Anyone ever participate in...

[LinNJoe]

a chile pepper eating contest?

http://www.thehotzoneonline.com/blog/2006/02/06/north-market-fiery-foods-festival/

Not sure if I should load up on Pepcid AC prior or just coat my tongue in peanut butter ahead of time.

Anyone?

- Joe

[Tina Brooks]

You ask that like they're going to feed you habaneros!

T

[LinNJoe]

You ask that like they're going to feed you habaneros!

T

Actually, I think that a scotch bonnet may be the top tier of ones in the contest. :shock:

[Tina Brooks]

Oh! An assortment of peppers! You lucky dog! Too bad the contest is so soon, I might have been able to provide some goat peppers. :D

[bubbaschili]

i did at a chili cook off once and i hate to admit i didnt do very well...i took a 6 pack of coronas with me i was gonna try and chew em up and down em like swallowing a asprin but they would not let me take my beer on stage so i failed misserably

[sweatnspice]

I've done a jalapeno eating contest - didn't win cause I couldn't get em down fast enough but I did get 17 down before time ran out (7 or 8 min) - Best advice I can give: Buy a stock of good TP, some reading material and prepare for a gut cleanse.

As far as getting them down - once the first two are done it's all the same - endorphins kick in and you generally don't have enough time to think about the pain.

[DEFCON Creator]

Perhaps a ZERO chugging contest would be in order. I would be wonderful seeing a bunch of individuals flopping on the ground like pieces of bacon. Hell, I'd make an uber-batch just to watch people participate in a round of stupid human tricks. What a visual!

[sweatnspice]

Ha ha - Imagine the clean up you'd have to do for an event like that!

[DEFCON Creator]

Hmmm, good point. Perhaps before the event, it would be required for each individual to put on a Tyvek suit, and the collar, sleeves and cuffs would have to be duct taped so as to stop any bodily leakge from occuring. That way, when they fall to the ground after a massive evacuation, it would cushion their fall. Man, a visual of Willy Wonka comes to mind when the girl blew up into a blueberry. :lol:

[bubbaschili]

i want a ompa lompa song......
ompa lumpa dobledy goo
i got another riddle for you...

[Cap'n Bones]

Hey Creator! Does one need a Golden Ticket to participate in your human torture test? The dance of the ompa lompa!

[DEFCON Creator]

Nope, although this would be an interesting twist would it not? Perhaps with the unveiling of the Batch #2 of ZERO, one Golden Ticket will be given away within the strange envelope that will already accompany each bottle of ZERO (hint) that is sold at the show. Gee, what could the prize be? Be careful what you wish for. I must ponder this new idea, for it is a most intriguing thought. I thank you Cap'n for the intellectual marketing insight...

[Tina Brooks]

Now see, that's an enticement that would definitely get me to Alberkerky. lol

[DEFCON Creator]

Enticement??? Good God NO!! My wife hits very hard, and she told me I'm not allowed to be enticing. :lol:

[Tina Brooks]

Have I told you lately, that I really like your wife? :clap:

[Cap'n Bones]

I will not even go there!

[Tina Brooks]

chicken

[Cap'n Bones]

YEP!

[Tina Brooks]

When I said we had a hard time getting chicken wings... that's not what I meant.

[DEFCON Creator]

Wait a minute...You like my wife as much as chicken wings??? Now THERE is a strange fixation! :shock:

[Tina Brooks]

If it weren't for my daughter finding chicken wings last night, I'd be starting to forget what they taste like.

As for your wife... Well, I'll leave that bit up to you. :shock:

[DEFCON Creator]

She found those chicken wings, as they were sent by the "Evil One" for her to find. Hee hee hee.

[Tina Brooks]

No doubt!

[LinNJoe]

Perhaps a ZERO chugging contest would be in order. I would be wonderful seeing a bunch of individuals flopping on the ground like pieces of bacon. Hell, I'd make an uber-batch just to watch people participate in a round of stupid human tricks. What a visual!

Speaking of visuals...

I am told that there will be some folks there this weekend from the Food Network doing some filming. Sounds like it was some people from "Emeril Live" (not Emeril hisself or anything), watching us eat hot peppers and filming the capsaicin-marred aftermath.

More media for us! Woo-hoo!!

- Joe

[LinNJoe]

Just thought we'd share the results of the Chile Pepper Eating Contest:

http://www.thehotzoneonline.com/blog/2006/02/23/chile-pepper-eating-contest/

- Joe

[tinner666]

I don't think I could've lasted through that. Congrats. :D

[Tina Brooks]

As much as I love habaneros, without sugar on the side, I doubt I would have made it through that either.

When I go to the vegetable exchange for peppers, it always impresses the vegetable guys because I'll bite into the peppers, and sometimes, when there is no heat, I'll eat quite a bit of a pepper just to show off. But that heat adds up after a couple of peppers!!!

Well done, Joe!