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Levy Restaurants, Chicago

My first experience with our XXX sauce (and the infamous bhut jolokia, a.k.a. ghost pepper) was my first day on the job, about three years ago. I sat down with the other chefs in what I thought would amount to an impromptu meet-and-greet to talk through the menu. I quickly found out it was anything but. It turned into an hour-long marathon of eating smoked bacon-wrapped burgers, mountains of rough chopped brisket and...