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I'm going to try the spiciest fast food menu  item in all of the USA. But why do this to  

myself? Because spicy food has become America's  biggest obsession. Every fast food restaurant is  

loading up their menu with some sort of Diablo  this or Fiery that. So, we're going to try every  

single famous fast food spot in America their  spiciest item to find out which is the best  

tasting and which is the spiciest. Starting with  McDonald's. Welcome to Macd. What's your spiciest  

item on the menu? are hot and spicy. This is  called the hot and spicy and it has a flame  

on the actual packaging. They're marketing  this to be really spicy. Cheers. Honestly,  

it's pretty spicy for McDonald's. Like the spice  is there. It lingers a little which I like. It's  

nice. It's like cayenne and pepper. Also, is  that dark meat? I mean, it's nugget meat. First,  

we're going to rate this how spicy it is out  of 10, and then we'll give our overall score,  

which we'll reveal on the whiteboard. So,  spiciness. I feel like I have a pretty  

good spice tolerance. And I'll say I'm going to  try and rate this in a way that very broad, not  

just my own taste. But I would give this like on a  spiciness scale like a five for fast food. And I'm  

giving this a window for fast food on spicy 1 to  10. This is a four for me. But the question is how  

good is it? So let's rate. We're rating this off  of all the general things. Texture, flavor, salt  

levels. I'm surprised I wrote this rating. I'm  going to be dead honest with you. 3 2 1. A 5.7.  

What am I insane? I thought this was crazy good.  It's above average good, but it's not on its way  

to a 10 good. Listen, I'm standing by my number.  My sandwich was freshly cooked. It was crisp on  

the outside. The inside was juicy. It was seasoned  really well with salt. And I tasted chicken and it  

had a good spice. I mean, I would eat that again.  McDonald's has kind of been popping off lately.  

I think they're afraid of losing their spot and  they they've been kicking it up a notch. I used  

to always hate their food and every time I go  back, I'm like, is this getting better? This is  

a big scoring disparity, but we're moving on. Next  up, the place with my favorite logo of all time,  

Chicken Express. What's the spiciest item on  your menu? We have a spicy tender. We'll do um  

the spicy tenders. And then do you guys still have  that serendipity hot seasoning? The hot seasoning.  

Okay. Cheers. Flavor-wise, not bad. No, it's very  flavorful. Salt's good. Crunch is good. The crunch  

is nice. I thought adding the seasoning was going  to make it too salty, but it's not that salty.  

It's supposedly just adds a little bit of spice.  A little cayenne. There's almost like a Sichuan  

pepperc corn numbing quality. To me, this is like  a three and a half. Three. Four. Almost to a four.  

Check out, dude. I would put this almost at a six.  What? 5.5. My bite's kicking. It's in the back of  

my throat a little. Spice score down. Now it's  time to rate the overall. All in all, I'm going  

to give it a five. It's seasoned nicely, but the  texture is bad. Christian. Christian. I give it a  

six. It had a good amount of spice, but it was  addicting and flavorful and crunchy. It wasn't  

dry. Mine wasn't. I enjoyed it, but I wish it was  spicier. That's fair. I'll raise mine to a 5.5. I  

would go back for another bite. The crisp is good.  Like you get a crunch when you bite it, but then  

it goes. A very middle of the ground chicken. Not  our spiciest, not our best. We can find better.  

Moving on to Zach's where we pulled up knowing the  spiciest option available. The fabled tenders with  

nuclear sauce. Let's taste. Thank you. Appreciate  it, man. I'm kind of scared to see what's in here  

because it says F nuclear on the receipt. Why  am I scared? I'm pretty nervous. Oh, dude. The  

smell on that. It's hidden. Oh, cheers. That's  not spicy at all. It's not spicy for nuclear.  

