Four Horsemen Burger

Chunky's Burgers · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Four peppers ride on one burger — jalapeño, serrano, habanero sauce, and ghost pepper — and the challenge doesn't end when the burger does. After the last bite you sit through a five-minute burn period with nothing to dull it. The house has run this for years and publishes the brutal part: of more than 30,000 challengers, under 10% have finished.

Restaurant: Chunky's Burgers, 4602 Callaghan Rd, San Antonio, Texas
Menu: Four Horsemen Burger — 1/2 lb burger layered with fresh jalapeños, serrano peppers, a dried-pepper habanero sauce and ghost pepper
The rule: Finish within 25 minutes, then hold a 5-minute burn period. No remedies, no bathroom break.
Before you start: Signed waiver. 18 and over only. Gloves recommended — the peppers are fresh-cut.
House record: 30,000+ challengers; under 10% finished (house figure). When TV first filmed it, only a handful ever had.
Heat spec: No official SHU — four fresh pepper tiers stacked on one bun, ghost pepper on top.

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Threads

Under 10% finish. Is the burger beatable with training — or is the five-minute burn period the real boss fight? First take wins the thread.

texas.tongue · 3d

The burn period is the actual challenge

Any trained eater can force the burger down in 25. Sitting still for five minutes after, on camera, with everyone watching — that's the wall.

ㅅ 58 · 22 replies

capsaicin.kid · 6d

Fresh peppers hit different than extract

No lab-made spike here — just four real peppers stacked. This is the most honest burger on the board and the finish rate proves it.

ㅅ 41 · 13 replies

Could you clear the burn period?

Strategy, war story, or a hard no — say it first.