[clapper board clacks] [sighs]
[crunching]
It's hot.
Anyone, anyone wanna try it?
Oh, we got a brave soul here.
NARRATOR: As we film this documentary project...
This, this is a scorpion pepper.
Scorpion pepper? AUREA DE GUZMAN: Yeah.
NARRATOR: ...it wasn't long before our crew was pulled
into the fire.
INTERVIEWER: You understand the risks associated?
I do understand the risks that's associated
with eating a superhot.
If I don't make it, just let my mom know that I love her.
NARRATOR: The longer we revolved in their orbit,
the stronger the gravitational pull
and the deeper we went.
Oh my-- [sighs]
[chuckling] It's so hot.
Whose chili is this?
INTERVIEWER: This was grown by Bobby McFadden.
AUREA: This was grown by-- - Bobby.
AUREA: Yeah. The Mighty Mustache.
[sighs] We're not friends anymore.
[slurping]
AUREA: You should have called your mommy.
Oh, God. [sniffles]
AUREA: Look at all the chili peppers in here.
BOBBY MCFADDEN: Oh, my God.
NARRATOR: We learned firsthand and first mouth
just how hot Bobby McFadden's superhots can be.
But while Bobby grows scorchers,
he's still just learning about the Filipino-inspired heat
Aurea de Guzman has mastered.
BOBBY: Smells good. AUREA: Yeah.
There's jujubes, there's goji berries.
BOBBY: There's so many ingredients that I have never had.
What kind of-- Do you know which-- They're just basic chili peppers?
I think these are just regular Thai peppers.
Thai peppers?
Well, there's a first for everything I suppose.
Alright. AUREA: Ready?
Yeah. AUREA: Cheers.
Mm.
NARRATOR: Bobby and Aurea always talk spice,
but today it's with a purpose.
So I have peppers for you.
[Aurea gasps]
NARRATOR: The two are eager to hatch a plan
to make new hot sauces together that combine their efforts.
AUREA: Which ones did you bring me?
I think I brought you some Golden Reapers.
Um, Chocolate Primotalii for you.
A couple Orange Gushers. The big ones.
Awesome.
And, uh, I think going down to North Carolina,
I think it'll help us kind of further our journey here
and what we're doing. - Mm-hmm.
Johnny's gonna be down in North Carolina.
Troy's gonna be visiting us.
It's gonna be really awesome, especially meeting Vic down there.
NARRATOR: Next weekend in North Carolina,
there's an event that's fueling the rush to cook up a new hot sauce.
It's a small batch hot sauce showcase
that will draw big names,
hosted by an industry legend named Vic Clinco,
owner of the world's largest hot sauce collection.
If you ask anyone who enjoys hot sauces,
they will know who Vic Clinco is.
He's that big of a legend.
I don't know if he knows who, who I am,
but I know who he is.
BOBBY: This is so good.
Yes, the spice is starting to get to my nose and stuff.
I need a new napkin, though.
Oh, my goodness.
♪ dramatic theme playing ♪
[flames crackling]
[bubbling]
[flames sizzling]
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
BOBBY: I'm really excited about making hot sauce with you.
We're trying to do about 30 bottles each,
just to kind of give people a taste.
It's a bit nipply in here.
AUREA: It's a bit cold.
BOBBY: I'm ready. Let's start going. AUREA: Okay.
Get going.
We got a lot of work here today for sure.
NARRATOR: After years of being BFFs online,
Aurea and Bobby are finally in the kitchen together
in real life.
In preparation for Vic's hot sauce showcase,
they're crafting two new sauces
that combine Aurea's Filipino spices
with Bobby's superhots.
AUREA: I can't wait for people to try it,
'cause I think, I think my hot sauce is good.
He thinks his hot sauce is great.
It would be nice to get some validation from other people.
[blender whirring]
BOBBY: That's 12 ounces of apricots
and 14 ounces of raspberries.
You wanna try this? AUREA: Yeah.
BOBBY: Here, it's just a base.
Let me know if it's sweet enough.
Yeah.
So imagine that with some heat and air and a little--
I don't think it needs any more sugar.
Now I just need to figure out
how many peppers I want to use.
AUREA: A lot! - And then I just got
to duplicate this a bunch of times.
[Aurea chuckles]
So with the tropical fruity kind of a hot sauce,
I want it to kind of come at a different angle
than I thought everyone else would.
Have you seen an apricot raspberry,
you know, superhot ice cream hot sauce?
Yes. Hot sauce and ice cream is delicious.
