me and my friend went to dave's hot chicken to get the reaper on a whim
i've grown up enjoying spicy food and im great with it but the reaper is no joke
we took a big bite because we didn't think it would be that bad, but when i tell you it was bad. It Was Bad.
i didn't even swallow any of it i spit it out almost immediately, i was throwing up in the bathroom for a good 30 minutes, and its been a couple hours and my stomach is still cramping
never trying anything new again!! š
by Special_Quiet5745
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Yeah, one opened up in my town over a year ago. Tried it, was completely fine. Tried it again about 6 months ago and it was brutal. Literally made my piss burn. Never had food do that to me and Iāve eaten some crazy hot stuff.
Honestly, I just didn’t think it was worth it: it just tastes like spicy dirt.
I actually found it really nice and tasty with a ton of heat, and I ended up eating the whole thing.
The problems started about 2-3 hours later.. My stomach was inside out and upside down, which basically ruined the rest of my Saturday. I’ll never order one again.
The few times Iāve had Daveās itās been wildly inconsistent. Tried Extra Hot one time and it was fucking fire. Tried it next time and it was more Medium level heat. Tried it a third time and the heat level was great, but the chicken was dry AF and tasted likeā¦ dust? I guess. It was weird. For the prices they should have their shit dialed in. Guess it depends whoās in the kitchen that day.
I order a piece of Extra Hot every time and itās barely tolerable. My insides always hate me. Iām not doing the reaper. I donāt have the stomach for it.
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Tried the reaper a couple weeks ago, my receipt said āspice wellā on it. Only got two bites down and it was the hottest thing Iāve ever eaten and itās not even close.
Their hot is hot AF!
To me these are just novelty/gimmick food. They taste like nothing but bitter reaper powder IMO. No flavor, no chicken well made, nothing. Just reaper powder for the sake of being hot. To me its the chicken equivalent of those “Big Bills Ass Blaster” novelty sauces that have a cartoon hill billy and taste like gross pepper extract.
I think I got the tenders one level below the reaper and I did not enjoy them at all. There was a background of sweetness to their spice mix which generally speaking I just don’t like on any chicken. Did not like their sauce, either. Some people are clearly into it given the number of locations but it’s not for me.
Thank you for your service. The more I read of it, the further the odds of trying this fade. Just no need for what is essentially a chemical attack on yourself, I think.
Tried Daveās for the first time this past Saturday. Brought home and ate with knife/forkā¦not about to live with that fresh hell on my hands or lips for the rest of the weekend! Got two reaper tenders but should have tried a second option for comparison. It was definitely hot but I think the time it took to drive home made a difference v eating it straightaway. The spice transfer on the fries was a nice bonus but the chicken just did not taste very good.
The medium is hot af. I would not dare try the reaper. I love spicy food, but I ain’t crazy.
My forehead started to sweat reading your experience, thanks for the warning ! š
They will literally customize the heat to your preference, I just tell them to put a little on top.
Iāve been eating birds eye chilli since i was 4 yrs old and some other spicy shits. Even daves reaper was way too hot for me
Having tried a reaper pepper myself I can only imagine they are nourished with hellfire and misery. Keep in mind I had absolutely no idea what it was I was eating at the time, a friendās brother decided to give me a pepper and didnāt think they were that bad( guy could eat lava and think it was warm so I really should have known).
Iād forgotten my order when a long time passed between going. I thought it was one reaper one xtra hot, but blew my head off a few weeks ago with the reaper.
I mean I finished it and all but it wasnāt worth it. It does feel like a drug trip at some point – a bad one, a paranoid trip. Like āwhenās this going to over?ā Then the next day of fear of going to bathroom. š½
Checked an older receipt I happened upon by fluke. I used to get one hot and one xtra hot.
Iām not rushing back.
I’ve never tried it before. Extra hot is enough for me. Reaper just always sounded too much like the one chip challenge to me. Nah. I dont enjoy paying money to feel like death
My one and only experience was nice, kinda painful, but ultimately enjoyable. I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you. It was the second hottest thing I’d ever had. I had the sandwich and chicken tender combo, both reaper flavored. It was seriously temperature hot too, which I think made it way worse. I was sweating and snotting all over, but I clawed my way through it. It was like 2000F, or more, so it was really rough. I walked to that place and immediately went to get Tums, just to head off any issues I’d have later.
I’d totally do it again.
It tastes like shit. Itās hot just for the sake of being ātoo hot to eatā. If youāre going to make it F you hot, make it taste good. The two are not mutually exclusive
I find Daveās to just be dry and gross in general.
I feel so much community reading these comments. Iām not the only idiot in the world that ate the whole thing! I totally agree ā it didnāt even taste good, but after bite 1 I recognized it was unearthly hot but my brain said, āyour mouth and throat is already coated in pepper oil ā how could it get worse?ā Boy, was I wrong. Rushed home as fast as possible. The worst pain Iāve experienced as an adult. Off-and-on cramps for hours, nothing helping, soaking the bed, foggy brain. Every bodily expulsion method possible, which burned even worse comimg back up as I knew it would. HOURS of misery.
If they used dry reaper rub, it would be great, but they use extract as well as “reaper”
Tried this a few weeks ago and was close to the sickest Iāve ever been. Eating it wasnāt the hard part – it was hot as fuck for sure but I ate the whole thing and the heat resolved with some dairy. Was up the entire night with 10/10 abdominal cramps where I was writhing in bed for almost 8 hours. It felt like my stomach perforated and dumped hot acid into my abdomen. Threw up, on the floor heart beating, cold sweat. Eventually subsided laying on the couch, then I stood up and it cycled all over again lasting hours, threw up again. Piss burned like fire. Literally was up all night in agony. When I see these posts Iām so glad that day is behind me, never again.
One of these is opening near me. I’ll probably get it to regret it. But what’s a good hot but balanced should I also try there?
Wow! What a coincidence. It was my birthday yesterday, and I went with my family to eat here since the building looked cool and I’ve heard good things about their chicken.
When we’re ordering, I ask about their reaper, the service clerk advises that I will have to sign a waiver, to which I’m skeptical. There’s not even a prize for finishing this, it can’t be that bad, right?
Fast forward to me chomping down until half the sandwich is gone. Slow burn churns into a roaring inferno. I feel the burn permeating from the top of my esophagus down into the pit of my stomach. I drank 5 cups of Dr. pepper, finding relief only when the liquid sat in my mouth. As soon as I would swallow the soda, the inferno returned, almost angry that I attempted something to extinguish it’s blaze.
My fiancee reminded me that they sold milkshakes. I stood in line, lips cherry red and shifting uncomfortably from side to side. After waiting in line for what felt like an eternity, I was handed my milkshake, and that’s the only thing that stopped my mouth from burning.
Rest of the night I didn’t have any issues, until I had the shit cramps. And yes, I felt every scoville, every regretful bite of that damned chicken sandwich. Actually, I typed all of this out having, what I can only hope, my last spice-induced bowel movement for the foreseeable future.
TLDR: Reaper heat will fuck you up, and will come and take your lunch money 8 hours later.