Video: ESPN guy eats world’s hottest chili pepper, regrets it 5 seconds later
posted at 9:15 pm on November 9, 2007 by Bryan
And for the rest of his life, by the looks of this clip.
I did something similar with a bright orange habanero pepper once, which is about half as hot as the one eaten in this clip. I can only imagine the pain he went through.
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Mindcrime on November 9, 2007 at 9:17 PM
Schmuck. The type that doesn’t wear a hat in a snowstorm.
JiangxiDad on November 9, 2007 at 9:18 PM
Thata was aspicy apepper no?
TheSitRep on November 9, 2007 at 9:19 PM
What part of “world’s hottest” didn’t he grasp?
(He should just be glad a teeny drop of this sucker didn’t squirt into his eye.)
Doesn’t believe the words Pepper Spray either?
profitsbeard on November 9, 2007 at 9:24 PM
I can’t believe he took a second bite…
rosewaning on November 9, 2007 at 9:31 PM
This guy made the record
Kini on November 9, 2007 at 9:32 PM
Obligatory:
Texas Chili Cookoff!
http://www.ojar.com/view_1195.htm
lorien1973 on November 9, 2007 at 9:33 PM
I ain’t afraid of no chili peppers,oh oh,this isn’t going
to end well,kinda like the build up to Evil Kenevils
rocket attempt over the Grand Canyon.Hehe.
canopfor on November 9, 2007 at 9:33 PM
I can’t believe he wiped is eye with the same hand he was holding the pepper in. I’ve learned the hard way how dumb that is.
Splunge on November 9, 2007 at 9:33 PM
Shucks, the link didn’t make it.
Fox news flash, guy eats hottest pepper and rubs it in his eye, makes record.
Like he said, it keeps on giving.
Kini on November 9, 2007 at 9:34 PM
I say we airdrop the peppers over the insurgents,
label it sweet peppers,a gift from Hesbollah.Hehe
canopfor on November 9, 2007 at 9:36 PM
Now thats a friday fun video but you shouldve tagged it
with this gem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc8wFVQ7HgQ
D’oh
Kevin43 on November 9, 2007 at 9:37 PM
Don’t tase my mouth, bro.
(Dumbass.)
Farmer_Joe on November 9, 2007 at 9:41 PM
That was seriously stupid. Those Chili-pepper institute guys who were chuckling are sadists — no other word for it. They give the guy milk? They know that doesn’t work.
I haven’t even come close to that level of hotness, but I did once dunk a tortilla chip into habanero sauce thinking it was ordinary Tabasco. I like hot food, but that experience was something else again — I actually felt my tongue swelling in my mouth.
For future reference, if you find yourself in a similar situation, just pour sugar packets in your mouth and let them dissolve. The carbohydrates do something to neutralize the pepper oils. Milk or sour cream does nothing against the really hot peppers.
The sugar trick also works if your kid ignores your warning about General Tso’s chicken and decides to munch one of the red Chinese peppers used in that dish.
Anton on November 9, 2007 at 9:43 PM
I ain’t afraid of no chili peppers,oh oh,this isn’t going
to end well,kinda like the build up to Evil Kenevils
rocket attempt over the Grand Canyon.Hehe.
canopfor on November 9, 2007 at 9:33 PM
That would be the Snake River Canyon…in Idaho, I believe. Just sayin’.
If the chile that Rob Stone ate is TWICE as hot as an habanero, he is STILL fartin’ sparks.
FishFearMe on November 9, 2007 at 9:49 PM
All that matters is that my Nevada Wolf Pack won the game over NMSU. One of the booth announcers told Stoner to quit crying about the pepper and took a bite out of one then continued broadcasting the game. Pretty impressive considering how hot that pepper had to be.
Patrick H on November 9, 2007 at 9:53 PM
I thought you were supposed to squirt ketchup and mustard into your mouth.
reaganaut on November 9, 2007 at 9:55 PM
That scene reminded me of Cheech and Chongs movie up in smoke,how many pills did you take,like how long will this burn,oh six hours,and his facial impression was priceless,
point of no return.haha.
canopfor on November 9, 2007 at 9:59 PM
Anton is correct about the sugar killing the heat of the pepper. As a Native Texan, I learned this at a very early age. Oh, yeah. BEANS in real chili? Sacrilege, I say!
