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Peter Piper might have trouble keeping up with Mike Jack.

Peter Piper, the pepper-picker of tongue-twister fame, could pick a peck of pickled peppers. Jack, the pepper-munching Londoner, is celebrating two Guinness World Records for eating one of the hottest chilies on the planet.

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But getting the Guinness honours wasn’t exactly a glamorous process.

“When I do really big challenges like these, basically when I’m done I just start sweating a lot and it’s just snot and drool coming out of my face,” Jack said. “I usually have a bucket nearby and put my face over it.”

Jack earned the world record for the fastest time to eat three ghost peppers when he downed the trio of super-spicy chilies in 9.75 seconds Jan. 26. The 37-year-old made the attempt during a charity event he organized at the London Brewing Co-operative.

On March 2, Jack broke the record for the most ghost peppers eaten in one minute, consuming 97 grams. Jack made the attempt before a crowd at the Heatwave Hot Sauce Expo at Centennial Hall.