That Time Spicy Chilli Air Nearly Killed Sriracha (Dares with Ghost Chilli Peanuts)

Huy Fong Sriracha sauce is one of the most popular condiments in the world but that didn't stop a relatively unknown town from almost ending their success over spicy chilli air.
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[@CathodeRayKobold]

I like to imagine he dissed the representative of Kraft Foods like an angry sensei. "Tell me, what could I do with money when I already have more than I could possibly use in a thousand lifetimes!? The grass grows, the bird flies, and the man before me is driven by greed! You care not for the quality of the sauce! Go! You are no longer welcome in this dojo!"

[@AlexPerez-tt9ru]

But isn't this also like one of those where the come back and kill them off only for someone younger to go out for revenge

[@psypsy751]

Now wax off!

[@lichguard]

This made me laugh

[@m2pt5]

"Knob in a yoghurt" sounds like a really weird band name.

[@richardhanck972]

Is "Knobbin' a yoghurt" any better?

[@glowing_clod969]

Gotta feed the snake 🐍

[@GeebusCrust]

69 likes.

[@ShinigamiSparda]

Oh *that's* what he said! I thought he said "Yogger"

[@woofburns]

Holy hell I can't stop laughing about the gentile breeze coming to take the pain away.

[@woofburns]

@Gretchen Z yeah my auto correct obviously just came from temple lol

[@geekdivaherself]

Genital breeze!

[@anna-flora999]

It's so good to hear about the owner of such a large business and it just being a really cool dude

[@1IGG]

And making one of the best tasting sauces ever.

[@AureumRex]

Honestly the town would have been justified, and I'm glad we got a story where the rich guy was like "Oh, let me fix my end and not use my influence to turn the public perception of this town into a petty monster" unlike some other companies we know.

[@burnerheinz]

because all he wants, is make his sauce in peace.

[@Chaossage]

Irwindale is down the road from me. It doesn't burn the eyes but you can smell chili in the air in what I assume is the area near the factory or farm they use.

[@Crazytuki]

Yeah I use to drive pass there, the only thing in the air is the dirt from the trucks transporting gravel

[@petuniasevan]

@@Crazytuki Haha i grew up decades ago by one of the gravel pits, I know what you mean.

[@Ontinara]

As someone who is OTT on wine for a job, grape soil is typically poor soil for growing commercial crops. It’s why the South of the UK where there was grazing land for animals now makes really good wine.

[@greghelm843]

Also the soil is shit cos it's flat and it all blows away

[@terrorofdeath3280]

He's not the hero we want, but he's the hero we deserve. That's a lie, he's totally the hero I want.

[@tonyoliver4920]

That house party story reminds me of the story about guy who put a light bulb in his mouth. The issue is it goes in, doesn’t come out 20 minutes later another guy come into A&E with a lightbulb stuck in his mouth Yeah it was the taxi driver that dropped off the 1st guy

[@wajdzikus]

Wow, i didn't know that that story is also popular outside of Poland. I heard so many versions of that story that I'm not sure that it's real anymore. The one that i like is with a guy from Uni who bet during a party that he will try to fit a bulb in mouth. As you mentioned it fits in but wouldn't go out so he rushed to the A&E by taxi (you don't want to crush a lightbulb in your mouth). After he came back to the party there was another student with a lightbulb in his mouth (obviously he didn't believed that it was impossible to take out the bulb). So once again a quick run to A&E by taxi and as soon as doctors and nurses saw him everyone started laughing and pointed to a bed where 1st taxi driver was sitting with a lightbulb in his mouth. Also the way how to take out the bulb is different in some stories. Sometimes it's by cutting the sides of your mouth slightly (bit like a Joker smile) or in more realistic way by using muscle relaxer shot. With Uni stories like that we also have guys who jumped out of the window in cardboard box with "mission to the moon" written on the box. Since it wasn't safe idea next cardboard box with students was also send. That time it was a "Rescue mission".

[@tefoca]

Sriracha story: good, interesting. Ghost pepper peanut in the bunhole: that's the high intellectual level of stories I expect.

[@SmithFriscoFamily]

He could have Trademarked Sriracha but didn’t. He has competitors using that name and he doesn’t care.

