- Piping hot food, minus utensils, plus bare hands?
- Let's talk about that.
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- Okay, now we all know foods that always burn your mouth.
I'm talking about pizza rolls, cup of noodles,
the best salads, #hotsalads.
- Okay.
- But what foods are too hot to literally handle?
Can they perhaps be handled?
- Well, after seeing a segment
on the Japanese game show, Gaki No Tsukai,
I think I'm saying that correctly,
where contestants try to eat piping hot foods
using only their bang, bare hands--
- Bang hands. - We wanted to try ourselves.
So why does Japan get to have all the fun?
Can't we have some fun here in America?
Thank you for the inspiration, Gaki No Tsukai. (laughs)
(crew laughs) - I...
What is it?
- It is Gaki No Tsukai.
- All right.
It time for
Eating Piping Hot Food With Our Hands!
It'll Be Great, No Doubt.
Quick Question Though.
Is It Too Late To Back Out?
Because I would kinda like to back out.
- You hate hot foods.
Like, you're always scared that hot foods
are gonna burn your face or burn your mouth, like--
- Well, I, yeah.
I don't like to burn my mouth.
That's not something I usually, choo-choo, sign up for.
- I don't think anybody likes to burn their mouth,
but I've never met anyone
who is as afraid of burning their mouth as you.
- That's right, because my mouth is so important.
But for your entertainment,
I'm gonna give this my best shot.
- Yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
- Each round, we're gonna take turns
attempting to eat as much of a piping hot plate of food
as we can bear using our bare hands.
- And we're gonna have
this pool of lifelines to choose from.
- [Link] Oh, yeah.
- But once we take one, that's it,
it cannot be picked again.
- All right.
And those lifelines are wearing latex gloves.
- [Rhett] Blowing on it.
- [Link] Using a handheld fan.
- [Rhett] Sucking on ice.
- [Link] Using finger puppets.
- And Josh, whatever that means.
- All right, whoever eats the most by weight
will get to soothe their hands in a glove as cool as ice.
- All right, what's on the hottest menu in town, Stevie?
- [Stevie] Well, before we reveal your first meal,
we need to decide who gets the advantage of going second--
- Oh.
- [Stevie] With a bit of trivia, so here we go.
You have whiteboards to write down your answer.
- Okay.
So we're not going at the same time.
- [Stevie] No.
- All right, all right.
- I was gonna say, I'll just let Link go second.
I mean, he's scared, but now that you--
- [Stevie] Well, the person who goes second
gets to see how much food they need to beat in order to--
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Stevie] You know.
- Okay.
- [Stevie] Okay.
It only takes five seconds or less
for a 140-degree liquid to burn skin.
How hot is the steamed milk in your average Starbucks latte?
- Five seconds to burn, um...
(crew laughs)
What?
I'm gonna say...
All right.
- I went with 215 degrees
'cause it's gotta be hotter than 212.
- I thought it was hotter too.
I said 160.
- It's steamed milk.
- You did not draw a square around your answer
so it's disqualified.
- [Stevie] Uh, uh,
it's 160 is the answer.
- Yes!
And that.
160, look at me.
- It's steam, and it's gotta be at least 212.
It's milk.
- You've just witnessed
the best thing I'm gonna do in this episode.
(suspenseful music)
- [Stevie] Okay boys, the food is hot and ready,
and there's no time to waste.
You have five seconds to choose your lifelines.
- Uh...
(crew laughs)
- I'll go with blow on it.
- [Stevie] All right, let's reveal
what's under the cloche. - So you gotta go...
Dang, you got quite a hot spread.
There's three minutes on the clock and they start right now.
- Yo ho ho!
- Is it hot?
Is it real hot?
- Oh, gosh, it's hot!
- Is it hot?
- Oh, it's hard too.
- Oh, it's...
(Rhett spits) Oh.
Yeah, if you spit something out,
it's gotta go back on the plate.
- I can't even bite into it.
- [Link] Is it hot?
- It's hard.
It is hot.
- Is it real hot?
- I feel like I'm eating a human leg.
- Ew, gross.
Is that what that is?
I knew it was gonna be hot
but I also didn't know it was gonna be gross.
- [Stevie] You've done no blowing.
