Belfast's original hot sauce.

Multi-award-winning, all-natural and vegan-friendly. Seven sauces, seven personalities, one philosophy: flavour first.

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Pain in the Hole!

Belfastard

Our best selling hot sauce

Samson

Mango, pineapple, dulse, habanero.

Pain in the Hole!

Our hottest hot sauce

Bonfire Chipotle

Smoky, sweet, slow-built.

Hot House

Pear, ginger, red pepper. Slow-building warmth.

Belfast Redhead

Inspired by our daughter's hair. Sweet carrot, ginger, or...

Botanic

Fresh and zesty. The gateway sauce.

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Belfast original

Hot sauce, made the way it should be.

Blackfire started in a Belfast kitchen in 2014, cooking small batches of chilli sauce for people who'd grown tired of the sugary stuff on supermarket shelves. Twelve years on, not much has changed. Same kitchen, same hands, same refusal to cut corners.

Every hot sauce we make is built on real ingredients — fresh chillies, proper vegetables, no thickeners, no artificial colours, nothing you'd need a chemistry degree to pronounce. We cook in batches small enough to taste every one. If it isn't right, it doesn't go out.

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Why Blackfire

Sauce worth a place on the shelf.

There's a lot of hot sauce out there, and most of it is heat for the sake of heat a novelty label and a burnt tongue. We're after something else: sauce you actually want to eat, on food you actually eat.

That means building flavour first and letting the heat follow. Botanic is green, herby and mild enough for breakfast. Pain in the Hole is the one your mates dare each other to try. Five more sit in between, so there's a Blackfire for whatever you're cooking.

All seven are vegan, gluten-free and made in Belfast and multi-award-winning, Great Taste included.

Multi-award winning
All-natural ingredients
Vegan & gluten-free
Small-batch made in Belfast

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The Full Set

Every sauce. One box.

All seven sauces, mild to nuclear. Pain in the Hole included — no half measures. Gift-boxed and ready to fire.

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What people say

I tried the sauces for the first time at the game fair yesterday, and they are outstanding. The Samson was my favourite; I’ve been eating it on everything, and nearly half of the bottle is gone. I’ll be ordering more. Thanks again for all the help and information yesterday.

Having tried the entire range with a cheese board, I decided to give my BBQ burgers a bit of a zing with the Redhead unbelievably tasty. Now I’m using them all on everything I BBQ. The Samson is excellent on chicken.

I tried the Pear & Ginger sauce earlier today. It had subtle hints of ginger with a warm aftertaste. Very enjoyable. I can’t wait to try the others in the range.

I have been a fan of these truly amazing hot sauces for several years. The flavour combinations and range of heat in each sauce are perfectly balanced. I highly recommend Blackfire Hot Sauce 10/10 for being consistently perfect.
Sean

I have to say I’m not a foodie or a vegetarian, I’m pretty average about food and don’t profess to know much. That said, I had to get a review about these sauces—a revelation. It doesn’t have to be complicated, add, and you can zing up anything. Super tasty! Top stuff!
Barry

I’ve been using lovely Chalula chilli sauce for at least 15 years. Long before we could get it in Ireland, I brought it back from Mexico & the USA. But I now have a new love. A beautiful Belfast Redhead! I was utterly uninterested in carrots….but then I met Blackfire’s Belfast Redhead. I’m not a big fan, and that was then, but this is now!
Jacqueline

Thanks so much from all of us at Big Franks BBQ. We tried out your sauces at a wedding we just did, and they went down a treat. You will be hearing from you soon with an order.
Allis · ★★★★★

Any food tastes better with Tim’s sauces. And it’s not just vegetarians and vegans who enjoy this – us omnivores love it too! Give your taste buds a treat.
Colm · ★★★★★

Fantastic hot sauces with a superb range of flavours! I highly recommend Pain in the Hole with a fajita pasta bake! Unreal!
Matt · ★★★★★

I got these on a whim once, and can’t stop going back for more; a great addition to my normal plain old cheese on crackers with a pleasant kick without the normal harsh chilli aftertaste, and it’s great to know it’s all freshly produced with local produce! These are exciting flavours, so keep up the excellent work!
Paul · ★★★★★

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Belfast's original hot sauce.

Pure Belfast heat.

Hot sauce, made the way it should be.

Sauce worth a place on the shelf.

Every sauce. One box.