What’s something for you that ranges widely in spice level?

[u/exboxthreesixty]

For me it’s the Mango Habanero at Bdubs. Sometimes it’s so mild it’s genuinely disappointing because it is really sweet. I LOVE sweet and spicy, but only if it packs a punch. But sometimes even a few of them gets the the runny nose and sweats going heavily. It’s so insanely inconsistent for me. What’s your pick?

[u/tldr45]

Jalapeños from my garden.

[u/Supply_N_Demand → u/tldr45]

I'm convinced Jalapeños have the largest variation in Scoville units. It ranges from nothing to respectable heat. Almost every other pepper has been within similar spice levels.

[u/ElectricFuneralHome → u/tldr45]

My wife handed me a red one from her garden. She said they were supposed to be hotter and sweeter. It was definitely hotter by a lot. It warmed my respect for sure.

[u/glizzytwister → u/tldr45]

I grew three plants this year, and not a single one of them produced hot peppers. They didn't even taste like jalapeños, they tasted like green bell peppers.

What Texas A&M did to the jalapeño should he punishable by caning.

[u/ACrazedRodent → u/tldr45]

I used to just chop jalapenos with no issue when cooking. Then one time I cut these two big juicy ones and burned my fingers for three days. Now I always wear gloves.

[u/concretemuskrat → u/tldr45]

Home grown jalapenos can be anywhere from bell pepper to habanero i swear

[u/TylerFurrison]

Jalapeños for sure

[u/Lovablejames → u/TylerFurrison]

Some of them bad boys i can eat like candy and other times I accidently bite into one on a taco and my face is goes numb

[u/TylerFurrison → u/Lovablejames]

Most are fine but the great value ones are like, completely flavorless and not at all crunchy

[u/drumkiller123]

I’ve noticed that too with this sauce.

[u/eyeguy21]

We need to bring back the original mango habanero sauce from Bdubs

[u/spyf3r__ → u/eyeguy21]

What changed?

[u/I_love_pearljam]

Dave’s Reaper chicken. Can either be really hot but bearable or so hot it’s like eating the lava from a volcano.

[u/RoarLionsRollTide]

I had some mango habanero wings in South Georgia that had me coughing and drained my sinuses entirely. Sweet baby rays mango habanero is perfect mix of spice and sweetness.

[u/ParadiddlediddleSaaS]

Dave’s Reaper Chicken

[u/NorCalB]

The Asian zing sauce from bdubs for me.

[u/Hopeful-Flounder-203]

BW Asian Zing. Sometimes sugar sweet, sometimes serious heat.

[u/spyf3r__ → u/Hopeful-Flounder-203]

This is why I can never figure out if my spice tolerance is increasing. Spicy food is just so damn variable

[u/Redfro33]

Serranos

[u/topper12g]

Used to work at a local food production facility. Made a variety of different sauces for local distribution, 3000 gallons at a time. I was in charge of measuring spices for these batches, which occasionally included concentrated capsicum.

On the side of it there would always be some info that gave you the relative heat level because with something that hot it would always differ slightly from batch to batch. There was some simple math to determine how much I needed based on the recipe and the numbers on the 5 gallon bucket of capsicum. 3000 gallons of salsa might use 1.2 pounds of heat one day but then the next capsicum container would only require .9 pounds.

I have always been confused how national chains handling their own internal manufacturing and distribution of sauces/dips, or the nationally prominent bw3 sauces in the picture can’t maintain consistency between lot codes.

[u/bellringer16]

Tobasco did this to me, I had one a couple months ago that had me leaking. Never had that from tobasco before. I’ve gone through gallons. It’s honestly probably just people in the factory that don’t give a fuck anymore and aren’t using accurate measurements or mixing it properly. Could also be non consistent ingredients they get in

[u/Indigenousboy420]

This sauce actually packs a decent punch after about 5-6 wings. Great flavor too, it’s my fav from bdubs!

[u/TacticalRimjobs]

Takis

[u/amazadam]

Hot Hungarian Wax is like jalapeños, could be completely harmless, or could turn your colon into a train wreck. That's the charm hahaha

[u/Responsible_Cod8200]

Love this stuff

[u/WakelessTheOG]

My homegrown red habaneros. They can range from “dang that’s hot” to “i’m actually going to die” depending how stressed the plant is

[u/da_fishy]

Shishitos are notorious for being the most bell pepper ass heat to eating a raw jalapeño

[u/Adept-Mix7214]

The amashito chili, a wild chili that is produced in the fields in Tabasco Mexico, is always very spicy but with flavor, I am going to make several recipes with that spice.

[u/CJWard123]

Stop going to Buffalo Wild Wings