Pat King calls himself a sucker for punishment.
After ingesting copious amounts of chilli in a chilli eating competition on Saturday, he treated himself to a spicy curry for dinner.
The Mount Maunganui man was one of 13 blokes and one boy to enter the Tauranga leg of the New Zealand Chilli Eating Champs, held at The Good Food Trading Company on Saturday.
Mr King, a real estate agent, was knocked out of the competition part way through after "gagging" on a fresh chilli.
The brave entrants feasted on mild chilli sauces before moving on to fresh chilli and finishing with even spicier sauces.