Ed Currie, the creator of the Carolina Reaper, has broken his own record with the Pepper X.
Pepper X has scorched its way into the record books as the world's new hottest pepper, Guinness World Records said Monday. Ed Currie, the pepper expert who crossbred and grew Pepper X, previously broke the record for the hottest pepper on Earth a decade ago with the Carolina Reaper. Currie developed Pepper X years ago, but didn't release it right away, he said in a First We Feast video posted to YouTube on Monday.
It rated at an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units. For comparison, a Carolina Reaper averages 1.64 million Scoville Heat Units and a jalapeño is around 3,000 to 8,000 Scoville Heat Units. A habanero typically tops 100,000.How did Currie create Pepper X?Currie started growing hot peppers as a hobby, eventually moving on to cultivating them full time.
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