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I don't have a video (I know, pics or it didn't happen), but it was a painful experience even for me, and I have a really high tolerance. My mouth was feeling totally better after an hour or so, but I had cap cramps (stomach cramps caused by high concentrations of capsaicin) for a few hours after, and that night I spent a fair amount of time in the bathroom...

If you do want to see a video, there are plenty on youtube, but I'd recommend not watching anything with [puke warning] in the title, it tends to be pretty unpleasant.

Yea, Dave's Insanity was one of the first superhot sauces developed. I give it props for being a trailblazing sauce (Dave made a name for himself by going to food shows in a straight jacket), but the flavor isn't my favorite because it uses pepper extract, which tends to have a bitter metallic flavor to me. Fresh pepper-based sauces are always better in my book (and to their credit, their newest sauce, Scorpion Pepper, is extract free and by far my favorite of their line). But I've been to their warehouse in SF many times, and it's pretty awesome - hot sauce as far as the eye can see!

On the subject of the waivers, that's pretty much a gimmick. We looked into, since we sell stuff way hotter than Dave's, and they aren't legally required, nor are they much protection. But they're good marketing for sure.

Absolutely, that's something I hear a lot - flavor is so key, so many sauces get carried away with heat that they don't focus on flavor enough. If you like Tabasco Chipotle, I bet you'd like Infinity Chipotle even more - it has a really full bodied chipotle flavor without overwhelming heat. John, the guy who makes it, is a super cool dude too - he was our neighbor at the California Hot Sauce Expo. I'd also recommend Yellowbird Jalapeno - it has a nice Sriracha-like flavor with a bit more complexity, really great for Asian food and eggs.

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It's like the classic Simpsons episode where Homer eats the superhot chili and goes on a peyote-like trip: obligatory gif.

But no, I've never actually hallucinated from chiles. I definitely feel your pain in terms of the cap cramps, that's the worst.

We've had some shoplifters for sure, but these particular kids actually come in regularly for samples, and then save up their money and buy sauce from us. We keep the crazy hot stuff near the register and high up so it's harder to steal anyways. But yea, I actually had to chase a guy down for walking out with a hot sauce tasting book without paying, and when I stopped him he scolded me for not having a price tag on it, like that make it ok to just walk out with...