[@richardhanck972]

Fun fact, Ghost peppers aren't even in the top five hottest peppers anymore. Current record holder is the Carolina Reaper at 2.2M Scoville units, more than twice the measurement of a Ghost. Friend of mine grows hot peppers (has grown both Ghosts and Reapers) for his personal use. The Reapers are so strong that one, without the seeds or innards (hottest parts), can take a large bottle of salsa from mild to OMFG, at least to my palate. Not a huge fan of burn. Some people liken it to sucking on a bottle of OC spray... which isn't too far from the truth.

[@TheLordofMetroids]

I think the Ghost Pepper is the hottest pepper that grows naturally, so it's got that going for it at least.

[@korrafey1044]

I have some Carolina reaper hot sauce from puckerbutt farms, its pretty good.

[@mournblade1066]

@@sparky6086 I think what Bryan Wegner meant was, it wasn't deliberately bred. The Carolina Reaper is a hybrid pepper that was deliberate created by human intervention, whereas the Ghost Pepper occurred without human intervention.

[@WeiJian393]

It was so weird for me when my first time in America. At a restaurant, people were sweating and saying omg it's so hot. When to me who ate papaya salad for my whole life in thailand. The taste of Sriracha is just sour and tangy for me.

[@SlickAstley_TV]

You must have gone to Delaware

[@WeiJian393]

@@SlickAstley_TV nah that was georgia, its s sad that my asain Americans friends too cant enjoy the feeling of lava and flavour in their mouths. I love it when I eat something spicy then take a spoonful of hot soup or rice. It gives this weird sensation. Thats why I love spicy food.

[@isaiahtatum4481]

@@WeiJian393 the sensation is called pain. 💀🔥🔥

[@SlickAstley_TV]

@@WeiJian393 That's odd, from Nashville to Louisiana the south is known to have a taste for the heat. I guess it skipped whatever town you were visiting

[@AdvancedGemini]

The unfortunate reality is that most “spicy” dishes on restaurant menus in America are made for people who find Tabasco sauce hot.

[@jefferybrown6473]

Finally we got the answer to "Where's the sauce!"

[@MegaNintendoWolf]

my goal in life is to be that one guy who turns up to random house partys where everyone is to drunk to know who i am, then dare them to touch spicy peanuts to painful places

[@thebolas000]

You can do it. I believe in you.

[@trevorgray2287]

In those complainers' defense, "because it smells" is a ridiculous understatement. Pepper spray is called pepper spray because its primary ingredient is capsaicin, the same chemical that makes chilli peppers spicy. Basically, those people were living in a constant fine mist of pepper spray.

[@Mr.little.man217]

I've cut up habaneros, and jalapeños before and taken a piss. The pain doesn't stop lol. You can do nothing

[@petuniasevan]

Get a glass of cold milk. Dip the burning member in. The pain eases somewhat (according to hubby).

[@Vulcanfaux]

That story at the end, id have lost my shit laughing if I was their to see it.

[@bellarosethorne]

both being, and having lived with someone that has fried similar sauces... spicy chilli air is real. walked into a kitchen isolated with a fire door, immediate coughing fit. always tasted lovely but it was definitely a hostile cooking environment!

[@mournblade1066]

I've done that to myself a few times when making my own homemade chili, specifically when I saute' habenero chilis--I literally go into a coughing fit because the air becomes like teargas.

[@alexstorr5511]

One of my favourite breakfasts is toast with mashed avocado and fried eggs, with Siracha drizzled on top.

[@MrDrou]

I live 2 towns over. The town is mostly gravel pit.

[@randalflagg3765]

Well there's the speedway... across the freeway from the gravel pit. That's pretty much it.

[@MrDrou]

@@randalflagg3765 you are local too

[@MYFEELINGSHAVEFEELINGS]

"I bought this ironically" goes on to talk about things hipsters do 😂

[@discochaos6724]

Ah yes, the big Sriracha scare. I'm not lying when I tell you that people were hoarding the stuff because everyone was afraid Sriracha was going away. I knew a guy that figured out his own Sriracha recipe. He then gave it to his friends in little keychain Sriracha bottles. Weird times.

