How high is your spicy food tolerance?

How much heat is comfortable/enjoyable for you?

The poll choices are in Scoville units. If you don't know what those are, a quick Google search should help. Check out a Scoville scale for help finding your spice tolerance.

When rating your spice tolerance, think "what pepper/sauce can I eat plain without it being too uncomfortable."

0 (no heat) -Bell pepper 11
100-500 -Pimento 6
500-1000 -Anaheim pepper 3
600-800 -Tabasco sauce (green pepper) 4
1,000-1,500 -Poblano pepper 1
2,000 -Sriracha sauce 3
2,500-5,000 -Tabasco sauce (red pepper) 6
2,500-5,000 -JalapeƱo 23
5,000-10,000 -Wax pepper 6
10,000-23,000 -Serrano pepper 4
30,000-50,000 -Cayenne pepper 20
100,000-200,000 -Jamaican Hot pepper 8
1,000,000 Naga Jolokia 12
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Comments ( 15 )
  • I eat and drink cayenne pepper everyday. I usually drink a teaspoon of it in warm water once a day to help ease my digestion. Pepper are reallly good for you.

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  • myownopinions

    When I was younger, I used to dip my hot Cheetos in milk and it'd still taste spicy to me... 'nuf said.

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  • LovelyMay

    Bell peppers are gross.

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  • driedroses

    According to the scale 350,000, but that's only because I haven't tried higher than that yet. I LOVE ANYTHING SPICY.

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  • gummy_jr

    I eat fire sandwiches and they're delicious

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  • I enjoy about 2000 Scoville units. Sriracha on its own is nice sometimes...

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  • 2DEUCE2

    I go through about one pound of Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Peppers) every two weeks or so. Extremely spicy foods give me a raging boner! So far my personal record is six diced up ghost peppers in one 3/4 pound hamburger patty. I loved that burger so much I wanted to get it pregnant!

    Seriously, people who think they eat spicy food complain about the next morning's shit; but when you eat really spicy food, it's not the shit your worried about! Your piss burns like you had an all nighter with a tijuana hooker and your passing a kidney stone. That part sucks! The good part is (besides the intense rush while eating) your insides have a constant numb pain like stabbing a toothpick in between your teeth so it just goes into your gums. Or like scratching a mosquito bite. Ohh so good!!!

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  • White__October

    I prefer not too spicy. I can handle it, but it just ruins your taste.

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  • thegypsysailor

    We cook with and use hot sauces made from scotch bonnet peppers regularly. To prepare them for cooking, it is advisable to coat your hands and fingers in cooking oil AND wear rubber gloves.

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  • On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd say 8. Me and my mom like to eat jalapenos on everything, and my sister and I love hot sauce and red peppers, I used to carry a few packets of red peppers with me wherever I went to give my food some extra kick. My dad's a wimp when it comes to real spicy food, and it's really funny to see him try it.

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  • q25t

    I'm the odd one out. I can't handle any form of spicy food at all without discomfort.

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  • Sparkle6789

    I loveee spicy food. I sprinkle this Cayenne powder stuff on my food all the time!

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  • shuggy-chan

    I can take the hottest, but even if I can take it, it still feel uncomfortable coming out and in my tummy

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  • sanan22

    I eat raw red and green chile regularly mostly in salads. and throw some habanero in there sometimes

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  • Shackleford96

    Probably a wax pepper or less for me. Sometimes I like jalapeno peppers.

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