FishFearMe on November 9, 2007 at 10:01 PM
Don’t taze my mouth bro.
aengus on November 9, 2007 at 10:04 PM
It’s called the Bhut Jolokia, a variety originating in Assam, India.
http://wildbillkblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/hottest-chile-pepper.html
A funny story about cooking hot pepers:
http://wildbillkblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/spicy-chili-leads-to-evacuation.html
WildBillK on November 9, 2007 at 10:06 PM
I used to think that too, but I’ve had some really good concoctions, where the beans allow a little extra “heat”, kinda allowing the meat flavor to come out more. I use beans (kidney, black beans mostly) in some of my spicier versions now.
stonemeister on November 9, 2007 at 10:07 PM
I was in South America visiting my girlfriend’s family, when her uncle challenged me to a pepper eating contest. He grabbed two peppers, gave me one, and said “We call this the MOTHER F*&#KER Pepper.”
I took a bite, and said “That’s not so bad.”
He said “later, in the baño, you will understand why we call it this name. Buenos suerte, my friend. Buenos suerte.”
chinotex on November 9, 2007 at 10:11 PM
stonemeister on November 9, 2007 at 10:07 PM
I have a pound of kidney beans and some Carroll Shelby’s Chili stuff in the cabinet right now. I’ll give that a whirl next time I throw some chili together. Also, I have moved my home grown jalapenos inside for the winter (I now live in Maine) so I’ll chunk a few of those in for good measure. Thanks for the info, amigo.
Note: I transplanted the peppers from my garden into 5 gallon buckets for indoor gardening.
FishFearMe on November 9, 2007 at 10:14 PM
All I can say to Stone – SUCKER!!!!!
docdave on November 9, 2007 at 10:19 PM
That would be Snake River Canyon……
FishFearMe on November on November 9,2007 at 9:49PM.
FishFearMe:D!mmit,I screwed up on the USS Peublo thread earlier this week and now this,I better fact check a bit better.
canopfor on November 9, 2007 at 10:28 PM
Actually the best thing to counteract the heat? Alcohol. Rinsing with vodka helps more than anything. And I’m pretty familiar with Habaneros, but those Indian peppers are insane.
Number 2 on November 9, 2007 at 10:30 PM
Take note: Just because you’re an asshole on TV who views life through a thick filter of irony, that doesn’t deaden your pain receptors one bit.
For his boyfriend’s sake, let’s just hope he kept his hands up north that night…
Jim Treacher on November 9, 2007 at 10:33 PM
canopfor on November 9, 2007 at 10:28 PM
Sorry for being so picky. It’s just that I remember watching that jump on Wide World of Sports or some dumb sh#t like that and it got stuck in my mind.
FishFearMe on November 9, 2007 at 10:33 PM
No brain, no headache, before the pepper, after the pepper, in this case, no difference.
Some things are just better left alone, unless you can get some other fool to eat the worlds hottest pepper.
Speakup on November 9, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Beans got noth’n to do with chili.
Speakup on November 9, 2007 at 10:59 PM
Beans got noth’n to do with chili.
Speakup on November 9, 2007 at 10:59 PM
Anton is correct about the sugar killing the heat of the pepper. As a Native Texan, I learned this at a very early age. Oh, yeah. BEANS in real chili? Sacrilege, I say!
FishFearMe on November 9, 2007 at 10:01 PM
No kiddin’? I said that up there^^^. I was offered a suggestion. I took it. I am from Texas. I just MAY know something about chili. Go figger.
FishFearMe on November 9, 2007 at 11:07 PM
I always eat a bright orange habanero pepper before I open HotAir.com
petefrt on November 9, 2007 at 11:10 PM
Thanks for the laughs
Now I’ll wipe my eyes
Chuck on November 9, 2007 at 11:32 PM
Sorry for being picky……
FishFearMe on November 9,2007 at 10:33PM.
FishFearMe:I’m Canadian,if the facts aren’t right we
apoligize,thats are nature,but seriously no offence
taken what so ever,thats why I love Hot Air.
You have a good day,EH.
canopfor on November 9, 2007 at 11:52 PM
That’s what I thought this thread was going to be about. A blind guy that used to cover sports for ESPN. Damn, he was lucky he didn’t get that stuff in his eye…
Jaibones on November 10, 2007 at 12:04 AM
Gotta love Canadians.
And this Texan thanks you sincerely for the joy that is hockey. Cowboys? Pfffff.
Go Stars
techno_barbarian on November 10, 2007 at 12:06 AM
The guy swallowed. The regret he felt 5 seconds later was likely nothing compared to what he felt in a few hours.
Blacklake on November 10, 2007 at 12:17 AM
Yeah, taze something else like my eyelids so I can ignore the fire in my mouth.
I like hot sauce on pizza, and one time only had some sauce called Insanity Hot, made with habaneros as I found out later. After a few bites it really kicked in and I found out how fast one can eat an ice cream bar when it melts as soon as it hits your mouth.
The next morning, I made the mistake of rubbing my eyes when I woke. Yeah it kept giving, as it did when I did like most people do after waking up and going to the bathroom.