It smells spicy. It's very acidic. It tastes like  bad barbecue sauce. Spice level, I think, is like  

a two. I was going to say two and a half, three.  I can't believe they have that as their hottest  

item. We can make it as spicy as you want. What  a load of horseshit. Terrible tender, too. Chewy,  

dry, and the texture is that might go into my top  three worst bites of fried chicken I've ever had  

in my entire life. I think that's a one. Oh, I was  going to go two and a half. I'll mash here. It's  

two and a half. Sure. It didn't taste like gross.  Out of all the pieces of chicken that you can eat,  

all the different ways you can eat them, I just  wouldn't never ever have this again. Nothing about  

it is appealing at all. Moving on. By default,  Zach makes it into the top three because there's  

only three so far. Something tells me they won't  be here for very long. On to the next. What's the  

spiciest item on your menu? I got like a spicy  sandwich. KFC giving us the hookup. This is the  

spiciest sandwich that they offer. Topped with  hot honey Sriracha. Let's see if this leaves a  

mark. It's pretty good. There's some There's some  kick. That's like a balanced heat for me. That's a  

five on a heat. I'd give it more of a four cuz the  sweetness is kind of dying it down. This is sauced  

really nicely though. This is one of the sauciest  sandwiches I've had in a long time, which is kind  

of how it should be. Although, the chicken's a  little chewy, though. I'm getting like stringy,  

chewy chicken from this, and that is bothering me.  But the salt level is good. The crunch is like 70%  

of what I want. Seasoning is nice. KFC kind of  coming up. This could be a big one. I'm going to  

stand heavy on this one. Three, two, one. A seven  and a seven. Wow. Above average, above mid. Not in  

the territory of excellence, but in the territory  of good. The only thing that was carrying this  

sandwich was the honey and the sauce, but the  chicken itself wasn't really all that much better  

than anything else. Moving on. And a new leader  at the top. Now for our live check-in on our spicy  

leaderboard. Here's our top three now. We'll check  back in later as the competition heats up. Next,  

A&W, an unlikely competitor, which begs the  question, can A&W's A2 double spicy pop make an  

impact? Yours looks a lot better than mine. Mine  looks pretty. Hey, yours does look pretty crappy  

if I say. Let's just go for it, man. It's got  jalapenos and a spicy sauce. Even with a jalapeno,  

that's not spicy. Spice level is like a one and  a half for me. Yeah, I'll give it a one on spicy.  

On flavor, somehow I taste absolutely nothing at  all. It's a bland burger. This is the most bland  

burger I've ever eaten. I'm not even going to pull  my board out. I'll give it a 2.5. I was going to  

say to lower. I was say two. Two. For me, it's  disappointing out of two. You I don't want to talk  

about this anymore. Moving on. The coveted Five  Guys burgers and fries. Something about Five Guys  

feels like you walk in expecting an elevated fast  food experience and what you get is somehow the  

same if not below average fast food experience for  an insane price. These fries for a medium fry was  

almost $9. There are fast food joints running like  $9, $8 specials for both a burger and fries and a  

drink. And a drink. It's okay to price something  premium if the product is truly good enough to  

sell for that price. So anyway, let's snack. These  smell very cayenne. It's crazy how they look so  

seasoned and yet taste like nothing when you pull  it out. These are hot as and they are. They're  

hot. You think they'd be crispy. They never  are. It's just an oily roasted potato. There's  

no heat. Spice board one. Yeah, I would say one.  There's There's There's heat and flavor, but not  

like spicy. I feel like they used to be really  hot and then they white people it up. Honestly,  

I don't even need the white board. That French  fries are two. I'm going to give this a three.  

It's a terrible French fry. It's got to be one  of the worst French fries. Moving on. All right,  

we're at Burger King. What's the spiciest item  on your menu? Basically, any of our fiery items.  

Yeah, we'll do two fiery chicken sandwiches. Yeah,  we Yes. All right. Anything on for you today? Uh,  

that's it. Melc, why are you tripping this woman  up, dude? What are you doing? That was so hard to  

deal with. Burger King using the American Express.  That's not me. I don't know what you're talking  

about. Bing bing bing bing bing bing. Fiery.  So fiery. Oh, thanks. This is my new technique.  

Yeah. Hell yeah. That's great. Let's see how fiery  it is. Wo. It's really sweet. On a spicy note,  

I think this is spicier than McDonald's. And  there's tomatoes to cool it down. For a spice,  

I want to say this is a even five. It's higher  than McDonald's. Yeah, I I'm getting the spice.  

