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  2. Hottest chili pepper - Wikipedia

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    Chili growers compete with one another, often "ruthlessly", to create the world's hottest pepper. [2] According to Marc Fennell, creator of podcast It Burns, the competition is "a hugely controversial war – there are scandals, accusations of cheating, death threats."

  3. Naga Viper pepper - Wikipedia

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    The Naga Viper pepper is a hot chili pepper.In 2011, it was recorded as the "World's Hottest Chili" by the Guinness World Records with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville heat units (SHU), [1] but was surpassed in SHU by the Carolina Reaper, in 2017, and again by the latest world record holder Pepper X in 2023.

  4. Red Savina pepper - Wikipedia

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    The Red Savina chili held the record as the hottest chili in the world according to the Guinness World Records from 1994-2006. [6] It was displaced by the bhut jolokia chili (commonly and incorrectly translated to "Ghost Pepper") in February 2007.

  5. Guinness World Records declares Pepper X as world’s new ...

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    Chili Pepper X has taken the spicy record as the world’s hottest, Guinness World Records announced Monday. Guinness World Records declares Pepper X as world’s new hottest chili pepper Skip to ...

  6. Guinness World Records declares Pepper X as world’s new ...

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    The SHU scale to measure chili pepper heat was developed by American chemist Wilbur Scoville in 1912. By comparison, the average jalapeño pepper scores between 3,000 to 8,000 SHU, according to ...

  7. Pepper X - Wikipedia

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    Pepper X resulted from several cross breedings that produced an exceptionally high content of capsaicin in the locules – the plant tissue holding the seeds. [2] The extensive curves and ridges of a Pepper X chili create more surface area for the plant placenta and locules to grow and retain capsaicin, adding to the intensity of heat experienced when a Pepper X is eaten. [2]

  8. Carolina Reaper - Wikipedia

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    The Carolina Reaper chili pepper is a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant. Developed by American breeder Ed Currie , the pepper is red and gnarled, with a bumpy texture and small pointed tail. It was the hottest chili pepper in the world according to Guinness World Records from 2013 to 2023 before it was surpassed by Pepper X , which was ...

  9. World's hottest pepper is grown in South Carolina

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    FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) - Ed Currie holds one of his world-record Carolina Reaper peppers by the stem, which looks like the tail of a scorpion. On the other end is the bumpy, oily, fire-engine red ...