“If you were to do it on an empty stomach, you would immediately start to cramp, which is probably the closest thing a man could come to child birth,” he said. He ramps up his pepper eating the week before contests and eats bananas the morning of to prepare. Greg Foster said he routinely eats a pepper a day when they’re in season, replacing fresh peppers for hot sauces and tinctures from January to August when fresh chilis aren’t as readily available. “What I love is he’s a foodie, he doesn’t just do it because it’s ‘cool’ to eat a lot of peppers, he really loves food, he loves flavor.” Measured at 1.4 million to 2.2 million Scoville heat units the scale used to measure chili pungency Carolina Reapers are the world’s hottest pepper, according to Chili Pepper Madness. For a tiny pepper, however, Scotch bonnets boast a Scoville range of 80,000 to 400,000 (compared to a jalapeos much milder range of 2,500 to 5,000)making them a properly pepper-y chili. “I’m a total wimp, but I’m getting better, but there’s several of his sauces I still haven’t even tried,” she said. The Carolina Reaper Scoville has an average rating of 1,641,183 Scoville heat units (SHU), and on the high end, it is 2,200,000 SHU. A love for spicy foods is one hobby the couple doesn’t share. Julia Foster, Greg’s wife of 17 years, said he has always liked spicy food, but his passion for it bloomed about a decade ago when his brother sent him pepper seeds to grow in a community garden. The ghost pepper, also known as the Bhut Jolokia, is one of the hottest peppers in the world, with a rating of over 1 million Scoville heat units (SHUs). Currently at the top of the League of Fire’s Reaper Challenge for most Carolina Reapers eaten in one sitting is Las Vegas resident Dustin Johnson, who ate 122 peppers at a weight of 706 grams, according to the league’s website. If Foster’s attempt on Saturday is approved by the league, the 282 grams of chilis he ate will move him from sixth to fourth place.
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