1,463,700 Scoville Units. Propagated by Butch Taylor of Zydeco Hot Sauce and grown by the Chilli Factory, the Trinidad Scorpion ‘Butch T’ variety pepper was formerly ranked as the hottest pepper in the world. Scovilles: 1463700 Origin: Trinidad Komodo Dragon Capsicum Chinense 1,400,000 Sc...
Originally ranked as world’s hottest in 2013, the Reaper was tested again in 2018 with an even higher SHU. (71,000 SHU higher to be exact) This gives the reaper a renewed title as World’s Hottest!It was bred for heat and that it is, with an average SHU of 1,641,000 SHU and ...
Earlier this year, the Chile Pepper Institute measured the Scoville heat units of a variety of superhot peppers. Since growing conditions—soil, rainfall, temperature—play a part in the fruit’s heat as well as its lineage, all were grown in a plot on the institute grounds. The Trinida...
Guajillos have a rating of 2500 y 5000 SHU orScoville heat units. This means that they are ranked spicier than a poblano and can have the same “sweet heat” of a mild jalapeno pepper. But don’t be intimidated if you find jalapeño pepper spicy, because the fruity flavor of guajillos...
The previous world champion, Carolina Reaper has been beat! by itself… The Carolina Reaper is once again officially the Worlds Hottest Pepper.Originally ranked as world’s hottest in 2013, the Reaper was tested again in 2018 with an even higher SHU. (71,000 SHU higher to be exact) This ...