Uh, you get that sweet flavor first and you get the mild tingle.
The little spiciness at the back of it, yeah.
INTERVIEWER: Wow. - It's good.
AUREA: How do you feel about 50 grams of the pepper?
Oof. [sputters] AUREA: Oy vey!
That's gonna be a spicy boy!
NARRATOR: Both of the sauces they're crafting
are a little risky.
There are very few dessert sauces out there.
AUREA: Smell the turmeric.
BOBBY: That's interesting. AUREA: Yeah.
BOBBY: It has that rooty smell to it.
Yep.
NARRATOR: And almost none
that incorporate the Filipino flavors Aurea's adding
to the mix.
[blender whirring]
I think it needs more spice.
BOBBY: More spice? - Yeah.
With his peppers, my knowledge of flavors,
I think that could work well
and we can create something great.
NARRATOR: Bringing something like this to the market
is a roll of the dice
but one that could make oodles and oodles of money
if it all goes to plan.
And now you can taste it.
BOBBY: That's a perfect hot sauce.
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
♪
NARRATOR: While some look to figure out where they fit
in the world of superhot,
there are just a few pepper personalities
who can do whatever they want.
And Johnny Scoville does whatever he wants.
JOHNNY SCOVILLE: I'll show you guys what I brush my teeth with.
It's hot all the time.
This is ghost pepper infused toothpaste, no joke.
NARRATOR: Johnny's a jack of many trades.
So long as all of those trades involve superhots.
His time is spent reviewing peppers on his YouTube channel.
My ears are burning.
NARRATOR: Searching for the hottest peppers on the planet.
The JP Piranha, that's a contender.
NARRATOR: And then from time to time...
ANNOUNCER: Representing the USA,
Johnny "Chase the Heat" Scoville!
NARRATOR: ...stepping into the arena
to eat peppers competitively.
First and foremost, I'm a pepper junkie.
That's what I do.
Birds fly, fish swim, I eat hot peppers,
and that's kind of it.
I've been fortunate enough to be in pepper contests
in five or six different countries all over the world.
Um, so that's a thrill for me.
I-- you know, I used to run marathons and the first step,
the gun goes off, and the first step of a marathon is terrifying,
'cause you've taken one step
and you've got 26.2 miles ahead of you.
And it's the same feeling when you sit down
at a pepper contest and you got-- they give you the first pepper.
It's like, it is just the start, it's gonna be brutal.
But I love that.
That is the chemical formula for capsaicin.
And if you use your imagination just a little bit,
can't you see the name Johnny in that?
For real.
Got your J, your O, your N, your H, and then Y.
NARRATOR: Tonight, he's returning
to the competitive eating ring.
And this is no local bar night for chiliheads.
It is a mega pepper-eating event
that the entire chili world is waiting for with bated breath.
A one-on-one League of Fire main event
against the undefeated UK Chili Queen Shahina Waseem.
Now I've competed against her three times already,
once in London.
Right to the end, I was pepper for pepper. I was as tough as she was.
And then the last round is this speed round,
where they bring you a platter of peppers.
Now even a-- Look, a speed round would be bad
if you haven't already consumed a lot of peppers.
It's still a nightmare.
ANNOUNCER: Yeah! We have a winner!
[audience cheering]
JOHNNY: So I met her the second time in Sacramento, the rematch.
That was my best performance with her, we tied.
At one point, I leaned over and I said something to her,
and what I said to her is, "I eat one more pepper,
I'm spraying pepper in front of the first five rows."
And she couldn't eat any more.
So we both tapped at the same time.
[announcer exclaims] [audience cheers]
It wasn't something we planned.
As much as people think we did, we didn't.
The third match, we flew to Belgium
and I was really close to doing it in Belgium but didn't.
She beat me in Belgium, speed round again.
I'm done.
[audience cheering]
Well, number one, I don't like losing.
Somehow, she always edges me out
and, and it-- [stammering]
it's mind boggling,
It really-- I can't keep--
I feel today's my day, I'm gonna beat her.
That's it. I feel it.
I want to see her go, "I can't, Johnny,
I can't take any more."
Showtime, people.
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
NARRATOR: It's been said
that life is a series of failures
punctuated by brief successes.
So you better be ready for the setbacks,
because sure as a pepper is hot, they're a-comin'.
This week, those setbacks have come one after another
for veteran grower Jimmy Pickles.
JIMMY PICKLES: This time of the year,
the deer will get, uh, extremely hungry.
They're starving, so they will do anything at any cost.