It's inconsistently spicy. Some parts are spicy,  some are not. But the ones that are spicy,  

I would agree are a five. First of all, this  is dry. Look at how dry that is. I want to be  

really clear. This is actually not a patty.  That is breast meat. When I opened it up,  

it's like the fry on this chicken might be  one of the worst fries I've ever seen on a  

fast food piece of fried chicken. I mean,  the batter has fused with the chicken and  

also simultaneously become uncrispy. The bun at  first sight, I was like, "Wow, that's not a bad  

looking bun." And then I realized that they  didn't toast it whatsoever. One, two, three,  

and a double 3.8. Wa! Holy. And you said 1 2 3  and we flipped threes. I think we need to make out

And after seven spots, here are our leaders on  the best item. Burger King tops the spicy board,  

but surely that cannot hold for long with what  might be our spiciest item by far. Coming up,  

we're at Dave's Hot Chicken. Could this be the  spiciest one on the list? You're a Hot Ones  

uh alum, so you should be  able to handle this. Yeah,  

once a month. Have you had it? This? No. I'm  kind of scared. They made a sign a waiver.  

It looks harmless. It really does. It  doesn't look that bad. Okay. Cheers.

It's spicy. Need salt. Oh

yeah. Oh my god.

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Oh my god, dude. What the spicy score? I've  had some pretty spicy stuff. If my chicken  

sandwich was a 10, I feel like this is like a  I'll give it a nine. It's a nine. Dave's Hot  

Chicken Reaper. That's a nine and a half. It's  by far the worst tasting chicken we've had all  

day. It's the same problem that Dave's Hot Chicken  always has, which is it lacks in crispiness. What  

should be a nice crispy crackle is instead of  hard bark. Not in a good way. Not like brisket  

barbecue bark. Their breading is always tough  and chewy. Completely flavorless. No salt at  

all. Didn't taste like chicken. All I tasted was  spicy hot Carolina Reaper. And it's burning my  

mouth. Did they succeed in making it spicy? Yes.  Did they succeed in making a good tasty piece of  

chicken? No. Horrible. From what I remember, it  wasn't crispy. It wasn't juicy. It was chewy. I  

tried to focus on that before the heat. Then the  heat just took over completely. I don't think  

I'll ever eat that again. 3 2 1. Now you might be  thinking, "Oh, but you guys rated it poorly cuz  

it's so spicy." Honestly, no. If I remove spice  completely from the equation, my score remains the  

same. It is by far the worst piece of chicken  that we've ever had. It is not good. It every  

time we've come here, I've been disappointed. If  you're Dave's Hot Chicken, I understand that it's  

not supposed to be the best fried chicken in the  world, but it should be good. More importantly,  

should at least be able to be Burger King. But you  know what's a whole lot better than this chicken?  

Mine. The one that I made on my second channel.  Yes, we now have a second channel. What for?  

For recipes only. You missed the recipes, go over  there, give it a subscribe, check out that recipe.  

The links in the description. Moving on. and  Daves by a large lead. Hops the spicy leaderboard,  

but bottoms the overall leaderboard. Yeah, it was  spicy, but it also sucked. Will we find a spicier  

item? And will it be more balanced? Only one way  to find out. We're here at Arby's. Can we do two  

quarter pound smoked brisket sandwiches with the  spicy? How far do we run out of these spicy one?  

Maybe. Let's just like go to a different Arby's.  Hi. Do you guys have the spicy sauce? I apologize.  

We've now gone through two separate Arby's. And by  the way, there are not very many Arby's in Austin,  

Texas. We've gone to two, which might be all of  them. There may be one more. I don't know. Arby's,  

you're cut, dude. You're cut. Oh god, Wendy's.  Hi. What's the spiciest item on your menu? A spicy  

sandwich. What's the spiciest item you have on  your menu? Okay. When is spicy? Anything else? Uh,  

do you guys have the Cajun crunch  chicken sandwich? The new the Cajun  

crunch spicy chicken sandwich. Is Spice get home  chicken? Yeah. Get this sandwich. Two of them,  

please. I don't think we're going to get at all  what you ordered. She did say Cajun one time,  

though. Oh, look. Spicy Cajun. Let's go.  Let's go, dude. Chicken. Oh my god. Vic. Holy.

