This is the world famous famous ghost pepper
these are scorpions right?
These are the carolina reapers
yeah
And they are the world famous number one hottest pepper on the planet
We're going to flip a coin on this.
Are you sure?
We're going to leave it up to fate
Okay.
Heads
Definitely sticking to wings next time.
What's going on everybody? For First We Feast I'm Sean Evans from Jimmy's 43 in
the East Village and I'm joined by Chili Klaus.
Yeah
Now this is the first time we've met but I already feel like we're friends.
That's good to hear.
For those of you who don't know Chili Klaus is the Michael Jordan of hot chilis. If hot
chilis had a Mount Rushmore it would be four faces of Chili Klaus. You're a legend
Okay
And one of my favorite videos that you ever did was one where you were a conductor of
a symphony and you had everyone eat peppers before they started playing and that was the
funniest video I've ever seen.
I thought I would add a little extra to the music. I think I succeeded with that.
Do you think the peppers helped the music?
Music is filled with passion. If you have played the same tune again and again maybe
they need a little extra
Some flavor
Flavor Yeah Yeah exactly
What about other people? Because on our show we've seen people cry, we've seen people
have to get up and walk around, we've seen rapper - hard core rappers - just bow out
like little babies and have to leave. What about you? What's the worse thing you've
ever seen?
I had a local mayor who visited me and we did it twice because politicians they no what
to do sitting in front of a camera. Never cry never do anything. Just stick to your
case. And the second time he went to yeah. He started puking. It was great fun.
You know what I find as an interview technique. It doesn't seem like it would work but it
does. In our show every questions has it's own wing and as we get further along the show
the spicier the food gets the more in pain they are. They actually are more likely to
give you more information than they otherwise would because they're not thinking about
it their guard rails. They're not thinking about the hands that they're supposed to
play close to the vest and they end up just giving me everything I want for free. Do you
find that to be the same exact thing?
I've experienced exactly the same. I think all people have kind of shields in front of
them because when they see a camera they smile they do all this stuff. When they eat a pepper
the shield falls down and you see the real person behind the shield.
Let me read some of these side effects. Freak outs. Crying. Turning colors. A high similar
to a narcotic that could last up to 30 minutes.
Okay, I've never tried that but I'm looking forward to it.
Should I tell a little bit about what.
Let's talk
Yeah
Yes, these are like ghost chilis. Right, these ones? I should say these pepper and the point
of all this. Is season 2 of Hot Ones is coming at you and it's coming at your quick. This
is like my off season training. When I get those wings in front of me no one can stop
me. Because these three peppers are crazy.
Yeah
Chili Klaus tell me. They're crazy, right?
Yeah they're crazy.
They're all way way way way way hotter than our hottest wing. and I've got to be honest
with you I'm very very very scared right now.
As far as I've been told this is the world famous ghost pepper also called Bhut Jolokia
originally from India and they use it in India to keep the elephants in the jungle. Because
they go out in the rice fields and playing around and the farmers don't want that so
they put this on the fence and the elephant comes out and oh this is hot out here and
runs into the jungle. No problems with elephants in India because of this.
So this little thing scares enormous elephants off a farm land but the two idiots sitting
over here might snack on it might eat a like a snack.
Animals are much cleaverer than we are.
Much more evolved. Which one is this one? These are scorpions right?
In trinidad where they originally cultivated they used. They don't eat them they're
way too hot for the Trinidad people oh no no no. they fry them and put them into painful
ships underneath the ships so they don't have problems with things growing underneath
the boats.
So these will yeah
They have very fast boats in trinidad because this chili pepper
So this chili pepper will halt another biologies growth. It'll
Yeah yeah
It'll kill off an entire habitat?
Yeah, exactly that's what I'm saying. But they are very tasteful and have a very
nice flavor.
Yeah, we'll see about that.
Yeah yeah
We'll see. We'll see. And these last one these are the Carolina reapers?
Yeah and they are the world famous number one the hottest pepper on the planet and am
I right? You have bought them from smoking it
We bought these in Pucker Butt in Fort Mill South Carolina and the people who don't
know that guy is like a mad scientist.
Yeah yeah yeah he's like a crazy guy
You know him?
Yeah I don't know him. I know him but
The legend of him?
Yeah yeah yeah. He's a a scientist in a way and he grows these insanely hot peppers.
And like most mad scientists he's not going to make a more friendly version of the product,
he's going to make a monster version of the product. so here we have carolina reapers
the hottest pepper in the world but probably that version on steroids. Like we have a monster
version of the hottest pepper right here. Do you feel pain?
Yes yes yes of course
what do you do to deal with it?
Some people say it's all in your mind
That's what I try to tell myself.
Doesn't work?
No. No it doesn't. But that's because I'm weak minded. But what about you?
I'm weak minded too but I've tried it so many times. so I know what I'm going
through. But actually today it's more than a week since I've eaten that chili so I'm
a bit rusty.
Alright so let's take these ghost chilis out so they're like the weakest of these
chilis we have here. So we'll just have these two. Does anyone have a coin?
Heads we'll eat the scorpions, tails we'll eat the Carolina Reapers. K?
Heads. Scorpions. Thank God.
I think that that was a pity.
Really?
Yeah
Alright than I'm defaulting to I'm going off the quarters. This is a TV show so we
do it the big way. Chris schonberger from first we feast full discloser was like first
for the love of God don't eat the Carolina Reapers because you might die. So these are
the Carolina Reapers, hottest pepper in the world. And probably even hotter than the hottest
pepper because we bought them off of a mad scientist.
yeah we bought them off of a mad scientist. Mm. Smell them. They are very very tasteful.
and I don't know this.
oh my god.
It's very very tasteful and it's fruity. try to smell it.
That makes me nervous.
No no no no remember to chew it. because if you don't chew it very well it will hurt in your stomach. yeah
it's very important that you chew at least ten times in your mouth.
Okay. I'll remember that.
Before you swallow it. Remember that. It's very important.
Ready?
Yeah.
Cheers.
Very tasteful.
Yeah.
Wow.
Yeah, you like it?
Great pepper
Is this? Holy fuck?
Is that as hot as you'll go?
Woah.
This is very hot. I think it's a little more hot than my Scandinavian cousins. But
it's very tasteful too.
You can also feel it in your ears you know?
And my neck.
Sean
Yeah.
What do you think about that?
Tough.
Yeah.
As much pain as I've been in in a while.
yeah.
This is what we go through.
Stay tuned for season two.
Yeah.
I've definitely sticking to wings, not peppers
It's going to split..
Nice meeting you chili Klaus
It was nice meeting you, Sean.
Whoa!
Say hello to Sean.
A living proof that it's very tough to run a Youtube channel.
Wow.
I love you man.
I love you too.
wow wow.
Woo
Everything is hotter in New York
It is? Hotter in New York
Yeah.
That's what happens when you come to my city Chili Klaus.
Alright so we have ten wings ten questions. It's not the olympics.
Okay
Everyone always asks do we eat the whole thing. Just take a bite.
Okay
I'll ask you the question ruminate on it. Move on to the next one.
Ready to do this?
Yup.