So what-what's happened is a buck came here with its antlers,
clips it in here, walks backwards, and rips it out.
NARRATOR: With autumn in full swing in Pennsylvania,
there are only a few weeks left
before cold weather ends the pepper growing season.
So every pod is precious
as he plans to convert his harvest into cash,
which is why he can't afford to lose as many as he has.
Doesn't take long for a deer to come out
and just top off plants.
NARRATOR: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania is overrun
by white-tailed deer.
And as of late, they've been ravaging Jimmy's crop.
It's worth mentioning,
birds don't have capsaicin receptors, but mammals do.
So when these deer eat superhot,
capsaicin melts their antlers and lights their eyes on fire.
An example, it could come up to a plant like this
and just top it like that.
Now you gotta spend three months growing it all back
when you could have just put up a simple fence.
Okay, I'm-I'm pretty much done.
NARRATOR: Jimmy's doing all he can to fend off the deer
and save his superhots.
But animals aren't the only ones he's watching out for.
Fearful of seed ninjas and rival growers getting their hands on his Piranha,
Jimmy is not taking any chances.
JIMMY: Um, I've put a little bit of a booby trap to keep people out,
and my business plan is to actually get outta this property,
get one with a, uh, seven-foot, eight-foot privacy fence.
And, uh, you know, if the JP Piranha ends up being the world's hottest,
I could always get security guards.
NARRATOR: All of this might just be paranoia.
But just the other day, that paranoia was fueled
by an unexpected intruder.
That's a fun story I, uh, I'd love to tell y'all,
is, uh, it wasn't, it wasn't anybody in the chili community,
but it was a neighbor.
Uh, the parents were out of town.
It was like the high school football team
and the cheerleaders all hanging out.
It must have been after a game.
I wake up.
There's, uh, some guy, I think a football player,
laying in my backyard, throwing up,
and just sweating profusely and sick.
I found him there and he's like,
"Dude, what are you gonna do to me?
You're not gonna call the cops, are you?"
I said, "No, your punishment's going through right now."
I said, "Dude, did that get you far with the cheerleaders?
"No, that got you sick, and now they're, now they're probably hitting
on your friends."
I should have thrown a business card on him
when, when he was laying there suffering.
"For the love of God," throwing up,
and I can just freaking business card right at him.
NARRATOR: Jimmy Pickles is focused only on his crop
and all who threaten it.
But outside his Bethel Park fortress,
all attention is on Johnny Scoville,
as he threatens to end Shahina Waseem's epic winning streak.
In only a few hours,
the chili world will come to a standstill
to witness two pepper heavyweights lock horns.
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
PAUL OURO: A duel between you and Johnny in a boxing ring.
[Shahina chuckles]
PAUL: Doesn't get bigger than this.
I always think there's a big analogy with boxing
because I've always loved boxing.
With this event, you know, like,
I remember this movie called Rocky, right?
I'm saying that as if no one's heard of it.
Everyone knows what that is.
And it always fascinated me how Apollo Creed and Rocky,
they kind of became friends but had this kind of respect
for each other, but it was like when no one--
they didn't care about people seeing,
they just wanted the two of them just to duke it out
in a ring, just the two of them, just to,
just to, just to battle each other
and see, like, who is really the best, you know?
It's fantastic.
Oh, there he is.
SHAHINA WASEEM: Oh, my goodness.
[laughs] Hi, Johnny.
PAUL: [laughs] I don't know whether to run and give you a hug or--
I like it. [Paul laughs]
SHAHINA: How are you?
Oh, so good to see you.
So good to see you. PAUL: There he is.
I went back last night, and I watched the event in London.
And I watched the, the Sacramento one,
and I watched one in Belgium. SHAHINA: Yeah. Yeah.
I just have a plan.
- You have a game plan today? - I absolutely do.
I never did before.
SHAHINA: I'm like, "Oh, my God, what is this?"
Every competition that I go into,
I think I'm going to lose, I'm never confident.
I never get complacent, and I don't have any superpowers,
except I think my mental strength.
And that is what gets me through.
And that is what drives me.
And then obviously with this pressure of, um, trying to get to 100,
I've got this goal.
The pressure is immense.
NARRATOR: Shahina is undefeated as a chili eater
in League of Fire recognized bouts.
Now closing in on 100 consecutive wins.
In about one hour,
they'll unfold the next chapter in their rivalry.
PAUL: These two fighters.
It's not a regular chili-eating contest, okay?