They're definitely not on there anymore. The  drive-thru people are watching us right now. Like,  

they're they're all piled up at the window  watching us. Watching you slap the ads first was  

probably what it was. Like, who's getting shot out  here? It did show a couple times. Handshot. Yeah,  

we are at Wendy's. Our chicken looks different.  Mine is red and yours is not red. I wonder if they  

gave you the wrong chicken. Let's find out if it's  spicy or not. Cheers. Oh yeah, mine's spicy. It's  

got like a peppery bite to it. It's got some  sting, but it's also a little bit of warming  

aftertaste and then it subsides pretty quickly.  I'll give it a five on the spiciness. It's middle  

of the ground, but it's hotter than I expected.  The only thing spicy I taste is the onions,  

that Cajun crunch. This is honestly a a four flat  on spice for me. Flavor-wise, this is like the  

most flavorless chicken I've had in a while.  Honestly, the salt level is good because it's  

seasoned nicely, but that's all I taste is just  salt. Everything else is absolutely trash. I don't  

trace the mayo. I don't taste anything. Let's give  it a rating. One, two. A 4 and 1/2 and a 2.9. Wo,  

you're really low. One inconsistency dropped  it. I didn't get a spicy burger. The only thing  

I enjoyed was the crispy onions. Everything else  was flat. If this is the bottom and this is mid,  

this chicken sandwich is like right here.  Moving on. Wendy's a mid sandwich and a mid  

spot on the leaderboard. On to the next. Welcome  to Chick-fil-A, guys. Do two spicy sandwiches,  

please. Thank you. Have a good day. You, too.  My pleasure. Cheers. That's pretty spicy. This  

is way spicier than I remember. I'm really happy  with that. That is seasoned really well. I will  

say I think Chick-fil-A is showing off one  thing, which is balancing spicy. And by that,  

I mean most people want to enjoy their meal and  have a level of heat that's just enough to excite,  

but not so much that it stops you from taking  the next bite. That is balancing spice. And  

it's really hard to do that because everybody has  different quantities they can handle. Chick-fil-A,  

they balance their spice really well. I got  to say on a spice level, this is like a 5.8.  

It's almost a six for me. On the point with  balance, I don't think this is going to be like,  

oh, I would say honestly, it's like a 5.8.  This is one of the spicier items we've had,  

but it's perfect. My biggest complaint, as usual,  it is lacking crunch. The edges have crunch,  

but the interior just lacks breading. And the  problem with that is really hot fry oil gets to  

the muscle and it fries up the muscle and then  you get this like stringy chewy band around the  

chicken. That's why it's important you have the  protective outer layer of the breading. And also  

I want to be crunchy. Let's give it an overall  rating. Overall rating in 3 2 1 a 7.9 and an  

eight. Woah. Real close. I didn't want to cross  into the eight threshold. I was like it's even. I  

wanted to finish the whole thing. It's delicious.  The keyword was balanced. Most Chick-fil-A I want  

sauce. I don't think that needed sauce. That's  a good point. The balance of the spice really  

made this sandwich special. I will say it put it a  higher rating for me, too. I would have gone into  

the eights for this sandwich had it been breaded  better. That's literally all it needed. You saw  

mine. Mine was crunchy. I had better breading and  I'm basing it off my sandwich. If you had mine,  

honestly, I think you'd put it in the eights.  Inconsistent sandwiches give inconsistent  

scores. Moving on. And just to check it in on  our spicy leaderboard, Chick-fil-A enters as a  

not so close second place onto Poo Comparero.  Every time we've gone here, we've been both  

surprised and also let down. I have a good feeling  about this one. What's the spiciest item on your  

menu? I have the spicy sandwich. Okay, cool.  Can I get two of those? Anything else, guys?

Poo compar. We're back. Here we go. Cheers. This  is not spicy at all. The sauce is got a little  

heat, but the bread and butter pickles kind of  kill the spice immediately. So, you don't really  

even get to experience it even if you do get  the sauce. I'll give it a one. Pat me at one  

and a half for spice. Honestly, it's a very sweet  chicken sandwich. I don't know why it's so godly.  

sauce and the seasoning and also the bread and  butter. Everything's sweet about it. Just sweet  

on sweet on and the bun's sweet, too. The chicken  is underseasoned by about 25%. I would say it  

needs salt. I don't taste any flavor on it much. I  know exactly where this sandwich is. Do you? Yeah.  

