- Stop, I need to sign a waiver! (laughs)
- Oh, I'm sweating so much!
- I feel like I just got slapped in the face.
- I'm gonna take off my jacket.
I can feel the back sweat.
- Oh my lord. I need a rest.
♪ (upbeat swing intro) ♪
- (PvF) Today we have a food challenge,
coming to you all the way from Nashville Tennessee.
- I mean, what's more iconic than Nashville Hot Chicken, bro?
- (PvF) We're gonna serve you five rounds of Dave's Hot Chicken Tenders
increasing in spice from mild
all the way to their most spicy offering known as The Reaper.
You must chew and swallow at least three bites
of every tender we put in front of you.
You can quit at any time, but if you do,
you will forever be known as the loser
of our first ever Nashville Hot Chicken Challenge.
- (laughs) Every FBE challenge be like win or be shamed publicly.
- (PvF) But if you hang tough
and make it through all five rounds until the end,
you will be a champion and winner of the Golden Tender.
♪ (choral music) ♪
- (laughs) Oh boy.
- The Golden Tender, ooh, I'm excited.
- (PvF) Alright, let's start with our mild round.
- Ooh. - It's mouthwatering.
My mouth's salivating.
- Oof, ugh, it smells like my ex.
- Okay. Chicken's good, kinda sweet.
I don't really feel any kick yet.
- Mmm, hmm hmm hmm.
- Standard.
- Yeah.
- Okay, one,
two,
three!
I don't like this flavor.
This is a weird flavor.
- Easy money.
It literally tastes like Cajun seasoning spice.
- It's not too hot, so it's good for
people that maybe like want the taste, but don't want to die.
- (PvF) Alright, let's turn up the heat a bit with the medium tender.
- Okay, level two.
One...
- Mmm.
I got a bite that was pickley.
- This one kinda has a, I don't know why,
but it smells almost a little pickley.
- Mmm.
- Kinda sweet.
There's definitely more spice though,
but it takes a minute to kinda get there.
It's not bad.
- This is the first one that I think
actually has like a spice to it.
Bite number two.
- (PvF) But the medium's okay, it's not that hot?
- Mm-mm.
I think you guys are gonna whop me in the next round.
Three.
These two are gonna get me, I feel like.
- Yeah see, that's where it's at, like in the middle.
Like you get all of that clump of seasoning.
- (PvF) How does this one taste?
- First of all, these are so yummy. I would go to this place.
- I'm feeling okay, but definitely,
that three bite rule is kind of the make it or break it.
- (PvF) Alright, now it's time for round three.
- I mean, this is comparatively darker than the other ones.
- Mmm, mmm.
Cinnamon-y.
Oh my God, I'm sweating.
- Bite number one, definitely the building.
- Oh.
Aw, that's disappointing.
It's just kinda hot.
There's no like sweetness, there's no savoriness to it,
it's just kinda hot.
- I feel the sensation from one bite of hot
that I did from three bites of medium.
Go for two.
- One,
are these all the same?
- Ooh, okay.
I'm feeling it a little bit, alright, alright, alright.
Ooh!
- Two...
- Alright, my body's getting a little warm right now.
Ooh baby!
- Oh, I'm sweating so much!
- Ooh, I'm on fire baby, let's go!
- (PvF) This doesn't taste any hotter?
- Three.
- Oh my... (laughs)
- Hmm.
- Oh, I'm sweating. I am sweating right now.
- (PvF) Alright, on to tender number four,
the extra hot.
- Ooh, that last guy just hit the back of my throat.
Okay.
Extra hot, let's see, bite one.
- I'm at the point, by the way, where my lips are burning,
but not my soul.
Ooh, I ate a lot of crust there.
- Whatever, let's just do this. One.
- Alright. (clears throat)
See now I'm like hmm, should I just go on the ends
that have a little bit less spice on it?
Like, maybe it'll be a little bit easier, but...
Ooh baby!
- Yeah, I'm sweating a little bit.
- Two.
- None, it's nothing. Nothing!
- (PvF) Oh yeah, now we're jamming.
- Mind over matter! Ugh.
- Mmm.
- I feel like I just got slapped in the face.
Like someone just came up and just slapped me in the face.
- Three.
- I'm sweating! (laughs)
- Yeah, my forehead's kinda sweating,
but it's not too bad.