This is the pinnacle, the way we see it.
- Oh, I see. - Alright. Now look at each other.
Okay.
PAUL: Three, two, one.
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
[bell rings]
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
NARRATOR: Whether it's a fire-eating monster,
howling wolf, or flaming woodpecker,
the hot sauce label is everything.
♪
I was in a band, uh, called Santeria.
We were like this southern rock and roll,
kind of like a stoner rock.
When we put out albums,
it was always equally important to have a great piece
of album art to go along with the music.
It almost made the album sound better.
VIC CLINCO: So if you think about the hot sauce shop, right?
That may have a thousand different sauces,
you know, across their walls,
what's gonna make someone, right?
A-A customer out of all of those thousand bottles come right, boop,
right to your sauce.
For me, the first thing I look at,
the thing that catches my eye is the color
of the sauce inside,
the label, the artwork.
The design, the letters pop, it just kind of speaks to you,
and then behind that label is the beautiful color
of whatever sauce that is.
It's gotta, like, stand out for sure.
NARRATOR: Well, now is Bobby and Aurea's chance
to make theirs pop.
After crafting a new signature hot sauce
in anticipation of a big event next weekend,
they've called in a graphic designer to create a label so interesting,
you'll be talking about it for the rest of your life.
So, tell me about your products.
It's gonna be superhot.
Well, we're gonna make, uh, a couple different hot sauces.
BOBBY: Yeah.
AUREA: Um, and we want a label for each one of them.
DESIGNER: And so is there anything personal to your life that, like,
you know, you have some kind of connection on,
both of you in a sense?
AUREA: We both love plants.
Okay. BOBBY: Yeah.
We love gardening-- DESIGNER: Yeah,
'cause that's what brought you together originally.
- Hot sauce. - And, and you love your dog.
[Bobby laughs] - I love my dog very much. I mean--
I love her dog, too. He's such a sweet dog.
Oh, hi, my Chewch, hello. He's come to join us.
[dog snorts]
This is my son, my youngest boy.
This is Chewie Vuitton.
That's his full name.
He's a troublemaker, as you can see.
He has been my companion
when I'm out in the garden working on my plants.
I've actually taught him how to harvest peppers for me.
He has to, you know, earn his living.
[Chewie growls] [Aurea laughs]
DESIGNER: Oh, my gosh, he has a personality. Yeah.
Like, look, he's taking selfies
and he likes putting on clothes. [laughter]
DESIGNER: Okay.
And you dress him better than most humans.
[all laugh]
The label is the clickbait of the bottle.
DESIGNER: Here's Chewie.
He's just a cute, lovable dog.
And people love dogs, and why not put him on a bottle?
I think it would be a good thing.
Give him some kind of, um, wings
of some sort, you know?
Um, and, uh, this is getting-- - Oh, my gosh,
that's going so awesome. [Bobby and Aurea laugh]
Uh, add a--
BOBBY: With everything I've seen,
we're definitely moving forward on some sort of hot sauce brand.
We have a lot of big plans together.
Can't believe Chewie's gonna be on a hot sauce label. [laughing]
♪ energetic music playing ♪
BOBBY: That's funny.
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
PAUL: Are you ready? SHAHINA: Wow.
PAUL: Champion goes first.
NARRATOR: In the world of peppers,
both friendships and divisions are formed online.
Tonight, it will also be
where a legendary rivalry writes its next chapter,
as Shahina puts her 95-match win streak on the line
against Johnny Scoville in a League of Fire main event.
PAUL: Good luck, guys. See you on the other side.
SHAHINA: Thank you.
PAUL: You'll have 10 rounds.
Now if at the end of that 10 rounds, they're still there,
then we're gonna have to throw down a load of peppers,
and then it's a matter of "Three, two, one, go."
And then they have to eat 'em as quick as they can.
And then whoever eats them quickest is your winner.
NARRATOR: As with all League of Fire events,
if either vomits or drinks milk, they're out.
But beyond that,
there's nothing ordinary about this bout.
These two will be pushed to the limit
with more superhots per round than ever before.
[bell rings]
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
PAUL: Okay, it's round one.
[bell rings]
♪ upbeat music plays ♪
JOHNNY: Hot right away, right?
Oh, my God.
♪
[drumming fingernails]
Wow, you're quick, Johnny.
I had my first pepper and I looked up at Johnny
and he finished the three,
and he just had one left on his plate, I had three more.
How did he do it so fast?
And I'm still struggling to finish my first one.
Going for your throat already, right?
