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. Apparently, ...

Back in 2013, hot pepper expert Ed Currie set the world record with the Carolina Reaper, his aptly named hybrid that blew by the competition and has held the top spot for the past decade. But Currie ...

FORT MILL, S.C. — Ed Currie, the South Carolina hot pepper expert who crossbred and grew the Carolina Reaper that’s hotter than most pepper sprays police use to subdue unruly criminals, has broken his ...

The Guinness World Records title of "hottest chili pepper" has been awarded to "Pepper X," which clocks in 2,693,000 Scoville heat units (SHU), the publication announced in a press release on Oct. 16.

Named the world’s hottest pepper by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2013, this bright red, shriveled-looking pepper was created by American pepper breeder Ed Currie. The Carolina Reaper is ...

It measures in at a blistering 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units. It dethroned the previous winner, the Carolina Reaper. Apparently, when you taste the world's hottest pepper, both your face and chest ...