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The mildest peppers such as sweet bell peppers and cherry peppers are at the bottom of the Scoville scale. In the middle are peppers like Serrano, yellow hot wax peppers, and red cayenne peppers. At the hottest end of the heat scale are the Habanero and the Scotch Bonnet.
The Carolina Reaper held the title of the world’s hottest pepper according to the Guinness World Records from 2013 until 2021. The pepper’s heat level reaches an astonishing average of 1.6 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU), with some individual peppers recorded at over 2.2 million SHU.
It’s said that serrano peppers are about “five times hotter than the jalapeño.” Though they pack a punch, serranos are nuanced in flavor as well; some varieties have sweeter flesh while ...
While some hot pepper experts have questioned Currie’s refusal to release the seeds of the pepper and regard his previous entry, the Carolina Reaper, as the spiciest pepper, Pepper X is verified as having an average Scoville Heat Unit level of 2.69 million, as compared to the Reaper’s average of 1.69 million SHU. Credit: Teri Virbickis/Shutterstock
You can read the hotter pepper numbers as “X times hotter than a jalapeño”. For instance, the median heat of a habanero (at 42.86) is nearly 43 times hotter than the median heat of a jalapeño. Range: Based on the minimum and maximum SHUs of the pepper.
Which is hotter, habanero or cayenne? While both of these chilies are quite a bit hotter than a jalapeño pepper, there is a wide gap in the heat level between the two. Though neither of these chilies top the Scoville scale.
New hot peppers like Carolina Reaper, Dragon’s Breath and Pepper X are created every year. Learn which hot pepper ranks #1 in 2024 as World’s Hottest Pepper.
Peppers are measured for their level of spicieness based on Scoville heat units (SHU), which represent the amount of times the mixture has to be diluted until a burning sensation is no longer present. For reference, bell peppers have a SHU of 0 while a serrano pepper has an SHU range of 8,000-22,000.
The Scoville heat unit (SHU) rating is then assigned based on the quantity of dilution, with the ratings working on a linear scale: a 350,000 SHU habanero is 100 times hotter than a 3,500 SHU...
The variety of super spicy chile peppers can get confusing, especially when they're all similar in size and color. Rather than taking a huge bite out of a chile that will set your mouth ablaze, we're breaking down eight common varieties of chile peppers from mildest to hottest.