3 2 1 A five and a 4.3. Yeah. Not Not too far. I  like the bread and butter pickle edition. It adds  

a little bit of sweetness. The chicken itself  was good enough that it brought it up to mid.  

I like a good sweet chicken. Like I love a good  orange chicken, but this wasn't the sweetness I  

was going for. It was a little overly sweet for  me, so it cut it down below mid for me. Honestly,  

mid sandwich, mid chicken. This place has been  mid over and over and over. Moving on. I don't  

want to eat any more chicken sandwiches. Culver,  please do something else spicy, please. Culver's.  

Hi there. What's the spiciest item on your menu?  The spicy crispy. Um, it comes with lettuce,  

tomato, pickles, mayo. Yeah, I'll do it. I'll do  Culver's fried chicken. This looks very overfried,  

but I could be wrong. They gave me one pickle.  Here we go. It's pretty spicy. It's really heavy  

on the pepper. It's almost like a country  chicken fried steak. I give it a spice of  

5'8. Mine's pretty spicy. I was going to say  right below a five. Like 49. 49. That said, it  

didn't really help the flavors. This is a pretty  flavorless fried chicken sandwich. It's like,  

yeah, it was peppery, spicy. I like the texture  kind of. I just didn't like the tomatoes and  

the whack lettuce and the one or two pickles and  the bread was whack. Overall, I think I know it's  

rating. 3 2 1 4 to 3.9. An edible sandwich. And  that is all I'll say about it. Moving on. Culver's  

cracks the top three on spice, but it's barely a  competition. Will we find something spicier than  

Dave's? because I really I really hope not. That  that was horrible. Next on to Texas's favorite  

and quite literally my least favorite fast food  restaurant, Waterburger. What's the spiciest item  

on your menu? Probably the pico deayo. What? I  like the pico de gallo burger. Yes. In a sea of  

spicy chicken sandwiches. A spicy burger emerges.  I'm so sick of eating chicken. But unfortunately,  

it came from Waterburger. Hands down the most  overhyped fast food restaurant in human existence.  

But maybe this is good. Maybe this will turn the  tide because of the creaminess. I don't think  

there's any spice in there. That's a one on the  spice level. There's no spice at all. Literally  

zero spice. I like the sauce. It's like a creamy  sort of jalapeno sauce. It's got like a peppery,  

creamy, mayoy taste. Salt levels were lacking.  50% of where it should be. The beefy flavor was  

somewhat evident. I didn't taste the cheese.  It's all just turns into one texture that not  

that exciting. All I smelled was Texas toast kind  of vibe. Just butter and bread, which is cool,  

but there's no spice, no pepperiness, no vinegar.  I think the sauce was the standout for me. And  

not even the pico de gallo for the pico for the  names sake. The sauce. Ready? 1 2 3. A 3.8 and a  

4.6. Oh, you went kind of high. I think I was  enamored by that it wasn't a chicken sandwich,  

but it's still below mid. Still below mid.  Moving on. Coming up, we can have a new top spicy  

contender with the Diablo. El Diablo. Perfect.  Can I get two of those burgers, please? Thank you,  

too. Take it easy. Two Diablo. Diablos. This could  actually be spicy because you got jalapeno poppers  

on the top and jalapeno on the bottom. Jalapeno  business. Cheers. Spice levels. It's hot. I mean,  

it's not killing me, but I mean, it's spicy. I  think the jalapeno, like the pickle jalapeno,  

juiced up in my throat, and that's what's kind  of burning right now. I was going to say four,  

four, five. There are moments where it's a  four and then it swings into a four five. So,  

I think we call it a four five. 4.5 on spicy. It's  up there. I wouldn't have expected Carl's Jr. to  

actually step out like this. My thought is a lot  of these fast food places won't really make their  

stuff spicy because they want everyone to come  and buy it. They don't want to turn people away.  

