Hot Sauce Challenge

[Slime Slayer]

I used to be into the torture, but as of late I'm finding its ruining my meals because you can't taste anything but the pain.

[sezthemank]

Originally Posted by tanc24

The stuff behind him is Dave's Insanity Sauce. See my earlier post, but I was hooked on the stuff back in the day. It's lethal, but compared to this other stuff Kong has been talking about, it's nothing.

Ive tryed Insanity, Its quite hot, not too keen on the taste though.

Can eating too much spicy foods make you ill?
Or even eating some indivisual thing thats massivly hot damage you?

[alohaex]

I heard it can not sure though. I heard someone had to get their stomach pumped because of it

[joz]

Really hot food is even hotter coming out. Hot spices also cause damage to the inside lining of your stomach and can cause bad cases of heart burn and ulcers.

[Josephjo]

Originally Posted by jozman3000

Really hot food is even hotter coming out. Hot spices also cause damage to the inside lining of your stomach and can cause bad cases of heart burn and ulcers.

Wuss! You are a disgrace to your spice loving countrymen,

[joz]

Originally Posted by Josephjo

Wuss! You are a disgrace to your spice loving countrymen,

I never said that happens to me. I have an iron gut.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Kong

The following are some of the hottest extracts you can buy. If someone mails one of these to me I'll video tape myself eating a spoonful and put it on youtube.

Pure Capsaicin Crystal disolved in vegetable oil. 500,000 Scoville Units. About 100-200 times hotter than Tabasco. As hot as weak pepper spray. $20.
Pure Cap Hot Sauce Extract [1154] - $20.63 : Andys Hot Sauce, Home of the hottest!!!

Cool Million Peper Extract. 1,000,000 Scoville Units. About 200-400 times hotter than Tabasco. $30
Cool Million 1 Million Scoville Units Hot Sauce [9014] - $30.94 : Andys Hot Sauce, Home of the hottest!!!


Mad Dog 38 Special Pepper Extract 3,000,000 Scoville Units. About 600-1200 times hotter than Tabasco. $42
Mad Dog 38 Special Pepper Extract [1497MD] - $42.19 : Andys Hot Sauce, Home of the hottest!!!


Pure Capsaicin Crystal. 16,000,000 Scoville Units. The hottest possible. About 3,200-6,400 times hotter than Tabasco. Illegal in some parts of the world. It is only detectable if dissolved in alcohol so I will mix some in a shot of tequila. $50.
16 Million PURE Capsaicin Crystals, 1.0ml.

Do you think any of these or something comparable are available in any old grocery store? I'm willing to sink some money into this if I can get it without any special efforts.

[Orphan]

Recently bought this at a local spice shop...



Made from extract of the Bhut Jolokia pepper(aka Ghost Pepper).

Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce

I put one drop in a bowl of chili and couldn't feel the inside of my mouth. My brother (on a dare) swallowed a teaspoon and proceeded to puke. This stuff is INSANE!

[Kong]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Do you think any of these or something comparable are available in any old grocery store?

Not even close. You have to go to a specialty shop or the Internet.

This site has good prices Andys Hot Sauce, Home of the hottest!!!

[RU Joe]

Well, again I feel I must state that I believe the whole issue is based on an individual's point of view .. or sensitivity to heat, more accurately.
For example, I would personally not go any hotter than a pepper from a plant and some of those I've had are painfully hot to eat ; all natural, lots of pain to be had.
So while I understand the quest for something hotter, I just don't share it.

For those of you who want lots of flavor and enough heat to send you to the hospital {like it did to me, after eating nearly half a large container} I recommend this stuff, which is commonly available and isn't a major investment {around $7 for a large bottle, small size shown in picture}:



I know someone mentioned their other product, the 'Siracha' sauce:



but after trying both I find the chili/ garlic paste to be much tastier and also hotter.

And before anyone says that I'm ignoring the science behind the Scoville units heat scale, let me tell you that I am not.
All I'm saying is that even the science behind the measurement is subject to an individual's tolerance of heat.
So that kind of turns the Scoville scale into little more than a guideline, in my opinion.

Kong, I thought you would find this amusing:

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'Ass in the tub Armageddon sauce - the hot sauce to end all!'

[Dudebro]

Well, again I feel I must state that I believe the whole issue is based on an individual's point of view .. or sensitivity to heat, more accurately.

That does factor into how each person will react but the measurement system is not anecdotal.

[Tails]

When I think of hot sauce I think of cartoons like Animaniacs when they eat it they spit fire out of their mouths. I used to eat hot sauce, but my stomach is very sensitive to spicy things now.

[RU Joe]

jg:

well, again i feel i must state that i believe the whole issue is based on an individual's point of view .. Or sensitivity to heat, more accurately.

db:

that does factor into how each person will react but the measurement system is not anecdotal.

jg:

and before anyone says that i'm ignoring the science behind the scoville units heat scale, let me tell you that i am not.
All i'm saying is that even the science behind the measurement is subject to an individual's tolerance of heat.
So that kind of turns the scoville scale into little more than a guideline, in my opinion.

[Dudebro]

I disagree with that. Seems to me that if they're measuring the capsaicin then that's pretty set in stone. But I don't honestly care much about this discussion so if I'm wrong oh well.

[Kong]

The modern more scientific and more accurate measurement is High-performance liquid chromatography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia but it hasn't been used as much so it is harder to get the ratings for specific items.

The Scoville number is determined by how much water is required to completely mask the hotness. It is measured by a panel of human judges so it is not 100% accurate. Also different peppers even on the same plant can be slightly different so it is just a general range, not a perfectly exact science.

Originally Posted by JoeGrotowski

Kong, I thought you would find this amusing:

'Ass in the tub Armageddon sauce - the hot sauce to end all!'

I have ate a lot of hot stuff. I have never once felt it on the way out. One time I ate a whole pickled habanero and it felt like someone hit me in the stomach with a bat and I almost threw up. I don't know why, maybe an empty stomach. But I normally don't feel it any lower than my throat.

[RU Joe]

Originally Posted by Dudebro

I disagree with that. Seems to me that if they're measuring the capsaicin then that's pretty set in stone. But I don't honestly care much about this discussion so if I'm wrong oh well.

No, I agree with the science behind the test.
What I'm saying is that people are different and will therefore react differently to things.

For example, my own metabolism is such that I cannot eat an apple without having a glass of water immediately afterwords, because it sets my mouth on fire with its acid.
While this may seem strange to most people {and they do say it's odd}, this is what I have experienced consistently throughout my life.
So while the majority of people can eat apples with no consequence, I cannot.

Applying this same mode of thinking to the hot peppers issue, I think it's within the realm of possibilities that some people would be able to tolerate much more heat than others.
It is by that reasoning that I say the Scoville unit scale is subject to individual interpretation based on personal experience.

[Dudebro]

Well they should stop using the Scoville measurements and just go with the scientific one.