Never again. I’ll stick to Jalapenos.
91Veteran on November 10, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Aw c’mon, go Oilers! I just got back from the Badger game where they beat North Dakota 4-0.
If it ain’t done on the ice, it ain’t a sport.
91Veteran on November 10, 2007 at 12:30 AM
The Tezpur pepper, or “Naga Jolokia” is the pepper that this reported ate.
The people in the video clip with him were skeptical of the actual claims made about two or three years ago by Indian scientists who claimed that they tested the Tezpur and found it to be above 800,000 scoville units, the unit by which the heat of the pepper is measured, surpassing the Mexican Red Savina Habanero as the world’s hottest pepper.
The Jaleno pepper, associated with Tex-Mex food, scores a 5,000 scoville unit rating.
The Thai chillie, which is among the hottest chilly peppers, scores around 70,000 to 100,000 scoville units.
The Habernero, once considered the hottest chilly pepper, scored from 500,000 scoville units to more than 700,000 scoville units.
Recently, those skeptics in the video who are into chilly peppers, after gathering seeds and growing their own Tezpur, or “Naga Jolokia” peppers, tested the heat of these “Naga Jolokia,” or Tezpur peppers, and found that they rated a 1,000,000 scoville unit rating, 200 times the heat of the Jalapeno, 10 times the heat of the Thai pepper, and up to twice as hot as the fiery Habernero.
The heat in the pepper is measured in the capsicum content in the pepper.
William
William2006 on November 10, 2007 at 12:31 AM
I would have chosen to have plenty of plain yogurt on hand, rather than milk. Yogurt does a better job at cooling your mouth after biting into a hot chilly than any other agent, and it also is good for your insides as well.
William
William2006 on November 10, 2007 at 12:32 AM
Agreed, and much respect to the Oil! Some of the best Stars post season games have been against the Oilers. Very worthy opponents.
techno_barbarian on November 10, 2007 at 12:38 AM
Grew Habaneros one summer here in the great white north. Always wear gloves when slicing these peppers or you set up a system of events you may regret. Persistent as mustard gas on a telephone, never dab your eyes or scratch your own or someone else’s genitals etc.,etc.
BL@KBIRD on November 10, 2007 at 12:59 AM
91Veteran on November 10, 2007 at 12:25 AM
Dave’s Insanity Sauce. I have some upstairs. On the label it says that it will remove oil stains from the driveway.
I brought some to work for a potluck for my Indian co-workers to try, telling them to only try one drop at a time. One poor guy was late and took a large mouthful. My co-workers laughed like heck.
Canadian Infidel on November 10, 2007 at 1:24 AM
If the guy hadn’t been on-camera, I’ll bet “holy” would have been followed by a somewhat less innocuous noun.
Splashman on November 10, 2007 at 1:28 AM
Skeptical. If the pepper had been that hot, the guy wouldn’t have been able to speak at all.
RushBaby on November 10, 2007 at 2:01 AM
Go Badgers!!!
I was out at dinner with a large group of friend a couple of years ago and the manager brought out a bottle which he said registered at 1.5 million scoville’s. He was wearing rubber gloves to handle the bottle and served it to us a drop at a time on toothpicks. He brought out a cup of milk for each one of us also. Of the 6 of us that tried it, one threw up, and only one was able to take a second toothpick. I can’t even imagine what a full mouthful of that stuff would have done to my insides.
BadgerHawk on November 10, 2007 at 2:07 AM
All commenter’s have been right on. Second bite-did he think it would counteract the first one. Milk is best chaser for hot pepper. Rubbing eye with hand he used to bite pepper was asking for a blinding experience-aka pepper spray.
My wife is oriental and throughly enjoys such peppers on a regular basis. The one he sampled is very dangerous, my wife has used it in stir fry and when she does the smoke alarm goes off every time-an she says come on try just a little. I have to ask her if she wants me to try one because she just paid up the life insurance policy.
MSGTAS on November 10, 2007 at 8:36 AM
BadgerHawk, was it Dave’s Insanity?
That stuff is super hot. It says on the bottle not to use more than a drop at a time.
And Dave’s makes one called Dave’s Super Insanity which is even hotter. I love that stuff.
The hottest thing I’ve ever eaten is probably a raw habanero. I wager I could probably handle the one this guy ate. Habs hardly affect me now.
otcconan on November 10, 2007 at 9:02 AM
Bryan, a habenero is about 100,000 scovilles, this was 1 million.
10 times hotter, and most haberno’s are probably in the 75,000 range. Jalpapeno a measly 7,000.
