sunshine Datil Old City Sauce Lab

Rock Ya Datil Special Festival House Blends

Crimson Datil Rush Ancient City Provisions

Honey Datil Glaze Swamp Cabbage Sauces

SAUCE #9

SAUCE #10

SAUCE #11

SAUCE #12

Citrus Datil Fusion First Coast Artisan Sauces

Devil's Datil Elixir Azalea City Batch Works

Golden Datil Fire Florida Heritage Foods

Datil Jack Pepper Craze Crescent City Smokehouse

SAUCE #13

SAUCE #14

SAUCE #15

SAUCE #16

Vintage Oak Datil Ravine Gardens Flavor Co.

Datil Wave Tsunami St. Johns River Ferments

Sweet Datil Karma Sunshine State Botanicals

Datil Dynamite Salt Run Sauce Masters

SAUCE #17

SAUCE #18

SAUCE #19

SAUCE #20

Datil Sunset Nectar Matanzas Craft Sauces

Screamin' Datil Gold Palatka Artisan Collective

Datil Harvest Moon UF/IFAS Extension Reserve

Datil Inferno Grand Revitalize Palatka Kitchens

• Step 2 of 2 • Review Selection

YOU'RE VOTING FOR:

Sauce #[NUMBER] — [SAUCE NAME]

Please confirm your choice below. Once submitted, your voting ticket code will be permanently recorded and cannot be reused.

YOUR VOTE IS IN!

Thanks for helping us crown the 2026 Datil Pepper Hot Sauce Champion! Winners will be announced on the main stage at 4:00 PM.

Notice: If you scan this QR code again, your browser will confirm: THIS VOTE HAS ALREADY BEEN CAST. Thank you for participating in the Rock Ya Datil People's Choice Hot Sauce Competition!