[@gramfero]

"i already have more money than i can spend in a hundred lifetimes, what can you possibly offer me? You offer me billions of dollars, but tell me: what do you expect me to do with all this money? What i want is good land to grow chili peppers, not your dirty money."

[@III-zy5jf]

I live in Irwindale and have toured the plant. I was baffled that residents complained about smell, even news reporters interviewed locals who said the only smell came from a beer plant. Someone told me the complaints were made-up, and that an eager lawmaker, a son of a previous lawmaker, wanted to extort the chili company.

[@Crazytuki]

I figured they were made up complaints

[@MH-hv7oq]

Ngl the Big Fact Energy mug is glorious

[@gr7582]

Shit I thought they're mechindice would be like $30 like every other KZbinr but no it's like $18 at most shit finally something I can fucking afford probably gonna get the hoodie

[@stevied667iswin]

I love spicy food, but it gives me chronic hiccups to eat chilli. Basically means I suffer from hiccups on the daily 🥵🤯

[@AllDayBikes]

That storey in the end about the nuts had me crying hahaha

[@nathenlentz5152]

You just gave me a new HERO! David Tran is a LEGEND!

[@lordontherock]

Poor guys at the end with the stories but i would have laughed too

[@davidblakley6806]

This is me generating activity for algorithm purposes to support the channel

[@nicolasmalone8134]

Thank you for sharing the peanut story. That was for sure the icing on the cake needed.

[@nicolasmalone8134]

Rofl, absolute gold

[@Kid_illithid]

Had sri racha on my eggs and sausage this morning. Great stuff

[@wajdzikus]

Did you had to put them in the yoghurt also?

[@weedking1984]

It wasn't really five people that complained it was a whole entire town was complaining because it was getting pepper sprayed in the face everyday

[@Bullsquid592]

From my experience working in kitchens I can tell you that stuff can be horrible, I remember first time on one job and everyone started coughing.. one at a time from the other end and I didn't get why until I noticed a guy in the back with a blender in the chilli garlic mix, then it hit me.

[@tolebelon]

That giggle at 9.45 lol

[@carlosvejar3938]

He moved the factory from The City of Industry to Irwindale. I grew up down the freeway in El Monte, CA.

[@petuniasevan]

I thought it was in Rosemead, originally.

[@moisesrodriguez9007]

I knew what this was about before I even clicked but love Carl's personality so I watched anyways

[@thatguyfromak5190]

I never knew about any of these facts about Huy Fong Sriracha until now. I now know the hot sauce brand I wanna be loyal too. David Tran is a excellent human being.

[@ACriticalGeek]

Irwindale is actually part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It's surrounded by other cities of similar size like Monrovia, Glendora, Pomona, and is just down the 210 freeway a bit from Pasadena.

[@Dandyline]

Thanks for a really fun episode and that sales pitch of yours is really top ;)

[@TheCursedCat1927]

I can't wait for the moment an Episode releases, and we won't see that disclaimer of "This video was filmed during quarantine. Only Karl was present." It will represent a milestone.

[@joshuaworsham120]

There's more money in gravel worldwide than in diamonds or gold.

[@yatyasgallegos82]

Sure it's a small "town" but LA is a metropolis. While Irwindale is well outside of LA there's no space that separates it from the rest of the surrounding towns. Other than the massive gravel holes in the ground.

[@literalsarcasm1830]

I love Sriracha sauce. It's the sweetest hot sauce I've ever had and it adds an interesting component to the savory foods I put it on.

[@Jexorz86]

Gotta say, ever since i was a kid, my dad and stepmom went out to dinner, tried the sauce, and there has been a bottle in both his and my mothers house ever since. Because its great.

[@michealmchardy2871]

Pepper sauce in the air is no joke, when I was in basic training, we used to use the heating packets in MRE's with lots of mini-Tabasco bottles to make homemade pepper bombs, it worked quite well. I can only imagine just how bad a large scale Siracha bomb would be.

[@kymo6343]

To this day I can still find sriracha at the dollar store. There's also another good chili sauce that is sold next to it with a green lid, it's a lil spicier and seedier but I like it~

[@daddynitro199]

Sambal olelek?

