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[fire crackles]
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NARRATOR: When this whole thing began,
we took the chili pill,
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and we traveled deeper
and deeper down the rabbit hole
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into the world of the others.
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Chili kingmaker Johnny Scoville
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set out on a quest
for the holy grail of heat.
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To find the world's hottest pepper.
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Bobby McFadden brought forth
the Orange Gusher.
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BOBBY MCFADDEN:
Good luck. [chuckles]
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NARRATOR: And Jimmy Pickles
let us peek into the vault
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at his Piranha.
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JIMMY PICKLES:
Presenting the JP Piranha.
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JOHNNY SCOVILLE:
Wow, that's a great pepper.
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NARRATOR: The 7 Pot Primo
and the Nova Brain
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lit up Zest Fest.
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[crowd clamors]
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Before Drew Goldy surprised everyone,
even himself.
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Johnny Scoville said
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that this could be the contender
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for the hottest pepper,
and it's a happy accident.
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NARRATOR: As winter brought
the season to an end,
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Tom Broome threw one last hat
into the ring of fire.
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- That's hot, dude.
- Yes, sir.
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NARRATOR:
Well, this is the end.
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The moment we've all been waiting for.
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Johnny's about to bring
the whole conversation to a head.
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At an event of his own making.
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Welcome to the first ever
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Johnny Scoville Chase the Heat Rodeo.
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A competitive eating event
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featuring the hottest peppers
Johnny has found.
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And some of the most renowned eaters
on planet Earth.
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You know, the bulls and bull riders
of the chili world.
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They're right here in the arena.
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[explosion booms]
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I found some of the gnarliest peppers
on the globe, I have.
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After finding the peppers
and these growers,
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what was the logical next step?
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Getting them all together
and let's burn some people up.
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It would be the first time ever
that the growers actually sat there
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in front of the people eating them
and watching the damage they inflict.
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One of those peppers is the hottest.
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It just is.
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I'm gonna find out which one it is.
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That's it.
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NARRATOR:
Spoiler alert,
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Johnny's got some very big news ahead.
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♪ dramatic theme music playing ♪
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[pepper crunches]
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[flame sizzles]
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[bubbling]
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[flame sizzling]
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♪ enticing music playing ♪
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[laughs] Gonna be a good day.
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7 Pot Primo, I grew these.
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You-you've been to this garden,
where these came from.
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I haven't spent three days away
from my house in 12 years.
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I don't have anybody I trust
to, uh, take care of my stuff.
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NARRATOR:
The invite list for today's event
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is a who's who of pepper people.
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The worst effects happen the next day,
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and then nobody sees.
TROY PRIMEAUX: Yeah.
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The gift that keeps on giving.
[group laughing]
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NARRATOR: Most importantly,
the superhot Dr. Frankensteins
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who have created the chilies
Johnny has knighted.
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TROY: Are you, are you selecting
for-for the-the look,
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that cool look of the Grumpanero?
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BOBBY:
Yeah, yeah, I gotta get more faces.
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I'm at, like, 40%, 50%.
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We're trying to get it
to, like, 90%.
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TROY: It's gotta have the face.
- Yeah.
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Since I'm a new guy
and I'm still kind of growing,
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I don't think as many people
knew who I am.
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But now I'm showing people,
that are a big deal,
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what I can do, I feel like
I'm a part of the club.
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NARRATOR: While most of Johnny's
prize growers are on hand,
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Jimmy Pickles is a notable exception.
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When asked why,
his answer was totally on brand.
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JIMMY: I'm being very protective
of the JP Piranha.
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I'm not givin' it to anybody
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until it's out for the general public.
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NARRATOR: While Jimmy decided
to keep things safe at home,
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he wasn't the only one fearful
of the cutthroat pepper world.
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Tom Broom is here,
but he's not taking any chances.
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When they get distributed,
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we gotta make sure
they're gonna eat 'em
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and nobody keeps any of the seeds.
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No seeds.
We'll pop the whole thing in their mouth.
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If I grew, I'd be
really concerned about it.
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Especially if I had the hottest plant.
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Some take it to the nth degree,
like Tom Broome,
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not wanting to let anybody
touch his pods during a contest.
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That's some paranoia right there.
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ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
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guess what time it is?
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[crowd cheering]
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NARRATOR:
There aren't very many events
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that bring the growers
and eaters together.
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Johnny's plan for making it happen,
to hype his quest,
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and create the need for answers.
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JOHNNY:
So, for the past several months,
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I've gone on a road trip
and I've gone all over the US
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in a quest to find the hottest pepper.
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And I have stumbled upon some dandies
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that we're gonna share with you.
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[crowd cheering]
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Now these peppers,
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every one of them has potential
to be the hottest pepper
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ever, ever created.
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So that's what these people
are gonna be eating today.
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[crowd cheering]
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NARRATOR:
When you're ready to serve up
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a pantheon of the hottest peppers,
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you need some serious mouths on hand.
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JOHNNY:
"Grizzly Heat" Griffin on the end.
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Come on!
[crowd cheering]
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Jared Smith.
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[crowd cheering]
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NARRATOR:
Well, Johnny has recruited
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the toughest there are for the occasion.
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KTB Saucy.
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[crowd cheering]
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NARRATOR: Hot sauce phenom
Katie Banister has steadily made waves
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in the competitive eating world.
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But this is the first time
she's sat amongst the heavyweights.
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I do not wanna do
this damn thing. [laughs]
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But I'm going to.
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I can only imagine what's gonna happen.
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I'm probably going to surprise myself,
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um, but I think they're gonna
give us a curve ball.
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NARRATOR:
While KTB is here,
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there are two notable faces
missing from the stage.
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The legendary Mike Jack,
unable to compete
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while recovering from his recent
hot sauce world record chug.
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[groans]
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And underdog favorite Zach Goot
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whose chili retirement is still
keeping him out of the action at home.