They also definitely don't want people complaining  like, "This is too spicy." That said, can we talk  

about how dry this patty is? It's so dry, it's  almost white. I think if you took the patty out,  

this burger would be quite literally virtually  identical and probably better. It tastes good  

because I'm tasting jalapeno, bacon, and bread.  So, this might as well be jalapeno bacon sandwich,  

which would be good. A solid grilled cheese. Yeah,  actually, this would be a great grilled cheese.  

Take the patty out and throw it away, which is not  a good sign for a burger. Shall we rate it? 1 2 3  

4 and 5.2. That was a slightly a hair above  mid just because overall the patty was dry,  

but everything else kind of gave it a little  bit of life. I enjoyed the spice. I enjoyed  

the flavors. Texture was a little weird, but  it was slightly enjoyable. I'm very much of a  

principal guy. What I ate wasn't bad, but it  just it wasn't the burger that made it good.  

I ordered a burger and the worst part of it was  the burger. Moving on. Carl Jr. takes our number  

five spot for best overall, but it doesn't make  a mark on the spicy leaderboard. Let's see if  

our next spot will. We're back at Churches, the  place that did shockingly well on our chicken  

video. But the question is, are they consistent  enough to do shockingly well again? And also,  

how spicy is their spiciest chicken? It doesn't  look spicy at all, but I mean, just cuz it doesn't  

look spicy doesn't mean it isn't. I don't judge  books anymore. I don't read. Cheers. It's got a  

little bit of heat to it, but it's more of like a  black pepper spicy, not a cayenne or like a sharp  

spice. It's like a slow creeping warmth. It's  like a 2.5 on the spicy for me. It's a three  

for me. You know what's funny about this chicken?  It's seasoned really nicely, but I don't get much  

other than like chicken salt and MSG, which is not  necessarily bad, but I'm not getting a bunch of  

like spices that would really leverage the flavor  here. But it tastes pretty good. That said, it was  

crispy, but it's not the crispy I'm looking for.  It was more of like a really oily sort of tempura-  

like crisp. I got a really satisfying crunch.  Check that corner. That's shattering crispy,  

which I I enjoy. 3 2 1 A 6.8 and an 8.3. You went  You went a little high. I had a really good piece.  

My chicken was juicy. The meat was seasoned.  I think it was above acceptable. It was great,  

but not amazing. It's good. It's not great.  It's not going to win our competition. Moving  

on. There's a vibe at this Freddy's. I feel it.  What's the spiciest item on your menu? Well,  

I don't really have any spicy items. We're really  I appreciate it. Freddy's, for some reason,  

every time I roll up to it, I'm like, this doesn't  need to exist. I'm not cutting it for that reason.  

And I'm cutting it because he quite literally  said they do not have any spicy items. We have  

been traveling all day going to fast food places  back to back. I'm not doing this one. Freddy's  

are off the list. You failed us today. So, we are  back at Shake Shack. I'm a fan of this place. And  

apparently their only spicy item is spicy fries.  And I will say though, these fries look spicy.  

They're caked. Ooh, cayenne. Cheers. Cheers. It's  got some heat, but it's not like killing me. I do  

feel a little tingle, a twitch on the tongue. It's  mostly warm spice though and it's not killing me.  

After not eating one for a while and talking, it  stays. I hate saying this now cuz I say it a lot,  

but it's like a hot Cheeto spice now. It lingers  and I want more, but not as bad. It is one of the  

spicier ones we have. The more I've sat with it,  I'm getting that salivating response. I'll give  

it a 5.8. I was going to give it an even six on  the spice. I'll bump up to a six. We're heating  

up over here, guys, with the French fries. We  forgot the words again. I'm going to give it  

a five. The fries were incredibly mid. They were  not crispy. They were not salted that well. Sorry.  

Mid spice is a six. I wish I had more crunch, more  seasoning. That's a 4.9. I feel like fries you  

really have to nail at a fast food joint because  it's like the one thing people are relying on that  

you kill. This was a bit of a disappointment. And  I love the Shake Shack, guys. I really do. I do  

love them. But this one wasn't hitting. Moving  on. Despite not being that great in slotting  

into our number six spot on the best overall item,  Shake Shack makes the top three on spiciest items.  

