Heat in peppers is measured in Scoville Heat Units. Zero is bland, and a regular jalapeno pepper registers about 5,000 units. A habanero, the record-holder about 25 years ago, typically tops 100,000.

Pepper X measures an average of 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units, while the Carolina Reaper has an average rating of 1.64 million SHU. For context, a jalapeño can have a rating of between 3,000 ...

An employee in a Carolina Reaper shirt looks over one of Ed Currie's greenhouses on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Fort Mill, S.C. Currie has created a new pepper called Pepper X that how now been ...

A jalapeño is between 2,500-8,000. Pepper X is 2.69 million and was certified the hottest pepper in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out the Carolina Reaper for the crown.

There's a new king of spicy peppers: Pepper X, grown by the same man who developed the Carolina Reaper, was tested and found to have an average heat of 2.693 million Scovilles.

Pepper X was publicly named the hottest pepper in the world on Oct. 9 by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out the Reaper in Currie’s decadelong hunt to perfect a pepper that he says ...

South Carolina SC creator of Carolina Reaper has new hottest pepper on Earth. See it tried on YouTube’s Hot Ones By Lyn Riddle Updated October 18, 2023 7:44 AM ...

Pepper X’s record is an average of 2.69 million units. By comparison, pepper spray commonly holstered by police is around 1.6 million units. Bear spray advertises at 2.2 million units.

A jalapeño is between 2,500-8,000. Pepper X is 2.69 million and was certified the hottest pepper in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records, beating out the Carolina Reaper for the crown.