WHEN a petite, glamorous woman steps on stage at the Kingston-Upon-Thames chilli-eating competition, no one expects her to ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have disavowed an upcoming Netflix documentary about the iconic rock band. The current members of the group — lead singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and ...

Netflix is spicing up its documentary slate with a new film about the Red Hot Chili Peppers, set to premiere on March 20. Directed by Ben Feldman (“Bug Out,” “Rich & Shameless”), “The Rise of the Red ...

No changes are expected at the traditional Nathan's Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest following the sale of the parent company. Smithfield Foods of Virginia, a subsidiary of the WH Group of China, ...

The $450 million all-cash deal means Smithfield will acquire all of Nathan’s outstanding shares at $102 per share. Smithfield has held the rights to produce and sell Nathan’s products in the U.S. and ...

Conventional wisdom has long held that birds are immune to spice. Many a bird blog recommends fending off squirrels by filling feeders with chili pepper-coated bird seed, the assumption being that ...

Streamer and YouTuber Speed challenged the legend of competitive gluttony, Joey Chestnut, to a hot-dog eating contest. It was a mistake. Speed was given a two-minute head start and managed to eat ...

PALESTINE, Texas (KETK) – Saturday morning’s rain cleared out just in time for things to heat up in Palestine for the annual Hot Pepper Festival. Severe weather forces cancellations across East Texas ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - Get ready to turn up the heat, and maybe have a glass of milk nearby. Spice things up at the Flannel Fest Hot Pepper Eating Contest at 1 p.m. Saturday on the Main Stage at ...

OXFORD — The 19th Annual NC Hot Sauce Contest and Festival proved to be the hottest ticket in North Carolina Sept. 12-13, drawing 27,600 attendees to Downtown Oxford — a 12.2% increase from the ...

Pittsburgh’s food festival scene has grown in recent years, highlighting many culinary delights: macaroni and cheese, bacon, tacos and more. But for those who prefer things on the spicier side, Rivers ...

Spicy food lovers will congregate Friday at Social Beer Garden HTX in Midtown for Spicy Planet HTX: Hot Heads Expo, a first-of-its-kind event in Houston highlighted by a chili pepper competition. Brad ...