The BEST episodes of Hot Ones season 2

Every episode of Hot Ones season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hot Ones season 2!

The show with hot questions and even hotter wings. Watch Sean interview celebrities such as T.J. Miller, Tommy Chong, and DJ Khaled as they burn their tastebuds.

Last Updated: 12/18/2024Network: YouTubeStatus: Continuing
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8.45
11 votes

#1 - Jay Pharoah Has a Staring Contest While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/15/2016

Rapper, comedian, impressionist, actor—Jay Pharoah is one of the most multitalented entertainers working today. Turns out he's also a beast when it comes to hot sauce (by his own account, he used to drink it by the bottle). Watch the SNL alum take on some of the spiciest wings on the planet while discussing Drake's after-parties, Kevin Hart's abs, and the Michelle Obama's rhymes.

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8.29
7 votes

#2 - N.O.R.E. Gets Wasted While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/15/2016

Rap legend and Drink Champs host N.O.R.E. lives up to his reputation as "your favorite drunk uncle" in this extra wild episode of Hot Ones. As if the violently hot wings weren't enough, N.O.R.E. challenges Sean to go shot-for-shot with Tiger Bone while attempting, with intermittent success, to discuss his storied career. Things fly off the rails in the best way possible--strap on your seat belts for this one, folks.

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8.00
10 votes

#3 - Bert Kreischer Sweats Profusely Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/1/2016

Comedian Bert Kreischer has lived many lives, all of which involve partying and being awesome. His legendary college antics inspired the movie Van Wilder, and his standup is anchored by some of the most outrageous anecdotes you've ever heard. Watch him achieve #PeakBert as he appears on Hot Ones, a show he's been riding for since day one. Shout out to Bert, the O.G. celeb Hot Ones fan!

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7.57
7 votes

#4 - Martin Garrix Tests His Limits Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/20/2016

At just age 20, Martin Garrix is already an international superstar. His single with Bebe Rexha, "In the Name of Love," is tearing up the charts. He jet sets around the world playing to massive festival crowds. And he was just named DJ Mag's #1 DJ in the entire world. So it only makes sense that the Dutch sensation would become the first DJ to step into the Hot Ones arena and submit to some spicy wings and burning questions from Sean Evans. Let the beat drop...

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7.55
11 votes

#5 - Coolio Talks Hip-Hop Cooking and "Gangsta's Paradise" Folklore While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/2016

Stepping into the hot seat for First We Feast's second annual L.A. Week, the legendary Compton MC brings some veteran cockiness to Hot Ones, the Internet's most dangerous interview show. Watch the "black Rachael Ray" take on some of the wildest hot sauces in the world while remembering his Rock N' Jock days and opening up about Tupac, Kendrick Lamar, and Action Bronson.

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7.33
18 votes

#6 - Key & Peele Lose Their Minds Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/28/2016

What happens when Hot Ones takes over your press junket? Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele found out as they did the rounds to promote their new comedy, Keanu, hitting theaters April 29. Hot Ones host Sean Evans unleashed five fiery wings on each of the comedians to get one of their craziest interviews yet.

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7.29
14 votes

#7 - Kevin Hart Catches a High Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/11/2016

As his history-making comedy special What Now? hits theaters, the biggest comedian in the game joins the biggest Internet wings show in the game for an extra-hot interview. Kevin Hart damn near loses his mind on the hot sauce, but that doesn't stop him from peppering in some motivational speeches, cracking jokes about DJ Khaled, and regaling Sean with some hilarious anecdotes about working at a male strip club. In Hart's own words, "We out here!"

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7.25
8 votes

#8 - T-Pain Has a Tongue Seizure Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/17/2016

R&B kingpin T-Pain may give Bert Kreischer a run for his money as the biggest Hot Ones fan to come on the show. Having watched every episode ("I'm a Redditor," he explained to Sean before the taping), the hitmaker entered the challenge with a few theories about how to survive wings of death. Did any of them serve him well against the likes of Da Bomb and Blair's Mega Death Sauce with Liquid Rage? Watch and find out.

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7.10
10 votes

#9 - Joey Fatone Talks *NSYNC, DJ Khaled, and Guy Fieri While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/2016

The former boy-band member—who currently appears in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 andDead 7—face down Sean Evans in the infamous Hot Ones challenge. Watch the multitalented star take on some of the wildest hot sauces in the world while reminiscing about his *NSYNC days and calling out his high-school classmate, DJ Khaled.

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7.09
11 votes

#10 - Hasan Minhaj Has an Out-of-Body Experience Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 10/6/2016

The Daily Show correspondent, stand-up comedian, and star of the one-man show Homecoming King faces off against Sean Evans for the closest thing Hot Ones will ever have to an Election Special. His suggestion for the next place to bring the show? Guantanamo Bay. The pain is that real.

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7.00
7 votes

#11 - Matty Matheson Turns Into a Motivational Speaker Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/18/2016

The Toronto chef and host of Viceland's Dead Set on Life brings some long-awaited culinary cred to the Hot Ones table. He weighs in on our namesake hot sauce, opens up about the pitfalls of kitchen life, explains the various ways he has lost teeth, and much more. It's a roller coaster—strap in.

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6.78
9 votes

#12 - Bobby Lee Has an Accident Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/27/2016

The comedian and actor Bobby Lee puts in one of the most outrageous—and outrageously funny—Hot Ones performances to date. As he battles the onslaught of Scovilles, he reminisces about his Mad TV days, rates the most iconic short-shorts, and tries (perhaps unsuccessfully?) to not lose control of his mind and his bowels.

