man set the record after he shoved 17 Bhut Jolokia chili peppers down his throat. “This record attempt is a personal challenge to see how far I can push myself and my love of the super hot peppers,” Foster said. The world record holder for the most Ghost peppers eaten has done it again!Īnd this time Gregory Foster did it faster than before after eating 17 of them in a minute, according to Guinness World Records. Ticket prices to see Taylor Swift in LA are lower than expectedĬan’t bear the heat: Animal filmed chilling out in California hot tub Perhaps the Dragon’s Breath pepper, which (unofficially) tested at over 2.4 million Scoville units and is rumoured to be the hottest chilli pepper ever cultivated.Secret medic lab storing COVID, hundreds of dead mice found in California warehouseįamily-owned hardware store in CA lost $700K in year due to retail theft Who knows which spicy pepper record the chilli connoisseur will dare to go after next? The pepper, more commonly known as the Ghost Pepper, is said to be 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce, with an insane 1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units. Gregory also holds a third record for the fastest time to eat three Bhut Jolokia chillies in just 7.47 seconds. "Other than that, it was pretty painful," continued Gregory. "Honestly, if I really wanted to, I could probably do it again right now, but I don’t have any milk or anything like that." This little hack makes eating chilli peppers far easier to tolerate.Īfter scarfing down all ten Reapers in record-breaking time and guzzling down every ounce of milk he had on hand, the heat-loving contender proved that his pepper-eating prowess still goes unmatched. When capsaicin binds with sensor receptors in the mouth, heat-detecting neural sensors send a message straight to the brain: "fire!"ĭairy, however, contains casein, a fat-loving compound that binds with spicy capsaicin oil and then washes it away. Gregory says the key to competitive chilli eating is to have milk and ice cream on hand.Ĭhillies contain a substance called capsaicin that makes taste buds sting. "It just really is just like liquid lava," said Gregory. The Carolina Reaper chilli has been described as having a fruity taste, with the initial bite being sweet and then immediately turning to what many say molten lava must feel like. "It’s when I stand up and start chugging milk and water and everything, to go through the post competition phase, that the heat really kicks in." "The good thing about Reapers is the really bad heat doesn’t kick in for about 30 seconds or so," said Gregory. With a mouth ablaze with peppery fire, Gregory described the experience as similar to trying to eat charcoal as quickly as possible. "But it's the one part of the job that's the most entertaining for everybody else." "This is the one part of the job that I hate," said Gregory. "He can definitely put away the peppers a decent competitor for sure." - Mitch Donnellyīetween bouts of belching, sweating and hurling, Gregory once again proved that no amount of spiciness is too much for his tastebuds to bear. So, the chilli eating champs went head-to-head, quickly powering through the peppers one by one to see who could push through the pain and walk away with the record.
Mitch Donnelly (USA), who is head football coach and a biology teacher at Westview High School, works with Gregory and once won a chilli eating competition that Gregory organized at a hot sauce festival. While Gregory attempted each of his other records solo, this time there was an added challenge of trying to outperform a Reaper-loving rival. "It’s the passion of pain, I guess," said Gregory. Advertisementsīut why would anyone voluntarily chow down on so many sizzling chilli peppers? Advertisements The devilish pepper clocks in at a hellish 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units-a method of quantifying a substance’s 'spiciness', through determining the concentration of the chemical compounds responsible for the sensation.Īs well as being a keen chilli eater, Gregory owns a hot sauce company and cultivates his own chillies on his farm. Grown by Ed Currie of the PuckerButt Pepper Company (USA), the Carolina Reaper far outranks familiar spicy peppers like the jalapeño and ghost peppers. The Carolina Reaper holds the record title for being the hottest chilli pepper ever. Some like it hot, but Gregory is known for taking his spicy speed-eating to the extreme, scarfing down some seriously fiery chillies.
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