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ZACH GOOT:
There are people out there that can,
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they can do all of this at once.
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They can, you know, make sure
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that their family is treated right
and their wife is treated right
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and their communications are right,
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and they can also come on in
and eat some peppers and do this.
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I'm just not one of 'em.
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But there's a way to do it,
and that's what I'm hoping on.
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I'm hoping to find
that way to do it,
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get healthier, and then
maybe one day do a comeback.
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NARRATOR:
Though some are MIA,
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the biggest name in chili eating is not.
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JOHNNY: You might notice
that there's a space in the middle.
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You guys notice that empty space?
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Alright.
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So we're gonna welcome Shahina
"The UK Chili Queen" Waseem.
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NARRATOR:
The queen is in the building.
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[crowd cheering]
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With her 96 match win streak
alive and well.
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But can she keep it going
against the hottest of superhot?
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When Johnny says these are
the hottest peppers you're going to have
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in this competition,
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it drives the fear of God into me.
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Like, 100%, we know we're in
for some pain there, you know?
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[crowd cheering]
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JOHNNY:
Alright, so these are the gladiators.
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Who's ready?
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[crowd cheering]
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Alright, ladies and gentlemen,
I wanna bring up Gary Montcalm.
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[crowd cheers]
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Round one. These are
chocolate Nova Brains.
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They are wickedly hot.
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Tell us a little bit about this pepper.
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It's an accidental cross
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between 7 Pot Brain Strain
and Dorset Naga,
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and I named it after
my granddaughter Nova
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who was helpin' me
in the garden at the time.
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JOHNNY:
It is a vicious burn.
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So they're, they're gonna burn you enough
that you say, "I'm good."
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NARRATOR: Johnny Scoville's
Chase the Heat Rodeo is frankly
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the pinnacle of chili eating.
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It's the standard round
by round competition.
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If you finish the pepper, don't puke,
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and don't drink any milk, you move on.
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But this one might as well
take place on the sun.
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With each round focused on one
of Johnny's pantheon peppers.
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JOHNNY:
Hold up your pod.
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Before we eat this, who's nervous?
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SHAHINA WASEEM: I'm nervous.
SPEAKER: Me.
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I'm nervous.
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Alright, guys, eat that pepper!
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[crowd cheering]
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♪ upbeat rock music playing ♪
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SPECTATOR:
Come on, Shahina!
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JOHNNY:
Chocolate Nova Brain.
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What a great pepper, huh?
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We're starting with such scary peppers.
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No pepper contest starts like this.
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And it's just an evil burn.
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Well done, Gary.
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GARY MONTCALM:
Thanks.
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NARRATOR: As the pantheon peppers
wreak their havoc,
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you might be waiting for the eaters
to render a verdict.
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JOHNNY: Put up your score of
how hot you are from one to 10.
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Shahina.
- Four.
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JOHNNY:
Four. Katie's at a five or six.
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Seven. Wow.
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NARRATOR:
Well, Johnny hosted the event
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to shine a light on the conversation,
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but a judgment here
is not really possible.
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For starters, eating one after
the next muddies the waters
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for each that follows.
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But more importantly,
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anytime an eater says
a pepper is the hottest,
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it's nothing more than a personal opinion
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based on how it feels.
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♪ upbeat music playing ♪
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Here's Zach Goot to explain more.
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Spider-Man has the Green Goblin,
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and Thor has Loki.
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And just like these guys,
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every chilihead has their nemesis.
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This is why we call it
the Nemesis Pepper.
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It's all about the chemistry
between you and the pepper.
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No matter what the Scoville scale says,
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certain peppers just taste hotter
to some people than others.
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[muffled breaths]
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[exhales] Okay.
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We've been talkin' a lot
about what is the hottest pepper?
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Maybe it's hard to find out
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because everyone's nemesis
is the hottest to them.
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[slurps]
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That's hot.
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[muttering]
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That's hot.
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JOHNNY: The 7 Pot Primo.
It's a deadly pepper for real.
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Munch those peppers!
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[crowd cheering]
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TROY:
Good luck, it's gonna be a rough ride.
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And you might win,
but in the end,
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there's gonna be pain involved.
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[retching]
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[crowd cheering]
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JOHNNY: It's not nearly
as much fun as it looks, people.
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- Don't look down there.
- Oh, gosh.
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Alright, Bobby McFadden,
The Mighty Mustache.
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Please come up here.
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[crowd cheering]
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NARRATOR: For Bobby McFadden,
this is the moment he dreamed of
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when he created the Orange Gusher
back in New Jersey.
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Yeah, I mean, there is a--
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there's like a symbiotic thing
between growers and eaters.
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I grew these 7 Pot
Orange Gusher Bubble Gum
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as a gift from the pepper gods.
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I love growing it. They love eating it.
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We all kind of work together.
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Stoked, man,
let's burn some people. [laughs]
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JOHNNY:
Alright, guys, everybody ready?
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[crowd cheering]
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Eat that pepper!
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[crowd cheering]
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SHAHINA: Bobby's Orange Gusher was
actually a beautiful pepper.
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You almost get taken into
this false sense of security.
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It's not gonna be as painful
as the others and--
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but that's just not the truth
because soon as you had it,
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it was mind blowing.
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That was really, really crazy.
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- Hey, did you hear that?
- Absolutely brutal.
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That last one was really rough.
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Well done.
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Ooh!
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JOHNNY: So I wanna invite
up here Tom Broome.
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This is so important to me
that I didn't want
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the possibility of anybody getting
a hold of these.
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So I wanted to bring 'em up personally,
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and I'll pass 'em out.
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NARRATOR: I guess Tom wasn't kidding
when he said he would never let
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his Killer Yellows out of his sight.
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JOHNNY:
Alright, guys, Killer Yellow pepper.
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[crowd cheering]
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Is everybody ready?
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Lots of support. Let's cheer 'em on.
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Eat that pepper!