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6.73
11 votes

#13 - Eddie Huang Gets Destroyed by Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/31/2016

As he drops his second book, Double Cup Love, and takes his global food show, Huang's World, to TV with Viceland, Eddie Huang's got plenty of swagger to spare—perhaps TOO much swagger. Watch him pull one of the boldest moves in Hot Ones history, then suffer the very real consequences. The Baohaus owner also issues hot takes on the whitewashing of food media, discusses his relationship with Anthony Bourdain, and explains why Future should be in your top five. It's a Hot Ones challenge for the ages...

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6.73
11 votes

#14 - Redman Wilds Out Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/7/2016

Over more than two and a half decades in the game, the rap veteran and How High star has toured the world with Method Man, put out some of hip-hop's most memorable albums, and repped his Jersey roots to the fullest. Now, watch him risk it all while taking on some of the most brutal hot sauces on the planet.

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6.71
7 votes

#15 - Harley Morenstein Has His Worst Day of 2016 Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/22/2016

Epic Meal Time honcho Harley Morenstein is a YouTube O.G. and decorated veteran of the "do dumb shit for the Internet" game. But how is he with spicy wings? Hot Ones host Sean Evans found out as he grilled the NSFW fast-food guru about everything from cooking with Arnold Schwarzenegger, to wild nights in Montreal.

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6.60
5 votes

#16 - Tom Colicchio Goes Full Top Chef on Some Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/1/2016

In what can safely be described as the most adult episode of Hot Ones to date (well, at least a good deal more adult than when Bobby Lee pooped his pants), James Beard Award-winning chef Tom Colicchio covers everything from the national hunger epidemic, to the problems with tipping. The Bravo vet also tackles some Top Chef quickfire and teaches Sean how to properly judge a dangerously hot chicken wing.

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6.56
16 votes

#17 - T.J. Miller Talks Deadpool, Hecklers, and Relationship Advice While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/2016

The Silicon Valley star damn near loses his mind on Hot Ones, the Internet's most dangerous interview show. Watch the comedian take on some of the wildest hot sauces in the world while playing improv games and giving Sean Evans some much-needed hosting advice.

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6.50
10 votes

#18 - David Cross Embraces the Extremes of Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/29/2016

The comedian and actor forsakes his wife's good advice and agrees to go wing for wing with Hot Ones host Sean Evans. Watch how he handles the heat of sauces like Pain 100% and Da Bomb Beyond Insanity while laying waste to the SkyMall catalogue, and taking a hard-hitting Arrested Development fan trivia quiz.

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6.45
11 votes

#19 - Chris D'Elia Turns Into DJ Khaled While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/9/2016

With his hilarious special Incorrigible cooking on Netflix, "Justin Bieber's favorite comedian" steps into the Hot Ones arena to take one some hot questions and even hotter wings. The acerbic pop-culture maven breaks down horrible celebrity style at Coachella, recounts his awkward run-in with Ludacris, and busts out his best DJ Khaled impersonation.

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6.45
11 votes

#20 - Michael Rapaport Talks LeBron James, Phife Dawg, & Reality TV While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/13/2016

The veteran actor and podcast host faces down Sean Evans in the infamous Hot Ones challenge. Watch the Hollywood comedian take on some of the wildest hot sauces in the world while teeing off on some of his least favorite celebrities and breaking down his "starting five" of reality TV stars.

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6.40
10 votes

#21 - Jeff Ross Gets Roasted by Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/28/2016

Comedian Jeff Ross is best known for turning up the heat at Comedy Central Roasts, busting out some of the most un-PC, no-holds-barred disses imaginable. Now, as he launches his own Roast Battle series, Hot Ones host Sean Evans and flips the script and turns up the heat on Ross, challenging him to take on ten progressively spicier chicken wings and take on some hot questions.

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6.25
8 votes

#22 - Eric Andre Turns Into Tay Zonday While Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/4/2016

On the Eric Andre Show, comedian Eric Andre takes the format of late-night TV shows and flips it on its head, turning his set into a gonzo celebrity dystopia full of vermin and vomit. So, needless to say, we were curious to see what he'd make of our ridiculous interview format, where each question is accompanied by an increasingly spicy chicken wing. His take on the experience: "This is a nightmare, dude."

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6.18
11 votes

#23 - Jim Gaffigan Rediscovers His Flop Sweat Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/23/2016

The veteran standup and star of The Jim Gaffigan Show steps into Hot Ones inferno to test his American dad mettle against some of the spiciest sauces on the planet. Watch him suffer through the Scoville onslaught while settling the Shake Shack vs. In-N-Out debate, and explaining why he can never escape the infamy of the Hot Pocket.

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6.14
7 votes

#24 - Travis Kelce Gets Woozy Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/29/2016

Being an NFL Pro Bowler is sure evidence that Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is tough as nails. Starring in an E! Entertainment Television reality dating show called "Catching Kelce" is evidence that he is also down to make suspect decisions in the name of good #content. And so, it only made sense to invite Kelce into the Hot Ones studio to take on the 10 wings of death and answer some burning questions from host Sean Evans. Strap in—we haven't seen this much willpower exerted on the show since Gronk stepped up to the challenge.

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6.11
9 votes

#25 - Rob Corddry Cries Real Tears Eating Spicy Wings

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/21/2016

Comedian and Ballers star Rob Corddry would like to add another honorific to his resume: "wing-enjoyer." At least that's what he thought going into First We Feast's Hot Ones, in which host Sean Evans challenges his celebrity guests to answer questions while they tackle 10 progressively spicier wings. While he had no problem recounting stories from The Daily Show and Childrens Hospital while taking down Sriracha and Tapatio, Corddry finds his wits tested as the sauces climb the Scoville scale.