Why Hickory Mountain
A Little Goes A Long Way
Packed with Flavor, so you don't have to drown your food to make it delicious.
The Right Kind of Kick
Just enough heat to wake up your taste buds without overpowering the flavor.
Sauce It Your Way
If you can eat it, you can sauce it.
Our Story
From Our Family to Your Table
Born in the backwoods of North Carolina’s Piedmont, our journey began on a little hill called Hickory Mountain—with a pot on the stove and a family gathered ’round the table.
For generations, this sauce has been part of our family. Our children grew up eating it, sharing it, and helping us perfect a recipe we hoped would be handed down for years to come. With every batch, we learned what we already knew in our hearts: good things take time. Patience is flavor.
Rooted in backwoods tradition and perfected over the years, Hickory Mountain Sauce has a character all its own. It’s bold, full of flavor, and has just the fiery kick you’ve been hankering for.
These days, there’s no shortage of sauces to choose from. But Hickory Mountain Sauce is not your ordinary sauce. It’s our family’s sauce—made from scratch, crafted with care, and bottled by hand. A recipe that has stood the test of time, shaped by patience and plenty of good meals.
We’re proud of where it came from, proud of how it’s made, and most of all, proud to share a flavor that is uniquely ours with your family.
Because to us, sauce isn’t just something you pour on your food. It’s something you create with, gather around, share with the ones you love, and pass along to the next generation.
And maybe that’s why folks have considered it North Carolina’s Best Kept Secret Since Moonshine. DON’T JUST COOK. CREATE.
HICKORY MOUNTAIN SAUCE
“Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
1 Corinthians 10:31
— Rebecca & Dickie
Patience is Flavor
How It's Made
Five honest steps. No shortcuts, no fillers — Just real North Carolina backwoods flavor.

Sourced
Nothing in here you can't pronounce.

Slow-Simmered
Simmered slow in small batches.

Taste-Tested
Tried before it’s bottled.

Bottled
Filled and capped right here in North Carolina.

Get Sauced
Marinate, Grill, Dip and supplement any recipe you have.

Find Your Flavor
Two questions. Only one of them counts.
How much heat can you handle?
Alright. What are you putting it on?
We tested this thoroughly. Repeatedly. Purely for research.
Your bottle:

Original Mountain Sauce
The one that started it all. Slow-simmered in small batches, sweet on the front, hickory smoke on the back.
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HOT Mountain Sauce
Everything you love about the Original, with a slow burn that shows up a second later.
Shop this bottleStill can't pick? Get both in the Mountain Combo
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