{"id":34676,"date":"2022-11-01T12:35:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=34676"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:38:32","slug":"evel-pie-unleashes-whats-touted-as-worlds-hottest-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/evel-pie-unleashes-whats-touted-as-worlds-hottest-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Evel Pie Unleashes What&#8217;s Touted as &#8220;World&#8217;s Hottest Pizza&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown&#8217;s Evel Pie is among the best pizza spots in Las Vegas, and now it&#8217;s arguably the hottest.<\/p>\n<p>Evel Pie announced a new pizza, &#8220;The Reaper,&#8221; which the restaurant claims is the &#8220;World&#8217;s Hottest Pizza.&#8221; Odds are it isn&#8217;t, but you&#8217;re in Las Vegas, so just play along.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34681\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34681 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/reaper_evel_pie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We trust they also serve aloe-based cocktails.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new pizza is made with &#8220;Habanero chile sauce, chili pepper infused mozzarella, sriracha-marinated chorizo sausage and sliced Habanero peppers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a fun twist, &#8220;The Reaper&#8221; is delivered to guests while ablaze. The pizza, not the guests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Told you, this pie is fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvelPieLV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EvelPieLV<\/a> (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foodiedhillon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@foodiedhillon<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PFsl9kbCYB\">pic.twitter.com\/PFsl9kbCYB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalVegas\/status\/1587261170817212416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Claims of the &#8220;World&#8217;s Hottest Pizza&#8221; are dubious, of course, because that would seem to rely upon using the world&#8217;s hottest pepper.<\/p>\n<p>According to the all-knowing Internet, that would be the Carolina Reaper, which clocks in at 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units, or SHU. Lowly jalapenos sit at about 2,500 to 8,000 SHU.<\/p>\n<p>Habanero peppers are certainly hot, but register about 100,000 to 350,000 SHU, a far cry from the hottest peppers. Still, not not hot.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34684\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34684 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/reaper_evel_pie2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sex is like pizza. Sometimes, it burns. We&#8217;ve heard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the title of &#8220;World&#8217;s Hottest Pizza,&#8221; Evel Pie is going to have to slug it out with the reigning champs.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another famous pizza called &#8220;Death by Pizza&#8221; made with 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookingchanneltv.com\/devour\/2014\/02\/worlds-hottest-pizza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trinidad Moruga Scorpion chilies<\/a>. Another is called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmq.com\/worlds-hottest-pizza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fiery Death with Hate Sausage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This seems a good time to ask. WTF is wrong with people?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18691\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18691 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/evel_pie_mural.jpg\" alt=\"Evel Pie\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/evel_pie_mural.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/evel_pie_mural-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/evel_pie_mural-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evel Pie is one of our favorite downtown haunts. You sort of can&#8217;t miss it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Reaper&#8221; isn&#8217;t cheap at $49.99, but Evel Pie offers a chance for diners to get it free. With one teensy condition. Anyone who can finish at least three complete slices in 30 minutes receives a &#8220;Don&#8217;t Fear The Reaper&#8221; T-shirt and their name carved into a plaque on &#8220;The Wall of Legends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We predict Evel Pie isn&#8217;t going to have to devote a lot of wall space for its &#8220;Wall of Legends.&#8221; The walls are already full enough with sweet Evel Knievel memorabilia (hence the name of the place).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34682\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34682 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/reaper_tee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While we won&#8217;t be trying the pizza, we are a big fan of tees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oh, and it probably goes without saying: A legal waiver must be signed before participating in the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>We are personally a weakling when it comes to spicy food. In Thai restaurants, for example, we will sometimes ask a server if &#8220;negative two&#8221; is a spice level.<\/p>\n<p>Still, when we shared news of &#8220;The Reaper&#8221; on the Twitters, there were a lot of folks who expressed interest in traumatizing their digestive tract, so more power to them.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t try &#8220;The Reaper,&#8221; Evel Pie is worth a stop on Fremont East.<\/p>\n<p>Downtown actually has a plethora of great pizza, including Pop-Up at Plaza (try their square pizza inside the hotel&#8217;s Sand Dollar Lounge) and Pizza Rock near Downtown Grand. Chicago Brewing Co. also makes a solid pie at Four Queens. Esther&#8217;s Kitchen isn&#8217;t too far, either.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to hear if you take on &#8220;The Reaper,&#8221; and good luck with the challenge, you freak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Downtown&#8217;s Evel Pie is among the best pizza spots in Las Vegas, and now it&#8217;s arguably the hottest. Evel Pie announced a new pizza, &#8220;The Reaper,&#8221; which the restaurant claims is the &#8220;World&#8217;s Hottest Pizza.&#8221; Odds are it isn&#8217;t, but you&#8217;re in Las Vegas, so just play along. 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