![]() ![]() The MC hadn't announced Algenio's score so the audience - and Foster - didn't know whether Algenio had eaten enough Reapers to achieve a new Guinness record. The 60 seconds of pain portion was grossly entertaining: Contestants drooled, closed their eyes in pain or paced around the stage. A Guinness World Record judge presided as each contestant ate as many peppers as possible in 60 seconds, stood on stage and tolerated the heat for an additional 60 seconds and then grabbed a milk or whipped cream from a table on stage and dashed off to a back room supplied with large trash cans and more milk and ice cream. Nine people - five women and four men, including Wayne Algenio - had already endured the world's hottest pepper in front of the roaring crowd. Foster hadn't disclosed that butter was one of his strategies in the pre-competition interview but the greasy fat undoubtedly helped coat his mouth and lips and protect them from the fiery chili oil.įoster was the last person to go in the Reaper eating competition. The competition heats upĬheers and jeers reverberated around the Brooklyn Expo Center as Foster strode confidently onto the stage holding a half-eaten stick of butter and wearing a pair of black latex gloves. "It doesn't quench, but it relieves." He likes to drink lime juice after close encounters with the Carolina Reaper. ![]() ![]() "The best remedy is acidic," Foster said. But the fiery oil will still linger in your mouth even after you've swished with milk, he said. Milk doesn't soothe everythingĭairy - specifically the casein protein - will temporarily block the receptors in the mouth that detect heat, Foster said. The active ingredient capsaicin is oil-based, so it won't dissolve with water, beer or even milk. Foster will eat dairy to immediately sooth the burn but noted that milk can only help so much when it comes to the Carolina Reaper. Nothing illegal." he said with a laugh.Ĭoping with the fiery pain after competition can't be overlooked. "There are a few other tricks of the trade but I won't divulge them. "Aside from the heat level, it's about speed consumption." He usually attempts to eat one pepper every three seconds. When the clock starts, Foster is all about maintaining a steady pace. "If you get out of that sensational awareness, you don't give your body time to go into shock." A steady pace "I'll shift off the mind-body connection," he said, explaining his goal is focusing on the motion of bringing the pepper to his mouth while disassociating from the pain. Foster meditates right before he competes. Getting into the right headspace is critical, too. In addition to the calcium from bananas, Foster also gobbles down a handful of Tums before a competition. Plus, he said the smoothness comes in handy if said biochemical reaction later causes him to upchuck. "They're high in fiber, smooth and have a quenching property," he said, explaining bananas are incredibly helpful for "offsetting the biochemical reaction" that's about to take place. To ensure his body has enough potassium and calcium, he'll snack on bananas. "When you eat a dense capsaicin, your stomach treats it like a poison - it will dump calcium, magnesium and potassium into your gut," Foster explained. An empty belly spells disaster - if there's nothing in there, his stomach will also cramp up from the capsaicin, the active ingredient in chili peppers. Odds are good that whatever he eats might get purged into a toilet or trash can after he exits the stage, he noted. He said he wants to have something in his stomach - but not too much. ![]()
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