Is it getting the sides of your mouth, too?
You're not going to your happy place, Shan, not letting you.
Her strategy is just that she has an extra gear.
That gear is, "I'm gonna die today
before I tap out and lose to you."
I don't have that gear.
So what I-- My goal is just to get in her head.
Is it starting to build in your throat yet?
Are you thinking about it?
My superpower is being able to talk.
I could be here all day. I'm gonna talk to you for 10 rounds.
See if I can prevent you from touching that switch.
It's a pretty strong first round, don't you think?
It's like eating lava.
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
[bell rings] PAUL: Round two.
♪ dramatic music continues ♪
Fruitier, attacking your throat.
Is the side of your mouth getting it?
Just your throat? - Yeah.
I can see it in your eyes.
NARRATOR: If Johnny's power is talking through the pain...
It's like my tongue's swelling up.
NARRATOR: ... Shahina's is simply withstanding more pain
than anyone else.
Believe it or not, she has been medically diagnosed as a supertaster,
which means she has more taste buds than the average person.
So I am a supertaster,
which means you feel every kind of flavor of spice,
like when you feel the capsaicin
and all this other stuff that you're having,
you are feeling it more than other people.
You have excessive amounts of taste buds on your tongue.
So you know it's-it's one of those things, it-- they cripple you.
NARRATOR: Though she tastes more and feels more than anybody,
she somehow continues on through sheer superhuman will.
[pepper crunches]
JOHNNY: Keeping you away from that happy place switch.
I can tell you aren't there.
You're looking like it's bothering you.
Paul, are you ready?
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
[bell rings]
JOHNNY: See, this is my happy place.
[pepper crunches]
JOHNNY: That one popped, you hear that?
[crunching]
[Shahina sighs]
They're only gonna get hotter. What are we working with, Paul?
Come on, man, don't tease me. What do we got?
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
[pepper crunches]
JOHNNY: Yeah, just go for your throat.
I hear that whisper in the back of your head.
You can just stop, the suffering doesn't need to go on.
Here's what makes her a freak.
She really is just a unique specimen.
She-- I eat peppers for, not just for a living, it's my passion.
I eat peppers. It's what I do.
She doesn't.
She doesn't like peppers.
Let that one sink in. She doesn't like peppers.
She only eats them during contests.
It bothers me.
I'm not gonna let you go to your happy place.
You're staying right here with me.
I like hot sauces, and I only have a few drops of those.
Like, I have a couple of drops in my mayonnaise,
mix it up with my food.
But superhots, I absolutely can't stand it.
NARRATOR: Considering that the taste and pain
are excruciating for Shahina,
and for Johnny, for that matter,
a familiar question must be asked:
are these people out of their fucking minds?!
I mean, seriously! Are they certifiably insane?
You eat these things, you shit fire,
you're throwing up acid, why are you doing it?!
What is going on here?!
You know what?
Let's take a quick break from the action
for chili-obsessed Zach Goot to try and explain it.
No matter how deep we dive into the lives of chiliheads,
same question will always be asked over and over again.
Why?
Why do we do this? [pepper crunches]
Why are we so obsessed?
Some people do it because they like the pain.
Some people do it for the fame and attention.
The truth is though, if you gotta ask this question,
you'll probably never understand the answer.
Why do we climb Mount Everest? Why do we bungee jump?
It's because we can, and it makes us feel alive.
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
This is round five. This is a really difficult round.
We've got four Dragon's Breath each.
JOHNNY: Ah, Dragon's Breath.
Four Dragon's Breath would be a contest anywhere else.
And that's just a single round here.
[bell rings]
[pepper crunching]
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
It's like a strawberry, huh?
Just warmin' up.
Nothing like a strawberry.
[counter ticking]
How are you doing, you gonna make it?
Don't think I am.
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
NARRATOR: As this epic one-on-one unfolds,
round by round, streaming across the globe,
most chiliheads are glued to the action.
They watch every wince and tear as though it's a Super Bowl,
or a Marvel premiere.
[Shahina pants] ♪ dramatic music playing ♪
NARRATOR: Most are tuned in,
but Jimmy Pickles is fighting his own battles
in a different corner of the internet.
[notifications popping]
These peppers are [bleep].
I've been trolled,
I've been bashed on every little thing.
NARRATOR: Jimmy's week has been a constant defense
of his JP Piranha, from white-tailed deer
to even a high school jock.
But tonight, he's fending off a different kind of attack.
Online adversaries have launched a barrage
of insults directly at him.