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[crowd cheering]
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NARRATOR:
Though this event is all about
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the pantheon of contenders
that Johnny's discovered.
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Shahina Waseem has
a way of seizing attention
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on her road to 100 wins.
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Today, she's facing
the hottest of superhot
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and more competitors than usual.
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At least at the start.
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[retches, coughs]
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As Johnny's super-hot superhots
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unleash round after round of torment...
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JOHNNY:
Good job, man.
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[coughs, retches]
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NARRATOR:
...the field begins to overheat.
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I don't think I can do it.
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JOHNNY:
Hey, I'm proud of you.
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Give her a big round of applause.
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[crowd cheering]
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If you watch a panel of people crumble
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and-and melt like a snowman in July,
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that to me is proof in the pudding.
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Now I can-- Johnny can say
all day long, these are hot,
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but look what it did to Katie B.
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NARRATOR: Some will argue that it was
the Killer Yellow that killed them.
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Others will say it was
the 7 Pot that cooked them all.
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Johnny's pantheon of superhot contenders
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brutalizes the toughest mouths
on the circuit.
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And when all is said and done,
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only two remain.
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A heavyweight named Jared Smith.
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And you guessed it,
the UK Chili Queen,
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one step away from win 97.
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[crowd cheering]
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What we've got here,
we don't have a name for it yet, right?
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We don't.
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It's a Primotalii variant
with a Gator Jigsaw.
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It's an accidental cross.
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He's got a few names you're workin' on.
- I do.
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But this is a absolute beast
of a pepper.
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Without a doubt, one of
the hottest peppers I've had all year.
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- Are we doin' it?
- We are doin' it.
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Are you guys ready?
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Let's cheer 'em on.
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Eat those peppers!
[crowd cheering]
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[pepper crunches]
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CROWD [chanting]:
Eat those peppers!
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Eat those--
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SHAHINA:
The peppers were crazy hot.
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That's when I started to feel, oh,
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you know, "I'm in trouble here.
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I don't think I can carry on."
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My mouth was on fire, my head was blown.
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And then I had the Naga Claw as well.
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[crowd cheering]
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My wrist completely buckled in.
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And I was trying to pick the peppers up.
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And at that point, all I wanted
was my misery to be over.
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Like, I wanted it to end.
I was in so much pain.
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And I was thinking, you know, "This is it.
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I've got my record on the line here."
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[heartbeat thumping]
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[crowd cheering]
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JOHNNY: Okay, guys,
it's all come down to the wire.
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Okay, what we're gonna do is
we have seven peppers.
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We have two Chocolate Nova Brain,
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a red Chocolate Nova Brain,
and four 7 Pot Primos.
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Whoever eats those seven pods
the quickest is gonna be the winner.
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SHAHINA:
When we got to that speed round,
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the relief in that sense was there
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that this is coming to an end now.
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This competition's going to end.
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So, my pain's going to stop soon.
353
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I was just thinking, "No, at this point,
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"let's just see how far
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and just take it one pepper at a time."
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JOHNNY:
You guys ready?
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PAUL OURO:
Shan, quick.
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Quick, Shan.
JOHNNY: One, two,
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three, go!
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[crowd cheering]
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PAUL: Shan, he's eatin' 'em quick.
Really quick, you can do this.
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00:15:08,118 --> 00:15:09,953
I'm not joking.
I'm not joking, he's fast.
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JOHNNY: Guys, this is going--
PAUL: Come on.
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JOHNNY:
Anything can happen.
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[crowd cheering and shouting]
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PAUL:
Come on, Shan. Come on.
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JOHNNY:
Shahina's looking strong.
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♪ tense, dramatic music playing ♪
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[coughs]
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SPECTATOR:
Come on, Jared, you can do it!
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You can do it! You can do it!
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♪
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[retches]
JOHNNY: Oh!
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[crowd cheering]
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JOHNNY:
I think we may have had some spewage.
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[retches violently]
JOHNNY: Oh!
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We have spewage.
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SPEAKER:
No way.
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JOHNNY:
But what we also have
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is a champion!
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That is the UK Chili Queen's 97th victory.
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Three more to hit 100.
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Amazing.
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[crowd cheering]
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NARRATOR: At this point,
betting against Shahina Waseem
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is like lighting your money on fire.
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No matter the rules or the setting,
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she somehow finds a way to win.
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And today, she's walked
through the hottest of fires
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to claim her 97th consecutive victory.
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JOHNNY:
Here's your champion.
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[crowd cheering]
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So you want to give us a word,
tell us how ya feel?
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00:16:28,198 --> 00:16:29,950
[panting] Pretty much dying right now.
395
00:16:31,201 --> 00:16:34,496
Every single contestant
on that table did so well.
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I mean, they pushed themselves beyond
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what they thought they could.
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00:16:38,041 --> 00:16:41,336
[crowd cheering]
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00:16:41,336 --> 00:16:42,754
Thank you, guys, thank you.
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NARRATOR:
Shahina, as usual, walks away a winner.
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But for all of the eaters here,
including the queen,
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the pain isn't over.
403
00:16:52,055 --> 00:16:56,309
While they crash,
the pantheon growers are riding high.
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00:16:56,309 --> 00:16:58,937
JOHNNY: I want a picture of me
and, uh, these growers real quick.
405
00:16:59,396 --> 00:17:01,398
Oops, hold on.
BOBBY: Oh, let's get in here, guys.
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00:17:01,773 --> 00:17:03,275
Everybody in?
Troy, are you in here?
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00:17:03,817 --> 00:17:04,693
[camera shutter clicks]
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00:17:05,235 --> 00:17:07,028
Alright, now we have
a little round table.
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DREW GOLDY:
Right here?
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NARRATOR:
It isn't often they're in the spotlight,
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or even all together.
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And their collective coronation
by Johnny has them excited
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00:17:14,786 --> 00:17:16,955
to explore what comes next.
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DREW: That was monumental.
