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"My whole stomach shut down. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't see, and I thought I should call an ambulance." - Matt Timms
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One of Kamber-Todd's favorite events is Timms's Brooklyn Hot Sauce Takedown, which draws around 300 rabid hot sauce fans from the community, all chomping at the bit to try 20 to 30 competitors' hot sauces."The Hot Sauce Takedown was a blast and the audience is great. They get super rowdy and yell and cheer," Kamber-Todd said. "It really does improve performance when people are chanting your name."Each competitor brings a half gallon of hot sauce to hose down the fans with (actually, to thrust at them on a nacho chip). First, second, and third places are awarded for audience and judge favorites, and glory is achieved in front of the cheering crowd to the sound of heavy metal."You see some folks walking around in pain, like a ghost is dragging them by their tongue. But then they keep going back for more." – Jimi Daly
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