SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: Over 1 Million SHU Chinense This is one of my favorite chili peppers. I love all 7-Pot peppers for their heat and fruitiness. In fact, it is one of the hottest chili peppers in the world. The 7-Pot Barrackapore comes from Trinidad and is a rare chili pepper. The pots are shaped...
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7-Pot Chili Pepper
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: Over 1 Million SHU The heat of the 7-Pot pepper is similar to the Bhut Jolokia but with a more fruity and nutty flavor, like other Caribbean peppers. It is becoming more popular and well-known among chile-heads, but the seeds are very rare and hard to find. The 7-Pot is from Trinidad, and...
7 Pot Douglah Chili Peppers
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: 923,889 – 1,853,986 SHU The 7 Pot Douglah is an extremely hot pepper from Trinidad. It's skin is notably dark chocolate brown and somewhat pimpled. It starts off green but matures to a rich brown. It is one of the Hottest Peppers in the World. Aside from the color, it looks very...
7 Pot Primo: Superhot Pepper Cross
The 7 Pot Primo is a cross between a Naga Morich and a Trinidad 7 Pot pepper. It was created by Troy Primeaux, (nickname Primo), a horticulturist from Louisiana.
Apollo Pepper (A Superhot Chili Pepper)
The Apollo Pepper is a superhot chili pepper created by Ed Currie of Puckerbutt Pepper Company by crossing a Carolina Reaper with the Pepper X.
Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) - All About Them
The ghost pepper (aka the Bhut Jolokia) is one of the hottest peppers in the world, topping over 1 Million Scoville Heat Units. Learn more about it.
Brain Strain Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 1 Million – 1.35 million SHU Capsicum Chinense Extremely, dangerously HOT!! Possibly the hottest of all the 7 Pot pepper types. The 7 Pot Brain Strain is a variety of the 7 Pot chili created by a chili grower named David Capiello in North Carolina in 2010. David started by growing 7...
Caribbean Red Chili Peppers
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: 300,000 - 475,000 SHU This extremely hot pepper, originally from the Yucatn peninsula in Mexico, is now also cultivated in the Carribean and around North America. This pepper typically grows to about 1 inch in diameter and 1 1/2 inches in length. It appears plentifully from bushes growing around 3 feet in...
Carolina Reaper: Hottest Pepper in the World - All About It
The Carolina Reaper is currently the hottest pepper in the world, measuring over 2 Million Scoville Heat Units. It was developed by grower Ed Currie. Learn more about the Carolina Reaper here. Scoville Heat Units: 1,400,000 – 2,200,000 SHU Capsicum Chinense With a Guinness-submitted 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units (previously submitted as 1,569,383 SHU average and recently...
Chocolate 7-Pot Chili Pepper
SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS: Tested between 923,000 and 1.85 million Scovilles, with an average of 1,169,058. It is suspected that it could reach 2 million in the future. From Trinidad, an island just northeast of Venezuela, the 7-Pot is a Caribbean chile. It’s similar in shape to the Habanero and has similar “pimpling” to other super...
Chocolate Bhutlah
Do not let the name fool you - the Chocolate Bhutlah is nothing close to being a dessert dream. It is, in fact, one of the hottest peppers on the planet. Let’s learn a little more about this tempting devil. Scoville Heat Units: Up to 2,000,000 SHU Capsicum Chinense How Hot Is the Chocolate Bhutlah?...
Chocolate Habanero Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 300,000-425,000 SHU The Chocolate Habanero, also known as “Congo Black” or “Black Habanero,” is one of the hottest peppers originating from the Caribbean. It ripens to a beautiful chocolate brown and delivers searing heat. They take longer to grow and mature than other habanero varieties, but they are well worth the wait....
Dorset Naga: Superhot Pepper with Great Flavor
The Dorset Naga pepper is one of the hottest peppers in the world, ranging as high at 1.5 million Scoville Heat Units. It is originally from Bangladesh. Learn more about the pepper below. Scoville Heat Units: 1 million- 1.5 million SHU Capsicum Chinense If you're looking to experience the world of superhot chili peppers, the...
