Chili history was made in 1912 by chemist Wilbur L. Scoville, an employee of the Parke, Davis & Co. pharmaceutical company of Detroit, now part of Pfizer Pharmaceutical Group.

Habanero peppers typically register between 100,000 to 350,000 on the Scoville scale, but Mild Thing, shown here, and Notta Hotta will rank around 500 to 1,000, similar to ancho or poblano peppers ...

It ranges from sweet bell peppers at zero to the mighty Naga Jolokia (ghost pepper) at over 1,000,000 Scoville units! That one is right off the scale! Pure capsaicin rates between 15,000,000 and ...

Poblano and sriracha rate between 1,000 and 2,500, jalapenos up to 8,000, cayenne can peak at 50,000, habaneros up to 350,000 and the ghost pepper, one of the hottest, as much as 2,200,000 units.

Poblano and sriracha rate between 1,000 and 2,500, jalapenos up to 8,000, cayenne can peak at 50,000, habaneros up to 350,000 and the ghost pepper, one of the hottest, as much as 2,200,000 units.

Pepper X, which has a rating of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units was named hottest chili pepper in the world by Guinness World Records on Oct. 9. The heat of the pepper lingered with Currie hours ...

Briefly to the stats, then: Pepper X clocks in at a staggering 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units, or SHUs, which are the metric for the power of the capsaicinoids within peppers.

Chili Pepper X has taken the spicy record as the world’s hottest, Guinness World Records announced Monday. ... The new pepper rates an average of 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units ...

Two new peppers are vying for the Reaper’s title but await testing to become official and listed in the Guinness World Records. They are Pepper X, with a Scoville rating of 3,150,000 units, and ...

At 2.693 million Scoville Heat Units, Pepper X is the new world's hottest pepper. See how it compares to previous Guinness World Records winners.