Pepper X measures an average of 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units. A jalapeño, by comparison, measures just 2,000 to 8,000 SHUs, while a serrano can land between 10,000 and 23,000 SHUs.

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 ...

Carolina Reaper (on average 1.64 million ) Pepper X ( 2.693 million) Contrary to popular belief, the seeds of a pepper pod don’t make it hot.

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.

That officially makes it the hottest pepper on earth, dethroning the scorching Carolina reaper — also invented by Currie — which clocks in at 1.64 million on the Scoville scale.

A Carolina Reaper pepper, meanwhile, measures at an average rating of 1.64 million SHU. A jalapeño, for additional context, is on average between 3,000 and 8,000 SHU.

Guinness World Records crowned Pepper X the world's hottest pepper. It measures in at a blistering 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units. It dethroned the previous winner, the Carolina Reaper ...

You've probably come across some spicy peppers in your life, thinking that it couldn't get any hotter than that. The truth is ...

The chip’s ingredients include blue corn, sunflower “and/or” safflower oil, Carolina Reaper pepper, Naga Viper Pepper and sea salt. Those two peppers are often considered among the spiciest ...

The world’s hottest pepper is the Carolina Reaper. The pepper peaked at about 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units. For comparison, a jalapeño pepper registers about 2,500 to 8,000 SHU and cayenne ...