[@kymo6343]

@@daddynitro199 Probably! And thanks if so lol, I gotta buy another bottle to be sure but I think that sounds familiar!

[@knightgabrielguanzon7613]

Respect to the man who wants the quality of the product to be his no. 1 concern

[@brandonwirtz2308]

I love spicy stuff, im eating taki totinos as I type this. Ive tried all sorts of hot sauce.... yet ive never tried the sirracha sauce. I am going to walmart today to get some now, after watching this video. I want to try some.

[@lyotesharaia4829]

Fun fact, I have a similar story but with Reaper chillis lol I work in a produce store that sells them, a packet broke and one of my coworkers decided he didnt believe the giant warning signs about how hot it is. So he ate one. Whole. On video. At first he claimed it wasnt hot at all as he slowly started turning bright red and sweating profusely. 15 seconds later he had his mouth under the tap. Then i told him to drink milk to alleviate the burn, so he sprinted down to the break room and guzzled a bottle of skim milk, which did absolutely nothing. Told him he was supposed to drink the full cream stuff and he put away another full bottle. Funniest day at work ever.

[@jessica-annsar4214]

you've clearly never breathed the air containing pungent chilli oil/powder/etc. it can be legit painful.

[@adamchavez3613]

This is so cool, Irwindale is only a few cities over from me!

[@joshuajespersen3336]

I actually saw a ad for sriracha the other day and it was very strange too see

[@akaichacha]

Fun fact. sri racha sauce originated in Thailand in a town called Sri Racha.

[@moisesmartinez9491]

3:45 wtf hearing that immediately made me want to get some merch

[@SlickAstley_TV]

Huy Fong Sriracha is aight, not as good as before its pepper source change. Yellowbird Sriracha is where it's really at, though Edit: Underwood Farms, who originally grew their chilies and now produces the "original" Sriracha may be better, but their owners are also greedy douchebags who killed a golden goose so I wouldn't buy from them

[@trollfarmergoestowashington]

I just can seem to give you up

[@SlickAstley_TV]

@@trollfarmergoestowashington Well you're in good company, friend because I'm never gonna let you down

[@geekdivaherself]

Never gonna run around?

[@SlickAstley_TV]

@@geekdivaherself Never, that would be akin to desertion or something

[@depressed.lemonade]

my dad's place is down the road from the factory and the air smells spicy whenever we drive by the area fun fact: there is a huge dug ditch in front of the factory that is an abandoned construction project and i mean it is HUGE

[@legofirefighter]

Thank you Karl for the personal story at the end!

[@spagetmonster6880]

This David Tran guy sure loves sauce and I can respect that.

[@michaelw1669]

If you ever dunked your manhood in yogurt you have a good story If you ever seen anyone dunk there manhood in yogurt you have a great story!

[@renchesandsords]

so from what I gather, chilli peanuts are the gimpy gimpys of not Australia. All we need now is for someone to dare their friend(or enemy) to touch tips with a gimpy gimpy

[@felixio6370]

Greasy Tales would be proud of your friend’s clever solution

[@KDizzy6]

The funny thing is, before Karl got to the end of that peanut story, I was about to go to the comments & suggest that anyone that finds themselves in that situation should stick their junk in some yogurt. Preferably plain yogurt. Nothing with fruit. & then that's what that guy did. XD

[@newvegasadventures4173]

You guys are the best channel on KZbin fact wise.

[@drakken281]

Gotta wonder how much Siracha makes on hot sauce vs merchandising

[@MadnessStalker]

Lmao I'm trying to party with your friends at this point 🤣🤣🤣

[@pormpfspimperton6804]

0:49 I bet the Mann brothers own that town

[@ilikeguitars3511]

Saracha is awesome, you can mix it with almost any other sauce and put it on anything

[@littleh4xx0r]

Right, it's all about the quality of the sauce. Not about having virtually no resources to store and no transport costs.