(Rhett blows)
- Oh, wow. (crew laughs)
You hadn't even blown anything.
I don't even wanna eat that turkey leg.
I fell for that at the state fair once.
- Oh, that's hot.
- Oh, my gosh, look at you.
You are just an embarrassment, using your hands.
I mean it's--
- I feel like I'm in medieval times.
- Why did you move to that stuff?
- I mean, Dolly Parton's Stampede!
Man, I love Gatlinburg!
- Are you done with the meat or--
(Rhett mumbles)
You have a minute.
Oh, my gosh.
Like, what is turkey meat made of?
I mean, it looks... (crew laughs)
- [Rhett] It's so dark.
- Yeah.
This is what it would be like
if we were like in a plane crash
on the side of like an Arctic glacier.
- And this is like the third guy.
- Yeah.
(crew laughs)
Right.
Five.
- [Stevie] Five seconds.
- Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Pencils down.
(glove squeaks)
Oh, my glove farted.
(glove squeaks)
Now I have to do it.
(suspenseful music)
- [Stevie] Okay, Link, your three minutes starts now.
(Link sighs)
- How hot is that bone?
- It's hot, dude!
- You got on gloves, bro.
Yeah, eat that little nub on there.
- Ah!
- You know what?
Greg was a good guy.
(crew laughs)
- I see the steam coming off of it.
- He had great legs.
(Link grunts)
But he died first.
- I'm trying to only touch it with my teeth.
Mmm.
- Is it hot?
- It's hot.
- Is it good?
(crew laughs)
- It tastes like ham.
- Which, you know what, I think you might like.
You might like it.
You might like ham.
- Ah.
Oh, gosh, these are hotter! (crew laughs)
- He's so sensitive, man.
- And then this--
- He's a sensitive man.
He's a sensitive man. (crew laughs)
- Oh, I can't blow.
- He took a blow for me!
- I'll do a suck.
- He took a blow for me.
- Where's the cold part?
(Rhett laughs)
Is it under here?
Ah!
(crew laughs)
- Wait.
- It's like like pulling underwear off of,
(grunts) it's like a honeymoon night.
(crew laughs)
- That's how it went?
- [Link] I just don't like this.
- Yeah, well, you think I enjoyed myself?
There you go.
That's what I did.
You gotta go for the,
you gotta go for the potatoes.
- Oh my god!
My, I bit, I bit--
- [Stevie] One minute.
- Did I bit through my glove?
(crew laughs)
- Hey, you're doing pretty good, man.
You're not too far behind where I was.
Everything that comes off of the plate
is gonna be scooped back up and put on your plate,
just so you know, 'cause that doesn't count.
- I just don't like to look at this.
- Yeah, I mean, that's,
how would a human look any different than that?
- Whoo!
That's, what is that?
(crew laughs)
- I didn't get any of my--
- [Stevie] 10 seconds.
- I didn't get any of my cranberry sauce.
- Which is the hottest thing.
- [Stevie] Five., four.
- You're blowing a bunch.
- [Stevie] Three, two,
one. - He did a bunch of blows.
- [Stevie] Time.
All right, you gotta put the other stuff--
- Do I get to spit this up?
- [Stevie] Back on Link's plate that's on the--
- Anything that fell off, put it on the plate.
- [Stevie] And then we're gonna bring in the scale
'cause we're gonna weigh both of your plates.
- All right, bring in your scale, buddy roll,
'cause they started off weighing the same amount.
All right, everything's back on my plate.
What you got down here?
- I got three pounds and 12.5 ounces.
- I have three pounds, 14.7 ounces.
Actually, not much that different.
- And they made sure
they were exactly the same weight to begin with.
So that means I beat you by 2.2 ounces.
- Oh, you're slipping,
Rhettster. - 2.2 ounces.
Hey, I'll take whatever I can get, man.
- And we'll add these up for the other rounds.
(suspenseful music)
- [Stevie] Pick your lifelines.
The food is hot.
- Josh.
- [Josh] Hey, buddy.
- Finger puppets.
- [Stevie] Okay, and cloche.
You have two minutes to eat this burrito.
- Good gosh, that's a heavy burrito.
You need some, I'll get you, I'll thumb you.
