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What’s wild is the Carolina Reapers have *AN AVERAGE* of 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units, the units used to measure spiciness of peppers, but some measure 2.4 million SHUs.Īnd the creator, Ed Currie, apparently claims to have bred a pepper that’s even stronger at 3.18 million Scoville Heat Units.įor comparison’s sake, Bell Peppers and Banana Peppers rank from 0-100 SHUs.
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Or, in this man's case, like 10,000 trucks traveling. In 2017, the Carolina Reaper was certified by Guinness World Records as the hottest pepper on the planet and overtook the Scorpion pepper from Trinidad. This YouTube video shows a man's extremely painful reaction after eating a Carolina Reaper Pepper, the hottest pepper in the world. It measures 1,641,183 SHUs on the Scoville Scale and was a hybrid of Ghost Peppers and Habanero Peppers. The Carolina Reaper pepper was created by Ed Currie who is an ‘American pepper breeder’, a title I’m not sure I’ve ever seen used for anyone but him. But it really is worth taking a look at just how hot these peppers are. There’s a decent chance you’ve even one or attempted the ‘one chip challenge’ before as well. Man Sets New Guinness World Record After Eating 3 Carolina Reaper Peppers In 8.7 SecondsĪ post shared by Guinness World Records sure if you clicked this article you’ve at least heard of Carolina Reaper peppers before. Here’s a video of the attempt from back in December that was filmed in San Diego, and some more on just how hot Carolina Reaper peppers are down below. He wasted no time before his second attempt but Gregory told GWR he was “already feeling the effects of the first round of peppers consumed” when he started eating peppers 4, 5, and 6. According to GWR, his first attempt was disqualified because there was still ‘pepper matter’ in his mouth after chewing and swallowing all three. He took down three peppers in 9.72 seconds a while back.īy far the most insane detail of Gregory Foster’s new world record for eating 3 Carolina Reaper peppers faster than anyone in history is that he actually ate SIX. I specified *USA* up there because the previous Guinness World Record holder for the fastest time to eat three Carolina Reaper peppers was held by a man named Mike Jack of Canada. The feat was accomplished back in December but there’s typically a delay between record-setting attempts and certification. In doing so, Foster broke the record held by Canadian pepper fan Mike Jack, who ate three Carolina Reapers in 9.72 seconds. Gregory Foster of the USA is officially in the Guinness World Records book after they certified his brutal competitive eating world record. Gregory Foster, from California, US, created the record for the fastest time to eat three Carolina Reaper chillies at the Seaport Shopping Center in Downtown San Diego, as per Guinness World Records. This was over a second faster than the previous world record and it’s an absolutely brutal achievement in the world of competitive eating.Guinness World Records recently certified a new world record after a man ate three Carolina Reaper peppers in just 8.7 seconds.Getty Image / Ben Hasty / MediaNews Group