BOBBY: Yeah, yeah.
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JOHNNY:
That was just next level.
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I've seen her suffer
and still pull through
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00:17:22,752 --> 00:17:24,004
with you, ya know?
418
00:17:24,004 --> 00:17:24,921
Right. Ugh.
419
00:17:24,921 --> 00:17:26,506
Yes.
TROY: But she said, "Let's go."
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00:17:26,506 --> 00:17:29,175
She ate 103 Carolina Reapers
in one sitting.
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At the time, it was a record.
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00:17:30,719 --> 00:17:33,179
She was hurting more from those 20 peppers
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00:17:33,179 --> 00:17:34,931
than she was from a hundred Reapers.
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00:17:35,473 --> 00:17:37,142
So that's gotta tell you guys somethin'
about the quality
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00:17:37,142 --> 00:17:38,727
of those pods you guys grew.
- That does. [laughs]
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00:17:38,727 --> 00:17:41,187
I'm serious, i-it's like it really was.
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00:17:41,187 --> 00:17:42,522
TROY:
What's the next step?
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00:17:42,522 --> 00:17:44,941
The next step I've got--
You know, here's the deal.
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00:17:44,941 --> 00:17:48,069
Um, all your peppers,
they're the hottest I've had.
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00:17:48,069 --> 00:17:48,904
They really are.
431
00:17:48,904 --> 00:17:51,239
And I think it's time
we officially test them.
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00:17:51,698 --> 00:17:52,991
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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00:17:52,991 --> 00:17:54,534
We're gonna do like a little shootout.
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We're gonna find out
who's got the hottest pod.
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00:17:57,662 --> 00:17:58,538
DREW:
Let's go.
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To me, that's the logical next step.
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00:17:59,956 --> 00:18:01,082
We're gonna find out.
438
00:18:01,917 --> 00:18:04,502
Let's end the talking,
who's got the hottest?
439
00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,797
And we'll see if my thoughts were right
over this whole pantheon of peppers.
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00:18:07,797 --> 00:18:09,341
I-I think I know what's gonna happen.
441
00:18:09,341 --> 00:18:11,885
And I believe every one of you guys
has the potential, I mean it.
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00:18:11,885 --> 00:18:13,929
- Check 'em out, man. HPLC.
- Yep.
443
00:18:13,929 --> 00:18:15,388
Get the, uh, capsaicinoid breakdown...
444
00:18:15,388 --> 00:18:17,015
- That's what I'm thinking.
- ...to see what they got.
445
00:18:17,015 --> 00:18:18,600
How else does this go?
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This stops the chatter after that.
447
00:18:20,268 --> 00:18:21,144
Yeah.
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00:18:21,144 --> 00:18:22,938
♪ dramatic sting ♪
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♪ intriguing music playing ♪
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NARRATOR:
When a quest begins,
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there's really no telling
where it will lead.
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But this one has brought us to a place
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Johnny Scoville hoped it would.
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After months searching for
the hottest superhots on earth,
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he has powder from each chili
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ready to undergo laboratory testing.
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JOHNNY:
This is 13.25 million Scoville.
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Hottest pepper in the world is
a million and a half,
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and this is 13.
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It just adds a type of heat
that is sort of surreal.
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00:18:57,681 --> 00:18:59,391
I got really lucky with this whole thing
462
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because on this pantheon pepper journey,
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I stumbled upon things
that I was not expecting along the way.
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00:19:04,980 --> 00:19:07,065
What do they call it, serendipity?
It's kind of what happened.
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I got very, very fortunate along the way
and found some really amazing peppers.
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00:19:10,151 --> 00:19:11,903
The next step is me and these growers,
467
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we're gonna test
a sample of their hottest.
468
00:19:14,531 --> 00:19:15,407
We're gonna find out.
469
00:19:15,865 --> 00:19:18,618
I wonder if, uh, he'll want
some tincture in his coffee.
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He's a coffee guy.
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NARRATOR:
While most of the pantheon growers
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quickly packed up and shipped
their pepper samples to Johnny,
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there's one person
who wouldn't dare put it in the mail.
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[knocking on door]
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00:19:30,046 --> 00:19:32,048
Alright. [sighs]
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Pickles.
JIMMY: Johnny.
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00:19:36,553 --> 00:19:38,471
How you doin', brother?
- What's goin' on? How you doin', man?
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00:19:38,471 --> 00:19:39,514
Good seeing you, man.
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00:19:40,056 --> 00:19:41,641
JOHNNY:
Hey, you want some coffee, dude?
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JIMMY: Yes.
JOHNNY: I know you're a coffee guy.
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Do you want some tincture
in your coffee this morning?
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JIMMY:
Sure. Sounds intriguing.
483
00:19:46,771 --> 00:19:50,400
Alright, man. So, uh, first time
in Des Moines, huh?
484
00:19:51,067 --> 00:19:52,193
- Yes.
- Me too.
485
00:19:52,193 --> 00:19:53,528
Yeah, never been here before.
486
00:19:54,404 --> 00:19:55,363
Beautiful area.
487
00:19:55,947 --> 00:19:58,408
So let's your powder, man.
I wanna see it. See what you got.
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♪ suspenseful music playing ♪
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00:20:01,912 --> 00:20:07,667
♪
490
00:20:08,501 --> 00:20:09,377
Beautiful.
491
00:20:10,128 --> 00:20:18,803
♪
492
00:20:19,179 --> 00:20:20,180
Since you trust me,
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00:20:20,180 --> 00:20:23,016
Uh, I want you to be able to feel
really confident when you leave here.
494
00:20:23,016 --> 00:20:23,934
Look what I got.
495
00:20:25,268 --> 00:20:29,105
♪ funky upbeat music playing ♪
496
00:20:29,105 --> 00:20:30,982
We're gonna put this in the briefcase.
