Full disclosure: I was at last year’s Arizona Taco Festival, competing (for reasons I’m still trying to justify) in the Hot Chili Pepper Eating Contest. From my view on the main stage (and through the ...

A man who entered a ghost pepper-eating contest landed himself in the hospital with a 1-inch hole in his esophagus – a condition that can be fatal – according to a new report. The ghost pepper, also ...

A Reddit user is questioning whether their unusual spice tolerance gave them an unfair advantage in a recent hot pepper-eating contest. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the original poster, or OP, explained on ...

Bob Wagner was the president of the Nampa Farmer's Market for around a decade before he passed away in 2024. On Saturday, the market held the Bob Wagner Memorial Hot Pepper Eating Contest.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - Get ready to turn up the heat, and maybe have a glass of milk nearby. Spice things up at the Flannel Fest Hot Pepper Eating Contest at 1 p.m. Saturday on the Main Stage at ...

The Fiery Foods Festival is back this weekend at Peanuts Park in downtown Pasco. This year will pack a punch with four different eating contests. Saturday’s event will include a pepper-eating contest, ...

The Reddit poster jokes he was blessed by the “chicken wing gods” Getty A Redditor with a rare spice tolerance said they won a hot pepper contest at a local wing spot Friends said it was “cheating,” ...