But what we're searching for is a good balance of  both, and I have a feeling we're going to find it  

soon. Moving on. Next up, Taco Bell, where their  only spicy item listed is a spicy potato taco.  

And to make things fair, we max it out with some  Diablo sauce. Let's taste. Honestly, I'm going to  

be real with you guys. Let's move this along and  get to something interesting. These sucked. A 3.5  

and a.5 on spicy and a two and a half and two  on overall score. Not even worth talking about,  

but hey, we tried it. So, let's make some room for  the big dogs. Jolly Jolly. It's actually been a  

minute since I've had the spicy chicken joy, so I  don't remember how spicy it is, but I do know it's  

going to being delicious. And I'm going in with  no bias. I'm just going in with an expectation,  

which means that they could underdel. Look, look,  they got flames on the spicy chicken joint. Really  

making a point on making this spicy. If there's  no flame, I'm not game. Always a good day when  

Jollibee's involved. Wow. Okay. Well, that's a  good sign. Cheers. I mean, that's crazy. Listen.

Wow. It's honestly a little spicier than I  remember. The chicken itself isn't as spicy  

as I remember, but the skin is spicier. My mom  would not be able to tolerate this. I'm going  

to put this at a 5.5 on the spicy scale. I agree.  I was going to say even five, but it's starting  

to linger more than like the McDonald's one did.  So, 5.5. That said, the flavor, I mean, the umami,  

the salt level is perfect. It's cooked perfectly.  It's juicy, but it's not just juicy. It's also  

cooked long enough that the meat like falls  off the bone and it's super tender. Let's rate

Yeah, I know what he's doing. He's giving it a  nine something. I'm willing to bet. 3 2 1. You  

lied. It was It was soing good. I mean, it's a  nine, dude. How does Jollibee keep doing this?  

It's just every time I go, it's so perfect. If  you haven't gone, go. For sake, go. I'm not even  

trying to be biased. I'm not even trying to be  biased. It's like I want to go in and I want to  

scrutinize and I put it in my mouth and I'm just  like, "Oh." So, Jollibee looks like they could win  

this, but there could be someone to dethrone the  one and only Jollibee. And there's only one way to  

find out. Moving on. Onto our second to last item.  Jack in the box. Could we have an underdog on our  

hands? What's the spiciest item on your menu? Said  a sour patch. What? I'm sorry. Do you mind just  

pulling the second window? I can't even hear you.  Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. No worries. I said  

worse. I'm so cool. What's the spiciest item on  your menu? We got a spicy chicken sandwich. It's  

pretty spicy. Like it's almost southern spice.  Like the Louisiana cayenne, dry cayenne. That's a  

four on spice for me. It's like a stinging heat at  maybe a four. It's not dry, which I'm happy about.  

The crunch is real nice on mine. Salt level's  good. Flavor is okay. It's like kind of chickeny,  

but what I don't like is that bitter oil,  man. Every time I go to Jack in the Box,  

it's just always nasty. I know they're cooking  back there with oil. It's been recycled like 45  

times, and it's really ruining it for me. I got  mine right out of the gate, dude. I know exactly  

what this is. 3 2 1 A 6 and 5.2. Close again,  dude. We're really lining up here. It's the bare  

minimum above mid because it's an average chicken  sandwich with a little bit of spice. Moving on.  

Just another drop in the bucket on this journey.  Now on to our final contender. Popeye's. What's  

the spiciest item on your menu? Their signature  Halloween that has the ghost pepper challenge as  

well. The signature hotter than ghost pepper. Yes.  This is a serious contender. We're at Popeye's.  

They have surprised me in two ways. There have  been times where they've been horrible and there  

have been times where I've been blown away by how  beautifully breaded and crispy their fried chicken  

is. They do have a leg up here. Is Jollibee  really going to take the crown? That's my question  

cuz these wings and the chicken sandwich look  phenomenal. We're going to taste both. Whichever  

one is the best is what will be entered in the  competition. But I will let you know the spicy  

scale on both. Of course, this looks delicious.  I'm going to give it get some sauce on there.  

