Currie is one of the few people to have tried Pepper X raw. By all reports, the taste test involves a burning sensation followed by several hours of intestinal cramping.

Pepper X has 'an earthy flavor,' averages nearly 2.7M SHUs; 'cramps' after eating it were 'horrible' By Christine Rousselle Fox News Published October 17, 2023 11:57am EDT ...

Ed Currie describes eating peppers "all day long", and his record-breaking feat. Skip to content. ... but I believe his true goal in life is to help people." "(Ed) mentioned that he was an addict.

When Currie unveiled it in October, he told the Associated Press he was only one of five people to eat an entire Pepper X so far. “I was feeling the heat for three-and-a-half hours.

Pepper X has been in the works since Ed Currie last set the hottest pepper record in 2013 with the Carolina Reaper, ... one of only five people so far to eat a entire Pepper X.

A Pepper X pepper is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Fort Mill, S.C. The pepper variety is now the hottest pepper in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records (AP Photo/Jeffrey ...

Pepper X’s record is an average of 2.69 million units. By comparison, ... Currie wants people to eat peppers and thinks they can benefit from the rush that comes after the burn.

Then the cramps came,” said Currie, one of only five people so far to eat a entire Pepper X. “Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the ...

A Pepper X pepper is shown, Oct. 10, in Fort Mill, S.C. ... Currie wants people to eat peppers and thinks they can benefit from the rush that comes after the burn.

FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals ...