It’s way up there, it seems..
No way I’d lick one much less eat it.
almost like pepper spray..
I’ll stick to red and green chile.
I've been pepper sprayed by accident - I helped a LEO apprehend a guy who'd been spiced up and I wrestled him to the ground so he could be cuffed. He was spicier than a bushel of Mexican Jalapenos and when I wrapped my arms around his neck, I ruined my shirt and pants from the dye. I got it in my eyes and nose, inhaled a quantity of it and everywhere my skin contacted it and then something else felt like I'd had a massage with an orbital sander and 80 grit paper.
This 'Bhut jolokia' pepper sounds like an ember from hell...
Wonder why its name resembles "butt joke"? Betcha'd find out in six hours or so....