Pharaohmone wrote:

Hey guys! Not every convention I go to as a Crunchyroll Ambassador is an Anime Convention! Last week I got back from Zest Fest 2013, a convention dedicated to all kinds of pepper-based foods (including things you wouldn't expect like desserts!)

With that in mind, today's question is simple: What's the hottest thing you've ever eaten?

If you didn't know, there's actually a scale for how spicy things are! It's determined by dissolving the active ingredient in peppers with alcohol and determining how much "capsaicin" there is by volume! Think about the spiciest dish you've ever eaten, and try to find how many "Heat Units" it has on the "Scoville" scale!
(If you don't like peppers, don't worry: the pain is the pepper's way of telling us not to eat the seeds since mammals, unlike birds, digest the pepper seeds when we eat them.)

16,000,000
Pure capsaicin crystals.
2,000,000-7,000,000
Some law enforcement grade pepper spray and tear gas. (Usually caps at 5 Million) Pepper extracts. (Most at 6 Million, but "The Source" is 7.1 Million)
1,500,000–2,000,000
Most law enforcement grade pepper spray, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
855,000–1,463,700
Naga Viper pepper, Infinity Chilli, Bhut Jolokia chili pepper, Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper, Bedfordshire Super Naga
350,000–580,000
Red Savina habanero
100,000–350,000
Habanero chili, Scotch bonnet pepper, Datil pepper, Rocoto, Madame Jeanette, Peruvian White Habanero, Jamaican hot pepper, Guyana Wiri Wiri
50,000–100,000
Byadgi chilli, Bird's eye chili (aka. Thai Chili Pepper), Malagueta pepper, Chiltepin pepper, Piri piri (African bird's eye), Pequin pepper
30,000–50,000
Guntur chilli, Cayenne pepper, Ají pepper, Tabasco pepper, Cumari pepper (Capsicum Chinese), Katara (spicy)
10,000–23,000
Serrano pepper, Peter pepper, Aleppo pepper
3,500–8,000
Espelette pepper, Jalapeño pepper, Chipotle, Guajillo pepper, New Mexican varieties of Anaheim pepper, Hungarian wax pepper, Tabasco sauce
1,000–2,500
Anaheim pepper, Poblano pepper, Rocotillo pepper, Peppadew
100–900
Pimento, Peperoncini, Banana pepper
No significant heat
Bell pepper, Cubanelle, Aji dulce

Personally, I've gone well into 6,000,000 territory! You can only do that with an extract, so don't think of yourself as any less of a hot-head if you've only reached the 2,000,000 mark!

You can check out my Hot Sauce Adventures at Zest Fest 2013 here:
http://youtu.be/KWTiU57hkcg