Pure Capsaicin (from mustard oil, which is liquid–when gaseous welcome to WWI and mustard gas), is what they use for Chinese Hot Mustard heat(the institutional kind), 1 oz of capsaicin in 100 gallons of slurry. In pure form it will eat a hole in your skin.
right2bright on November 10, 2007 at 9:13 AM
Are all news people so utterly clueless to the real world that this guy jams the pepper in his mouth before the guy finishes explaining its insanely hot?
Wait, the video answers that in the affirmative!
Neo on November 10, 2007 at 9:33 AM
Yeah, but how does it taste?
And where can I buy some?
Asher on November 10, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Heh, as in past tense?
Speakup on November 10, 2007 at 9:44 AM
http://homecooking.about.com/library/weekly/blhotchiles.htm
Scoville scale.
FishFearMe on November 10, 2007 at 10:03 AM
http://www.chilipepper.com/TheScovilleScale/tabid/59/Default.aspx
Way better Scoville Scale.
FishFearMe on November 10, 2007 at 10:05 AM
IDIOT!
gajaw999 on November 10, 2007 at 10:38 AM
I love beans in chili. Hope you don’t like it. Ha ha!
Jim Treacher on November 10, 2007 at 11:22 AM
Pet peeve:
Chile is the fruit (yes it’s a fruit) & Chili is the dish.Also there’s only one L,not two.Why? Because it’s a Spanish word & 2 Ls is pronounced differently.
When I’m asked “Is this hot?” my answer is “I’m the wrong person to ask”.Any one that knows hot food knows you don’t take a huge bite,you nibble to see how hot it is.
Green chile stew,carne adovada,mmmmmm……
Frantic Freddie on November 10, 2007 at 11:51 AM
You just fouled up, that’s the proper usage.
Putting plain cooked beans in a bowl and pouring chili on top with some diced onions on top of that is entirely acceptable, not to mention delicious.
Chili beans however is sacrilege.
Speakup on November 10, 2007 at 12:27 PM
I had a very similar experience. The manager offered it to us and offered free drinks for the rest of the night to those who tried the stuff.
He puts a drop on a toothpick and GOODNIGHT IRENE! I instantly started to sweat and downed my beer. I have an iron gut and put hot sauce on everything. But this experience was humbling to say the least.
I think you could use the stuff to start a brush fire. HOT!
The Race Card on November 10, 2007 at 2:28 PM
Yeah, but a lot of you Texans seem to think bbq somehow involves beef, too. So there ya go.
*ducks, runs*
Mike H on November 10, 2007 at 2:54 PM
The game is on WPT and FSN, or streaming video from their web site if you don’t have tickets.
91Veteran on November 10, 2007 at 3:16 PM
Go Badgers!!! I got a bit worried for a few minutes there. I can’t believe we won without our starting QB, senior wide receiver and both starting RBs. Too bad we took ourselves out of the Big Ten race earlier this year, but there’s always next…
BadgerHawk on November 10, 2007 at 4:00 PM
I don’t know what kind of sauce it was, just that it was concentrated capsaicin. I also know I’ll never try it again.
BadgerHawk on November 10, 2007 at 4:01 PM
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Lawrence on November 10, 2007 at 4:05 PM
Sushi roll made out of wasabi. Ouch.
Nonfactor on November 10, 2007 at 4:24 PM
Yeah you should cause I’m not Texian
Speakup on November 10, 2007 at 6:58 PM
You know your chili is hot when you need a snow cone to wipe your butt…
Spurlee on November 10, 2007 at 9:14 PM
Hahaha…! That guy just made one foolish mistake after another… I pity him, a little.
Rugged Individual on November 10, 2007 at 9:27 PM
Sorry, I don’t follow the football team at all, just hockey. Watching the game now…
91Veteran on November 10, 2007 at 10:29 PM
I had season tickets when won the national title. Those games were a lot of fun.
BadgerHawk on November 10, 2007 at 10:54 PM
So did I, and still do for Friday nights.
91Veteran on November 10, 2007 at 10:59 PM
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hillbillyjim on November 11, 2007 at 7:37 AM
That was good. He was a great sport. Thanks.
tgillian on November 11, 2007 at 7:49 AM
I’m guessing that this idiot is a die-hard liberal, judging from the fact that he doesn’t know friendly foods from enemy foods and has seriously-impaired reasoning powers.
landlines on November 11, 2007 at 12:31 PM
Sugar … milk … alcohol … actually, all are good.
Whole milk fat helps dissolve OC … sugar distracts the nerve endings.
Enough Alcohol, and you stop feeling pain.
Kristopher on November 11, 2007 at 6:01 PM
I would not have done that without an ice-cold case on standby…
Yeah, a silly ‘bit’ for the show, but he was professional. Most of us (well, I mean ME) would have let out a long stream of profanity….
darkpixel on November 11, 2007 at 6:20 PM