497
00:20:31,816 --> 00:20:34,694
We're gonna make sure that this gets
to the destination with no problem,
498
00:20:34,694 --> 00:20:36,363
'cause I'm gonna be wearin'
this bad boy.
499
00:20:37,113 --> 00:20:38,323
Make sure it's safe.
500
00:20:38,323 --> 00:20:39,491
JIMMY:
Good man, good man.
501
00:20:39,491 --> 00:20:41,326
Confident, I'm very confident.
- Yeah?
502
00:20:41,326 --> 00:20:42,994
Holy shit,
they were some hot peppers, man.
503
00:20:43,578 --> 00:20:47,540
The JP Piranha very well
could be one-one--
504
00:20:47,540 --> 00:20:49,876
if not, the hottest in the world.
505
00:20:49,876 --> 00:20:53,672
The JP Piranha could very well
take over the Carolina Reaper.
506
00:20:53,672 --> 00:20:55,465
Alright, man, well, I'm excited, Jimmy.
507
00:20:55,465 --> 00:20:56,383
This is good, man.
508
00:20:56,675 --> 00:20:59,302
Just keep our fingers crossed
and hopefully we got a monster here.
509
00:20:59,302 --> 00:21:00,720
Yeah, I think so.
510
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,347
That's why I'm gonna get it tested.
511
00:21:02,347 --> 00:21:06,351
That's why we're gonna do things
in a documented fashion.
512
00:21:06,351 --> 00:21:08,395
That's why I have Johnny Scoville.
513
00:21:08,895 --> 00:21:10,772
Test results will tell the truth.
514
00:21:10,772 --> 00:21:12,148
Okay.
- Alright, dude.
515
00:21:12,148 --> 00:21:15,819
Behave yourself, be careful,
and, uh, I'll be in touch with you, man.
516
00:21:17,612 --> 00:21:19,531
NARRATOR:
Welcome to superhot heaven,
517
00:21:20,907 --> 00:21:22,784
Des Moines, Iowa.
518
00:21:23,743 --> 00:21:25,036
The Eurofins Lab here
519
00:21:25,036 --> 00:21:28,748
is one of the most reputable
testing facilities on earth,
520
00:21:28,748 --> 00:21:31,710
and the spot Johnny's chosen
to give him answers.
521
00:21:31,710 --> 00:21:36,089
It is one of the few accredited labs
endorsed by the American Spice Council
522
00:21:36,089 --> 00:21:38,884
as an authority in the art
of capsaicin testing.
523
00:21:40,010 --> 00:21:42,470
JOHNNY: How are you?
SPEAKER: Need you to sign in here first.
524
00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:44,389
This is spe-- a special moment for me.
525
00:21:44,389 --> 00:21:45,390
Yep, there ya go.
526
00:21:46,016 --> 00:21:48,935
NARRATOR: Though this could appear
to be a simple lab visit for most,
527
00:21:48,935 --> 00:21:52,480
by now, we know what this means
for our good friend Johnny.
528
00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:53,315
JOHNNY:
Pretty cool.
529
00:21:54,441 --> 00:21:56,484
NARRATOR:
It might as well be his birthday.
530
00:21:56,484 --> 00:21:57,986
JOHNNY:
I feel like I won the lottery.
531
00:21:57,986 --> 00:22:00,739
We're in the cusp of goin',
you know, "Eureka, this is it."
532
00:22:00,739 --> 00:22:03,241
My name is Johnny Scoville.
It's so good to meet you.
533
00:22:03,241 --> 00:22:04,367
Well, nice meetin' you, Johnny.
534
00:22:04,367 --> 00:22:06,453
Welcome to Eurofins in Des Moines.
535
00:22:06,453 --> 00:22:07,954
Thank you. I'm very, very happy
to be here.
536
00:22:07,954 --> 00:22:09,873
This is kinda like Disneyland for us.
537
00:22:09,873 --> 00:22:11,541
[laughs]
So I'm very, very happy.
538
00:22:11,541 --> 00:22:14,377
I heard you have some,
uh, hot peppers.
539
00:22:14,377 --> 00:22:17,255
I do, and I really am excited
to see what these numbers are...
540
00:22:17,255 --> 00:22:18,757
- [laughs] Yes.
- ...'cause they're really hot.
541
00:22:18,757 --> 00:22:21,760
Well, we will do our best
to get the test
542
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:22,761
and give it a number for you.
543
00:22:22,761 --> 00:22:23,595
JOHNNY:
Fantastic.
544
00:22:23,595 --> 00:22:25,305
ANDERS THOMSEN:
Yeah, so you need to wear a lab coat.
545
00:22:25,305 --> 00:22:27,849
♪ whimsical music playing ♪
546
00:22:29,059 --> 00:22:29,893
Okay.
547
00:22:30,185 --> 00:22:31,353
Fantastic.
548
00:22:31,353 --> 00:22:32,646
ANDERS:
Well, let's go back to the lab.
549
00:22:32,646 --> 00:22:33,521
Excellent.
550
00:22:33,521 --> 00:22:36,107
♪
551
00:22:37,692 --> 00:22:38,652
ANDERS:
Hi, good morning.
552
00:22:38,652 --> 00:22:39,819
JOHNNY:
Hi. Good morning.
553
00:22:42,781 --> 00:22:45,075
NARRATOR:
Scoville heat unit testing evaluates
554
00:22:45,075 --> 00:22:47,619
the amount of capsaicin
present in a sample.
555
00:22:47,619 --> 00:22:49,454
This lab often tests bird feed,
556
00:22:49,454 --> 00:22:52,874
which companies lace with capsaicin
to fend off squirrels.
557
00:22:52,874 --> 00:22:55,502
Birds are among the few
that don't feel its effect,
558
00:22:55,502 --> 00:22:57,254
but squirrels do.
559
00:22:57,254 --> 00:23:00,840
So this testing is done every day
on products for big business.
560
00:23:04,302 --> 00:23:05,178
JOHNNY:
Alright.
