Carolina Reaper

• London, Ont., man sets 4th world record after eating 3 Carolina Reaper peppers in under 10 seconds

  In the last two years alone, Mike Jack has set four Guinness World Records for consuming chili peppers, including three involving the Bhut Jolokia pepper, or ghost pepper.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2021
  
• Man eats world’s hottest chili pepper, ends up in ER with ‘thunderclap’ headaches

  A chili pepper eating contest landed a man in hospital with constricted blood vessels in his brain.

  Health

  Apr 9, 2018
  
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• South Carolina man earns record for world’s hottest pepper

  Ed Currie holds one of his world-record Carolina Reaper peppers by the stem, which looks like the tail of a scorpion.

  World

  Dec 26, 2013