Dude, this looks spicy. That's delicious. That  is so good. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. And  

it's pretty spicy. Oh yeah. Honestly, this is one  of the hotter ones I've had in a while. It's that  

oil too. It lingers. They said this is hotter than  the ghost pepper. This is very cayenne forward.  

I'm going to give this a six on the spicy scale.  It's just teetering on the edge where if it went  

to a seven, it might be a little hotter than I  want. I think it could handle a.5 up of heat.  

But I'm pretty happy with this. Again, we're going  back to that balance. I'm not a huge sweet heat,  

but there's a perfect amount of sweet to balance  that heat. That's a six 6.8 on the spice for me.  

These are phenomenal, but I can't rate these  until we try the sandwich. And that one does  

have the ghost pepper, so we will find out if  that's hotter or not. This looks great. Oh, it  

smells spicy. It does smell spicy. I'm not going  to lie. That is flavorful, but not as spicy as the  

signature hot. Honestly, this isn't spicy at all.  It's spicy. Like a five. It's like a four five for  

me. This is a really good sandwich, I will say.  But the wings were better and they were spicier,  

so we're rating the wings. I agree. This could go  a lot of directions. This was a bone in crispy,  

juicy, spicy, addicting wing. It all comes down  to this, our final competitor. Many fast food  

items have come and gone in our search for the  best, but none have gotten closer than this.  

Will Jollibee hold its lead and claim victory for  best spicy fast food item, or will Popeye's come  

in and burn it all down? All right, his ears are  plugged. Listen, I gave it an 8.9 for one reason,  

one reason only. Everything was perfect except  it was pretty tremendously undersalted. And I  

don't mean that in the sense of like, oh,  Josh always wants things super salty. No,  

like it was it was was literally missing salt  pretty significantly to the point where if it  

was salted properly, it might have been perfect. I  might have given it a 9.5, maybe even a 96. Like,  

it was a perfect win, I tell you. Perfect. This  can still win if he gives it a high enough rating.  

I gave it a specific score, a flat score, but  then with salt into consideration, I docked it.1.

That was exactly the same thing that I did.  That was the same thing I did. You know what  

that means? The winner is Jolly B. Boy, I'm  shocked. Honestly, Popeye's really kicked it  

up a notch with this one. I'm I might even come  back here. It was a close close call between  

Popeye's Jollibee. Jollibee took the crown.  But we have one other winner for the spiciest  

fast food item by far goes to the one and only  Dave's Hot Chicken. It's in the damn name. If  

only their chicken was good. Unbelievable. This  is not supposed to be a chicken competition. It  

kind of ended up being that. But best spicy item  has been found. Love you. Subscribe. Bye. [Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
taste /teɪst/ A2	verb - to perceive or notice the flavor of something noun - the sensation of flavor perceived in the mouth
chicken /ˈtʃɪkən/ A1	noun - a type of poultry meat often used in food
sandwich /ˈsænwɪtʃ/ A2	noun - two pieces of bread with food in between
spicy /ˈspaɪsi/ A2	adjective - having a strong, pungent taste from spices
fry /fraɪ/ A2	verb - to cook in hot oil or fat noun - a fried food item, especially potatoes
crunch /krʌntʃ/ B1	noun - a crisp, crunchy texture verb - to make a crunching sound
flavor /ˈfleɪvər/ A2	noun - the taste or smell of something verb - to add flavor to something
heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - a sensation of warmth or spiciness verb - to make something hot
texture /ˈtɛkstʃər/ B2	noun - the feel or consistency of something
dry /draɪ/ A2	adjective - lacking moisture or juiciness verb - to remove moisture from something
juicy /ˈdʒuːsi/ B1	adjective - full of juice or moisture
salt /sɔːlt/ A1	noun - a seasoning verb - to add salt to food
burger /ˈbɜːrɡər/ A2	noun - a ground meat patty usually served in a bun
lingering /ˈlɪŋɡərɪŋ/ B2	adjective - remaining or continuing in effect
balanced /ˈbælənst/ B1	adjective - well proportioned or harmonious
addict /ˈædɪkt/ B1	verb - to become addicted or develop a strong liking noun - a person addicted to something
chewy /ˈtʃuːi/ B2	adjective - requiring prolonged chewing