561
00:23:06,846 --> 00:23:08,848
So we'll take about two grams
562
00:23:08,848 --> 00:23:09,933
of this sample...
- Mm-hmm.
563
00:23:09,933 --> 00:23:11,893
LAB TECH: ...and we'll weigh it
into this flask here.
564
00:23:11,893 --> 00:23:15,522
And then we'll take that sample
and dilute it with reagent alcohol.
565
00:23:15,522 --> 00:23:18,525
And that's what the Scoville
will dissolve into.
566
00:23:18,525 --> 00:23:19,985
JOHNNY: Right.
LAB TECH: In order to be registered
567
00:23:19,985 --> 00:23:21,528
when we test it analytically.
568
00:23:21,528 --> 00:23:23,196
Excellent.
How long is it gonna take?
569
00:23:23,196 --> 00:23:24,948
The whole test takes
about six hours if you--
570
00:23:24,948 --> 00:23:27,200
And you're not gonna be able to tell me,
like, in the next two minutes
571
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,326
how hot this stuff is?
- The way up.
572
00:23:28,326 --> 00:23:32,455
No, so it actually has to heat
and condense on a reflux for...
573
00:23:32,455 --> 00:23:33,790
JOHNNY: So six hours?
- ...five hours.
574
00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:34,624
JOHNNY:
Wow.
575
00:23:34,624 --> 00:23:36,668
LAB TECH: And then after that,
we have to run it
576
00:23:36,668 --> 00:23:38,169
on the chromatography instrument.
577
00:23:38,169 --> 00:23:40,380
So that takes an additional,
like, two to four hours.
578
00:23:40,380 --> 00:23:41,923
Cool. Alright.
579
00:23:42,340 --> 00:23:45,385
The Scoville scale,
essentially what it is, to dumb it down,
580
00:23:45,385 --> 00:23:46,720
you have a dried product.
581
00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,681
How many ounces of water do you need
to add to that mixture
582
00:23:49,681 --> 00:23:52,767
before a test group can't taste
the heat anymore?
583
00:23:52,767 --> 00:23:54,436
Now it's done a lot more high tech.
584
00:23:54,436 --> 00:23:57,188
NARRATOR: Though it takes
about six hours to run the tests,
585
00:23:57,188 --> 00:24:00,567
it'll be a few days until he receives
the official results.
586
00:24:01,776 --> 00:24:03,778
It's a very long wait for Johnny
587
00:24:03,778 --> 00:24:05,780
who believes there's more
than one pepper here
588
00:24:05,780 --> 00:24:09,868
that could exceed
1.641 million Scoville heat units.
589
00:24:10,243 --> 00:24:14,998
The benchmark set by the Carolina Reaper
in the Guinness Book of World Records.
590
00:24:20,295 --> 00:24:21,630
JOHNNY:
In a really weird way,
591
00:24:23,131 --> 00:24:24,966
kinda feel like-- I--
this feels familiar.
592
00:24:24,966 --> 00:24:26,092
I've got three children,
593
00:24:27,052 --> 00:24:28,428
and I remember sitting around waiting.
594
00:24:28,428 --> 00:24:30,722
And here's the thing, I-- you know what
just occurred to me as I'm sitting here?
595
00:24:30,722 --> 00:24:33,225
This, uh, this hasn't been
a six, you know,
596
00:24:33,225 --> 00:24:36,353
a few months, I've been--
this quest started seven years ago.
597
00:24:37,479 --> 00:24:39,064
And this is the culmination.
598
00:24:39,064 --> 00:24:40,357
So, you know,
599
00:24:40,357 --> 00:24:43,193
to say I'm nervous sounds silly,
but I'm a little-- I'm-I'm on edge.
600
00:24:43,610 --> 00:24:45,237
And as nervous as I am,
I'll tell you what,
601
00:24:45,237 --> 00:24:47,697
the guys who grew,
the people who grew these peppers,
602
00:24:47,697 --> 00:24:49,282
[chuckles] go to where they are right now.
603
00:24:49,282 --> 00:24:50,742
They're doing the same thing,
I promise you.
604
00:24:51,159 --> 00:24:53,620
But there-- it's their baby.
I'm just the guy who delivered it.
605
00:24:53,620 --> 00:24:56,206
This is, you know, their--
it's their creation. It's heavy.
606
00:24:57,207 --> 00:24:59,167
♪ majestic music playing ♪
607
00:24:59,167 --> 00:25:01,253
NARRATOR:
Now the time has finally come
608
00:25:01,253 --> 00:25:04,339
to reveal the winner
of Johnny Scoville's pantheon.
609
00:25:04,923 --> 00:25:07,008
The hottest chili belongs to
610
00:25:07,592 --> 00:25:11,638
a grower we will reveal
after the commercial break.
611
00:25:11,638 --> 00:25:13,139
I hate that shit. I hate it.
612
00:25:13,139 --> 00:25:15,600
I hate that I'm the one that had to--
I'm sorry, you have to wait.
613
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:16,434
I'm sorry.
614
00:25:18,436 --> 00:25:21,606
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
615
00:25:21,606 --> 00:25:24,317
♪
616
00:25:24,317 --> 00:25:28,029
NARRATOR: Eurofins labs in Iowa processed
each of the superhot samples
617
00:25:28,029 --> 00:25:29,823
Johnny Scoville provided.
618
00:25:30,156 --> 00:25:32,200
And in the words
of the lab technician,
619
00:25:32,659 --> 00:25:34,035
"These are all seriously hot."
620
00:25:35,870 --> 00:25:36,746
But buckle up,
621
00:25:37,414 --> 00:25:39,457
the Eurofins results reveal numbers
622
00:25:39,457 --> 00:25:42,419
that eclipse
the Guinness benchmark set
623
00:25:42,419 --> 00:25:43,795
by the Carolina Reaper.
624
00:25:45,463 --> 00:25:49,384
JOHNNY:
I got some really exciting news for you.