- So it's just all the same hand?
- I don't know.
There you go.
- [Stevie] And we're gonna start the two-minute timer
right
now.
- Oh, it is hot.
Oh, gosh, it's hot.
- It's hot, and it is thick.
(Rhett mumbles) It is heavy.
Yes.
How hot is it?
Is it hot?
- It's real hot.
- Is it real hot?
Oh, gosh, that's a...
(Rhett mumbles)
Dude!
Dude.
Do you even know what the prize is?
- No.
- Why are you trying so hard?
- [Rhett] Oh, no.
- No!
(Rhett groans)
See, those finger puppets are making you forget
how hot it's gonna be to your throat puppet.
- I'm going to the other side.
- Why am I even looking at this happen?
This is gonna be shown in like etiquette--
- A museum.
- Etiquette classes for what not to do.
15 seconds.
- [Stevie] 15 seconds.
- It's gonna be in the Smithsonian.
- You're down to 11,
10,
nine,
eight.
You're not even eating.
- Oh, it's so hot. - Six,
five,
four--
- God, it's so--
- Three,
two,
one,
zero.
- (grunts) Gosh!
- Drop your pencils.
(suspenseful music)
- [Stevie] All right, Josh, come on in.
- Josh, what, uh...
- Hey.
- What?
Okay, what are you doing?
- I'm just here to hold your food for you, buddy.
(Rhett laughs)
Let me know and I'll put it in.
- Josh is holding his food.
- [Stevie] Hold on, Link.
- Got it. - Uh, all right.
- [Stevie] Two minutes starts right
now.
- All right, listen to me though.
- Go, go, go, you gotta go fast!
You gotta go fast! - Oh, that's hot!
- Link, you gotta go! - It's hot!
- You gotta go, buddy!
This is it! - Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I don't know what to tell you.
- No yelling. - Hold it over the plate.
- I'm feeding, I'm feeding. - Hold it over the plate.
- Let me do that.
- Just get it in, just get it in.
Just get it in just real quick.
- Don't move it! - Just bite.
You gotta bite.
Well, okay, the longer I--
- Oh!
- There it goes.
Stop thrashing! - I'm gonna pick that up!
- Stop thrashing!
- It's freaking hot.
- It's a hot burrito. - It's right here.
It's right here, Link.
The burrito's right here for you.
Come on, come on, come on.
- It's the hottest burrito--
- It's so-- - This is the hard part.
- How did you eat this, dude?
- My whole mouth-- - It's very hot
but this is hard part. - Pull it apart!
- My whole mouth is blistered right now.
- How did you--
- There you go.
- Give me the middle.
- The middle's gonna be the hottest part.
- I can't feel my fingers right now.
- Do you want me to go with my strategy, what I do?
Here, here, I'll help you out.
I'll help you out.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - You gotta get the steam out.
- See?
- You gotta fan it with the tortilla.
- Thank you. (crew laughs)
This is not against the rules.
- No, it's not.
- Here, the tortilla first.
It has less water content,
which means it's not gonna be that hot.
- Just hold it still.
- I'll hold it still. (crew laughs)
There you go.
- He's such a nibbler.
- There you go.
- He's such a nibbler, even with this advantage.
- I give up, man.
It's too hot.
- Come on. - It's real hot.
- Hey, herpes can travel 14 inches.
- Look, it's right here.
- It's just like-- - Come on, one more bite,
one more bite.
For me, for me.
For me.
- Yeah, that's the good part.
- We worked hard.
- How are you doing over there, Link?
- My son, my beautiful son.
- I mean, him yelling in my ear made it all better
(Rhett laughs)
- [Stevie] And time.
- I got to scrape it off my hand.
- [Stevie] Thank you, Josh.
- No, thank you.
- Hey, that was a lot of fun.
That was a lot of fun. - Are your hands like,
you can't feel your hands as a chef?
- [Josh] Yeah, they call it los manos de tortillera.
- Yeah, right.
- [Josh] I have the hands of the tortilla maker.
- Yeah, yeah.
My hands are burnt, definitely,
the ones that didn't have finger puppets especially.
- [Stevie] All right, let's bring in the scales.
- Well, I know I didn't eat anything, but like, seriously,
the first one just like zinged me right on the,
on the bottom middle lip.
