Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People

I have grown a plethora of peppers for 9 years, including superhots, and have been a part of the Global Chili Community and a professional League of Fire pepper eating athlete for over 4 years. Brian Skope and his team went above and beyond to share with the world the multifaceted dimensions of the pepper community. The videography is amazing. There is a bit of a Hollywood spin in the series. But the people are real, the pepper eating completions are real, The growers and product producers are legit. It will tug on your heart strings to hear the stories of the main players. I would have loved to hear more of Shahina Waseem's (the UK Chilli Queen's) back story. But I binge watched the whole thing...and I'm watching currently watching it a second time. I loved the Superhot series and appreciate the time and care that was dedicated to making this show to give the world a glimpse into our unique, creative, competitive, and loving community...and include the science behind it. Phenomenal!!!

This show is amazing & gives such great light to the spicy community! A community that I am not in myself as I don't eat anything spicier than buffalo chicken dip! But I have a brother & his friends he made along the way of doing spicy challenges in this series that do. It really gives information that most people do not know, some I didn't know myself until I watched.

The pain is real. The information is real. The people are real! Nothing in the series was fabricated or fake like most series are. I was blessed to witness first hand a few of these crazy, amazing people eat peppers & spicy items in person without the cameras. It's the same on camera & off camera. It's a crazy sight to see but at the end of the day they love to entertain & some love to just be spicy! Great series I hope there is more coming!

Okay, here's my take on this:

(For what it's worth, a close friend of mine is a competitive eater in the spice world, and I have mistakenly tried to keep up with hot challenges on more than one occasion, so maybe this speaks more to me than the average viewer.)

As far as personalities, I think they chose the perfect people to represent this subculture! This is such a fun watch.

From a knowledge standpoint, I feel like I did learn a LOT about the pepper community from this, and it never felt like a lecture. I had briefly experienced this culture, but only tangentially. I love the opportunity presented here and I can only hope for more as this series continues.

I'll take an extra bite from my Carolina Reaper jerky and look forward to a follow up series! Cheers.

I had never heard of the superhot pepper community, before watching this series. I found the series very interesting, and what a cast of characters! You got your choice of the down South Louisiana pepper grower, Troy Primeaux ( of the 7 pot primo pepper fame), your UK/Brit lady Waheen "the Queen" of superhot pepper eating competitions, she's won about 100...despite not even liking peppers. Then, there's the sweet newbie Aurea the Chilipino sweetie in Chicago, and the paranoid pepper grower Jimmy Pickles who is so paranoid of people stilling his pepper seeds, he guards all his peppers like a prison guard.

I could keep going on this show, but you need to watch it yourself to see the ongoing pepper saga.

I recently subscribed to hulu and heard about this on radio. I thought it was a cooking show though!

I was pleasantly surprised. It was such an unusual series for me. I had no knowledge of spicy Peppers and had no idea it was such a 'thing'!

I ended up feeling like I wanted to get to know the characters who had me and my teenager son glued to the screen.

I actually wanna grow some Peppers this year and if I ever get a chance I'm thinking about trying a contest hehe

I recommend this as easy, fun viewing that feels oddly familiar and comforting even if you are not a 'Pepper Person'. There are no spoilers here, but you MUST watch the boxing match part!

Recommended!