Anecdote allowed?<p>This reminds me of the Habanero Burger at "The Swinging Door" pub (I'm not sure it had the same name when I went there occasionally over 10 years ago, the first time actually almost 20 years ago in 1997) in San Mateo, CA [0]. (EDIT: It was the Prince of Wales pub previously! Lots of Habanero Burger stories: [1])<p>They had a "Wall of Flame" with stickers from all people who "survived" eating one. You had to sign a release form before you got your burger (shown in [1]). As another ex-colleague of mine used to say: Good spicy food hurts <i>twice</i>...<p>I only ever ate one tiny piece off a colleague's plate. Initially I thought "I feel nothing, what's the big deal?" I then spent a good part of the next half hour with my tongue hung out under flowing water from the faucet in the bathroom.<p>The people I saw try it either ate very fast, to be finished before the full pain set in, or very, very slowly. Except for an Indian friend of mine, who seemed pretty unmoved and ate the whole burger normally.<p>By the way, I don't remember the day of the week, but I always went there when the "Silicon Gulch Jazz Band" was playing [2][3]. Back then the (good) singer, an old guy (like all others in that band), played a washboard, really cool. The music was really good (the singing too) :-)<p>[0] <a href="http://theswingindoor.com/habanero-burger-xxx/" rel="nofollow">http://theswingindoor.com/habanero-burger-xxx/</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/prince-of-wales-pub-san-mateo" rel="nofollow">https://www.yelp.com/biz/prince-of-wales-pub-san-mateo</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mOPl4BXqD8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mOPl4BXqD8</a><p>[3] <a href="http://www.sgjazz.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.sgjazz.com/</a>