- All right.
I'm looking at two pounds and 16 ounces.
- Two pounds, 9.2 ounces?
- [Stevie] Two pounds, 1.6 ounces and two pounds 9.2 ounces.
- Oh, okay, wow.
So I ate almost half a pound more than you.
- And you didn't get burned?
- No, I'm on fire.
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- [Stevie] Okay, so link needs to make up
9.8 ounces this round to win.
The food is hot, so pick your lifelines
and let's get to eatin'.
(Rhett screams)
- Suck on ice.
(Rhett laughs)
All right.
- I get to suck on ice.
- I'll take the fan.
- [Stevie] Okay, you only have--
- Ready?
- [Stevie] One minute for this one.
Reveal.
- [Rhett] Oh, gosh.
- Oh, gosh, what is that?
- [Stevie] And your time starts--
- I don't have spoons?
- [Stevie] Now.
No, that's the point of the game.
- Hold on.
What?
That's illegal, right?
He's gotta use his hands inside of the bowl.
- What, really?
- [Stevie] Yeah.
Yeah, we didn't really foresee that workaround.
- That's pretty obvious.
(crew laughs) You've never seen anybody
eat soup?
(Rhett grunts)
- So, oh, gosh.
Is it hot?
Is it hot? - Yeah.
- Is it hot?
- Don't look at me.
(crew laughs)
Don't watch me.
I'll wring my beard out into it.
- So--
- I can use my hands on the ice, right?
- You can use your hands
to get the heavy parts out of the soup if you want to.
That might be strategic.
- [Link] 10 seconds.
- My whole face is on fire.
- Nine, eight,
seven, six,
five,
four,
three,
two,
one.
- [Stevie] Time.
- You're making us all proud, Rhett.
Now, let what's in your beard drain
because that has to be weighed against you.
- We're gonna be here a while.
Hold on, let me do this.
I guess it all stayed in there.
Ugh.
(suspenseful music)
- [Stevie] Okay, Link, your one minute begins now.
- You can pick it up and slurp--
- Great.
- You can pick it up in slurp a little bit
just because I got a little slurpage.
Feel free to pick it up and slurp a little bit.
- I'm not ready to do that.
God, how did you do it?
Dude, are you okay?
- No!
You have to be really--
- I guess I should be blowing this, not my mouth.
(crew laughs) - Yeah, yeah.
Blow the soup, bro.
- It hurts so bad.
- Blow the soup.
Yeah, stir it a little bit.
- What is this?
What kind of, ah!
- Hold on, now you're just flinging it around.
That's a cheating thing.
- [Josh] It's Italian wedding soup, my favorite
- What?
- [Stevie] 30 seconds.
- [Josh] It's like--
- Oh, yeah.
- [Josh] Little meatballs.
- That's a good idea.
- [Josh] Polpettine.
- That was a good idea.
You did a good job on that one.
- And these are the heaviest things.
- [Stevie] 20 seconds.
- Put the heaviest things right on the,
right on the fan.
Yep, yep.
(crew laughs)
(Rhett laughs)
- [Stevie] 10 seconds.
- I like your strategy, man.
- Good god!
I don't know, I don't,
it didn't even seem like it was that hot when you did it.
You're crazy, dude.
- [Stevie] And time.
- You're crazy.
- I think that I have a very low sensitivity,
and you have a very high sensitivity.
I don't know who's lower and who's higher.
- All right, let's weigh it.
I might have won this round.
Oh, the fan gets higher!
- (chuckles) Yeah.
- Why didn't you tell me? (crew laughs)
There's speeds to the fan!
- I was wondering,
So I've got one pound and 4.5 ounces.
What you got?
- I got one pound, 5.9 ounces,
so roughly the same.
(crew laughs)
- Yeah, roughly the same.
- Yeah, obviously, I didn't want,
I wanted to try, but I just couldn't.
You won this outright, Rhett.
Oh, my goodness.
- I got some, oh, oh.
That feels good.
- I mean, is it your hands that are hurting or your mouth?
- All.
- Suck it.
- It's all of the above.
- I remember back when they asked us
if we wanted to do this.
That's when we should have said no.
(Rhett grunts)
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