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Scoville Scale
Tastes Like Teen Spirit
Keeping Up Appearances
It's In The Name
Fun Facts
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This pepper, coming in at 1,569,300 on the Scoville Scale, was certified as the World’s Hottest Chili Pepper by Guinness World Records on August 7, 2013.
What is the Carolina Reaper?
100
In Thai cuisine, these chilis are highly valued for their fruity taste and extreme spiciness.
What is the Thai Chili Pepper?
100
This pepper has an unusual shape, leading to many phallic references when it is brought up in conversation.
What is the Peter Pepper?
100
Commonly know as the Bird's eye chili.
What is the Thai Chili Pepper?
100
This pepper is the only member of Capsicum genus that does not produce capsaicin.
What is the Bell Pepper?
200
This pepper is hot, but not “fatal” like its name might seem to imply, with 125,000 - 500,000 SHU.
What is the Fatalii Pepper?
200
It has a fruity and floral flavor which is extremely hot. Some people say that this pepper is literally hot enough to melt someone’s face off… One of these can make A LOT of chili!
What is the 7 Pot Primo Pepper?
200
The most common colors of these peppers are green, yellow, orange and red. More rarely, brown, white, lavender, and dark purple peppers can be seen, depending on the variety. Most typically, unripe fruits are green or, less commonly, pale yellow or purple.
What is the Bell Pepper?
200
It's name means "pepper pepper" in Swahili.
What is the Piri Piri?
200
While capsaicin may burn and irritate the flesh of mammals, this animal is completely immune to its effects. They are largely responsible for helping wild peppers spread by eating them and excreting the seeds.
What are Birds?
300
Another one of the hottest peppers, this popular hot sauce pepper comes in at 100,000 - 400,000 SHU.
What is the Habanero Pepper?
300
Reactions to the taste of this pepper vary from delicious to tasting of hand soap, but the pepper is commonly described as sweet, mildly hot, and tasting of citrus.
What is the Lemon Drop Pepper?
300
This type of pepper has the shape of a lantern or a teardrop and usually grows to a length of two inches or more. Due to the wide variety of possible colors, these are often mistaken for other types of peppers. Most generally, they are a vibrant red-orange color when fully matured but can be white, brown, or even pink. The flesh of the pepper is thin with a waxy feel.
What is the Habanero Pepper?
300
Created by Troy Primeaux.
What is the 7 Pot Primo?
300
Huy Fong Foods, makers of Sriracha Hot Sauce will use over 48,000 TONS of this type of pepper this year!
What is the Jalapeno Pepper?
400
Commonly confused with it’s cousin, the Habanero Pepper, this pepper packs a punch with 100,000 - 325,000 SHU.
What is the Scotch Bonnet Pepper?
400
This pepper has a flavor that is surprisingly crisp and bright. This pepper is very meaty and does not dry well as a result. Drying is very difficult and therefore, it is usually eaten while fresh.
What is the Serrano Pepper?
400
Named for it's resemblance to the tam o' shanter, this pepper packs a punch! When fresh and ripe, this pepper changes from green to yellow to scarlet red.
What is the Scotch Bonnet Pepper?
400
Formerly known as HP22B.
What is the Carolina Reaper?
400
This country produces the most amount of chilis and green peppers, at 13,189,303 tonnes per year.
What is China?
500
The pepper so nice we say it twice, coming in at 50,000–175,000 SHU.
What is the Piri Piri Pepper?
500
With a lot of crunch and a sweet vegetable(ish) flavor, the texture alone makes them fun to eat. While they are not too heavy on the heat, they still have a decent burn
What is the Jalapeno Pepper?
500
This pepper is usually very lumpy and distorted. The color can vary between gold, brown, red and usually has a little tail growing out from it.
What is the 7 Pot Primo Pepper?
500
This pepper is partially named after Butch Taylor, the man responsible for propagating the pepper's seeds.
What is the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T Pepper?
500
When applied topically, this pepper can help stop bleeding. It can either be sprinkled on the injury directly or diluted in water and soaked into a bandage.
What is the Cayenne Pepper?