625
00:25:49,384 --> 00:25:50,969
I got the lab results.
626
00:25:51,553 --> 00:25:54,139
And I'm excited about it.
Brace yourself.
627
00:25:54,556 --> 00:25:59,436
Your Piranha is 1,759,087
628
00:25:59,436 --> 00:26:01,688
Scoville Units.
629
00:26:02,772 --> 00:26:04,941
- Are you kiddin' me?
- I'm absolutely serious.
630
00:26:04,941 --> 00:26:06,985
- Wow, that's freakin' awesome.
- Congratulations.
631
00:26:06,985 --> 00:26:09,029
Thanks. Thanks, man. Wow.
632
00:26:09,821 --> 00:26:11,114
That's freakin' awesome.
633
00:26:11,114 --> 00:26:12,282
It's a game-changer.
634
00:26:12,282 --> 00:26:14,034
Yeah, the tables have turned.
635
00:26:14,034 --> 00:26:15,243
♪ dramatic sting ♪
636
00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:18,079
NARRATOR: From his secluded basement
in Bethel Park,
637
00:26:18,496 --> 00:26:20,498
down the stairs in the dark,
638
00:26:20,498 --> 00:26:23,460
Jimmy Pickles created a monster.
639
00:26:25,212 --> 00:26:27,464
The JP Piranha Scoville score,
640
00:26:27,464 --> 00:26:29,257
as tested by Eurofins lab,
641
00:26:29,758 --> 00:26:34,346
is 1,759,087
642
00:26:34,346 --> 00:26:36,348
Scoville Heat Units.
643
00:26:36,348 --> 00:26:38,934
Surpassing the Reaper's Guinness benchmark
644
00:26:38,934 --> 00:26:41,853
of 1.641 million
645
00:26:41,853 --> 00:26:45,857
by more than 100,000
Scoville Heat Units.
646
00:26:47,567 --> 00:26:49,778
Though adversaries came for his glory,
647
00:26:49,778 --> 00:26:51,571
Jimmy defended his creation,
648
00:26:52,113 --> 00:26:56,826
and now he's positioned
to actually build the JP Empire.
649
00:26:57,702 --> 00:27:01,039
Havin' the world's hottest pepper
is really a lottery ticket.
650
00:27:01,539 --> 00:27:05,961
And-And if it is, you win
and it doesn't stop there.
651
00:27:05,961 --> 00:27:07,879
That's only the beginning of the journey.
652
00:27:08,630 --> 00:27:11,174
And that's, uh,
that-that's a good feeling.
653
00:27:11,174 --> 00:27:12,300
That-that's a good feeling.
654
00:27:12,300 --> 00:27:15,095
So, I'm doin' somethin' right
in the pepper industry.
655
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:17,764
Boom, I got a whole lot more work to do.
656
00:27:17,764 --> 00:27:21,351
So now this is the opportunity.
Just keep goin'.
657
00:27:21,351 --> 00:27:24,813
You know, when it's a passion,
the work is never done.
658
00:27:25,272 --> 00:27:30,318
♪ dramatic music playing ♪
659
00:27:30,318 --> 00:27:31,319
[bubbling]
660
00:27:32,737 --> 00:27:36,366
NARRATOR: If this was the end,
most would be pretty satisfied, right?
661
00:27:36,366 --> 00:27:38,451
The journey would've been
more than worthwhile.
662
00:27:39,661 --> 00:27:40,870
But we ain't done yet.
663
00:27:42,789 --> 00:27:44,040
You ready for this?
664
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,878
Jimmy's Piranha was not
the hottest Johnny tested.
665
00:27:47,878 --> 00:27:50,088
What?! Yeah, it wasn't.
666
00:27:51,381 --> 00:27:53,216
JOHNNY:
I got some very cool news.
667
00:27:53,216 --> 00:27:57,512
Um, so... we tested it three times.
668
00:28:00,807 --> 00:28:03,268
Your 7 Pot Primo was
669
00:28:03,268 --> 00:28:05,478
the hottest we tested by far.
670
00:28:06,313 --> 00:28:07,439
TROY: Seriously?
- Absolutely.
671
00:28:07,439 --> 00:28:08,273
TROY:
Really?
672
00:28:08,273 --> 00:28:11,443
JOHNNY: At Eurofins, they're saying
it's hotter than the Guinness record.
673
00:28:11,443 --> 00:28:13,069
That is awesome. Dude.
674
00:28:13,069 --> 00:28:14,029
Thank you.
675
00:28:14,487 --> 00:28:15,864
It's hard to say that sometimes.
676
00:28:15,864 --> 00:28:17,657
JOHNNY: It's alright. You've earned it.
- Thank you.
677
00:28:18,158 --> 00:28:19,784
NARRATOR:
Troy Primeaux's 7 Pot Primo
678
00:28:19,784 --> 00:28:23,163
has been a legendary chili
for more than a decade.
679
00:28:23,496 --> 00:28:26,541
There are many who assumed
it might rival the Reaper,
680
00:28:26,541 --> 00:28:29,628
but truthfully, even its biggest fans
could not have guessed
681
00:28:29,628 --> 00:28:31,421
that Eurofins would clock it
682
00:28:31,922 --> 00:28:37,969
at 1,790,150 Scoville Heat Units.
683
00:28:37,969 --> 00:28:42,182
That is 150,000 more than
the Reaper's Guinness record.
684
00:28:42,557 --> 00:28:45,894
Besting the Piranha score by 30,000.
685
00:28:45,894 --> 00:28:47,854
JOHNNY:
I'm telling you, you grew a hot pepper.
686
00:28:47,854 --> 00:28:49,731
Again, that should add
more gas to the...
687
00:28:49,731 --> 00:28:51,358
Yeah, no, no, you--
JOHNNY: ...fire in the belly.
688
00:28:51,358 --> 00:28:53,068
You should be excited.
- Well, you see my gears turnin'?
