Man v. Food Season 2 Episode 15: Little Rock
Adam visits Little Rock, Arkansas on this episode of Man v Food. Adam takes on The Mean Pig BBQ’s spicy “Shut Up Juice” challenge. A 1,000 people have tried the challenge but only 64 have succeeded. The super spicy pulled-pork challenge boasts a habanero heated sauce 2,000 times hotter than jalapenos.
First Adam checks out a barbecue featuring a gigantic platter of food at Osborne Family Farm, with proceeds from the barbecue benefiting the Little Rock Police Department. The barbecue platter is served on a cafeteria tray (because it is so big) with 4 pounds of a half whole chicken, beef rib brisket, turkey legs, sausage, a pulled pork sandwich and sides. Adam goes nuts over the the delicious brisket barbecue and after tasting the brisket licks his fingers ’cause its just that good.
Next Adam arrives at Cotham’s Mercantile to try out their famous hubcap cheeseburgers, available in double, triple and quadruple sizes. The burgers are a huge 8 inches wide and 1 pound in weight and come with lettuce, tomato and pickle. Adam tries the enormous quadruple cheeseburger and gets a tasty side of double-dipped onion rings. Adam can barely get a bite out of the burger, it is so enormous. Adam proclaims the burger and onion rings delicious.
Adam begins his super spicy challenge at The Mean Pig BBQ. The “Shut Up Juice” challenge has such hot sauce on the sandwich that most people survive through two bites and call it quits. If Adam wins the challenge he receives a “I Survived the Shut-Up Juice” t-shirt. Adam is cheered on by the crowd, signs the hot sauce waiver and prepares for the scalding sauce by wearing latex gloves. There is no time restriction to the challenge, simply eating the whole sandwich then keeping it down for five minutes. Adam tells the crowd “let’s see if the Mean Pig sauce can shut me up”. Adam takes his first bite and is shaken by the heat of the sauce. Two bites in and Adam is crying and shaking his head at the thought of taking another bite of the habanero inferno sauce. Adam gathers his strength and fights through the sandwich, unable to speak due to the heat. Adam has three bites left and struggles. Encouraged by the crowd Adam manages to down the last three bites and suffers the five minutes afterwards to complete the challenge. Still suffering through the heat and pain, Adam declares today in Man v Food, man won.