Uh, this individual who was getting paid off by a competitor
just tried to slander me.
Uh, there's a group, all they do is bash Johnny and myself.
NARRATOR: Ever since Jimmy Pickles made his name
in the pepper game,
he's felt like the rest were trying to tear him down.
Of late, that paranoia has become reality,
and it seems the Piranha has taken it to extremes.
JIMMY: Here's one,
"Speech Impediment," "Coronary Heart Disease,"
"XXXLarge Costume."
"I hate seeing Jimmy Pickles' success,
"if that's what you call it.
Built completely on lies and the works of others."
They attack the big guys. I guess I'm a big guy now.
♪
[phone rings]
I hate to do this, but I'm gonna check on this.
Sorry.
[ringing continues]
♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
I'm Pickles, fuck you.
[sighs]
I-I get crank calls all the time, so, alright.
Uh, with everything going on from sabotage to death threats,
I created, uh, an intelligent agency called the PIA.
The Pickles Intelligent Agency.
Uh, seed vendors, among seed vendors.
Basically, a United Nations
of, uh, shared information.
Seventy percent of the community is very supporting,
and about thirty percent will slit your throat in a heartbeat.
And it's just a lot of jealousy in the community.
It's beyond absurd.
[notifications popping]
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
How you doing? You alright?
Gonna get a lot worse.
NARRATOR: The first five rounds
of this heavyweight bout are enough
to crumble a normal human.
But Shahina and Johnny are simply not normal.
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
PAUL: Okay, you guys, if you wanna carry on,
just hold your pepper up in the air.
[bell rings]
♪ intense music playing ♪
NARRATOR: Shahina Waseem has spent nearly a decade...
[crowd cheering]
NARRATOR: ... accruing win after win in competitive chili eating.
ANNOUNCER: We have our winner! [audience cheers]
NARRATOR: If she can come out on top today,
she would be only four wins away from her goal of 100.
The threshold, many believe, would cement her as the GOAT.
JOHNNY: Walk in the park.
[Shahina coughs]
Very hot.
[tapping on table]
[bell rings]
JOHNNY: You worried? - Yeah.
Come on, Shan.
Oh, that Chocolate Parade.
Mm-mm.
That's got an evil burn to it, doesn't it?
These are hotter than, way hotter than last round.
How you doing? You alright?
[bell rings] [pepper crunches]
[Shahina pants]
[pepper crunching]
SHAHINA: Got the Naga Claw.
JOHNNY: Uh-oh.
The Naga Claw is setting in, people.
Naga Claw.
When you get overloaded with capsaicin, your hands begin to cramp,
and your hands get stuck in a position like this.
[counter clicks]
[Shahina clears throat]
[Johnny exhales]
♪ dramatic music plays ♪
PAUL: Alright, if you want to carry on,
just hold your pepper up in the air.
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
[Shahina pants]
Hard.
Hard to hold.
Any other person would be like, "I'm good, I'm all set.
Naga Claw, I'm tapping out with my claw right here, I'm done."
That's any other person, but Shahina's like,
"Nah, man, bring it." That's crazy.
[bell rings]
SHAHINA: Okay. - Here we go.
[pepper crunching]
You got the Naga Claw set-setting in pretty hard here.
You alright?
PAUL: Okay, we've got round 10. [bell rings]
[pepper crunching]
JOHNNY: These are delicious peppers.
♪
NARRATOR: Johnny and Shahina have lasted 10 rounds.
They've consumed an obscene number of superhots.
So many that the capsaicin
in Shahina's body has disabled her hands.
And yet, neither one of these legends has blinked.
Okay, for the speed round,
we've got the famous 7 Pot Primo.
JOHNNY: Oh, no.
PAUL: Okay, there's gonna be 10 each.
But this race, Shan has lost the use of her hands.
It's Naga Claw. Yeah, in our rules, we allow people
to feed peppers to somebody if they can't use their hands.
So Taylor here will feed her the peppers.
NARRATOR: Now it all comes down
to one final speed round.
JOHNNY: Oh, no.
Okay? There's gonna be 10 each.
JOHNNY: Are you crazy?
PAUL: Okay?
Ten in each bag. Okay?
And just hold the stem for Shan
'cause she's lost the use of her hands.
Now this is all about speed, okay?
Alright, now if you're ready,
you hold your peppers up in the air?
Taylor, if you hold that up.
Okay. Three, two, one.
[bell rings]
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
[flames sizzling]
♪ dramatic theme playing ♪
♪
[whistles]