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Guinness World Records crowns new hottest pepper

Pepper X registers at 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units - pepper spray is about 1.6 million units.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world, dethroning the Carolina Reaper chili pepper after 10 years.

For comparison, a habanero pepper typically hits 100,000 Scoville heat units, but Pepper X registers at 2.69 million units. Breeder and grower Ed Currie created both record-breaking peppers.

In lab tests at Winthrop University in South Carolina, Pepper X registered an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), which is more than one million units hotter than Mr Currie's previous innovation, the Carolina Reaper which averaged 1,641,183 SHU.

Mr Currie is one of only five people who has eaten an entire Pepper X.

"I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came," Mr Currie told the Associated Press.

"Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain."

I bet this came with the most painful shit in the world afterwards. Must have been like shitting out lava.

 

[Con_Z_ǝdʇ]

Curiously would...

 

[ClanOfNone]

Look at it, it even looks evil.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[IDKFA]

Look at it, it even looks evil.

It looks like something Hidetaka Miyazaki would dream up.

 

[BossLackey]

I want to eat one but I also very much don't want to eat one.

 

[Bloobs]

 

[IDKFA]

I want to eat one but I also very much don't want to eat one.

Judging by the reaction of the creator, it seems more like torture than a food you'd enjoy.

He should sell these to world governments. Rather that wasting the tax payers money locking people up for petty crimes, have them eat two of these and a LSD tab every day for a month.

 

[Days like these...]

Guinness World Records crowns new hottest pepper

Pepper X registers at 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units - pepper spray is about 1.6 million units.

www.bbc.co.uk

The Guinness World Records has crowned Pepper X as the hottest chili pepper in the world, dethroning the Carolina Reaper chili pepper after 10 years.

For comparison, a habanero pepper typically hits 100,000 Scoville heat units, but Pepper X registers at 2.69 million units. Breeder and grower Ed Currie created both record-breaking peppers.

In lab tests at Winthrop University in South Carolina, Pepper X registered an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), which is more than one million units hotter than Mr Currie's previous innovation, the Carolina Reaper which averaged 1,641,183 SHU.

Mr Currie is one of only five people who has eaten an entire Pepper X.

"I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came," Mr Currie told the Associated Press.

"Those cramps are horrible. I was laid out flat on a marble wall for approximately an hour in the rain, groaning in pain."

I bet this came with the most painful shit in the world afterwards. Must have been like shitting out lava.

For what purpose?

 

[Grildon Tundy]

If I were him, I'd partner with a canned chili company, throw one of those in a 100,000 gallon vat of chili and market it as "using the world's hottest chili!".

People who are curious what it tastes like get a watered-down version of it, and can say they tried it.

 

[IDKFA]

For what purpose?

I assume self torture.

 

[TheDreadBaron]

For what purpose?

Dude has a bit of a sadism streak. He likes to see the pain it causes. Also he’s a recovering addict and this is his new thing to get high.

I’ve eaten some spicy stuff before, but this is refined weapons grade, it even fucks up Ed whose tolerance is crazy high.

 

[L*][*N*K]

Some idiot YouTuber will eat it and probably die

 

[ResilientBanana]

What if there was a way to measure the heat of these things with science and not actually eating them.

 

[Days like these...]

Dude has a bit of a sadism streak. He likes to see the pain it causes. Also he’s a recovering addict and this is his new thing to get high.

I’ve eaten some spicy stuff before, but this is refined weapons grade, it even fucks up Ed whose tolerance is crazy high.

I love spicy I'm Mexican but habanero and scotch bonnet peppers are my limit anything hotter than that is not enjoyable or flavorful imo

 

[IDKFA]

What if there was a way to measure the heat of these things with science and not actually eating them.

There is:

In lab tests at Winthrop University in South Carolina, Pepper X registered an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), which is more than one million units hotter than Mr Currie's previous innovation, the Carolina Reaper which averaged 1,641,183 SHU.