Dragon’s Breath Pepper (Superhot Chili)
The Dragon's Breath pepper is claimed to be one of the hottest chili peppers in the world with a reported 2.48 million Scoville heat units. Learn more about it here. Scoville Heat Units (SHU): 2,480,000 When it comes to superhot chili peppers, one thing is certain - they just keep getting hotter and hotter. Chili...
Gibralta / Spanish Naga Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 1,086,844 SHU The Gibralta Naga, or Spanish Naga, is of course grown in Spain, but was developed in the UK from Indian chili peppers. It beat out the Bhut Jolokia for hottest pepper, but was soon overtaken. As they are grown, they are stressed by creating a hot environment, which helps to...
Infinity Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 1,176,182 SHU Created in England by Nick Woods of “Fire Foods,” the Infinity Chili pepper held the World Record for the world’s hottest chili pepper for two weeks in 2011, before it was ousted by the Naga Viper chili. With a Scoville rating of well over 1 million, it beat out the...
Komodo Dragon Chili Pepper
Scoville Heat Units: 1,400,000 – 2,200,000 SHU The Komodo Dragon Chili Pepper is one of the hottest peppers in the world, measuring in at 1,400,000 - 2,200,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Grown by the UK’s largest producer of peppers, Salvatore Genovese, who has a seven-acre farm in Blunham, Bedfordshire. He seems to have made it...
Naga Morich: Superhot Pepper from Bangladesh
The Naga Morich is a superhot pepper from Northeast India and Bangladesh. It is closely related to the bhut jolokia, or ghost pepper, and reaches up to 1.5 million Scoville Heat Units. Scoville Heat Units: 1 million- 1.5 million SHU Capsicum Chinense The Naga Morich is the local name of the Naga pepper. It is...
Naga Viper Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 1,382,118 SHU Capsicum Chinense The Naga Viper has been rated at 1,382,118 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), according to tests conducted by the Warwick HRI Mineral Analysis Laboratory, UK, in November 2010. The Naga Viper chili pepper is a hybrid of three different chili peppers - the Bhut Jolokia, the Naga Morich, and...
New Mexico Scorpion Chili Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 1,191,595 SHU A New Mexico-based team has developed a super-hot chile known as the "New Mexico Scorpion" The New Mexico Scorpion has been rated at 1,191,595 Scoville Heat Units by an independent laboratory. The team of Dave DeWitt, National Fiery Foods Show producer; Marlin Bensinger, chemical engineer; and Jim Duffy, grower have...
Pepper X (Hottest Pepper in the World) – Latest News and Information
Get the latest news about Pepper X, currently the Hottest Pepper in the World, averaging 2,693,000 Million Scoville Heat Units on the Scoville Scale. Updated 10/16/2023.
Red Savina Habanero Peppers
Red Savina peppers are a type of chili pepper (habanero cultivar) known for their extreme spiciness, once the hottest pepper in the world. Learn more.
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper: All About It
The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper is one of the hottest peppers in the world, measuring in at over 2 Million Scoville Heat Units. Learn all about it. Scoville Heat Units: 2,009,231 SHU Capsicum Chinense In February 2012, the 2012 New Mexico Chile Conference, in association with Jim Duffy of Refining Fire Chiles, announced that the...
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Pepper
The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is one of the hottest peppers in the world measuring over 1.4 Million Scoville Heat Units with bumpy skin and a scorpion-like tail. Learn more about it below. Scoville Heat Units: 800,000 - 1,463,700 SHU Capsicum Chinense When it comes to blazing heat that scorches quickly and precisely, the Trinidad...
Trinidad Scorpion Pepper
The Trinidad Scorpion Pepper is among the hottest peppers in the world with a big range of heat. It hails from the Caribbean and is named for it's scorpion-like tail. Learn more about these peppers below. Scoville Heat Units: 300,000+ SHU Capsicum Chinense The Trinidad Scorpion pepper is a chili pepper hailing from the Caribbean....