- Mmm!
I kinda wanna flip this table right now.
- (PvF) So you don't think this is bad?
- I'm gonna take off my jacket.
I can feel the back sweat.
It's not cute.
- (PvF) Are you still doing okay?
- I'm doing totally fine.
- Ooh!
God, I'm on fire!
- My forehead's getting a little sweaty, boys.
But that's okay.
- Oh my God!
I'm gonna have to run through this wall like the Kool-Aid man.
(laughs)
- Oh, I kinda feel myself sweating. (laughs)
- Oh my, here, here, like, I'm gonna show you this right now.
- (PvF) Oh, I can see it.
- I'm profusely sweating.
- Look at this napkin, I'm freakin' sweating.
Oh, oh my lord.
I need a rest.
(fire crackles)
- Stop, I need to sign a waiver. (laughs)
I love it. I'm done. (laughs)
- By signing the Reaper waiver, and release of liability,
I acknowledge due to extreme hot natures,
eating a Dave's Hot Chicken Reaper
carries with it potential for certain risks,
some of which may be reasonably foreseeable.
- I acknowledge that eating the Reaper can cause me harm,
including, but not limited to, bodily injury, property damage,
emotional distress or even death.
- Known or unknown, arising of eating the Reaper.
This is literally telling me,
I don't know what's gonna happen to you,
but whatever happens to you, we're not liable, gotcha, gotcha.
- Well, if I die, it was a pleasure filming with you guys.
- George.
- (PvF) Alright, let's bring in our final tender, The Reaper.
- This looks terrifying.
And what's crazy, is it looks nothing different
than any other chicken piece, that's the worst part.
- It smells good, that's what's really scary about it.
- My mouth is already just like uncontrollably drooling.
- This might be, these were like bite, bite, bite.
This might be like bite, give me a half hour.
Okay, let's see.
- It doesn't have like a really intense spice to it,
like smell-wise, but I can see it.
It's like a thick layer.
I could almost like rub it off.
- That was kinda, I feel like that was too big of a bite.
I was too brave. (laughs)
- Offer it,
when it hit my lip, it was pretty hot.
- (PvF) It was three generous bites. That was a tiny bite.
- She's trying to kill me. Two.
- Alright.
This is a strategy, I'm just gonna...
- Did I get a dummy piece?
- (PvF) Is it not spicy?
It's spicy, but it tastes like them all.
- (PvF) Take a big bite.
- Okay, yeah, I took a decent bite.
- I'm gonna take another bite.
- I feel like the dry spices are coating the back of my throat.
Okay.
- Three.
It's coming, I know it is. I can feel it.
- (clears throat) Okay, that stung the moment it,
okay, I'm already dribbling out of my nose.
- I'm gonna take another bite.
- I definitely feel the spice now. Especially on the third bite.
It's accumulating, and I'm sweating again.
There we go! The sweats.
- I'm sweating from it, but it's not that hot.
Mmm, I'm sweating though.
Yeah, the heat's creeping up.
- Whoa.
I'm sweating. (laughs)
- Oh my...
(clears throat)
- It's probably a bad idea, but I'm okay.
I'm just profusely sweating. (laughs)
No stop though, I'm sweating so bad.
- Quick third bite.
Chicken's still delicious, by the way.
Whoa, I can feel, look at my fingers.
Close up on the fingers. Ooh, girl.
The fingers, like... (coughs)
- Yeah, I'm sweating all over now.
- I can't [censored]. I can't process.
- (PvF) Alright, you made it through,
and here is your Golden Chicken Tender!
- (screams) What is this?
Yo, the Golden Tender, can I actually eat this?
- (PvF) Yeah!
- It's just gold dusted?
Oh my God, what does gold dust taste like?
- Is it real gold?
- (PvF) It is real gold.
- Oh my God, no way!
- Well, I should eat the gold, what does it taste like?
You know what it tastes like? It tastes like success. (laughs)
- Is this getting on my lips? - (PvF) Yeah, yeah.
- There we go.
Now I'm fabulous.
- Thank you for watching me dominate
this Nashville Hot Chicken Challenge on People Vs Food.
- If you liked this episode,
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- Let us know what else you'd like us to eat
in the comments down below.
- Bye guys!
- Bye you guys!
Taking my gold chicken!
- Catch y'all later.