Err on the side of burnt, as regards charring the skin off a pepper anyway. I have discovered that the secret to getting the skin off a pepper is to completely charr it. Generally speaking, I HATE doing this because the skin never ever actually comes off but recently when I let things get out of hand (I thought) it totally charred and the damn skin came right off with none of this steaming it in a plastic bag crap. It was perfect.