Science was used to test the heat. It was confirmed to be a weapon of mass destruction.

He didn't need to eat it. 2,693,000 SHU is confirmation enough that eating this bad boy would be like sucking off Helios and swallowing.

 

[kruis]

Some idiot YouTuber will eat it and probably die

I'm surprised that the government doesn't step in and put a stop to this idiotic rat race. Feed this to a child and Tiny Tim is a goner.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

What if there was a way to measure the heat of these things with science and not actually eating them.

I assumed you were being cheeky, because there is.

 

[BossLackey]

Judging by the reaction of the creator, it seems more like torture than a food you'd enjoy.

He should sell these to world governments. Rather that wasting the tax payers money locking people up for petty crimes, have them eat two of these and a LSD tab every day for a month.

I think that would legitimately alter many people's psyche permanently...

LET'S DO IT

 

[newtypepilot]

 

[tkscz]

The poor ass of whoever eats that.

 

[IDKFA]

The poor ass of whoever eats that.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Breakfast, lunch and dinner for Hamas fighters in a room with no windows and aircon turned to max heat.

 

[Bloobs]

Some idiot YouTuber will eat it and probably die

Let them feast

 

[West Texas CEO]

A pepper that hot is basically mace.

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[CrankyJay™]

This pepper is in the last sauce on Hot Ones....watch the Bobby Flay video.

 

[mitch1971]

 

[TheDreadBaron]

I love spicy I'm Mexican but habanero and scotch bonnet peppers are my limit anything hotter than that is not enjoyable or flavorful imo

Habanero has such a nice fruity taste it’s worth the heat but I agree beyond that it’s just silly.

 

[Maestr0]

So powerful, be careful of a potential anaphylactic shock

 

[Badlucktroll]

It’s probably more tingly than hot!

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I legit await these peppers becoming so intense on the Scoville meter that they become illegal to grow or sell. Not these specifically, but there logically comes a point where these go beyond hardcore and bleed into chemical weaponry. Dumbass kids have killed themselves doing challenges less severe than this pepper.

 

[Rentahamster]

Don't stick your dick in that

 

[Nobody_Important]

I look forward to the numerous fast food places claiming to have a new "Pepper X" menu.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

I've had Pepper X hot sauce. It's significantly hotter than Reaper.

It's not even close to the hottest stuff out there though. There are extracts out there, where I've literally dipped only a toothpick into and had my entire day ruined.

 

[MGHA]

Will it cure my constipation?

 

[Dirk Benedict]

This was the unofficial hottest pepper for like 4-6 years?
A pepper of this magnitude would cause all sorts of chaos, inside of your body. Birds seem unaffected by extreme capsaicin, just an FYI.

 

[Days like these...]

Will it cure my constipation?

This will be your bussy

 

[AJUMP23]

Propepper X!

Greatest nemesis Milkneeto!

 

[FunkMiller]

Pretty sure Pepper X took the last fifty from my wallet in Amsterdam one year.

 

[Con_Z_ǝdʇ]

Propepper X!

Greatest nemesis Milkneeto!

 

[Nobody_Important]

Will it cure my constipation?

Ever seen Niagra Falls?

 

[Rentahamster]

Will it cure my constipation?

GOOD NEWS!

It's a suppository.

 

[chromhound]

 

[Laieon]

I've had Pepper X hot sauce. It's significantly hotter than Reaper.

It's not even close to the hottest stuff out there though. There are extracts out there, where I've literally dipped only a toothpick into and had my entire day ruined.

Reaper is weird to me because I don't think it's spicy as much as it is sweet. It almost tastes sour to me, just a really weird taste overall. I like Ghost Pepper a lot more.

 

[LordOfChaos]

These guys will be shitting fire for a good while

 

[Torrent of Pork]

My love of peppers ends at habaneros. I need to be able to taste the damn thing.