[garyhope]

"Make sure to have a cold beverage handy to put out the fire!"

That would be a glass of milk with a high fat content. The fat helps absorb some of the capsaicin.

Beer, water, iced tea or sodas won't help and may make the "burn" worse.

If you can't take the heat, don't eat BBQ.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Believe it or not - coffee also works well to "put out the fire".

[1L]

Actually, its the sugar content, not the fat (although I'm not sure about the chemical process involved). You can put out the burn by putting a small amount of sugar on your tounge.

I've had VAST experience trying to douse flames with soda, tea, water, etc. The sweeter the liquid, the marginally better it works, but you don't get relief from, say, a cup of coke where you wouldn't from the same amount of water. And there's different kinds of hot. To me, chicken wings hot is different from mexican hot. I guess maybe I'm distinguishing peppers.

[ASA Vet]

jalapeno peppers! Make sure to have a cold beverage handy to put out the fire!

As they were only jalapeno there would be no need to put out the mild fire.

You're correct about the milk. Plain white rice also works to reduce the burn if using a true hot pepper.