The Carolina Reaper had an average 1,640,000 SHU. As the Scoville scale is logarithmic, that means that Pepper X is about three times as spicy as the Carolina Reaper.

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 ...

What are the top five hottest peppers? According to PepperHead and based on the new world record, here are the five peppers that pack the most heat: Pepper X: 2,693,000 SHU Carolina Reaper ...

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 ...

The Carolina Reaper has met its match. Chili Pepper X has captured the spicy record as the world’s hottest, Guinness World Records announced on Monday.

There's a new record-breaker for the title of "hottest pepper in the world." The new spicy pepper may leave you in tears. Here's just how hot it is.

They average about 1,640,000 SHU. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized the Carolina Reaper as the hottest chili pepper in November 2013. The Carolina Reaper broke its own record in 2018.

The Reaper peaked at about 2.2 million SHU. For comparison, a jalapeño registers about 2,500 to 8,000 SHU and cayenne pepper is 30,000 to 50,000 SHU.