689
00:28:53,068 --> 00:28:54,569
JOHNNY: I am.
TROY: Where's it go?
690
00:28:55,070 --> 00:28:56,780
Hotter.
TROY: Hotter?
691
00:28:56,780 --> 00:28:58,448
NARRATOR:
Johnny Scoville set out to find
692
00:28:58,448 --> 00:28:59,866
the hottest of superhot,
693
00:28:59,866 --> 00:29:02,202
the holy grail of heat.
694
00:29:02,202 --> 00:29:03,286
And in the end,
695
00:29:03,286 --> 00:29:06,790
both Troy Primeaux
and Jimmy Pickles delivered.
696
00:29:07,624 --> 00:29:11,169
The rest of the pantheon peppers
also scored impressive numbers.
697
00:29:11,169 --> 00:29:13,380
Though none that would challenge
any records.
698
00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:16,550
Next in line was Tom's Killer Yellow,
699
00:29:16,841 --> 00:29:19,844
followed by Bobby's Orange Gusher,
700
00:29:19,844 --> 00:29:23,765
Gary's Nova Brain,
and Drew's Accidental Cross.
701
00:29:25,809 --> 00:29:27,894
I can't wait to see
what you do with it next
702
00:29:27,894 --> 00:29:29,729
because you're the OG.
703
00:29:29,729 --> 00:29:31,314
Thanks, man. Appreciate it.
704
00:29:31,314 --> 00:29:32,816
You got your mojo back, bro.
705
00:29:32,816 --> 00:29:33,650
TROY:
[laughs] Yeah.
706
00:29:33,650 --> 00:29:34,609
JOHNNY: No, I mean it.
707
00:29:34,609 --> 00:29:35,652
You got your mojo back.
- Yeah.
708
00:29:35,652 --> 00:29:37,153
You're not on pause anymore.
TROY: Yeah.
709
00:29:37,153 --> 00:29:38,697
But you got that fire in your belly.
710
00:29:39,364 --> 00:29:40,240
TROY:
I got it.
711
00:29:40,615 --> 00:29:43,243
This is huge. It could be worth millions.
712
00:29:43,660 --> 00:29:46,913
But to me, it's more about leaving
a legacy for Hudson.
713
00:29:47,914 --> 00:29:50,500
I've seen a-a Troy Primeaux.
[Troy chuckles]
714
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,669
No, I'm serious.
Rejuvenate with a fire in your belly.
715
00:29:52,669 --> 00:29:54,129
- I'm excited, I really am.
- I-I know.
716
00:29:54,713 --> 00:29:56,965
If I'm a pepper grower
and my name isn't Primeaux,
717
00:29:56,965 --> 00:29:57,799
I'm nervous now.
718
00:29:58,341 --> 00:30:01,636
TROY: Along the way, I've made mistakes
and that I didn't as a--
719
00:30:01,636 --> 00:30:03,013
you know, I didn't think I would.
720
00:30:03,013 --> 00:30:05,473
It would-- I didn't think my pepper
would be this big, man.
721
00:30:05,473 --> 00:30:08,018
You know? No way in hell. No way.
722
00:30:08,768 --> 00:30:12,230
So I'm glad it--
I-I mean, I'm glad it is.
723
00:30:12,731 --> 00:30:16,610
I just--
I'm just humble, man. You know?
724
00:30:17,027 --> 00:30:19,571
♪ upbeat music playing ♪
725
00:30:25,785 --> 00:30:27,370
NARRATOR:
Like the circle of life,
726
00:30:27,370 --> 00:30:29,831
some things end just where they began.
727
00:30:30,582 --> 00:30:33,376
After requests that stretched
thousands of miles,
728
00:30:33,376 --> 00:30:36,963
he has tasted some
of the hottest superhots on the planet.
729
00:30:37,422 --> 00:30:39,925
But somehow, for Johnny Scoville,
730
00:30:40,467 --> 00:30:43,220
the end is just the new beginning.
731
00:30:43,220 --> 00:30:46,598
♪ funky rock music playing ♪
732
00:30:46,598 --> 00:30:48,683
♪
733
00:30:48,683 --> 00:30:49,935
[machine hissing]
734
00:30:49,935 --> 00:30:51,770
[people chattering]
735
00:30:53,188 --> 00:30:56,358
So by now, you know that
my life's about chasing heat.
736
00:30:56,900 --> 00:30:57,943
It's just what I do.
737
00:30:58,818 --> 00:31:04,115
My quest took me to Florida,
the Carolinas, Pittsburgh.
738
00:31:04,658 --> 00:31:06,534
I found some staggering peppers.
739
00:31:07,077 --> 00:31:10,830
The hottest peppers
that I believe exist, for now.
740
00:31:10,830 --> 00:31:12,374
And that's the key, for now.
741
00:31:12,791 --> 00:31:14,042
Can I get a cherry bomb to go?
742
00:31:15,126 --> 00:31:16,419
Thank you. Here you go.
743
00:31:17,379 --> 00:31:19,756
No pepper's gonna be
the hottest pepper forever.
744
00:31:20,257 --> 00:31:21,258
Why?
745
00:31:21,508 --> 00:31:23,134
There's always gonna be more peppers.
746
00:31:24,344 --> 00:31:28,348
So look, this is the end
of the show, but not for me.
747
00:31:28,348 --> 00:31:29,349
I'm never gonna stop.
748
00:31:29,808 --> 00:31:32,644
So I'll see you when I see you,
but you'll know where to find me.
749
00:31:32,644 --> 00:31:36,398
♪ rock music continues ♪
750
00:31:36,398 --> 00:31:39,025
♪
751
00:31:39,025 --> 00:31:40,860
♪ dramatic theme music playing ♪
752
00:32:54,768 --> 00:32:56,686
[flame sizzling]
753
00:32:56,686 --> 00:32:59,689
♪
754
00:33:24,798 --> 00:33:26,299
[whistling]