How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes34%
Properly spicy30%
A bit of heat18%
Barely any10%
None at all8%
34% of 50 respondents answered "As hot as it comes".
Spicy food
How much spice can people handle in USA?
Statistics from 50 accepted quiz answers. Updated August 2026. How these statistics work
Where everyone lands
Low20%
Medium30%
High50%
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have30%
One below the hottest28%
The middle option14%
Mild18%
Not spicy at all10%
30% of 50 respondents answered "The hottest they have".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food32%
Usually, after tasting28%
Sometimes26%
Never14%
32% of 50 respondents answered "Always, before I even taste the food".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly32%
Yes, once or twice38%
No30%
38% of 50 respondents answered "Yes, once or twice".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes36%
Slow down and finish it24%
Reach for a drink36%
Stop eating it4%
36% of 50 respondents answered "Keep going, it passes".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself22%
The flavour that comes with it30%
Both equally28%
Neither, I just tolerate it10%
I don't enjoy spicy food10%
30% of 50 respondents answered "The flavour that comes with it".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water60%
Milk or yoghurt18%
Bread or rice4%
Nothing, I wait it out18%
60% of 50 respondents answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot36%
Gone up a little26%
Stayed the same26%
Gone down12%
36% of 50 respondents answered "Gone up a lot".
Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population.