[@bryanguarino2507]

I had to get Turbo Gorilla shirt and I love it thanks Karl

[@exasperrating9479]

You know, at a friend's birthday he had this small jar of dried peppers his family had grown, and I, along with most attendees of said party, agreed to eat one. We all popped them in our mouths at once, and I spent the next two hours with the sprayer from the kitchen sink in my mouth. Every pepper in there was a jalapeno, spare one ghost chili, and I was the unlucky bastard to get it. Good guy, going to his wedding next year

[@playoldgamers]

I'm pretty sure I've seen some sriracha sauce ads resently... Though it was most likely after the recording of this video... I just thought it was worth mentioning

[@matthewwelch9579]

Hey Fong makes Sambal, it’s siracha, almost. More garlic, less sugar. Makes Siracha look like ketchup.

[@ludoxz]

The Company Leader just sounds like a giga chad

[@jerryandersson4873]

Man, some people do really know how to throw a party, and make an fool out of themselves. Lol

[@LeClaw]

Those stories at the end reminds me of the time I downed a Stella (other brands of witch-piss are available) Goblet full of Frank's Red hot sauce at a house party only I have privilege of being blessed with an Iron gut and was like "hmmm that's alright that"

[@krell.1415]

oh nice, stories of much spicey

[@lloyd9819]

Ok. That's f**kin hilarious! 🤣

[@theinternetsdevil9059]

I've worked for the company in irwindale for 5 years and even though the sauce doesn't taste bad, it's still one of the worst places I've ever worked at. The owner is not who he seems and a good amount of his workers are just bad to put it lightly. There are some good people there though. Sadly the public doesn't really know what's in the sauce and the process of how they really make it. Not to mention how shady the place is and how bad they treat their employees. Huy Fong foods will always be my biggest regent.

[@NotechRX7]

Well that sucks, but at least the guy was able to take the pain away with yogurt, I would never put my member in danger 😂

[@ScreamingSutch]

My mum got me that shirt a few years ago, it's pretty good

[@michaelstafford442]

Burns burns burns the ring of fire, the ring of fire

[@AJ-ut8cz]

Good times, good times.

[@alexdasliebe5391]

I’ve called it “Angry Rooster” since 1992. Thanks to Anil & Dec for introducing me to it!

[@justinahole336]

I grew up near there. The man is a true legend!

[@mikeloserface]

I once threw away a broken container of pepper spray and shorty after went to pee and forgot to wash my hands before. So pepper spray residue got on my junk and it hurt so bad

[@rotomfan63]

What's the British version of MC Ride screaming on Guillotine? cause that's what i imagine those two guys who were dared with those ghost peppers sounded like.

[@JoshStLouis314]

From then on, he was known as Spicy Yogurt Knob

[@Sikun88]

Try 50/50 Sriracha/Mayo I love it!

[@kylejones5518]

Dunno if it's available over there, but in America we have something called the "tube of terror" and it's far worse than ghost pepper peanuts. We ate them at work and literally shut down an entire production line for about an hour as they were busy crying and sweating. Bonus fact, the line we shut down was compromised mostly of Hispanic people who were making fun of our (white guys) reactions and didn't believe the nuts were actually that spicy. Bonus bonus fact, the reason we didn't get in trouble is because our supervisor ALSO didn't believe the nuts were spicy enough to cripple a line of Hispanic men, and tried one himself. He almost immediately left work, and went home to drink milk. Just straight dipped. To this day I have no idea how none of us were fired.

[@nsjohnston]

With regards the story at the end of the video.....minimilk ice lollies are tapered for a reason.

[@Ghost200x]

Funny thing I lived like 10 minutes from the factory... there is literally no one living near it

[@POWERTEAM9988]

Irwindale has one of the biggest race tracks in the world

[@richardbarber4804]

Keep up the good content

[@bubbajo9089]

I once got a gift basket filled with sriracha bottles, pants, and shirts that my gf wears to sleep

[@justinschicker6121]

Love the ep

[@Tnegilletni]

Wow that was a great video thanks !

[@justin1730]

They would never have shut down the factory, no matter how many complaints. The courts almost always favor businesses over individuals. Many people have complained about pig and chicken farms, which are so much worse. U.S. courts don't care about air quality.

[@cristriston3091]

🤣🤣 always the fun vid of the day