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Many throats were left scorched when the El Diablo chilli-fest came to Biggera Waters

HOTTEST CHILLI CON CARNE CONTEST Pickled Cactus restaurant, Biggera Waters

GLOVES? Check! A signed disclaimer? Check! Sick bag? Check! Paramedics? Check! Welcome to the El Diablo Challenge at Pickled Cactus restaurant in Biggera Waters. The above checklist was just some of the precautions before the contestants put their tastebuds to the test as they ate increasingly spicy bowls of chilli con carne. A lot of fun and some pain for all involved with Al Stoddart proving he has the strongest stomach and emerging as the winner.

Skye Saxby, Leonie Saxby, Renee Robey.

Tracey Stone and Patrick Malt.

Bubbles Gibb and Turtle Gow.

Hamish Flynn and Belle McCarthy.

Jack Jones and Candice Jones.

Al Stoddart and Lisa Stoddart.